Hot take: at the end of the day, privilege is a material, measurable phenomenon. We identify privilege when we identify that the privileged group, taken as a statistical block, experiences a range of particular improved outcomes versus the overall population average.

Whenever I see people talking about whether or not trans men experience male privilege, I see them talking about hypotheticals and anecdotes. "What if a trans man who has had...." or "well this one trans guy I know has said he..." Privilege isn't about a trans man or some trans men. Does the population of trans men experience this?

Pointing at individuals to argue against the disprivilege of groups is nonsensical. Alice Walton is worth US$101 billion; her fortune does not disprove the overall economic subjugation of women. Stephen Hawking was a household name, and remains easily recognizable years after his death; his prominence does not disprove the overall public marginalization and invisibility of disabled people.

When you're talking privileges, you're talking the concrete aggregate experiences of real people, not the demographic equivalent of a perfectly spherical cow in a vacuum. That's what your hypothetical fully passing trans man who has had all possible surgeries is; he has no inconvenient biology, he has no social ties to his previous life, he has no history, and he ultimately has no material reality. And somehow, he gets treated as though if he can be admitted into the patriarchal class of the privileged, then that must be the ultimate truth of the transmasculine experience.

Perfectly Passing Georg is an outlier and should not have been counted.

I thought Tumblr would get a kick out of this

2026

DO THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM AT WORK. MAKE ART THAT HURTS. ABANDON ALL GUILT AND SHAME. DONT LET THEM KILL YOUR SOUL. BECOME YOUR OWN PERSONAL GOD. GROW SPIKES. DONT LET THEM KILL YOUR SOUL

Transfeminism isnt niche internet discourse if the FBI is telling a transfeminist author to stop publishing

smuggling a bladeless knife with no handle through airport security

It feels almost unbelievable that there's an Olympics this year. Not just this year but next month. Like can you please come back another time thanks

At least they're in Italy though

the funniest character headcanons are feral, homophobic and tax evader i dont accept constructive criticism and you cant change my mind

hates the irish, fucks to survive, war criminal

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she does not FUCK

can you believe this website is free

I see a lot of ‘cis’ women say they wish they were androgynous in the way men were or they wish they were pretty in the way men were. This is your sign to go try to do that. You may find you enjoy being an androgynous woman. You may find you no longer identify as a woman. You may find you don’t like androgyny. You will not know until you try. Cut your hair if you’ve always wanted to but have been afraid to. Shop in the men’s section if you’ve been too nervous to. Wear clothing with an androgynous  silhouette. Experiment with binding, take baby steps with compression bras if you want. Wear unisex scents. Live life. Try things you want to try. A lot of cis women do not understand the joys of mens pants and mens deodorant. I think everyone should try both of those things.

(via @monimolimnion)

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#much more comfortable being a woman when I realised it literally doesn’t have to mean anything  #unlock cis+ it’s good for you]

Trans people don't own gender. We stole it the way Prometheus stole fire, so it would be available to everyone.

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The reason they make you do group project at school is as a preventative measure against falling into conspiracy theories as an adult. The vast majority of the population can and will come out of the experience with a much better understanding of just how goddamn impossible it is to make multiple people do what they were supposed to do, everything they were supposed to do, and nothing but what they were supposed to do. You can't make five people do that, and yet billions of people are keeping this supposed machine rolling?

HEY. HOW DID YOU GET SO BIG.

WHAT KIND OF DOG ARE YOU.

I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

[video description: a Dalmatian following a horse that is white with black spots. end description.]

this is, btw, probably extremely fulfilling for this dog.

Dalmatians were supposed to be hunting dogs at the founding of the breed, but what they mostly became bred and used for was carriage dogs.

A carriage dog is a dog whose job it is to run alongside a horse and carriage and prevent anyone from interfering with it. They were excellent carriage security. Nobody could reach up and grab the horses reins, nobody could try to open the carriage door - you could even park with peace of mind

This is also how they became known as firehouse dogs, because fire trucks used to look like this

and i imagine having a carriage dog was very useful to prevent even well-meaning members of the public from doing anything stupid to the equipment or horses while you fought a fire.

So the dog in the video is probably feeling very Job Well Done about his activity

Protestants are so fucking lame what do you mean the Pope threw a rave?

nothing’s felt real since like 2012

goddamnit I need to finish my 2026 bingo card before more things keep happening

Thank you for the reminder! I want to do Home and Geopolitics this year