#ideology gaps

[codesquire]

The best thing that happened to my grandparents' generation, was that they died before seeing their children their country turn into the monster they slew in WWII.

God, what a fucking disgrace the boomers became, ethically and politically.

[canichangemyblogname]

The political compass isn’t a perfect measure of political alignment, but it did help my father finally conceptualize where he sits relative to the people he used to vote for (Republicans).

Years ago, I came home from college for break and had all my family take the political compass quiz. The quiz frustrated my very anxious and wildly neurodivergent father who either wanted to answer “it depends” on every-other question or throw his hands in the air and shout, “No one would honestly pick these other answers! They’re immoral!” Neither of those were actual options, tho.

When we all got done taking the test, my father and I were the furthest left on the compass, situated firmly in the bottom left of the box. He was shocked to see how close he was to me in his results, as I had nearly given him a heart attack a year earlier after telling him I was a communist at just a semester into college. So he asked me where Joe and Trump sat on the compass. And I explained how they would both sit firmly at the top of the top right quadrant.

He was genuinely shocked. He was shocked that his politics were so dramatically different than the people he was voting for. And he was shocked that, despite how dramatic the differences between his politics and ideology and my own, we were closer to each other in our alignment than he was to the president at the time, Trump.

He hasn’t looked at politics and his political alignment the same since.

[sendmyresignation]

ok so knee deep in girls to the front which is incredibly interesting to hold up against dance of days. but the number one thing that keeps itching at my brain is like. I feel like so much of the discussion around riot grrl does a disservice to the fact this community was full of literal teenagers, both from the standpoint of why they were taking the specific actions they were, with what little political power young women are able to wield, but also explains why riot grrl... isn't perfect like god forbid the radical thought i had at seventeen doesn't just start a very public and easily hated youth moment but is also scrutinized and held up forever as The Thing You Believe Now. so much of my personal issue re: riot grrl is with the Canon and the retrospective understanding of the scene and much much less to do with the actual things fermenting in young people's minds/motivating them into taking actionable steps to mitigate unrelenting patriarchy because it's admirable to see young people take those steps.

[briony-tallis]

currently working on some intensive research on the midcentury civil rights movement and it's becoming clear that one of the defining characteristics of leftist activism in the digital age (and why that activism never seems to do anything useful for the cause despite occupying the largest communication network in history) is that the majority of participants are acting with the intent of signaling virtue to the in-group and have no interest in doing the necessary outreach to bring about material change.

[girlplagued]

age gap discourse has devolved into something so rancid… men on r/codyko defending him sleeping with a 17 year old girl at 25 bc “she was about to turn 18 and there’s no maturity difference” meanwhile an LGBT teenager is posting in an advice forum on whether it’s “okay” as a 17 year old to date another 17 year old who is turning 18 in two months and other teens telling her no bc the other girl will be an adult for all of 6 months while she’s a minor 😭 we are so unbelievably cooked

[maxellminidisc]

The way Zionist just stay telling on themselves would be funny if their mindset and propaganda wasn't literally killing people....

[attila-werther]

the depeche mode to disco elysium replay pipeline

[maaarine]

Why are British teenage girls so unhappy? Here’s the answer (Caitlin Moran, The Times, Sep 13 2024)

"The report, by the Children’s Society, found that British 15-year-old girls are the most unhappy in Europe.

British girls aged 10-15 are “significantly less happy” with their life, appearance, family and school than the average boy — and their happiness is still declining.

Boys’ life satisfaction, meanwhile, remains broadly stable. (…)

But I still didn’t have an “aha!” moment about why this so disproportionately affects girls until… I talked to some teenage girls.

It was at a party, and I went to vape with them on the patio. Because I take my nicotine like children do.

“Duh — it’s the boys,” one said when I brought it up, as all the others agreed.

“The boys?” I asked.

My last book, What About Men?, had been all about how much boys struggle these days: their loneliness; their suicide rates. I’d spent the past year feeling very sympathetic towards boys.

“Yeah, well, who do you think they’re taking out their unhappiness on? It’s us,” another girl said.

“One boy at school used to draw a picture every day of how ugly I was,” a third girl said. “Every day for two years.”

“They’ve all got ‘Rate The Girls’ polls on their WhatsApps,” the first said. “They mark you down for weight gain, haircuts, what you say.”

“But then, if you’re hot, it’s just as bad, in a different way, because they’ll be talking about how they want to f*** you.”

The girls discussed coping techniques. Bad news: none of them worked.

“The only way you can stop them is if you become ‘one of the boys’ and hang out with them. But then,” the second girl said with a sigh, “all the other girls call you a slut. Because you’ve gone over to the boys’ side.”

“Surely it’s not all the boys?” I said. “There must be some nice boys?”

“Oh, yeah,” one girl said. “But they keep their heads down. Because… well, look.”

She showed me the Instagram account of her friend. Under every picture she posted of herself — smiling in a new dress; with her dog — dozens of anonymous accounts had replied with the most rank abuse.

“Fat.” “Slut.” “You gonna try and kill yourself again, for attention?”

“They’re all boys from her school,” she said. “And look, this one boy tried to defend her.”

I saw a series of messages from a brave teenage boy, posting things like, “You’re all big men, leaving these replies under anonymous accounts.”

As I could see, this boy immediately became a target too. Mainly accusations that he was “white knighting” this girl: “You wanna f*** her, bro?”

“So,” I asked, “you don’t think it’s social media pressure to be beautiful, or the economy, that’s making girls so sad?”

“Well, yeah, them too,” the first girl said. “But, Monday-Friday, 9-3, I’m not on social media. I’m not… in the economy. I’m just with these boys. And no one talks about how horrible they are.”

I thought about another recent report, showing a 30 per cent ideological gap between Gen Z men, who are increasingly conservative, and Gen Z women, who are increasingly progressive.

I thought about Andrew Tate, who has nine million mostly young male followers — and faces human trafficking charges, which he denies.

And I thought: maybe these girls are on to something. Maybe more people need to vape with teenage girls and ask them for the school gossip."

[sentientcanvas]

"As a feminist, I don't see people with your views as potential life partners because I don't think you're on my side. I don't think you'll support me when I experience sexism at work, or I'm harassed at a bar. Or treated poorly during childbirth. I don't think you'll do your share of the housework, or childcare. I don't think you'll put my career advancement at the same level of importance of your own."

- reddit user magical_elf explaining why women don't want to date conservatives

[valtsv]

removing your masked character's mask is a mistake aesthetically ideologically and sexually speaking but i won't deny that catching a glimpse of a little skin in the spaces beneath the eye holes or the gap where the mask meets the face gets me a bit hot under the collar

[mariyamasghar99]

[antiterf]

Its kind of ridiculous how difficult it is to find critical intersex literature if you don't know where to look.

That said, here are frequently cited things I've found. For the one's that are behind paywalls, I have a Google Drive folder set up to hold them for access. The only things I leave behind a paywall are books by individual authors. They are not organized at all, I'm sorry.

Intersex Variations Glossary by InterACT

Narrative Symposium: Intersex—Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics (NIB) Volume 5, Number 2, Summer 2015.— Trigger warning for intersex genital mutilation (IGM), sexual assault, and medical trauma—it's honestly a lot but incredibly important. (Drive)

A human rights investigation into the medical "normalization" of intersex people - A report of a public hearing by the Human Rights Commission of the City & County of San Francisco

Surgical Progress Is Not the Answer to Intersexuality - Cheryl Chase. - TW for IGM and images of genitalia (Drive)

The Intersex Roadshow, a blog of Dr. Cary Gabriel Costello - Costello is an intersex trans man and tries to bridge the gap between trans and intersex issues

Beyond Binary Sex and Gender Ideology - Cary Grabriel Costello - Chapter 12 of The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment (Drive)

Transgender and intersex: theoretical, practical, and artistic perspectives (book/textbook) (Drive)

Intersex: Stories and Statistics from Australia (Book) (Open Access)

Fixing sex: intersex, medical authority, and lived experience (Book)

The harms of medicalisation: intersex, loneliness and abandonment (Open Access Article)

Intersex: cultural and social perspectives (Open Access Article)

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Technical Note on the Human Rights of Intersex People. Basically, if you want an easy way to say that doctors are going against human rights by performing IGM.

An experimental philosophical bioethical study of how human rights are applied to clitorectomy on infants identified as female and as intersex (Open Access Article) - People were more likely to support the same surgery on infants labeled as intersex than they were on infants labeled as female.

Caught in the Gender Binary Blind Spot: Intersex Erasure in Cisgender Rhetoric by Hida Viloria - About how cisgender often doesn't accurately express the experiences intersex people have. Costello, mentioned earlier with Intersex Roadshow, coined Ipsogender for this reason.

Introduction for Intersex Activism - A guide for allies

Sex, Science, and Society: Reckonings and Responsibilities for Biologists (Open Access Article)

Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis by Georgiann Davis - TW for medical trauma

Spectacles and Scholarship: Caster Semenya, Intersex Studies, and the Problem of Race in Feminist Theory by Zine Magubane (Drive)

Owning Endosex Privilege and Supporting the Intersex Community: WPATH, Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM), and Sex Variant Bodies by Margo Schulter

The Spectrum of Sex by Hida Viloria and Dr. Maria Nieto

A long way to go for LGBTI equality from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights - Before the UK left the EU

If anyone wants to add, feel free! This was the non-medicalized stuff I had saved in Zotero, and definitely not all that's out there.

[master-of-junk]

Mine (🔞MDNI🔞)

🩸Mr. Scarletella x MC

(Not proof read yet)

You walked down the street, it was already dark out. Your eyes trailed up towards the sky. You hadn’t found any suitable target to kill so you just took a day off. Even serial killers needed some time alone.

You stood at a stop light, mindlessly waiting for the light to tell you to walk despite there being no cars on the road. You looked around slowly, wondering why it was so quiet today- but your eyes widen when you saw a man in red standing farther away from you, he held an umbrella that was also red. You looked up at the stars briefly noting that there was no rain coming anytime soon- not even a cloud in the sky. You looked back down and saw the man was gone!

You huffed out slightly and continued walking. Of course you remembered him, he was obsessed with getting your name in the other world. Eventually, you gave in when he had cornered you and gave him your name. However, you were surprised to find yourself alive and well, back in your home world. Of course- occasionally you’d see him behind you in a passing reflection or in the corner of your room at night watching you with glowing red eyes. Though, it was a lot more underwhelming than you cared to admit.

Sure he got the drop on you sometimes and scared the shit out of you- but he was more like an annoying gnat that kept buzzing in your ear no matter how many times you swatted at it. He kept his distance for the most part and you were fine with that. He also didn’t seem to mind your ideology when it came to make sure people got what they deserved.

You made your way home, hands shoved into the pockets of your raincoat. Sometimes, it even felt nice when you saw him. It made you feel safer? If that was the correct term to describe the sense of comfort you found in the demon’s ghost’s presence. You entered your home discarding your things for the day and went about your usual business, showering, eating, being lazy-

You flipped through the channels on the dark room, a glass of wine on the table. Without the stimulating company of another human or entities like Mr.crawling, you found yourself often bored, what else would pass all the time if not alcohol.

Though you tried to not drink too much because that pesky little gnat would become more active. You supposed that Mr. Scarletella was smarter than the average ghost and understood human nature to a larger extent than others. Especially since it appears he, like Mr. Gap, could travel between worlds at will.

You grabbed the wine glass and leaned back breathing out as you settled back into the couch. Though just as you expected, it didn’t take long for the entity to appear in the corner of your living room. Of course you ignored him, knowing that your attention would only make him act more aggressively. You sat silently in the tense atmosphere with the wine glass pressed to your bottom lip as you contemplated the ghosts behavior from your peripherals, eyes still trained in the screen.

Maybe he wanted a reaction out of you? You grunted a bit not sparing a glance but turned off the tv and walked away “You’re terrible company.” You put away whatever needed to be put up before walking into your bedroom. You only had a lamp on, making Mr. Scarletella appear in the darkest and furthest corner making you roll your eyes.

You glanced at him briefly as a rather devilish thought crossed your mind. What if this was like a game of cat and mouse? If he wanted to kill you, he’d of done it by now. So what did he want?? Another glance at him made his head perk up as your eyes connected. You looked away quickly once again thinking ‘He was once a man right?’

Without much other thought you decided ‘Fuck it- let’s see what happens…’ you stood at the edge of your bed your back facing the ghost, you pulled your shirt over your head leaving you in nothing else expect for your underwear. You stood there for a moment before slightly looking back over your shoulder seeing that he was watching you intently, his eyes looked wider than usual as if to intently study you.

You hummed out “Let’s see…” acting oddly unbothered by the growing intensity of the atmosphere, maybe you liked being watched a lot more than initially thought.

You bent over slightly reaching into your night stand grabbing the small vibrator before sitting back onto your plush bed, for the first time in a long time you acknowledged him “Ever see one of these before?” You giggled, a tease to your tone, you placed it between your legs and turned it on, ignoring the eyes peering at you intently from across the room. You bit your lip closing your eyes, a hand moving to pinch your own nipple as you pleasured yourself.

You briefly opened your eyes, looking through your eyelashes towards Mr. Scarletella. Your eyes met as he hadn’t taken his gaze off of you since you acknowledged him. After only a few seconds of the eye contact you threw your head back feeling the rush of warmth wash over you in waves making you grip the bed and breath out shuttered breaths. You eventually turned off the toy and sighed out catching your breath until you opened your eyes and flinched when he was next to your bed looming over you “Ah!” You relaxed upon seeing he was just staring at you, breathing harshly.

You were a little off put though “U-Uh-“ you began sitting up “What?? Never seen someone get off before-“ you were suddenly cut off when he grabbed you and trapped you against the bed “Hey!” You yelped but you grew silent when his hand cupped your breast and a thumb glided over your nipple making your gaze flicker downward. You looked back at his face seeing his eyes staring at your face intently like usual, but there was a curious air about him.

You looked further down and saw his bright red jacket already unbuttoned and his pants unbuttoned and unzipped. Your eyebrows shifted up in surprise “You want to…?” He didn’t bother to wait, as he grabbed your hips and positioned himself in front of you “Mr.Scarletella, w-wait-“ his breathing picked up hearing his name roll off your tongue. He slammed into you making you gasp! He kept his thrusts even as he pinned your legs back against your body keeping you pinned as his grin grew wider seeing your resolve crack to deny his advances.

You could see the excitement building in his expression as he stared at your face intently as he fucked you. It didn’t even seem like he was trying to please himself, it was like he wanted to see what you’d do under his touch. He leaned closer to your face, you looked at him questionably, almost wondering if he was going to kiss you.

However his hand wrapped around your throat and held to back down to the bed as he kept mercilessly trusting into your velvet like walls. He enjoyed seeing you wrapped around him, he liked claiming you in all ways. He liked being the only one you did this with, albeit it’s the first time you’ve ever let him this close. But he would take any crumb of attention you’d give him. You were all his, all his.

He felt you clench around him making his grin widen “You! You mine!” He breathed harshly watching your eyes connect with his, you swore you could see the hearts in his eyes as he claimed you “All mine! Only mine! Never leave!” You let out a sudden cry your hand flying to his as you came, your legs shaking. He grinned seeing you collapse back against the bed- his hand retreating.

You panted looking at him, your face decently red as you hadn’t expected that to happen…

Maybe you should have teased him soon?

[wis-art]

The worst period of my life was when I was a self hating teenager in denial about being transgender. I grew up in a deeply abusive household and my father expected me to be his manly son and I tried to conform despite it driving me insane, I fell down many nasty rabbitholes because of my insecurities rooted in deep hatred of my body and deep hatred of what I should be, I have always felt uneasy looking at men in cartoons and movies thinking to myself how much I don't want to become that, always envying the girls and always dreaming about waking up as a girl. This all lead me online because I felt so isolated from the world and I couldn't relate to anybody. Of course an unmedicated self hating teenager, with grand delusions about being god's little special soldier, seeking ANY validation is bound to fall into some horrible places, i am one of the victims of the alt right pipeline, and it did drive me into suicidal spirals many times over how much I hated myself for being transgender. Eventually I snapped out of it and grew out of it but the taste in my mouth of ever associating myself with that kind of community is really disgusting and never seems to wash off from my tongue, which I suppose is good since I never want to be back there mentally. I despise the right wingers, seeing and experiencing their beliefs first hand, it's all just driven by hate and insecurity, the only reason why it's so popular is because these people prey on lack of knowledge and insecurity of any kind, offering easy solutions and quick fixes, putting an easy target to direct your hate towards just to deflect the hate away from yourself. It is not a valid or real solution or even political ideology, it's a grift and a worldview sold to people who know their future is uncertain, it's harnessing the societal instability and crisis for political and financial gain, and I was a sucker for it in my teenage years for which I apologize. Nowadays I am unapologetically a leftist, with flaws and gaps in knowledge, like any other human on this earth but fundamentally different and changed from when I was a kid, and I am proud of myself and I am proud to be the bad transgender bitch that I am. It took so much effort, medicine, therapy, help from my family, help from my friends for me to realize that I was wrong and that I need to change. I did not do it alone. And I'm glad I did it, and I'm happy to ve fortunate enough to receive help and support despite being a toxic unpleasant person to be around. All so I can just be Wis in peace a weird transgender woman on the internet, drawing trans women who despise the fascists and nazis. It's also why I so deeply believe in people changing and why I am so adamantly against harassing people for their mistakes for years, it just doesn't help, all it does is makes one ashamed and all shame does is drive one further into the abyss of self hatred. As corny as it sounds love has saved me and it is love and patience that helps people change

[pronoun-fucker]

Extreme misogyny will be treated as a form of extremism under new government plans, the Home Office has said.

Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has ordered a review of the UK's counter-extremism strategy to determine how best to tackle threats posed by harmful ideologies.

The analysis will look at hatred of women as one of the ideological trends that the government says is gaining traction.

Ms Cooper said there has been a rise in extremism "both online and on our streets" that "frays the very fabric of our communities and our democracy".

The review will look at the rise of Islamist and far-right extremism in the UK, as well as wider ideological trends, including extreme misogyny or beliefs which fit into broader categories, such as violence.

It will also look at the causes and conduct of the radicalisation of young people.

Ms Cooper said the strategy will "map and monitor extremist trends" to work out how to disrupt and divert people away from them.

It will also "identify any gaps in existing policy which need to be addressed to crack down on those pushing harmful and hateful beliefs and violence", she said.

Ms Cooper said that action against extremism has been "badly hollowed out" in recent years.

The work will inform a new counter-extremism strategy, which was promised in Labour's manifesto and which the Home Office says will "respond to growing and changing patterns" of extremism across the UK.

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[apas-95]

is there any room for shein in leftism at all? like what if you’re poor and fat and that’s the only place that sells clothes that are cheap enough to fit a larger body? i saw someone staunchly defending this position online. is there something i’m missing? i thought shein’s existence was completely antithetical to leftist ideology???

The question doesn't make sense - if by 'leftism' you mean communism, then communism isn't based on individual shopping habits. A socialist state is brought about by a proletarian vanguard party waging revolutionary war, not by buying from 'ethical' brands (which don't exist, all businesses under capitalism subsist off the exploitation of the proletariat; and all interactions under capitalism have within them the kernel of all contradictions within capitalism).

Should you buy from Shein, or whatever other company? Who cares? Excepting an organised boycott by said proletarian vanguard party, nothing you as an individual do will have any influence on society at large, it is random noise which will be cancelled out by some other random individual action of the opposite sort.

Under socialism, will Amazon continue to exist? Will it be reorganised? Will H&M and The Gap be made to operate more sustainably? These are questions entirely separate from 'which capitalist should I personally buy my shirt from?'

Lifestyle-ism is not revolution.