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Anonymous asked:
Nobody is obligated to write femslash as "activism." Actual feminism doesn't involve policing what women choose to create in their leisure time. That is actual misogyny.
pcktknife answered:
Wrong writing femslash is actually mandatory and the only way society can progress forward
happydayes28 asked:
haiiii!! i had a question and yall like seemed maybe could help answer it? i feel like im a girl but not a woman and not a man but im not cis right? like im afab but im not a girl in a cis way? is this bullshit?
genderpunks answered:
hello there!
no, that’s not bullshit! i’ve known a lot of people who have this experience whether or not they’re cis! i’ve heard some people describe this as nonbinary girl or demigirl for themselves, cisn’t might also apply to you as well!
either way, that’s totally legit and there are plenty of people who feel the same! good luck, take care!
i have been trying for like. months to explain how the relationship between butch lesbians and trans men is not something akin to polar opposites and this is all i got. like it's not like this:
it's a venn diagram with a massive overlap in the middle. i'm not saying EVERY butch is a trans guy and EVERY trans guy is a butch dyke , i'm just saying it looks more like this:
these are not "mutually exclusive" terms- they do not mean the same thing, but we can be the same people, an very often are. there is a long history of butches who identify as FTM, trans men, drag kings, genderqueer, genderfluid, transmasculine, male, polygender, and two-spirit lesbians, and so much more. the relationship between lesbianism and queer masculinity is inseparable and the only people telling you that butches and trans men need to violently separate from one another and be at each other's throats are terfs. even if we do not share identities, we share our struggle together as heavily misunderstood and unseen masculine queers.
we stand up for each other when our identities get confused by strangers, and we get misgendered. we stand up for each other when terfs and terfpilled people tell us that transmasculine people and men can't be lesbians, when people say "butches just want to be men", when people say "butches aren't real women", when people call each of us bull dykes and trannies, when people mock the way FTMs walk and talk and look, and when people tell trans men they're "just butch dykes in denial". we stand up for each other and understand each others struggles.
whenever a butch lesbian asserts they're a woman no matter how masc they are, whenever a trans man asserts that they are a man and not a butch, whenever a butch struggles to be seen as both a man and a lesbian, and whenever a trans man returns to the lesbian community while embracing their manhood, we are part of the same community, we share the same struggles, and we owe it to each other to stay strong.
we are not enemies. we are bedfellows, lovers, family, spouses, partners, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, siblings, friends, each others support networks, even if we don't share identities perfectly. whether you are butch and a woman, butch and a man, butch and something else entirely, a male, ftm, genderfluid, polygender, genderqueer, transmasculine, nonbinary, two-spirit or whatever else you may be lesbian, you are part of our family and your experience is worth being heard.
Whenever I get overwhelmed I just go to the National Audubon Society’s website and look at pictures of birds.
the average person's understanding of the "squirrel" could stand expansion. most people think of grey squirrels and red squirrels. urge them to think a little harder and they might come up with chipmunks and flying squirrels, while asking "i mean, do those really count?"
prepare yourselves.
first up, red squirrels and grey squirrels (classic):
chipmunks (nightcore ass animal):
african pygmy squirrel (the smallest Squirrels):
thirteen-lined ground squirrel (fancier than you):
prairie dog (insanely intelligent and social):
marmots/groundhogs (the Biggest squirrels):
flying squirrels (how does she do it):
Indian Giant Squirrel (And why he ourple😂):
there are 200+ species of squirrel out there their family is one of, if not the most diverse of the rodents
You when you think of the ‘bird app’, suffering every day:
Me when I think of the ‘bird app’, thriving and skipping through the sunshine:
