March 2013
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ramblingsfromthelandofcotton:
how dare u call me heterophobic, i am 1/64th heterosexual on my mother’s side
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If a Trans* Person Asks You to Use Certain...
biyuti:
tchy:
Do it. Just fucking do it. It doesn’t matter what we look like, what our mannerisms are like, whether we’re out or not in separare spheres of our life, how long you’ve known us, whether you still think of us as our assigned sex, anything. If you respect us as people, you will use the pronouns we ask you for. If you don’t, we will be forced to conclude that you don’t respect us.
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“[TW: rape, rape culture] What people don’t understand is when we say “Teach men...”
– Kalitena on Facebook (via waitforhightide)
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“Images of bisexual women as confused, indecisive, transitional, or closeted...”
– Bisexuality and the Challenge to Lesbian Politics by Paula C. Rust, p. 83 (via ethiopienne)
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This isn't a democracy. It's a queerocracy.
rule of queers!
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When cis women pit trans women against trans men...
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noahkins:
…and trans men go along with it and shove trans women out of women’s space. Being complicit in oppression is still oppression, and IDGAF what your excuse is.
No, we will not “come back later when things have changed.” I spent a decade and change forced to be stealth to be a queer girl and now i’m basically not a queer girl anymore not because cis...
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Dysphoria/Dissonance vs. Internalized Cissexism?...
genderbitch:
The trans community is awash with narrative pushing.
White supremacy pushing the stereotypical white transgender experience as the norm. Classism pushing the transitioning = paying out the ass for medical adjustments narrative. Ableism pushing the “trans doesn’t equal crazy and god forbid you are crazy cuz here is a bus enjoy the wheels” bullshit. Fatphobia pushing the androgyny or...
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“So if you – the oppressed – hurt someone’s feelings, you’re just like the...”
– » The Revolution Will Not Be Polite: The Issue of Nice versus Good Social Justice League (via anarcho-queer)
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pocproblems:
So I recently attended a workshop on how to create safe spaces and I thought I’d enlighten everyone by sharing some of the things I learned.
Some Ground Rules For Safe Spaces:
WAIT (Why Am I Talking?)
Hearing vs. Listening
No interruptions
Ask for preferred gender pronouns
Be aware of prejudice
Be aware of the space you take up
People first language (People of color, people...
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Black people, who make up 22% of the poor, receive... →
sourcedumal:
notesonascandal:
theraceproblem:
racismschool:
Just so we’re all clear on what we just read. Black people make up 22% of the poor but only 14% of the government benefits. Meaning, 8% of poor Black people are not taking government benefits when they need them.
While, white people make up 42% of the poor but receive 69% of the government benefits. Meaning, there are white...
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what it is like to live with an anxiety disorder
blankslate:
1. no one ever congratulates you for doing the really difficult things like driving on the freeway or getting out of bed or staying alive 2. every friendship you make is a countdown to the moment when they finally can’t deal with the missed calls and canceled hangouts every friendship is on a timer every friendship expires sooner, not later 3. you hear phrases like “bootstraps” over...
Reblog if a man has ever tried--no matter how...
sexistfacebookdudes:
hazellazer:
Curious how often this happens.
I don’t think its possible that any huge ridiculous number would surprise me. If 1 reblog = 1 time, my whole blog would become this.
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“The paradox between male privilege and male misery is often used to argue that...”
– Allan G. Johnson, The Gender Knot (via pedagogyoftheoppressed)
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to the man who followed me into the women’s...
to the man who followed me into the women’s bathroom yesterday
don’t look so shocked; keep your rainfrizzed beard on. people’ve been tailing the back of me into wrong bathrooms since i was as high as the x-ploding elbows of your wet plaid jacket. men’s women’s whichever, there’s always a hapless tailer who’s shocked to smell urinal cakes or to hear a tampon rolling to the scratched lip of a...
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binarist asshattery (9000th edition)
yeah, more binarist asshattery. it never ends. to no one’s shock ever, care2 make a difference is binarist. i wouldn’t give a fuck, but they always have awesome petitions i want to sign– which i can’t sign without misgendering myself. in order to sign…
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coming out is like, totally cissexist
mmmajestic:
i don’t want to be made to explain my gender to people any more. it always ends up feeling like a colossal waste of time. “coming out” sometimes feels like catering to (cis)entitlement in that i am made to feel like i have to explain my gender to people in a way that is linear and palatable for them. why should i try to make people feel comfortable about the uncertainty i stir inside...
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mmmajestic:
we don’t have to make space in our hearts for people or relationships that make us feel bad
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Cis Academic: I have an opinion about your gender identity
Me: can you not
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writeswrongs:
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kikismisandryservice:
and i often use the “broken leg” example because it’s the easiest one, but there are others
can i take items from someone’s house, and then say “i’m sorry you were offended”, and have it be okay?
can i piss in someone’s mailbox, and then go “gee, i’m sorry your mail smells so bad”, and have it...
some resources on/by trans women
biyuti:
(rebloggable by request)
Could you or your followers please link me to some posts (and/or books) I would be allowed to link to on another website? I need information about transmisogyny, specifically about how penis-hating is transphobic and transmisogynistic. Also information about how trans women of color and trans feminine people of color started the Gay Rights movement and were...
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In Regards to Freedom of Speech
What the First Amendment Says: "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech"
What People Think It Says: "I'm allowed to say whatever cruel and bigoted things I want, and you're not allowed to get mad or be offended or call me on it"
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There Are More Male Nurses and They're Getting... →
socialismartnature:
There are more male nurses than ever before, and — naturally — they’re making more money than their female peers, according to a new nationwide study. The proportion of male registered nurses jumped from 2.7% in 1970 to 9.6% in 2011, according to data from the 2011 American Community Survey. The number of men who are licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses also rose...
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