#terfs being racist

[shoujoboy-restart]

Context: TERFs/Gender criticals/Tradwives in training addicted to twitter attack Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in her head by religious fundamentalist terrorist group Taliban for attempting to resist against the denial of her right to access education, after she publicly showed support for a movie about trans women.

The attacks include claiming leftover bullet fragments of the attempted execution against her are the reason she likes a movie they don't, and that she must have those opinions because she studied at woke neo-marxist postmodern Oxford, the University she choose to go to after having her literal wellbeing and safety in jeopardy for simply wanting to have access to education, but I'm sure mocking her choice for a education, something she never even had safe access to her entire life much less a choice about it to begin with, is just a very intelligent critique of the Evil Liberal Choice Feminism™, plus racism and white washing for bigoted white women and revisionism of white women's participation in the oppression of minorities, colonization and imperialism but that's just another day ending with y in the TERF community.

But remember guys: is just Apolitical Concerned Women™ worried about the well being of xx chromosome uterus having females(until they don't think random trans women should get hate crimed), the real political violence against True Women's Right's Advocates™ is when Posie Parker gets her posters stolen after she accuses random black females who disagree with her politely of being men and implies them to be dirty and the actual male violence women go tonight everyday is being called a bitch on the internet and getting ratio'd be anime profiles after you do your daily racism and if you don't clap a victim being shamed and retraumatized you support rape and misogyny somehow.

[rjalker]

I'm sorry I just can't with this.

TERFs being racist by just straight up lying as usual, as well as their usual hating Queer people below the cut.

[ID: A Screenshot of a tumblr post by "practical-dyke", from June 30th, 2021, that reads:

"It's fucked up that people who insist on using the word queer all the time, also want to rename every college's African Studies department to 'N[four asterists] Studies'

This should go without saying, but I do not support that."

The post is tagged:

"Lesbian not Queer" "TBH the word queer denotes a 13-year-old mentality same as kids saying haha thats gay" "Thats what gender-religionists sound like"

The post has three notes.

End ID.]

[messrsrarchives]

i was talking to a friend about this today and i, of course, am going to yap about it. because i've been incredibly vocal and it's pointed out a lot how annoying it is but,,,

discussions of jkr in the marauders fandom are ongoing, and they need to be. this is not a topic we visit once, it's a topic we need to continue discussing because it's constantly evolving.

when jkr first became public with her views, it was "boycott the studios, boycott the merch, don't interact", which was appropriate for the time of "this franchise is done, do not engage with what is already there"

when things like cursed child and hogwarts legacy come out, it's a different conversation. because we're not just discussing things with her name plastered on the front of, we're talking about her IP as a whole. as the franchise develops into other areas, we need to discuss how to navigate that. we have discussions about the contributions of others, on "supporting the theatre cast/developers, not her" and how that's still harmful. it's a different discussion.

and today, it's more important than ever. not just because trans rights are under violent attack, but because fandom is more mainstream. more people join who may not be aware and they need to be educated, and this increased traction contributes to complacency.

we need to discuss how blowing up random tiktokers comment section with "this is so james potter!!!" is harmful even when it seems like a bit of fun, because it normalises engagement with this media, and encourages people to join without education. how blowing up fancasts comment sections is harmful because then people get excited over the possibility of them joining the reboot, or even just the fact that a high-profile celebrity is now connected with this fandom, and if they don't speak up on it, engagement with jkr must be okay, right? whether you're speaking on it, commenting on it, or a reposting a tiktok, it's engagement.

because like it or not, being in this fandom and producing content for this fandom is a form of promotion, so what can we do to make sure that we are promoting the right things? that we are doing it ethically? that we are keeping people educated?

the changing face of the franchise, the changing face of trans rights, and the changing face of fandom spaces is why these discussions keep coming up. because newer fans need to be educated, and older fans need to stay updated as things change.

but the one constant, the one constant thing that i really want to emphasise here is that it has never been about shaming. or cancelling. or "ganging up" against people.

it's about human rights. it's about lives > content.

these discussions aren't had so that we can call people out - although, if you feel called out by such discussions, maybe that's a sign you need to do better - it's about education. a guiding hand. awareness.

we educate and we have these discussions because one person doesn't make a difference. one person not watching the reboot makes no difference, and realistically? a complete, total boycott of JKR will make no difference - trans people will be under attack either way.

but you don't need to change the world to change your corner of it. and you don't need to have global influence to have an influence - you may not make an individual difference to her income and influence by profiting her, but you make a difference to the people around you, the people in this space, when you openly do so. you don't need to change the world to show solidarity.

and that's why these discussions take place. and that's why they keep taking place.

because in the wider world? everything is shit. everything is fucking awful. trans people are fighting day by day to not off themselves, or be offed.

so, listen, because the way you shape your corner matters, and we should not have to fight to prove that us living authentically, and enjoying our time in this space, is more important than a remake.

so yes, these discussions might be annoying. you can reach out and complain in my dms as much as you want, you can leave comments on people's videos asking if it's that deep, and you can say you just want to enjoy your time without getting lectured.

you can say that it's annoying.

and it won't be a fraction of the annoyance trans people feel both in and out of this space.

it's annoying for me too, even more so. but these discussions have to take place. whether you listen or not is up to you.

[donutdrawsthings]

People say cottagecore is dead because of tradwives infiltrating the aesthetic... Well, I live under a wet rock among pillbugs, slugs and centipedes so online discourse can't reach me while I'm having fun

[zooophagous]

I see some notes on that Lovecraft post all "why aren't we also willing to look past Harry Potter if we're able to for Cthulu" and I gotta say death of the author works a loooot better when the author is actually dead.

[whimtortoise]

What is your Hogwarts house?

i'm mentally ill but not that mentally ill

[actualadvocacybruh]

Rowling is being sued by the cis athlete she slandered

Explains why she stopped her screeching on twitter and went fucking dead silent

That being said it’s not exactly a hard case to prove given Rowling was actively pushing a narrative that was provably false in an effort to slander and defame Imane Khelif mostly due to racism as let’s be honest a rich white colonizer like Rowling just can’t stand to see a PoC beat a HWITE person

It also shows that these rad fem losers don’t actually care about women and it’s just a psycho crusade to screech and cry at everyone and everything they get triggered over

If they truly have a fuck they would be celebrating a woman from a highly patriarchal and misogynistic nation busted her ass and overcame actual oppression to win a gold medal in a sport that is seen as traditionally masculine and “not fitting for the fairer sex”

[blackbackedjackal]

Also someone tell werewolfnews on Twitter to unblock me and tell me thanks for outing the terf she's been breaking bread with.

[blodeuweddschild]

Slightly more moderate terfs in shock that there’s bigotry in their bigot group

[ohello0]

Shot:

Chaser:

Like I can’t even laugh these dumbass bastards think we all have memory loss

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Hey, if you're wondering why it feels likes feminism stagnated in 2014, I have the answer for you:

TERFs and Radfems. It was TERFs and Radfems.

2014 was also about the time that more trans people became more comfortable talking about their experiences on social media. There were definitely trans folks talking about their experiences before then, but the cultural swing of it being discussed on social media and shitheads behind shamed for being shitheads in response to people talking openly about their experiences was around 2014.

If feminism feels stagnated to you it's because TERFs and Radfems got very, very loud about their gatekeeping practices. They'd always had them, but the moment trans folks felt comfortable being themselves in online spaces, TERFs and Radfems lost their entire shit and started derailing every conversation about feminism and equality very, very loudly.

I have literally had a TERF tell me I am less of a woman because I had a hysterectomy. Think about that shit for a moment. I'm AFAB enby (and said so in the tweet that started the thread), and I postulated--as a fucked up joke--that a TERF would consider me less womanly for not having a uterus--and one of them showed up and AGREED WITH MY FUCKED UP GUESS.

And then I had a radfem here on tumblr claim I was lying because "no radfem" would ever say that. And when I said, "I said a TERF said it," the response was "radfems don't believe in TERFs" like we were talking about a vibe on ghosts.

The reason it feels like feminism has stagnated since 2014 is because the most hateful, gatekeeping fucks in the movement refuse to let it budge until we agree to their terms.

Fuck them. They don't care about women. They don't care about equality. They care about the same tiny bit of power that led their foremothers into where they are now: Wanting the most power with the least questions. They want to shame you into silence for believing in ideas like all women are valid and all women have different stories and that intersectional feminism will help us all.

If you feel that feminism has stagnated in the last decade, the problem isn't the whole house of people above the floorboards begging you to hear them; it's the dead heart under the floorboards thumping so loudly you think you owe it your attention. You don't. Let it die.

[bibuckleykinard]

how many times do we need to learn as people that irony and hyperbole can be harmful because 'jokes' aren't easily distinguished from genuine thoughts and feelings until we stop rewarding people for speaking or posting about violence

like even if you're joking/don't actually believe that/think whoever you are insulting is bad/immoral/fictional therefore deserves it - ad hominem attacks always do more harm to the people who share those characteristic then the individual you intend to cause harm to or discredit

[forcebookish]

i love the internet comment that's like, "this is icky? i don't know why. but it is. it's nasty." no self-reflection; no thought to if this is a reasonable reaction or a normal thing to say to someone about their creative work or way of life; no doubt that they could possibly be ignorant or ethically wrong or culturally insensitive - just unfiltered, barely digested word vomit. and we're supposed to, like, cater and pander to these kinds of people. censor ourselves, baby them, smooth out the edges of pointy jpegs for them. wild.

[tinystepsforward]

like a lot of articulate autists who aren't conflict-averse, i have had many a one-sided nemesis in my life. 99% of those situations were clown car level convoluted drama that revolved around a white queer person getting mad at the uppity brown bitch who dared to speak authoritatively in a space that now is ~unsafe~ bc someone brought up race (and was right to do so tyvm) and decided to devote way too much time to ruining my life, sometimes without me noticing for years

[bli-o]

i fucking hate transphobes because they love to make up “actual reasons” trans people are trans like “they have a fetish for being (x) gender” or “they want to prey on kids” and it allows them to completely dodge actually interacting with arguments for the existence of gender and the non-existence of gender or sex binaries. It sets the discussion MILES upon MILES back because it’s not even a discussion of whether trans people are real, it’s a discussion of whether we’re xyz stereotype.

and that’s the express purpose! It’s the oldest trick in the book; if they make a strawman to argue with, they dont have to put in the effort to argue with you at all! Conservatives have done this for hundreds of years.

misogynists stereotyped women as emotional to have an excuse for not confronting whether women are inherently less capable or smart than men Racists stereotyped black men as predators to have an excuse for not confronting whether your skin tone was a valid reason to dehumanize and hate someone

homophobes stereotyped gay people as predators(rings a bell) to have an excuse for not confronting whether being gay is natural or not immoral.

Just as they stereotype trans people now as predatory(rings a bell) “autogynephiles” or as “TRAs indoctrinating kids.”

[evilmagician430]

who up sinning their fest