first assigned reading in my textile history class is about orientalism and the political appropriation of the paisley print and kashmir shawl by the british written by a south asian researcher

It kinda shocked me when I first started talking about how 'androphobia' and 'misandry' are not appropriate things to identify with that many trans men interpreted this as if I was saying "trans men face 0 oppression"

It makes more sense to me now, I guess. If someone conceptualizes their oppression entirely through the lens that men are an oppressed class then they will take any form of "transandrophobia is not real" and "transandrophobia is inherently tied to misogynist movements" as a complete denial of their oppression.

I mean, as a trans man myself I'm very keenly aware of my oppression. I transitioned around the age of 27...the misgendering, the degendering, the patronizing from FITs (feminist identified transphobes), the cruelty of my own family persists to this day. The worst was academia!!! How horrified I was to see how trans people are talked about in textbooks!!!

I also remember living as a woman. The street harassment, the dismissal of every opinion I held, the assumption that I was stupid, a liar, incapable. The hiring discrimination that always made me wonder if it was me or my gender...the lower pay. Doctors not listening to me. God the sexual harassment, the death threats even in person, in public. And ALL of this? Dismissed by men who called me a femnazi and accused me of androphobia and misandry.

The shift in my oppression since transitioning is palpable. I experience transphobia now. In Nevada I get yelled at many times for going into the men's restroom because I have long hair. But the street harassment? Gone. No sexual harassment. I get every job I interview for. I don't even have to ask for raises or promotions. My opinion is respected. I'm assumed to be knowledgeable even in areas I am not. Doctors do not question my pain.

I am not fucking oppressed because I'm a man. No one is, and it's misogynist to claim otherwise.

can we please acknowledge that tma/tme is a meaningful distinction? a justice of the US supreme court is openly saying that it's legal to discriminate against trans women because the same laws do not target trans men. the transmisogyny is what makes it permissible. your transphobia is fine as long as it has carveouts for men.

heated rivalry fans check this out:

it's actually so crazy how much the simpsons would fucking suck if it didn't have any of the simpsons characters. just a bunch of shots of empty houses and streets for half an hour while nothing happens. that would be so badddd lol

Trevor Dubois, an indigenous man who was in the hospital for chemo following a brain cancer diagnosis, was murdered by Saskatoon hospital security via. forceful restraint on Friday over a plastic lighter that police are publicly calling an “imitation firearm”. The cops are now trying to make it seem like Trevor had methamphetamines and drug paraphernalia in the hospital room with him after security murdered him to justify what took place.

ok sigh. I'm gonna remake this bc the other one is dying. hi again, my wife and I are still struggling badly. I am disabled & i cannot work, and even if I wasnt, we only have one car that i am not insured to drive. my boyfriend is also disabled, but works at a job that cuts his hours whenever they see fit.

we get anywhere from $100/week to $300/week that always immediately goes to our car & insurance payments. it is impossible to stay afloat on our own. we really need help, and anything at all is appreciated. I will not be setting a goal as we need as much help as we can get. thank you in advance, reblogs are just as appreciated as well. ❤️

pp / ca

urgent 1/11/26

hi im erin, 33, and a lesbian. does anyone have $20 or anything for a family of 7, four disabled, 2 kids under 13, in a abusive house for food/dinner and $39 for my meds that i take to stay alive and sane I have OCD BPD and uh severe depression? please we need help to get through the new year and now THIS NEW FLU me, mom and the kids & everyone else now are badly sick anything helps even a dollar or less. please help me give these kids a good day for once

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