#I guess...???

[aseriesofunfortunatejan]

The issue remains that TERFs are hijacking feminism. When I wrote that one essay in the past, my point was to demonstrate - and I was validated by the evidence I found - that the acronym "TERF" wasn't even synonymous with radical feminism, let alone feminism. The acronym was specifically created to differentiate the transphobic types of radical feminists from the non-transphobic types. The alleged originator of the acronym even suggested using TES, for "trans exclusionary separatists", instead soon thereafter, when they pointed out that the transphobic bunch they were describing couldn't really be said to actually be radical feminists, but it didn't catch on.

With the knowledge that I have and with my relationship to feminism, I will sometimes talk or write about feminism, or even mention radical feminism, although I am admittedly not well-informed of whether radical feminism still exists proactively today. Despite being against TERFs and the amount of time I have spent fighting for my life [...] to defend anyone who needs feminism from TERFs, even despite my strong wording against TERFs, it is not uncommon that someone who has grown afraid of TERFs will dismiss (or, in an online space, block, which impacts me less) me on sight.

If my disabilities ever allow it, I would like to spend more time physically interacting with feminist associations and groups in the future. As it stands, my limited interaction with political associations - not by choice, as I have unfortunately talked about the ableism and classism that prevent people like me from getting fully involved before - causes an unfortunate amount of my activism to be done from a distance and/or online. And I'll say it - reactionary tumblr posts are just not representative of reality. I think a lot of us know that to some degree, but few realise the extent of it. Because of the culture around conversation on tumblr, we all fall victim to it to some degree.

But I'm in an awkward position - to the many "casual" cishet feminists who don't even know about the queer movement, my detailed knowledge of the wrongs caused by TERFism makes me incomprehensible. To those negatively impacted by TERFs, my feminism and/or my interest in talking about the history of radical feminism makes them wary of me. It can't really be helped. I will never be hurt as much by being accidentally misconstrued for a TERF from time to time than a trans person will be by TERFs. And to come full circle - as a fellow cis feminist, I am in a position to understand that the ignorant cishet feminists aren't ignorant out of malice - that's not how ignorance works.

By all means, I'm not yet in a good place to perfectly communicate what I mean and support the movements I care about. Inclusive feminism is important to me, but too many groups are only inclusive on paper - and I'm just excluded enough not to be able to have the impact I'd like, but not enough that someone would be able to see it on my face and hold my hand. I've mentioned before that I suffer from the inaccessibility of protests in my city, and when I do attend, I feel frustrated by the limitations that I know I'd have the knowledge and experience to do something about if only I could metaphorically fit through the doorway. By being stuck online, which I know insufficient, I also worry about accidentally scaring and hurting the people I want to help, largely because I don't have the spaces and tools to learn how to better communicate and, possibly, to learn more that I do not yet know and that could be limiting what I say.

#personal #i guess...??? #cw: transphobia mention #long post

[scarlettjulz]

I believe my problem, lately, has been that I am trying to achieve absolute perfection in my drafts while I'm in the middle of a terrible art block. Guess the only way to correct that bad habit is by doing more sketches and sht like that 💀

I'll be finishing this Azul draft I've been working on for a week now, and then sketches, sketches, sketches

#Rant #I guess...??? #I wanna do something more dynamic #Draw smth that I still like that has absolutely nothing to do with twst #Which is overwatch... #I have this weird thing going on with Ramattra (a bitch can never live in peace without having a brain rot #Also Velinxi helped in the brain rot #Buy yeah #I love tumblr bc you guys get to see the mess that my artist process is

[kamisatozzz]

if i was an indestructable shovel would you fight off a jeep wrangler with me (o≧▽゜)o

...what?

#.ask #crim 💕 #i guess...???

[cabalt]

Getting a bit sick of all the "ooh I'm so glad Laios has a soft body!" "Laios is built like an average guy" style posts. Because he doesn't and isn't.

Laios is built like a fucking professional wrestler. He isn't like, super chiseled or anything but he does not have an "average" body, he his built like someone who does a LOT of physical effort and training.

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #laios touden #wwe and aew i guess

[butchdykekondraki]

post this (not)deer when they least expect it

#cyrus.png #<- i guess lol

[sleepygaymerdisease]

#'who was this about' dont worry <3 #EDIT hi i didnt realize this would get notes LOL. um everyone reblog with what character ur thinking of because im NOSEY i WANNA SEE #edit 2 to everyone trying to guess what the character i made this for was. youre all wrong. this was about kamen rider #youd think lupin because of my profile picture but alas i have other interests as well... #anis gaymer moments

[ramshacklefey]

Kind of hilarious to me how poorly the title "Mob Psycho 100" localized to English-speaking areas. To someone whose first language is English, it scans as:

Mob (Yakuza, Mafia)

Psycho (violent person with "crazy" behaviors)

Thus: a particularly violent member of organized crime.

But in Japanese it scans as:

Mob (background characters in crowd scenes in manga or anime)

Psycho (short for psychic)

Thus: a psychic who looks/acts like someone you'd never pick out of a crowd scene in a comic.

#mob psycho 100 #mp100 #guess what i started watching last night

[lizardsfromspace]

"Look at this video of a child disappointed at their expensive gift! Children are so spoiled these days!"

That's cool. So, why did their parents upload their small child being upset online? In a public video, shared to the entire video? Why did they even save the recording?

Like. The kid in that scenario could be saying the most entitled nonsense in the world, and if their parents post it online to be publicly shamed, I'd still support the kid 100%. Thinking your child's life is a toy to exploit freely for #content is "spoiled"; when faced with mommy vlogers, kids should be demanding three PS5s and a new Bugatti, and we should be applauding them for it

#politics #i guess?

[goldensunset]

#peach rambles #hall of fame i guess #unreality #apparently i made an unintentional star trek reference?

[carouselcometh]

Devastating! Art museum gift shop doesn’t sell prints of specific and unpopular painting that struck a cord with you!

#Anyways :) I had a good day guess what popular painting I love that I saw and guess what I saw a new painting I really liked today :)

[dishsaop]

the worst part about being an adult is thay its no longer socially acceptable to just roll down a really big hill and then run back up it and roll back down again. "oh is this a syphilis metaphor" passerby would ask. "is this for a tick tock". no i just wanna come home covered in dirt and scratches and bask in the the solace of childlike mirth

#m text #everyone rbing this without the addition and commenting 'op did you mean sisyphus' yes. yes i did #'where did the discord screenshot reblog go did you delete it' well in the 10mn after posting it someone had a funnier reblog #so i was like oh. ill delete the less funny one i did for the funnier one #and then. guess what got big.

[liquidstar]

If my mom sees a significant amount of blood she gets lightheaded, and has fainted on some occasions. Once it happened when we were kids, I wasn't there to witness it but I heard the story from my dad. Basically my brothers, around 7 or 8 at the time, were playing outside while my mom was making their lunch, and she accidentally cut her finger. It wasn't anything serious, but it drew a fair bit of blood and she passed out. My dad saw this and rushed over, but he didn't really know what to do so he just sort of started slapping her to wake her up (not recommended, but he had no idea and panicked)

At that exact moment my brothers both came in from playing, and all they saw was our mom unconscious on the floor and our dad slapping her. So, like, without even saying a word to each other they both just INSTANTLY start whaling on him, like, full blown attack mode to defend our mom. Which obviously didn't help the situation, but she did wake up and everything was fine.

Now our dad says that he's actually really glad they attacked him over what they thought was going on, because it means he raised good boys. And I still think that's true, they're very good boys.

#i think about this story sometimes like yeah I'm proud of them for that too actually. good job baby brothers #they're not babies anymore of course they're turning 20 next year which is crazy #but they're still the type of people who'd do something if they saw something of this sort happen for sure #respectful of women and everyone else too. they're good guys #I'm glad I ended up with them living in my house against my will for like 14 years #anyway i have no idea where i was for all this but my best guess is probably a friends house given the time period #i was always at my besties house lol #i hope she's doing well too actually. haven't spoken in forever... #bestie from greek elementary school... if you're out there... let's get muffins and fanta at the bakery across the street again someday 💜☮️

[noddynods]

Story of my life

#idk what to tag this as #fandom #i guess

[pillowspace]

GIRLY JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT CYERCE ELEGANS

If Cyerce nigricans is a butterfly, then this is a fairy... Cyerce nigricans for comparison:

#sea slug #ok i have to go make food #hello my 11k notes. may i offer you: sun fnaf #alright this has 15k notes now. i guess i'll add tags #marine biology #nature #ocean #sea slugs #marine life #animals #sacoglossans #sacoglossan

[aplpaca]

i know nothing about youtuber whatsoever. every time someone talks about a popular youtuber it feels like theyre conjuring a dude from thin air. hearing about youtuber drama is like seeing everyone spontaneously pull a guy out of their hat and start beating him to death with hammers

#like oh new shitty guy just dropped i guess #hbomberguy #james somerton

[koddlet]

personal rules for winter ❄

#this was fun bc i didn't intend for it to be kind of cryptic #i just wanted to make some reminders for myself about winter cuz i never learn #especially the back cover which i guess isn't really a rule but still stands. i'm in a rural place so when it gets dark it's Dark #and its hard to want to do anything #zine #mini zine #illustration #nonfandom #analogue art