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I have found that many people who have not had a trans female or trans feminine experience often have trouble wrapping their brains around the concept of trans-misogyny, so I will offer the following two anecdotes to help illustrate what I mean by the term. Once, about two years ago, I was walking down the street in San Francisco, and a trans woman happened to be walking just ahead of me. She was dressed femininely, but not any more feminine than a typical cis woman. Two people, a man and a woman, were sitting on a doorstep, and as the trans woman walked by, the man turned to the woman he was sitting next to and said, “Look at all the shit he’s wearing,” and the woman he was with nodded in agreement. Now presumably the word “shit” was a reference to femininity — specifically, the feminine clothing and cosmetics the trans woman wore. I found this particular comment to be quite telling. After all, while cis women often receive harassing comments from strange men on the street, it is rather rare for those men to address those remarks to a female acquaintance and for her to apparently approve of his remarks. Furthermore, if this same man were to have harassed a cis woman, it is unlikely that he would do so by referring to her feminine clothing and makeup as “shit.” Similarly, someone who is on the trans masculine spectrum could potentially be harassed, but it is unlikely that his masculine clothing would be referred to as “shit.” Thus, trans-misogyny is both informed by, yet distinct from, transphobia and misogyny, in that it specifically targets transgender expressions of femaleness and femininity.

The second example of trans-misogyny that I’d like to share occurred at an Association for Women in Psychology conference I attended in 2007 (for those unfamiliar with that organization, it is essentially a feminist psychology conference). One psychologist gave a presentation on the ways in which feminism has informed her approach to therapy. During the course of her talk, she discussed two transgender clients of hers, one on the trans male/masculine spectrum, the other on the trans female/feminine spectrum. Their stories were very similar in that both had begun the process of physically transitioning but were having second thoughts about it. First, the therapist discussed the trans masculine spectrum person, whose gender presentation she described simply as being “very butch.” She discussed this individual’s transgender expressions and issues in a respectful and serious manner, and the audience listened attentively. However, when she turned her attention to the trans feminine client, she went into a very graphic and animated description of the trans person’s appearance, detailing how the trans woman’s hair was styled, the type of outfit and shoes she was wearing, the way her makeup was done, and so on. This description elicited a significant amount of giggling from the audience, which I found to be particularly disturbing given the fact that this was an explicitly feminist conference. Clearly, if a male psychologist gave a talk at this meeting in which he went into such explicit detail regarding what one of his cis female clients was wearing, most of these same audience members, as well as the presenter, would surely (and rightfully) be appalled and would view such remarks to be blatantly objectifying. In fact, in both of these incidents I have described, comments that would typically be considered extraordinarily misogynistic if they were directed at cis women are not considered beyond the pale when directed at trans women.

—serano

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I've brought you.. a gift!

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"nothing is real atoms never touch each other youve never touched anything in your life" ok. well when i pet my dog he is soft and when he licks my hand it is wet and that is far more real to me than whatevers going on at an atomic level

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EVO vs Ferrari race wip https://x.com/mattyburrito/status/1955995991854727376

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how it feels when one of your hyperfixations comes back and stronger than ever

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Medievalists know that if they claim to have found 'homosexuals' in the Middle Ages they will provoke cries of outrage, and nothing else they say will be heard. So they avoid the term. Thus Allen Frantzen, on the very first page of Before the Closet: Same-Sex Love from Beowulf to Angels in America, declares categorically: “I call this a book about ‘same-sex love’ because the obvious choice, ‘homosexuality,’ is, for periods before the modern era, inaccurate. ‘Homosexuality’ and ‘homosexuals’ were not recognized concepts in the Middle Ages.” Apparently, the same is not true of 'heterosexuality' and 'heterosexuals.' Frantzen does not hesitate, throughout his volume, to oppose 'same-sex relations' to 'heterosexual relations.' The result is a Middle Ages that would make Pat Buchanan jump for joy, one from which all the homosexuals have been banished and only heterosexuals remain. This should give one pause. If homosexuality was not a 'recognized concept' in the Middle Ages, then heterosexuality wasn’t either.

Heterosexuality as a Threat to Medieval Studies, James A. Schultz

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THIS. I will never shut up about this

I think this is possibly the best way I've ever seen it explained

@homunculus-argument @urgentkettle

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really really mind boggling how since the whole tariff thing started you can hear in the news every day that america cannot function without cheap overseas labor and that the exact same labor would have to be abundantly compensated in the us of a and then we just breeze past that. like um guys. the evil implication is right behind me, isn't it

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My message to the world. Take estrogen become plural then kiss your sister and headmates. Okay bye

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amongst other protections, such as those guaranteeing education, sexual and reproductive healthcare, and decent employment, the code includes protection for queer and intersex youth:

It prohibits discrimination against children and adolescents on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics. It also prohibits surgeries on intersex youth without their informed consent, except in cases where the child’s health or life is at risk. Intersexuality refers to variations in sexual characteristics, where a person does not fit neatly into binary definitions of “male” or “female.” In many parts of the world, including the United States, intersex infants and children are given non-consensual genital operations to make their bodies conform to binary expectations about what a male or female body should look like. These surgeries often pose much higher risks than the variations themselves, which are typically harmless. The Code includes the right for young people to make informed decisions about their bodies and their sexual and reproductive lives, and affirms the right to education, including comprehensive sex education, to enable young people to responsibly exercise those rights.

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The Code details creating new ways for young people to report violations directly, as well as ensuring follow up from the state so that reported cases don’t disappear into an inaccessible legal void — the experience of many in the United States who report domestic or sexual abuse.

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For some random reason this post made me think about how mad Doof would go after the develation of Perry's pet-life.

Like, what do you mean he lives with Phineas and the Ferb-Tones? and The Baljeatles?? AND Max Modem and the Mainframes???

Wait, he lives with the girl who saved The Bettys and inspired them to write that wicked song too!??

WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE LIVES WITH LINDANA!?!?!?

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Migraines are literally the stupidest thing in human evolution. "Oh no, we're experiencing too much Thing! Better send a rail spike through the skull and blind ourselves about it" like c'mon, man

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if u were a huge asshole as a kid. and u still feel guilty over it. especially with tumblr's evil bullshit moral stance that you can never be forgiven for cruelty you've done in the past - even as a kid - bc "omg *i* knew better as a kid, you were being bad as a kid bc you're just a bad person" - it is literally just Not True. you do not have to hold the weight your guilt for the rest of your life. the person you are & the way you choose to act Now is the only indicator of whether you are a "good" person or not. if you understand the mistakes you made & choose to be compassionate & kind instead, there is no need to feel like you've lacked absolution - you find it for yourself in your growth into the person you want to be

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The kindergarten-ification of society