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Re the bisexual DISCOURSE rn?
PENISES AREN'T THE PROBLEM
PATRIARCHY IS THE PROBLEM
PENISES AREN'T THE PROBLEM
PATRIARCHY IS THE PROBLEM
Content note for sexual violence
LOOK HEY MAYBE LET'S MAKE SURE OUR FEMINIST DISCOURSE ACTUALLY REFLECTS WHAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS
Turns out essentializing a class of people to a singular body part a) is sloppy and wrong and b) hurts other people with that part
LOOK HEY MAYBE LET'S MAKE SURE OUR FEMINIST DISCOURSE ACTUALLY REFLECTS WHAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS
Turns out essentializing a class of people to a singular body part a) is sloppy and wrong and b) hurts other people with that part
Here are some truths
- MOST DUDES HAVE PENISES
- MOST VIOLENCE IS PERPETRATED BY DUDES
- That violence though? It wasn't all perpetrated VIA PENIS.
- MOST DUDES HAVE PENISES
- MOST VIOLENCE IS PERPETRATED BY DUDES
- That violence though? It wasn't all perpetrated VIA PENIS.
I was sexually assaulted with hands.
Those hands perpetuated the patriarchy. Those hands were connected to a man who thought he had a right to my body. His penis was incidental to that belief. He believed he was entitled because society told him he was.
Those hands perpetuated the patriarchy. Those hands were connected to a man who thought he had a right to my body. His penis was incidental to that belief. He believed he was entitled because society told him he was.
I don't hate hands.
I can't.
I have hands.
HOW WE USE OUR HANDS IS A CHOICE WE MAKE EVERY DAY.
HANDS AREN'T THE PROBLEM
PATRIARCHY IS THE PROBLEM
I can't.
I have hands.
HOW WE USE OUR HANDS IS A CHOICE WE MAKE EVERY DAY.
HANDS AREN'T THE PROBLEM
PATRIARCHY IS THE PROBLEM
Look, I'm not saying a SINGLE THING that bi+ and trans activists and activists of color haven't been saying for fucking years.
See, eg @emikoyama's Whose Feminism Is It Anyway.
http://eminism.org/readings/index.html
See, eg @emikoyama's Whose Feminism Is It Anyway.
http://eminism.org/readings/index.html
I just.
I can't.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOLD STAR LESBIANISM AND A ONE PENIS POLICY????
Literally nothing.
They both control women's and nonbinary people's sexuality FOR THE PLEASURE OF CIS PEOPLE.
I can't.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOLD STAR LESBIANISM AND A ONE PENIS POLICY????
Literally nothing.
They both control women's and nonbinary people's sexuality FOR THE PLEASURE OF CIS PEOPLE.
Lesbian separatism was so important to feminism and queerness. And it was also WICKED FUCKING RACIST AND BIOHOBIC AND TRANSPHOBIC.
All of that can be true.
We can understand the nuanced worth of a movement while also recognizing how fucked up it was.
All of that can be true.
We can understand the nuanced worth of a movement while also recognizing how fucked up it was.
I'm rambling.
So I'll just wrap up by asking you this: if your discourse *necessarily* excludes Black, Indigenous, and other trans women of color (because y'all, news flash, a lot of trans women have penises), your discourse is utter trash.
So I'll just wrap up by asking you this: if your discourse *necessarily* excludes Black, Indigenous, and other trans women of color (because y'all, news flash, a lot of trans women have penises), your discourse is utter trash.
(Hey if you're so afraid of penises that you're willing to prop up the patriarchy by insisting on gold-star status or a one-penis policy, I think that maybe you've been played?)
