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roses-edge · 4 months
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I can be openly feminist with women in my life, openly honest about my opinions on porn, period stigma, male degeneracy, gay rights, reproductive rights- all without sugar coating, all of them agreeing, all of us sharing our fears, experiences, and our hope for the future-
But when it comes to being critical of gender, of its role that it plays in our lives, in our oppression, I have to be very, very careful, and it's exhausting. Suddenly we have to awknowledge that well it's our Choice and even if it is a drag and takes up time it's Ok because other women like it so we can't be mean!!! It's not bad!!!
We dance around trans topics like bathrooms and sex specific spaces and we can't get into discussions about the concept of transgenderism because its their Choice and if they're a woman, they are! Even if we all agree gender is a social construct and meaningless, their gender still has meaning, somehow, and we must respect it.
Both these topics we quietly and surface level discuss, there is no deeper discussion to be had, and it's infuriating. If I try to gently prod deeper- "Hey, if gender is meaningless and a construct, why do you need transition at all?" "Hey, is it really a choice if you've never let your hair grow, never felt comfortable without makeup?" It's met with another mantra, Let People Live, it's our Choice still, etc etc.
Which is why so often I end up talking about gender critical topics a lot on here, about choice feminism and its impacts, because it's something I can't do in real life. I still hold these women in high regard obvi- but tumblr is, for me, the only place I can be mad at men in wigs and find that missing connection I want in my real life. I just hope some day I will find that balance of real radfems in real life, and I can stop posting mainly about topics I can't say out loud and start focusing on all-around feminism on my blog.
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radfemsiouxsie · 1 year
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Homosexuality is real and innate and no amount of gender identities or sexist stereotypes can change that
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