#equality knows no gender

[menagerie-politics]

"kill all men" is a disgusting message that doesn't actually contribute to feminism. Yes, all men benefit from the patriarchy, but NO, not all men should be killed or jailed just because most rapists and criminals are men. You cannot say "But if it's not all men then it's their friends" as if all men intentionally work together to hurt women. That's just not true. And you don't know everything your friends do, so don't expect the same from men (although yes, men should be taught to shut down sexist jokes and behaviors when they see it in their friend groups). Stop trying to justify it, even if it's a joke, it reduces men to their gender and supports violence on that basis. Any message that generalizes people for things they cannot control, and uses that generalization to justify violence will NEVER actually promote equality. I want to end the system; not the people. Free the oppressed; not eliminate the privileged.

It's not "kill all whites" it's black lives matter.

It's not "straights are sinful" it's love is love.

"Kill all men" doesn't focus on women, so why is it so prevalent in feminist spaces. Is kill all men the world you want to move towards? I cannot speak for all feminists, but I want a world where women get treated with respect they deserve as humans, simply because as humans, that is the default. I want a world where equality knows no gender. I want a world where empowered women get to empower the world. I want KAM as an idea to die out and I want "my body is my choice" to become as obvious a statement as "the sky is blue". I want "my place is wherever I go" to be so normal that it's redundant to say it. I want a world where "no" has no rebuttals, and that is simply a fact of life. I want a world where safe spaces are unnecessary because everywhere is safe. But until we get there, I want my message to tell the world exactly what I want. "Kill all men" isn't doing anything helpful, it's just helping feed the demonization of feminist movements. We should be focusing our energy on uplifting women and making sure abusive men are held accountable for their abusive actions.

And side-note in case terfs find this: I've lived most of my life with society assuming I'm a woman and treating me accordingly. I've been affected by misogyny (and misogynoir) for most of my life, and I've read books and taken classes on the oppression of women both in the past and present. I have researched the history of feminist movements in multiple parts of the world. I lived it, I've learned it, and I will not let anyone invalidate my knowledge or experiences.

[tahopo]

we truly regressed when people started buying into the genderbending is inherently transphobic thing. yeah that twelve year old being inquisitive and having fun on deviantart was your enemy all along.

[sp00ky-scary]

she puts estrogen in the Gotham water supply /j

[theposhperyton]

All evidence suggests yes

[saint-ambrosef]

Perpetually side-eyeing the fact that modesty/dress code rules for girls are always a half mile long list detailing what they can or can't wear head to toe, and then the rules for men list a max of like... two things. Wonder why that is.

[duckapus]

Idea: one of those "Ash somehow ends up in a group chat (usually with the Champions or Legendaries, sometimes with other characters) the first day of his journey and it messes with the series" AUs that've been popping up on AO3 lately, but instead it's a group chat made up of alternate versions of himself. One of them's the canon version (or at least close to it), the rest are AU versions, at least one of them is Ashley (not sure if trans or just genderbent. leaning towards trans), and all of them are from post-series and trying not to give too many spoilers because they don't want to overwhelm their "mini-me" or make things too easy for him 'cause if they do he won't grow as a trainer and person like they did (not that he'd want them to coddle him like that anyway. He's always wanted to get through on his own merits not have victories just handed to him). Also Arceus told them not to (who else do you think would've set this up?).

Granted, sometimes even when they do give spoilers it doesn't help much between them not having perfect memories, being from alternate timelines so a lot of the details are different between them, and forgetting just how stubborn and bull-headed their Kanto Era self could be.

I call it the "Self-Help Hotline" AU

[sky-scribbles]

So my niece, who is eleven, found out that I'm nonbinary (actually, she cornered me and said 'what is your gender??', which. fair. I've not been subtle). I told her I wasn't out to most of our family yet, and wasn't using they/them pronouns or my chosen name around them yet, so she could use those in private but not around everyone else.

And this kid. This kid has been taking every possible opportunity to call me by my chosen name when no one else will hear. Things like whispering in my ear 'hey [chosen name], can you pass me the water?' Yelling 'bye everyone!' to the family and when whispering just to me 'bye [chosen name]!' Coming into my room and immediately saying 'Hi *very pointedly* [chosen name]!!!'

The kids are all right.

[halohalona]

ah ok so we bisexuals and pansexuals have to prove to you that we are also attracted to the same gender by being in a romantic/sexual relationship with the same gender?

i didn't know that was a requirement

[sweaters-and-vertigo]

so if children don’t need gender affirming care, maybe they don’t need gender roles either?

[variousqueerthings]

tbh the "male-presenting" comment on doctor who isn't such a big surprise, and kinda does highlight a moment in time rn where in more progressive circles we're still struggling with binary and gender-essentialist assumptions around what we perceive to be "masculinity as something bad" whether it be trans men, non-binary people who don't present femme "enough," intersex people with facial hair and/or other so-called "masculine" features, butches and studs, trans women who "don't pass in the right way" or aren't out, questioning people, and any number of people who exist within gender and sex squiggly spaces, and don't feel welcome because of faux-progressive language constantly trying to redefine who we can exclude and what the oppression hierarchy looks like (women+, women and nb, femmes and thems, afab and amab as shorthand replacing woman and man, male- and female- "presenting", etcetc) rather than actually dismantling/liberating these structures

the ick feeling ive seen a lot of people have with it is neat to see, but it's not a moment that exists in an ignorant vacuum, it very much does echo things we need to be unpacking irl within our own communities and it should lead people to really go into "well what is it about it that comes off as so wrong, especially as the rest of the episode is very trans positive, and are those assumptions things that exist within my own perception of trans equality"?

yeah, hope to see more inclusiveness in the show moving forwards, and also irl moving forwards, because that was a reflection

[mantisgodsdomain]

Now that we are being followed by people, we need to make some thoughts and opinions clear so that people are not later Shocked And Disgusted or whatever by thoughts we have held for many years. We think it's weird and also bad to treat queer people like they're a different species from cishet people, and we think that treating things like Having A Sexuality makes a character better than if they have a different sexuality is bad no matter what way you put it.

We also think that, if in your setting queer folks are widely accepted and straight isn't a "default", it may be worth noting that, say, a straight woman might need just as much self-discovery to work out she's straight that a lesbian does nowadays. In the same manner that, in Ace Attorney, Larry Butz needs to tell Phoenix that no matter how many photos of handsome men he shows him, he's tried, he's just not attracted to men,

[batri-jopa]

bisexual: attraction to more than one gender

pansexual: attraction to all genders

F version (M -> HERE)

After I got sooo much lovely positive responses to my aro/ace pictures (both the fem and masc version) - I finally decided to try and make this style into a bigger queer series, hoping to spread even more positivity! 💜💙🩵💚💛🧡❤

[francisforever2014]

recent obsession is the notes on the men being ugly poll. apparently saying men are ugly is terf rhetoric . “saying yes is crazy we love men here!” some of us are lesbians…….. “i actually think NOBODY is ugly 🥰🥰” okay do you want a medal damn

[quantumghosts]

they really looked at the man who survived 40+ years alone in an apocalypse and 3 whole seasons of constantly, DESPERATELY, SINGLE-MINDEDLY trying to save his family... and then had him give up after 7 years where he had actual human company this time to help keep his sanity, and then made him a fucking homewrecker?????? this man had literally only TWO THINGS he cared about and now suddenly he's abandoned them both lmfao what the FUCK

[beanghostprincess]

zoro: go back to the kitchen-

transfem!sanji: EXCUSE ME, WHAT THE FUCK???

zoro: ????? YOU'RE OUR FUCKING COOK

[mezimraky]

i don't wanna get cursed with the popular post notes but someone should do a poll abt the creaking & enderman ship (is it yaoi? is it yuri? polycule with the warden? fourth secret fucked up thing?)