I Feel So Awful For All The Young Girls Being Forced Into Religion And Forced To Wear A Hijab. Imagine

It's not progressive to say "women are oppressed so they should be brutalized in films for the sake of realism". Hate to break it to you, but most men are sadistic towards women, not empathetic. The male film director who recycles the violent pornography he’s consumed isn’t challenging anything. He's only desensitizing an entire audience to cruelty against women.

"I'm pretty with makeup"

"I'm pretty without makeup"

Radical feminism: "It doesn't matter if you're pretty at all. You don't exist to be pretty."

"Female body hair is okay"

"Female body hair is not okay"

Radical Feminism: "Female body hair simply exists and is completely neutral. Talking about whether its 'okay' doesn't even make sense."

"Presenting THIS way makes you a man"

"Presenting THIS way makes you a woman"

Radical feminism: "Nothing about the way you present makes you a man or woman. Gender isn't real."

I love that radical feminism just removes you from so many binaries of thought. It makes them completely nonsensical. Why would I analyze whether I'm pretty when it doesn't matter either way? Why is the acceptability of my body hair even a subject of discussion? It merely exists, just like the bark on a tree. Does society sit around and debate whether a tree ought to be able to keep its bark?

I've come to realize that I've been handed a ton of "either/or" choices about who I am all my life and told to make a decision on each one. And they were all illusions! I just exist. I never had to justify the way I am or even formulate an opinion on it.

Conservatives cosplaying as Christians when faced with someone who actually follows the teachings of Jesus Christ:

i wish that there were female only vacation resorts. even if there were i dont think id be able to go any time soon, but still. imagine how amazing that would be. no worries about creepy men at beaches. my dream

AND/OR they would do some sort of harm to you. emotionally, physically, mentally, etc

the next 4 years will be dark for americans. to all of those who are in a dark place right now, please remember that if you give up, if you let go, and if you stop being who you truly are, you'll only be giving conservatives what they want. please remember to take a break and do something you enjoy to take your mind off of things, surround yourself with people who love and protect you; and if you don't have anyone like that, always love and protect yourself.

you don't need to always be up-to-date on the political state of the country and how things are going, especially not if it effects you mentally. you're allowed to disconnect, you're allowed to put your head in the sand and block it out, because you need to stay strong.

or, maybe staying up to date helps you stay strong. maybe it motivates and encourages you to push through and hope for a better future. you are more capable than you think.

remember: don't snitch, take things easy when you need to, use your resources, and put yourself first. if you ever need to talk, mine and many others' messages are open.

reminders for today:

if you or someone you know might need it in the next few years, purchase plan b. the shelf life of plan b is 4 years, and we might not be able to access it as easily as we can now in the days ahead.

if you are larger/plus size: go online and purchase ella instead of plan b. plan b is less effective if you aren’t under 160 pounds.

if you can, purchase books that project 2025 is looking to ban.

mass deportations are starting. if you see ice vehicles or agents, yell ice raid and la migra as loud as you can.

if someone asks who you voted for, keep your mouth shut. they’re fishing for traitors.

if anyone, anyone at all asks about your neighbors or their legal status in the us, you know nothing. don’t be the reason that their family is separated.

if anyone asks about your religion or lack thereof, keep it vague. this administration will look for any excuse to persecute you.

your friends are trans or queer? for the next four years they’re not. don’t expose anyone’s status as a trans or queer person to anyone else, even if you think you can trust them.

did someone you know get an abortion? no, they didn’t. they were never pregnant.

in short, don’t be a snitch, and keep to yourself these next four years. we’ll make it through this even if it seems hopeless at times.

we can survive this. we’ve survived before, and we’ll survive again.

I'll stop saying faggot when gay men stop saying "bitch" and "cunt" because they think their love of men somehow gives them proximity to women

I know drag queens are supposed to be in good fun and all but the mockery exhibited by them is actually disgusting. Posing as a stereotypical Russian hooker? It’s literally just a mockery of women who are being trafficked in foreign countries. People forget that Gay men can be just as misogynistic as straight men and it’s a huge issue.