One cannot be decolonial and religious.
All religions are rooted in colonialism, especially abrahamic ones (Christianity, Judaism and Islam).
Religion is one of the oldest forms of social control in the world. The cultures and communities that have been destroyed due to domination is abominable.
“feminism has taken away true love !1!!!” THIS IS WHAT FEMINISM SAVED US FROM.
Not every abdominal pain is a period cramp.
I can't forgive the TRAs for turning the near universal trauma of girlhood into some convoluted proof that gender dysphoria is innate, and being some flavor of trans is the only explanation for those feelings. What better way to stop womens progression and liberation than to take away the words and experiences shared by those who have experienced lifelong misogyny. The silence is deafening
Nobody can impose physical criteria because they are with women from birth. The only thing that patriarchy imposed was the concept of "gender"
Long hair, dresses, skirts, makeup do not make a woman a woman
A dog can't be a cat unless it was born a cat. Even if a dog starts meowing, it will still remain a dog
If a trans woman hasn’t undergone surgery, how can she be considered a real woman?
The validity of a woman’s identity is not tied to her physical appearance or medical procedures.
Societal pressures that tell women their worth is determined by how closely they adhere to gendered expectations. A trans woman is a woman whether or not she chooses to undergo surgery. Her identity is rooted in her self-determination, not in fulfilling a set of physical criteria imposed by patriarchal norms.
I have never gotten a good answer to why trans people go on hormones and get cosmetic surgeries if “gender” isn’t about biological sex characteristics. Or to how they can say that biology is irrelevant when they’re constantly trying to biologically replicate the opposite sex.
something to think about
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but I just want to say, as someone who used to wear acrylic nails for at least a decade, they are such a fucking sham.
Growing up I was always fed the idea that nails meant you didn’t have to do anything? Which was supposed to be considered a good thing? Like “teehee I don’t have to do anything I’m so spoiled” but they try hiding from you how fucking fun it is to actually do things.
Ever shoot a gun? Fucking phenomenal. Hit your target? Feels fantastic. That aside, being able to take a gun apart, study how it works, and put it back together? Absolutely amazing.
Ever use a fucking power saw? Power tools in general are invigorating. Built a whole work bench in the detached garage. Talk about something being actually empowering.
I had to stop playing piano because of my nails. Who chooses fake nails over literally getting to create art?! Crazy. I can’t believe once upon that time I actively made that choice.
Gardening? Couldn’t imagine trying to do that with nails. Getting dirt stuck in there for days? Would feel horrible. Feeling self conscious when you go to get them fixed because of how dirty they are. I forgot how much I loved playing in the dirt as a child. I love the smell of soil. It makes you feel more connected to the Earth. I talk to my plants, I read to my plants. I love my plants.
Book Nooks! They’re models you get to put together. Super small parts. Glue needed. So far put together a model greenhouse and a model library. Would literally be impossible with fake nails. You feel so accomplished when you’re done. Takes about 6-8 hours to do most of the time. There’s electrical you get to put together. Sometimes you’re twisting wires together trying to get the lights on lol. Love those things.
Getting to work with your hands feels great. It’s freeing. Fake nails completely strips you of that. When I had nails on I had problems simply trying to button a blouse…. that’s depressing to think about.
I know basically all radfems know of this. So this is more for the cryptos. The lurkers. The ones in the shadows who are curious. Who want to learn.
Im telling you. You don’t know what you’re missing.
Libfems defend SW because they imagine it being cool alt girls, gays, and theys doing it, but that isn’t the reality. Do you know how many older women are prostitutes? Imagine your mother not having the funds and support to live financially secure in society and having to be raped by men daily to make ends meet. That isn’t empowering. Grandmothers are prostitutes. Grandmothers are in porn. Grandmothers are being sexually abused by johns.
They’re being degraded. They’re being raped. They’re being abused. They’re being financially and sexually exploited. By men.
And you’re alright with that? You think that is defendable because a 20-something girl likes doing onlyf*ns?? You’re fighting for the rights of the more privileged of us women to continue doing ‘work’ that they can easily get out of and move back in with their parents and delete their online footprint. Because that is how you choose to view ‘sex workers’ to make your decision more palatable. You use abused women brainwashed by the patriarchy and sexual abuse to say, “But I’m underprivileged and get raped by johns daily and I LOVE IT!” so you can plug your ears and ignore the thousands of other prostitutes who talk about their exploitation
The next time you defend prostitution, imagine your grandmother in that place. Because you sure as hell don’t care when it’s your own female peers.
I'm not really sure why some transwomen/TIM are under the impression that radfems stating that TIM cannot physically be female or women somehow means they have to go back to adhering to what society expects of "a man."
It's quite the opposite actually. I WANT you to wear dresses and skirts and pink and heels and wear makeup and do whatever it is you like to do that makes you feel like you're somehow female, but I also want you to understand that those things DON'T make you female or have any proximity to womanhood. You're allowed to express yourself through fashion and personality without lying and claiming you're female