#intersectional womanism

[odinsblog]

🗣️ Pay very close attention!

Please forget, for a moment, that many people live in the intersection of simultaneously being Black + LGBTQ + refugee + Asian. Instead, I am asking you to look at how the Republican culture wars are pitting one identity against the other.

DeSantis has banned any mention of Gay and Trans people, Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, Critical Race Theory, and much more… but now he is mandating Asian American history.

Florida and other Republican controlled legislators around the country are whitewashing and erasing Black history from school history textbooks, while also making Asian history a requirement. ⁉️

Please be just a little bit curious.

You must ask yourself, why?

WHY would an abjectly racist politician ban one culture’s history, but require another’s?

DeSantis is playing Asian people, the “model minority,” against—in his eyes—all of the “less desirable” minorities: Black people, Lgbtq+ people, etc. etc. etc. It’s a classic divide and conquer strategy.

Please see his ploy for what it is. We are all stronger together. Republicans know this. It’s why they’re working so hard to drive wedges between us.

Don’t fall for the okie doke.

[macbxth-pdf]

Just making sure yall are seeing what I’m seeing

[macbxth-pdf]

Friendly reminder or tidbit for those who may not know:

On other social media platforms (primarily TikTok), people are saying that Radical Feminism is trans-inclusive and its possible to have Trans-Inclusionary Radical Feminism... Transphobia/"gender critical" ideologies are one of the main pillars in that school of 'feminist' thought. On top of that, the transphobia exhibited in these groups has led to the assumption that 'trans features' and BIPOC features are one in the same. Not only do RadFems divide our community and lead to trans people ( Especially trans women) being mistreated in our community, it further fuels the racism problem in the queer community as well.

TL;DR: TIRFs aren't a fucking thing, Transphobia + Bio-essentialism are baked into RadFem ideology, and RadFem ideology has evolved into racism on multiple occasions as well. Stay safe and listen to trans voices.

radfem ideology is going to be the death of queer communities

[agendercryptidlev]

[ID: Meme that reads "I bring a sort of "The Patriarchy was defined by Cis Feminists and the Definition Should be Updated To Better Represent the Lived Experiences of Trans and Intersex People" Vibe to Transfeminist Theory that Radfems don't really like" the background is a photo of a man with a backwards baseball cap looking into the distance while standing outside /end ID]

[theantichristpluviophile]

Growing up with a gender non conforming mother literally saved me. She never wore makeup, she rarely shaved, she had short hair, she always put comfort first when choosing clothes, she never cared for skincare or anti-aging products in fact she’s proud of her wrinkles, she was a ‘these are signs of a fulfilling life’ mother not a retinol at 15 mother, she was a ‘eat whatever you want’ mother not a ‘are you gonna eat all that?’ mother, she was openly against plastic surgery, she stood up for her beliefs, she never let men talk down to her or belittle her, she was always down for a debate etc.

It didn't dawn on me until I got older that this wasn't 'normal'. That not everyone’s mother was like that. I rarely felt pressure to conform to patriarchal gender stereotypes because I didn’t grow up with one as a role model. In fact the only times I started to feel as though I should conform to ‘femininity’ was when I started integrating more into wider society and less in the comfort of my home. (Social media, friendships etc)

When I was a kid, I took it for granted, but now I see how blessed I was to be raised by a mother like that, and I see how much my friends and women online are struggling to accept themselves in totality, in their natural and unapologetic form. Since I was born, I thought it was totally normal for women to be like that … because it should be.

[marxist-magnetron]

One of the most basic principles of any feminism worthwhile is that men have and benefit from the systematic power that they hold over woman. No amount of 'toxic masculinity' or 'patriarchy backfiring on men' is going to change that. Gender exists and was created purely to subjugate women and exploit their physical, sexual, and (in the case of those who can have children) reproductive labour*.

Men are not 'hurt by gender roles too' in any way that is analogous to the experience of women. Any negative experiences associated with proper performance of masculinity is deeply outweighed by the collective benefit that men experience as a class through their subjugation of women! Whereas women experience no benefits in their subjugation. To say that 'men are hurt too' is to obscure the basic fact that they experience a net benefit and woman a net negative, and any feminist worth their salt is not going to entertain any of that nonsense.

Men who are really working against the patriarchy and oppression of women need to be recruited and doing it with the mindset that they are working against their own benefit, not for it. As when the cards start to fall and their privileges and material benefit begin to actually crumble no amount of 'toxic masculinity' discussion is going to convince them to not lash out and try to put woman back underneath them. If a man is going to be a stable ally they need to be prepared for that in the same way that an imperial core communist has to know that in working against imperialism they are working against their own interest and will lose access to its spoils.

*edit for clarity: I am using the term 'reproductive labour' here in the ancient historical studies sense in which it specifically refers to the labour associated with birthing and caring for one's own child.

[femmefatalevibe]

Femme Fatale Guide: How To Decenter Men In Your Life

Consider the values, goals, and desired lifestyle that feel most authentic to you if social scripts/stigmas didn't apply to you

Take time to become radically honest with your desires as an individual – outside of the perception of men, your family, boss, teachers, peers, etc.

Cultivate a sense of personhood and identity established in your interests, hobbies, skillsets, learning capabilities, creativity, and desire for growth in all aspects of life

Act in your own best interests. Speak up for your needs, and advocate for yourself. Be more "selfish." Don't apologize for what you want and go after it. Act in your own best interests

Become confident in negotiating, assertive communication, and standing on your own two feet. Establish relationships in all aspects that are based on mutual benefit and equitable exchange

Unlearn your self-sacrificing & people-pleasing. Stop shrinking yourself or suppressing your needs to make others feel better or more comfortable

Validate yourself: your needs, desires, goals, dreams, preferences, and opinions. You need to choose yourself every day. Your appeal to others means nothing if you don't like the person you are or are becoming to satisfy the needs or desires of others

Consider the ways you're consciously and subconsciously confining your self-expression and belief system to fit the mold/appease the patriarchy. Actively work to deconstruct this mentality and way of being

Be honest with yourself about how men enrich your life. Not the other way around. Do they fulfill you romantically, sexually, both, or neither? There's no right or wrong answer, except the one that requires you to put on a performance rather than live in alignment with your true self

More resources including book recommendations/creators to follow HERE.

[weaver-z]

The way people who claim to be feminists on this site will flip out the moment you criticize the makeup industry is so funny

[scarletalchemy]

Growing up as a trans person of colour is odd, because we're hardly ever acknowledged, let alone centred in conversations. I think a massive symptom of this is how many of us have 'white' names, as our chosen names.

I'll use myself as an example, but i've noticed this as a growing trend. My chosen name, until recently, was 'Scarlet' and i got this from the world i was raised in. Its objectively a white name, with white roots, for an Arab woman. (Currently I'm trying out Yasmeen instead).'

And then this is used against us, because we are frequently assumed to be white. People judge online communities and are like 'you're white', trans communities are white, etc. But the only reason we even have these names is because of these attitudes.

Its annoying.

[babypenguinbird]

There are cultures with practice where they kidnap and drag the bride to the grooms house till she is crying. if you dont cry you are slut shamed. every culture around the world knows marriage is degrading for women. yet its the men complaining and making jokes about how marriage is like shakles to them.

[odinsblog]

Lmao, Abby feels “betrayed” by Right wing conservative men, who been showing everyone they hated women literally from day one

[macbxth-pdf]

Imma talk my shit rq

With everything that is going on in our world, the last thing queer people and feminists should be doing is engaging in discourse. I’m guilty of engaging in that type of shit myself but shits gonna get real.

In the states, Project 2025 is a real possibility that affects not only the queer community but it will target the working class, women, people with fertility issues, and people of color. Keep in mind many of us [queer people] fall into these groups. Hell the possibility of the department of education getting banned is becoming more and more real. Homelessness is becoming criminalized.

On a global scale you have what’s happening in Kenya, Haiti, Sudan, Palestine, The Philippines, etc.

We need to stop fighting each other and work on building community. The more divided we are, the harder it will be for us to organize.

In anyone have any vetted and reputable mutual aid sources, please share them in the comments or the reblogs.

[punkeropercyjackson]

If you ever tell a black woman 'your personality matters more than your looks' instead of calling her pretty,i think you should kill yourself

[hadesoftheladies]

one whopping giant wall in the way of female solidarity and consciousness-raising is that western folks have this mentality that they’re always at the front of humanitarian progress when they’ve been the same bloodthirsty society for the last two centuries. the same way men keep trying to take credit for “allowing” women’s rights like they weren’t fought for is the same way the western world takes credit for anti-colonial and imperial resistance and human rights discourse. we weren’t human until we demanded we were.

yet white radfems on here will talk about feminist movements in the global south like they’re inspirational stories or “attempts in the right direction” like they’re waiting for the global south to catch up on theory they’ve had for years. because women of color aren’t leaders in this movement. they’re niche, almost allies in their own movement.

maybe women from other cultures can teach you about the feminist fight. maybe they have a lot more practice with liberation and resistance movements. maybe they aren’t suggesting things but laying out the future of feminist thought and praxis. it’s time we started centering them. at least, I know I’m gonna try.

[frozen-orbit]

And now here's the girlies version ✨ Turns out they have even more in common than the boys.

Boys version

[queerism1969]