Light in the Darkness

only just remembered the conversation I had with the person who said they couldn’t read anything written by a lesbian because they were a bisexual and it would be seen as infiltrating a space that wasn’t intended for them and wasting resources that weren’t theirs to use and they were terrified of getting in Trouble.

Reading the tags I'm seeing a lot of comments like "wow moral scrupulosity" "moral OCD the likes you cannot even fathom" "if you think like this you are mentally ill and need help" "oh BROTHER"

and it's mindblowing to me because if you have been in "lesbian spaces" for the last 6-10 years this is not an irrational conclusion to draw at all.

This is a dampened and tame version of what trans and bisexual exclusionary lesbians have been screaming from the rooftops. If your experience as a young bisexual wlw is mostly internet-based, this is not just an opinion that is present in queer spaces but an opinion that has been dominant (and largely completely unchallenged) in queer spaces for a long time at this point.

A bisexual wlw coming away with the impression that their existence is inherently intruding on Lesbianism and they must bow down and submit to the Pure and Good Capital-L Lesbians isn't online cringe or mental illness, it's the logical endpoint of allowing TERFS to be the loudest lesbian voices for over an entire decade.

Before you roll your eyes at the "cringe" moral scrupulosity, try being angry at the people who demand that level of moral scrupulosity out of anyone who is different from themself and think about why you continually accommodate that demand with your nonchalance instead of meaningfully opposing it at its source

it’s funny you mention that because in the original conversation, the person I was speaking with was the recipient of targeted bullying, not some delusional snowflake who needs to go outside and “touch grass.”

it was in 2018-19 and the culture on here was one of scarcity and fear and enforced purity standards, just as it still is. The bullying was virulent and it was everywhere and it cleaved exactly to white woman protectionist narratives that decreed any blurring of the lines as anathema. a bisexual who stepped out of her intended place would bring death and violation to the lesbians around her and needed to be stopped.

Just thinking about the intimacy behind a very soft and gentle "Let's get you home."

Yes, lovely.

Also a fan of "Let's get you cleaned up" and "Let's get you to bed"

"Let's get you some food"

extremely cool article you should read if you haven’t already

one other one that i haven't seen much:

good dynamic: character who’s too deeply rooted to a fault + character who’s never been able to form roots anywhere before

yeahyeaheyaheyeahyeahyeahyeah

ok everyone else shut up this is the only one that matters

got stuck on the toilet earlier and my inner monologue started coming in cookie monster's voice for some reason

BALONEY

The way terfs describe women in sports like

I'm imagining Buck running to Taylor and mentioning he's Bisexual and then having a conversation that goes

Taylor: Yeah, I know

Buck: What do you mean you know?

Taylor: I mean you weren't subtle with it, I didn't think it was a secret?

Buck: You knew I was Bi when we were dating?? I didn't know then???

Taylor: What do you mean you didn't know??? We talked about Celebrity Crushes, you talked about several men??

Buck: Yeah but how was I supposed to know Celebrity Crushes counted?? They are meant to be unrealistic. Anyway you had Women on your list

Taylor: Yeah! Because I'm Bisexual!

Buck: Oh...

Taylor: So did realising you're in love with Eddie finally tip you off?

Buck: I'm in Love with Eddie??????

Taylor: Oh My God

EVISCERATED

For those that don’t know, Brock’s mom and dad both bailed on their kids to go dreamchasing for a bit and he had to look after NINE siblings on his own

In other words,

SHOTS FIRED

Brock also just kind of left those same 9 siblings so he could travel the world with a 12 year old and his electric rat

Brock literally hung tight until his dad came home, gave said dad a stern shit-talking about how much of a worthless deadbeat he was to his face, refused to set one foot out of Pewter City until he was sure the dude would stay and take care of his damn kids, and then left to follow the dreams he was never allowed to follow because he was too busy cleaning up his parents goddamn mistakes.

But, like, go off, I guess.

If the one in the first pic is his mom, why does she look younger than him?

Because she’s not the one who had to raise 9 kids.

world heritage post

I'm sorry I'm going fucking insane over trans people in sports issues the anti trans crowd has lost the fucking plot and then has the audacity to act like its the trannies who are ridiculous

I used to be of the "well the sports issue isn't really important to me its w/e I just don't want it to be a gateway into other transphobia" but oh my fucking god we are so far gone. The fencing shit is sending me over the edge. What the fuck.

I can't even articulate my words so I'm just going to tell a story in screenshots

I am so fucking tired of being gaslit about this

I'm also still so fucking pissed that we have to include "ooo the trans fencer only finished in X place" because its a reminder that trans women will never be allowed to excel at anything in the public eye without being cut down. Fuck OFF