#tldr stop being dicks towards other women

[trannyradfem]

that's another one for the tumblr radfem buffoonery bingo board

so far ive got

women are like food (because that isn't dehumanizing.. or remniscent of "you are what you eat" being leveraged to encourage eating disorders in abusive contexts)

this lesbian detransitioner is a TIM, she said so in the server you mod and have all the backend logs for! (priceless tbh)

spamming the N and R words (so low effort cmon now at least make it funny)

"POONER" (bro just say cunt with ur full chest don't act like this is any less misogynistic)

"I'm FTM and I can't detransition for medical reasons per my entire medical care team, and the pharmacokinetics of T interacting with estrogen explains how that works." "begone, MALE get out of our movement! stop pushing women to ruin their bodies so you feel less alone!!" (bestie... hello?? why would a TIM be taking T? blease be so forreal rn)

"You arent a real radfem unless you detransition and DIE because T isn't actually helping you and you're addicted" (ah, yes... the super serious addiction of... microdosing 40 to 60mg every 2 to 3 weeks, much less than what my doc prescribed. you got me! I'm SO sorry for tarnishing your perfect movement by... staying alive and sticking to my values..?)

Not knowing the difference between male trans person and trans mascs/ males/ men (i mostly use FTM now bc this has happened WAYYY too often)

"FTMs are traitors and don't belong in radical feminism" (quick, bestie, what's the material difference between a detransitioner, and an FTM that doesn't support TRA rhetoric and doesn't regret their transition?)

"T ruined this poor beautiful woman's perfect (fuckable) body :(" (wow, I've never heard that one before! Now apologize to women with PCOS, hirsutism, and naturally high T)

A bonus square that says "STOP GIVING MEDICAL ADVICE IF YOU AREN'T A LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL" that you can check whenever genuine fearmongering*, bad medical advice, and medical misinformation is spread

"FTMs are MALES!!!" (LOLOLOLOL)

A free space that says "Please go touch some grass, feel the gentle blades and sunlight on your skin and come back to reality, I'm begging you"

A space for any time a radfem uses the words "disgusting", "ruined", "mutilated", or "revolting" to refer to other womens" bodies (yass girl enforce those beauty standards and downplay the actual nonconsensual mutilation that happens in real cases of medical abuse. fuck intersex females and breast cancer survivors, amirite?)

"FTMs smell awful, have terrible hygiene, and disgusting teeth" (yaasss girl dunk on those "mentally ill women" who can't afford dental care ur such a good feminist)

"dysphoria isn't real, it's a delusion" (thanks Dr. House, what's ur next diagnosis?)

I CAN ALWAYS TELL unknowingly clocks me incorrectly several times across different accounts & platforms despite never even having seen my face (also priceless. girlie get some real clocking skills)

"Getting raped by a TIM was your fault and you deserved it for caving into the lesbophpbic rhetoric of the cotton ceiling" (actually my indie business I was using to escape abuse was held hostage and I was coerced into it despite rejecting him previously, but sure Jan, you're totally doing god's work out here by spouting rape rhetoric at other lesbians)

"FTMs are mean to me, I don't even fucking care anymore, they can all DIE, and if they get raped they deserve it for enabling men! I have NO sympathy for them anymore!" (just. get some help. please, get some help. like seriously I know some good therapists)

uses combating female socialization as an excuse any time she's called out on being genuinely awful to other women, especially FTMs (too common. u got the wrong target, girlie.)

blames RF FTMs for things TRA MTFs did and pushed for (we're women when they want to hurt or demean us, but we're no better than males whenever they want to blame us. power dynamic analysis goes right out the window with this one)

"You're a disgusting incel, no woman will ever want you" (that's not lesbophobic at all! also... somehow, entirely false, lol. plenty of women keep hitting up my dating app DMs to the point it overwhelms me... 💀 like, what do. I get guilty over not considering one lady at a time and never follow up on anyone at all as a result 😭 also using dating apps 4 prostitution trauma)

gold star discourse being dumb on both sides (conversion therapy, self harm, comphet, sex trafficking, survival prostitution+ the many forms that takes, and corrective rape don't count as valid reasons to shame other lesbians stop being dicks about this. but also stop giving gold stars shit, being a gold star is a sign of a lesbian life that wasn't forced or gaslit into trying sex with a male and THAT'S A GOOD THING bc it's a sign of safety and progress. it is a good thing when women aren't made to constantly doubt themselves about their own sexuality. they deserve to be able to have some pride in that without anyone going "OH SO IM INFERIOR NOW AM I?")

and so much more! buy a pack of 10 for $5.99 today for a day of fun with your mutually disappointed RF friends, and we'll throw in a FREE- gets shot several times

Dw yall the TRA buffoonery board is coming next and just as spicy, if not more

*genuine fearmongering, meaning seeing the word "neoplasm" in a study and losing your shit saying all the FTMs are going to get cancer for sure. bestie you'll probably have a benign neoplasm or two before you die, it's not that serious or uncommon.

[asustad]

 some slightly rambly n incredibly opinionated ending thoughts under the cut    !  

so i’m uh   .  .  .    conflicted  ?   i think is a nice way to put it  ?  it had me goin,  it was SO GOOD through halfway of  for the glory of merlin  and then it just kind of.  fell apart from there ?  there were parts ab it that were really really good,  esp. in how a lot of small scenes n themes ended up to connecting together closer to the final eps that were really satisfying to see  !!  but then how so much of the important stuff came out of left field  ?  how much is still left unanswered  ?   how a lot of it,  esp. towards the end felt.  unearned   ?   and how it felt like.  mismatched throughout ?  like there were things that u could’ve cut out and been totally fine with story-wise  ?  which is interesting  ?  

i think the biggest one i’m still not over is.   merlin being thrown into the mix ?  like i was SO HERE for the morgana aspect like her and claire being the POWERFUL WOMEN that they are and being shown as such  ?  10/10,  best material from the entire season, shit  ?   but we’re not merlin stans in this home  ?  this entire season was just  :  merlin ?  how ab merDON'T ?   how much of his interaction w/ the team is just   . . . .  manipulation  ?   the way he treats them,  treats the trolls  ?   treats his own champion  ???  the fact he NEVER tells them the whole story or what he wants out of any of this until RIGHT before   ?  he was wishy-washy and untrustworthy the whole time  ?? 

specifically, how his manipulation of jim was shown visually  ?  and how it feels like a damn  tragedy  ?  which makes me feel like it’s the wrong choice to make here ?  knock knock i'm not here for OLD MEN saying u have to change yourself to save the ones u love !!!!!  how that it’s,  of course,  the only possible way  ???  and how he was so adamant about it being  jim’s choice,  but that the decision was made as soon as the  ‘ ties  ’  disappeared like.    i'm not a fan of the games he plays  ??   bc here jim is doing things ALONE AGAIN  !!!!!!!!!  feeling isolated !!  and troubled !!  there are so many better ways that merlin could've gone ABOUT THIS !!!!!!  where jim would've felt.  safer ?  less scared ?  less conflicted ?  they had a WHOLE DEDICATED EP,   a whole theme goin ab acceptance and then ur just gonna go back and disregard everything  ?  here is jim making one of the BIGGEST DECISIONS OF THIS WAR,  and he’s   –   alone   ?   giving up something that began this story  ?   that was the central piece of his unbecoming,  and becoming into who he is today  ? 

like i think the thing that gets me the most ab it is.  jim’s humanity is what makes . . . . . . this story ?  the amulet may have chosen him,  but he shouldn't have to change for it ?  esp. when his whole story so far has been about accepting him as the first human trollhunter ?  like it was something to be proud of  ?   esp. when it is a whole damn part of himself ?  idk but i’m excited 2 see other thoughts n opinions on this  !!  

i cried more at blinky’s undying acceptance of jim   (  magnificent son  ?  catch me sobbing  ?  best writing of the season right there  )    rather than anything of the final battle bc.  like it felt there were no stakes  ?  like yea daylight broke n the staff’s gone but it didn’t feel half as monumental as it should have  ?  not like before ?  like take for the glory of merlin,  the whole crystal cave battle felt like it had major stakes,  felt  heartfelt ?  even when we didn’t know that much,  but they were walkin in there with NO DEFENSES to save the world ?  their friend  ?  and draal  ?  and how it went down ?  ruined me.   nothing felt the same after that,  and it was just a midseason point ?  even the finale,  and gunmar,  it just. didn’t feel.  whole  ?   

and the ending  ?  fuck that.  ur gonna look me in the eyes and tell me mama’s boy jim is just.  content w/ bein a troll now  ?  that the fact that pretty much everyone  (  including the creator of the amulet itself which is just.  the CHERRY on top of the depressing sundae  )  told him he wasn’t good enough as just a human doesn’t.  fuck with him ?  the fact he can’t ever get out of the armour ?  the  eclipse  armour  ?  that he can’t feel sunlight,  or ride his vespa anymore ?  how he doesn’t know this new him,  how nothing is the same,  and how he made that decision alone  ?  like. when did they all grow up ?  when was ‘ gotta show these cool kids around to graduate sophomore year of high school ‘ jim turn into ‘ time to lead the trolls to better days, leaving my life, my family, and my best friend behind bc i’m the trollhunter ‘  jim  ?  like it just.  felt weird.  idk. 

overall i did enjoy it  !!  there were so many good scenes and bits and jokes and soft scores and the LIGHTING ?  i’m constantly blown away by the animation n story aspects of this show like i’m immensely impressed  !!   24/7  !!

tldr  :  merlin’s a big ol’ bag of dicks,  morgana was powerful af and i want more,  stop putting love triangles in stories that don’t need them,  the second half of the season felt like they had two to three different ways they wanted it to end but couldn’t decide and then decided to find a mix of all three justifiably,  justice for toby 2k18.