#white women

[profeminist]

"Stop worrying about whether Black women know you’re a safe white woman to be around, and start making sure white women know you’re not a safe person to be racist around."

Source: https://www.threads.net/@asuiterclarke/post/DCFdDw8Ta4D

[onemore2morrow]

I don’t know if this makes sense and I’m probably gonna delete it eventually because Trump administration and internet tracking 🤪

I have seen so many white women on TikTok talk about the “4b” movement or “boycotting men”. I’ve also seen so many white women talking about a “loss for women everywhere” and “the devastating feeling of being a woman” and “is this what katniss felt like?”. And those feelings are valid, I’m not one to tell people how they can / can’t react during a world changing election. (I also know the katniss one is usually a joke).

But 53% of us couldn’t even band together to vote for a qualified black woman over a literal rapist. We need to swallow that. We need to address that. And that same 53% is commenting things like “He doesn’t want you anyway🤪” or “More for me!” on posts talking about things like a sex ban or 4B movement. There is no sisterhood, and there will be no “4B, 5B, 6B, or 7B” movement so long as 53% of white women continue to center men. Even out of those of us that did vote for Kamala or third party, some of us didn’t break up with our republican boyfriends/fiances/husbands until yesterday. And make no mistake, I am so proud of those of you who did finally find the courage to end that relationship. I’m not shaming you. But I am saying we cannot rely on this “sisterhood”.

There is no sisterhood in whiteness, because white supremacy and far-right ideologies are inherently based on in group fighting and othering. Make no mistake, you can find sisterhood in your white friends, women, and groups. But there’s a difference. Sisterhood and female solidarity has never been a part of whiteness. Which is why it is so important we center poc and specifically black voices during the next years ahead. Not to put labor on them, not as an excuse to not work, but because this “sisterhood” we speak of doesn’t exist. Not without acknowledging race. If we truly want to see change, we need to start decentralizing ourselves from the conversation. We need to unpack whiteness. And we need to unpack our main character syndromes.

What does this mean?

No handmaids tale cosplays.

No “we’re the daughters of the witches you couldn’t burn”.

No “I was raised by Katniss Everdeen”

Again, I am not saying that sisterhood doesn’t exist among white women. But I am saying sisterhood centered around whiteness will never be as strong or as potent as intersectional, anti-racist sisterhood. And if we really, really want to see change, we need to unpack this and we need to unpack this yesterday.

I hope this makes sense.

Sincerely,

An Embarrassed, Disappointed White Woman

p.s.

I’m not saying anything new. But unfortunately, if it’s from a fellow white woman I’m hoping more people will listen.

[rickmctumbleface]

Make it so

I'm with Patrick. That's the reason I'm so annoyingly vocal. Too many underrepresented groups (lookin' at you, white women!) are complacent or even complicit in their own marginalization, putting not just their own but their children's hard won rights in danger, so those of them with enough spine to stand up for themselves are more easily ignored. So I add my voice to the chorus, as an ally, hoping I can help them be heard. Make it so.

[frenstimulator]

[the-snowbunny-inseminator]

Facts

[asianhaven4u]

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[hussyknee]

What would your reaction be to a pilot program confining male comedians to safe asylums until they prove they are safe to interact with women and kids? Ideally they would be able to perform under guard and psychiatric supervision, and after a period of years a panel of social workers, doctors and women from the community would assess their compatibility with society at large.

Which males are those? Black? Brown? Indigenous? Undocumented immigrant? Muslim? Disabled? Mentally ill and neurodivergent? Queer? Trans men? Unhoused and poor? All of those men already get arbitrarily thrown in what you euphemistically call "safe asylums" because their very existence is seen as dangerous to women and children. It's why I'm a prison abolitionist. And now you want to add the crime of making bad jokes?

See where it says "Radfems DNI" on my bio? That means clowns like you who send me asks like this. Even if you meant it as a joke, this entire premise is grossly ableist, and pathologizing half the human population frankly unhinged. Take your white female victim complex and GTFO.

[vintageseawitch]

keep yourself registered as a Republican (if your state requires this), then vote how you want. you can do this, ladies. i believe in you. just stay safe (& discreetly tell anyone else that one of the things trump's administration wants to do is get rid of no-fault divorce. jd vance had quite literally stated that women need to stay in marriages even if they're abusive. they hate women & want to take away our autonomy).

this is mainly aimed at white women since we're a demographic who notoriously votes Republican but like I've said in another post i will cheer any woman on who is in this same situation. we got this, ladies.

never stop talking about Project 2025/Agenda 47. check your registration status multiple times. vote early if you can (& you're allowed to keep it private or just omit the truth). we got this 💙

[sbrown82]

me after the election 💅🏿

[thashining]

Are yall ok?

[c0rvidfagg0try]

My thoughts on Cishet White Women as a ‘Former’ Cishet White Woman

I have been grappling with this since the election- this question of ‘Why do so many cishet white women betray their community this way?’- and I’m tried to some up my understandings in words.

Cishet white women have never had to grapple with the fact that the world does not want them here.

As a queer, trans, disabled person I realized in my mid teens that millions of people would rather I not exist than have a place in society. This realization sparked in me a deep desire to support the people around me who faced this same reality.

POC, queer, trans, and disabled (as well as many other groups) people have constantly had it thrown in our face that we are not welcome here. All of our communities have faced extreme violence (especially black people), threatening our existence within the world.

However, with cishet white women, they have always had a place in this world. Despite women being constantly devalued by men, men have always said that there is a role for women: baby-maker, pleasure provider, caretaker. There has been no need to grapple with the fact that they have been told they shouldn’t exist. Sure their rights are being taken, but their lives aren’t. There will be no mass eradication of white women, because white women have a role in society.

As a white AFAB person, I did not grasp the depth of the mistreatment of other communities until I realized my own queerness and the depth of the mistreatment of my own community. If you have not had to grapple with that, why would you care about intersectionality? (/sar) I will be fine, you should be fine too! (/sar)

Empathy for people who are systemically made to be perceived as ‘other’ is not something white people are taught. We are taught the opposite and to realize that, a lot of the time you have to realize that you are ‘other’ as well. It is a sad truth, but one nonetheless.

So, cishet white women, what can you do? If there is one thing I can urge other white people to do, it is to do your own research and your own internalized exploration of your internal bigotry. Do not rely on minorities (specifically POC) to teach you this stuff, but do listen when they offer their incredibly necessary view point.

This is probably rambling but I couldn’t help but think about why someone could hate me and millions of other minorities so much as to vote for that orange man

[geezerwench]

This lady speaks truth.

Black women have HAD IT.

[asianhaven4u]

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