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After engaging with TERFs (a distinct subset of radfems that go by "radfems" I've noticed) and "gender critics" this weekend, I decided to learn more/go down that wretched rabbit hole.
And find this.
It's AWAYS fucking this. GOD. FUCKING. DAMMIT. https://twitter.com/herong/status/1333456751799230469
And find this.
It's AWAYS fucking this. GOD. FUCKING. DAMMIT. https://twitter.com/herong/status/1333456751799230469
I forgot to document how long it took me to get here so that I could get started on that model of how quickly these bigoted belief systems trace back to anti-Semitism.
I swear to fucking god.
I have a fucking headache now. Fuck, man.
I swear to fucking god.
I have a fucking headache now. Fuck, man.
And yet so much more for me to learn.
Not today, though. I'm done now. My head needs a rest. https://twitter.com/herong/status/1333539553781690380
Not today, though. I'm done now. My head needs a rest. https://twitter.com/herong/status/1333539553781690380
Welp, this has become a new bookmarked thread for me. This is my new "QAnon." A "movement" about which I have to educate myself more because this shit's just so god damn harmful. Fuck, man. https://twitter.com/sameSorbet/status/1378774072570609667
Subfaction of the anti-Semitic angle of transphobes. https://twitter.com/QuacksAnonymous/status/1334131026965180417
As noted, not everyone believes the anti-Semitism they push, but still use it to justify other forms of bigotry. https://twitter.com/QuacksAnonymous/status/1352730957615411201
More on TERFs/"gender critics" (the term used to try to rebrand TERF to something "nicer"): https://twitter.com/zoeblade/status/1379015822996340738
Some highlights: https://twitter.com/zoeblade/status/1379015822996340738
Oh, and I came across this yesterday, thinking it would be more along the lines of "gender critical."
Nope. Right back to religious fundamentalism, and yep, you guessed it: anti-Semitism.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-gender_movement
Nope. Right back to religious fundamentalism, and yep, you guessed it: anti-Semitism.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-gender_movement
Thinking about "gender abolitionists." From what I've seen, this includes TERFs and non-TERFs/generic radfems (so far, there seems to be this distinction, though I could be wrong?).
Anyway, a quick thought on "gender abolition":
Anyway, a quick thought on "gender abolition":
Like, how do gender abolitionists think this is gonna go? Realistically, I see:
Gender abolition
force everyone to be non-binary?
Or:
Gender abolition force everyone to identify as their sex, in which case, that's not gender abolition... that's upholding gender norms, no?
Gender abolition
force everyone to be non-binary?Or:
Gender abolition
force everyone to identify as their sex, in which case, that's not gender abolition... that's upholding gender norms, no?
An extension of this:
Getting rid of gender inequality/inequity should be the goal, not getting rid of gender.
Just as getting rid of race inequality/inequity should be the goal, not getting rid of race.
Getting rid of gender inequality/inequity should be the goal, not getting rid of gender.
Just as getting rid of race inequality/inequity should be the goal, not getting rid of race.
CW: transphobia
Whoops. What was that?
(What are they going to do once this milestone is passed?)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7qekq/trans-women-uterus-transplants
Whoops. What was that?
(What are they going to do once this milestone is passed?)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7qekq/trans-women-uterus-transplants
(I get the feeling they'll just become more mask off and circle back to what inevitably becomes talk of genocide.) https://twitter.com/sameSorbet/status/1379420906334912516
Excellent thread: https://twitter.com/MariBrighe/status/1380585133556838401
Some highlights: https://twitter.com/MariBrighe/status/1380594094771146754
