#terfs/radfems fuck off

[snailsnfriends]

friendship among girls

west wind (mary oliver) / a good love (charlotte ager) / twin stars (clairel estevez) / sex education (laurie nunn) / derry girls (lisa mcgee) / water serpents (gustav kilmt) / ribs (lorde) / anne of green gables (lucy maud montgomery) / the friends (max ginsberg) / in the company of women (january gill o'neil) / graceland too (phoebe bridgers) / wicked (winnie holzman) / fleabag (phoebe waller-bridge) / silhouette (janice lobo sapigao) / x / juno (jason reitman) / black iris (leah raeder) / jennifer's body (karyn kusama) / the art of loving and losing female friends (rachel vorona cote) / clothes swap/brooklyn 2008 (hope gangloff) / mabel (becca de la rosa & maybell marten) / twin stars (clairel estevez) / friends (colin bootman) / my little pony: friendship is magic (lauren faust)

[nando161mando]

This couldn't have happened to more deserving people

[coypurat]

oh to be carefree like this. theyre both so fucking epic

[falloutnewvegastransedmygender]

Let's see how we're doing.

Montana, SB99 has passed the Senate and moved to the House. Would ban Trans Youth from any sort of medical transition or puberty blockers. Notably it allows cis minors to get breast implants and such and only singles out Trans youth. Furthermore no state property, facility, or building (presumably this includes schools), to refer to Trans Minors as their true gender and must refer to them via their AGAB.

Utah, Governor Cox signed a bill that bans all Trans Youth medical care, unless already and currently diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria, and allows for people to sue doctors.

Just, DeSantis and Florida, there's a lot going on there.

Oh and former President Trump announced his campaign for 2024 with a promise on a TOTAL BAN AGAINST TRANS PEOPLE, a quick Google should bring it up if you haven't seen it, it's disgusting.

ARE WE ALLOWED TO SPEAK UP NOW? IS IT BAD ENOUGH NOW? ARE WE STILL OVERREACTING?

They put our Chosen Names on our Graves

They call it Progress

They expect the Survivors to be Grateful

They call it Progress

They sell our Symbols on T-Shirts

They call it Progress

They hide us in the Background

They call it Progress

They tell us we are Free

Free to What?

Free to Watch Their Films

Free to Buy Our Symbols from Them

Free to Put our Chosen Names on our Graves

Free to Die

They call it Progress

They Call It Progress

Astra Celeste (2022)

I wrote this post Club Q, and was not quite sure what to do with it.

I know now, I hope it helps bring attention to Trans Genocide. Look at these laws, some i have in more detail than others, proposed and passed that seek to criminalize our existence.

West Virginia: SB 252 (Sent to Judiciary January 17, 2023) Would define being Trans as an obscenity to minors.

Oklahoma: SB 129 (Prefiled to be Introduced February 6th, 2023) Would ban Trans Affirming Healthcare to everyone under 26 and forcibly detransition anyone under that age who has transitioned. This would currently encompass all of Gen Z.

States like Arizona, Montana, Tennessee and Nebraska have proposed bills that would ban drag from minors, but could be enforced in the same way as WV SB 252 in theory.

In 2022

Florida banned Medicaid coverage for Trans Affirming Healthcare.

Bathroom Bans were instituted in states across the country.

Laws banning any Trans Affirming Healthcare for teens have been enacted in several states.

"Don't Say Gay" Bills, again spread across the country in various states.

In Texas the Family and Protective Services were ordered to begin investigating all trans children in Texas and prosecuting their parents as child abusers and all teachers, doctors, and caregivers ordered to begin reporting any trans students they see.

And I ask you

What kind of progress is this?

Stop Trans Genocide

[oarfishing]

Alright, I'm sick of seeing TERFisms on my dash, so here's a handy list of TERF dogwhistles and talking points to think about before you reblog a post.

I've seen a few of these before, but it doesn't hurt to make more. Especially when we're seeing a lot of radfem rhetoric popping up in LGBT spaces from people who might not know better.

SCREENNAMES: these are terms that commonly appear in radfem usernames across the web

rad or radical

fem or femme

vulva, clit, uterus, womb, ovary, vagina, etc.

febfem

anything along the lines of "angry woman"

xx or chromosomes

wombyn, wimmin, womyn, etc.

LGB

feminist

BIOS: things that show up in radfem bios

♀ or ⚢

febfem

female separatist

female, human female, adult human female

xx

something along the lines of "the scary feminist you were warned about"; being an angry woman, being sick of being silenced, being an evil woman, being an angry lesbian

detrans (NOTE: detrans people are absolutely not always transphobic)

dysphoric female

males/men do not interact

LGB✂️

misandrist

feminist (NOTE: again, very few feminists are actually terfs, but this is commonly in terf bios alongside some of these other terms)

TERMS: terms that radfems use in their circles

TIM - trans-identified male, a way of saying transfems, trans women, and other trans people

TIF - trans-identified female, same as above but the other way around, less commonly seen

DSD - disorder of sexual development, a way to avoid saying intersex and to categorize intersex people as "still male or female" (you might see "males with DSD" or "females with DSD" for example)

females or males instead of women and men

alternatively, women and males to dehumanize men

"peaking" or "peaked" - referring to becoming radicalized as a radfem or TERF

womyn, wombyn, wimmin, wo**n, and any other spelling that takes "man" out of the term woman

mentally ill men/women

sex-based oppression

gender critical

"TIRF" - trans-inclusive radical feminist (don't be fooled by the name, they're very much not)

TRA - trans rights activist, derogatory

sex-based rights

female separatism/"women's land"

WBW - womyn-born womyn

autistic girls/children

troon - (ridiculous) slur for trans people

RHETORIC: general ideological themes in radfem rhetoric

men are inherently more violent than women

women don't or rarely rape men

(woman on woman rape is ignored by almost all radfems)

being nonbinary is a way to "stop being" your assigned sex while still acting as your birth sex

lesbians are not attracted to men/penises and can never have sex with men/penises (otherwise, you're bisexual)

men can and will never be lesbians

there is no such thing as a bi lesbian, only lesbians and bisexuals. labels are rigid and sex-based

all of the world's suffering is driven by men

women would be better off separate

an all-female society is utopia

sex is binary, and intersex people are "glitches" or "still male or female but DisorderedTM"

men should expect to be feared by women

female/female relationships are safer and more pure than straight or gay male relationships

men and women are more different than similar

intersex people should not be allowed in sports

intersex people and trans men are never in men's sports

terrible world events wouldn't have happened if women were in charge

men are stupid and aggressive

being a man is not a positive thing

men's problems are lesser than women's

penises are disgusting and vaginas and vulvas are beautiful

trans women are performing at being girls

trans men see themselves as above lesbians

attraction is sex-based

porn is rape

porn is inherently violent

watching porn makes you predisposed to inflicting abuse

BDSM is inherently violent and misogynistic

transitioning children (whether socially or medically) are being abused

"bitch" and "cunt" are slurs against women

only gay men can say faggot and only lesbian women can say dyke

When you see a few or more of these together, RUN! It's a terf.

[eagledrawsandvibes]

Daily reminder to TERFs for Pride Month!

- You are not valid!

- Nobody cares about you!

- Terf isn’t a slur!

- You are not a minority group!

- Trans men are men and trans women are women!

- People aren’t misogynistic, they just hate you because you’re insufferable!

- Men matter and are wonderful to be around!

- You’re a disgrace to actual feminists everywhere!

(Reblog to explode a terf and give a trans person a cookie!)

[aishabellasbigblogofeverything]

I love it when women hate men. I love it when women are allowed to vent to each other about how horrible and creepy men are. I love it when women form friendships with and prioritize each other over relationships with men(whether they're attracted to them or not). I love it when women put men dni in their bios and on their nude photos and on posts on their blogs. I love it when women refuse to mollycoddle and accommodate entitled male feelings with "but this doesn't mean I hate all men, I know a few men who are great, I love my father/sons/brothers/uncles/male cousins/guy friends" I love it when women complain about men WITHOUT "not all men" being a disclaimer. I love it when women avoid socializing with/refuse to be around/befriend/get close to men because they know men can't be trusted. I love it when women make "kill all men" jokes. I love it when women offer absolutely no concern or care for men's feelings and if their misandry offends men whatsoever because why should we, men are the oppressor class who have raped and killed and abused us and kept us as subjugated as second-class citizens for millennia, they regularly mistreat us and the women in their own marginalized communities still every single day and make this world so much harder and more awful for us to be in, and if we choose to hate them and not spare them any sympathy then so be it, and I don't just mean "men as a class" either, you can be a woman who doesn't want to have anything to do with any man on an individual basis and completely cuts off men from her personal life too and ykw I will love and fucking support you in that because men deserve absolutely NOTHING from us. If they're so tough and strong then they can handle it just like they can handle being lonely. If you are a woman who hates men, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A LESBIAN AND/OR A TRANS WOMAN, then just know that I love you. I love you, I support you, and you are safe here.

[lastoneout]

Tbh the whole "making an exception for country music made by women" thing also rings really fucking hollow because women can be nationalistic and racist and shitty just like the rest of humanity(the person who screamed horrid shit at Beyoncé during her performance of 'Daddy Lessons' was a woman) and also it completely glosses over all of the black men making country music rn who deserve recognition. Just continues to prove that the "men = bad / woman = good" form of feminism is flawed as hell and kinda just hurts everyone in the long run.

I also just hate the idea that country music has to either be about how america sucks, unions, and/or women killing their husbands to be worthy of recognition. Like it's fine if you don't like party anthems and they sure are NOT all made equal but I don't think any artists in any genre should be forced to write about heavy topics to be taken seriously. If we can have pop party anthems that get defended because it's fine to write shallow party music then idk why we can't have country songs about going to the BBQ and drinking beers with the boys. Like come on, y'all love 'Country Roads' and that song is legit just about how much this dude loves living in West Virginia. It doesn't have to be about heavy shit to be good.

[drag-me-kicking-and-screaming]

i wonder what Brian Thompson was wearing. I mean, he was probably asking for it

[crazycatsiren]

Transmisogyny and transmascphobia are very real issues that we should talk about and keep talking about without being assholes about either one, by the way.

[fluffytimearts]

Jaden from Lease bound if she bothered to research and learned about others instead of being close-minded.

[milkandhoneyfemme]

The radfem view of most/all men being inherently disgusting sexual deviants is just “boys will be boys” from a different angle and that’s not nearly as progressive as y’all think.

[dangerxox]

TikTok "feminists" after reducing ever single issue to "man bad" (instead of actually educating themselves on any issue they'd rather just blame half of the whole worlds population for every problem and do absolutely nothing to help or spread awareness.)

[hiiragi7]

@blaugrana-blues People say this about any intersex variation. Just how "different" do we need to be in order to be "intersex enough"? Do we need to all be true hermaphrodites to "count"? Do we all need to be infertile? Where is the line to you?

Are people with CAIS and persistent mullerian ducts who can still have children no longer intersex? Are people with C-CAH who do not present with ambiguous genitals at birth no longer intersex?

Why are you so hellbent on turning intersex people into some mysterious foreign group that you can't conceive any ""normal"" person being a part of?

Aside from many intersex people not showing obvious physical signs, aside from PCOS and NCAH and various other adrenal disorders having so much symptom overlap you cannot visibly tell the difference without testing, aside from PCOS itself being widely misused currently by the medical field and constantly inappropriately diagnosed upon the first meeting with a hyperandrogenic patient without even doing any testing at all when it's meant to be a diagnosis of exclusion, aside from PCOS not always meaning "just extra hair" - Why does it hurt you for people to identify as intersex?

Why is it so much of an insult to you to be lumped in with us that you felt the need to comment this on my post?

You also do not have to identify as intersex if you do not want to, but there is absolutely no need to drag down others who do just because you felt personally attacked by a post aimed at intersex people with PCOS.

I am also going to link you three studies/reviews about PCOS and just how much overlap it has with other intersex variations so you can see how pointless it is trying to make a distinct difference between the lived experiences of those with PCOS and "The Actual Intersex People" because I am tired and I hope you will read these if your question was actually in any sort of good faith.

Relative Prevalence of Different Androgen Excess Disorders in 950 Women Referred because of Clinical Hyperandrogenism

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and NC-CAH: Distinct Characteristics and Common Findings. A Systematic Review

Differentiating Polycystic Ovary Syndrome from Adrenal Disorders

Regardless of the cause, if you are visibly not within the "socially acceptable" sex binary, you're going to get treated like shit. There is absolutely no reason to want such drastic seperation between PCOS and the rest of the intersex community, we need to work together against oppression and discrimination, not apart.

[soul-kiitchen]

so much of terf rhetoric is riddled with ableist and racist nonsense and they still call themselves allies to the disabled community and communities of poc.

"a woman is supposed to have periods and specific hormones and organs"

okay so all women with pcos or hormone imbalances or missing wombs/ovaries or any kind of reproductive health issue are just not women then okay

"no woman should have facial hair or thick or dark hair or a strong chin or jawline or be over 5'4" or have broad shoulders or have small lips or small eyes or a big nose or big ears or big feet or long legs or big calves or big arms"

okay well you just described half of the human race but specifically targeted people of like. literally every ethnicity except for a small select few europeans originating from England, Wales, Britain, and Scandinavia if you ignore the fact that most nords are actually tall with strong bone structure. But they usually get a pass because theyre Extra White so their femininity can never be put into question, right?

And not all women have tiny little barely there wad of gum vaginas. In fact, most women don't. It's very rare and the concept that a woman should be flat with a small clitoris and labia is 100% rooted in transphobia. I want to argue that its ableism as well, but classifying an enlarged clitoris as some sort of medical disorder is also deeply rooted in transphobia.

So many cis women argue that theyre protecting women while simultaneously degrading any woman who isnt a busty short little light skinned europoean with absolutely no body hair and a porn stars highly modified sexual reproductive system. Then it becomes clear that so much of it is truthfully also rooted in racism and eugenics.

[v-4-l-0-n]

Friendly reminder that if your feminism doesn’t include woc, queer women, trans women, disabled women, women of any religion, or sex workers then your “feminism” is shit <3