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Daily reminder: Transphobia actively contributes to sexism. If you don’t fit the beauty standard and are seen as masculine in any way shape or form, you are seen as transgender and as a “problem”
I think it's incredibly important here to not overlook the fact that she is a Black woman. Transphobia, racism, and sexism overlap significantly because of the incredibly eurocentric beauty standards women are judged on.
Forging a Longquanjian/Longquan Sword （longquanjian龙泉剑, literally dragon spring sword）by 四姑 (The video quality is a bit blurry at the beginning, but it will improve after a few seconds
choosing to allocate spoons to hanging out and having a good time at the cost of perfectly completing all your work is not a failing it is in fact an act of survival. “too sick to work = too sick to play” is in fact ableist bullshit that you don’t have to buy into. and the fact that leisure time is treated like a privilege is a fucking travesty
"Dems aren't doing anything!"
Listen man, you need to read the news. Actually seek it out and read it. Preferably local or state news if you have it.
My congressman and Senators are the most boring moderate white guys to ever moderate white guy.
And they are out there every single fucking day raising hell like I haven't seen in ten years.
They're boycotting the joint address. Trying to block every piece of legislation and every nominee. They're trying to get into federal buildings to see what DOGE is doing. They're holding town halls every week. They're holding job fairs for laid off feds and connecting them to resources.
These boring white guys are getting up in republicans faces during hearings and screaming at them red faced with righteous fury.
My guys ALONE are doing a fuck ton.
Do you even know who yours are? What they're doing? Or do you just want to be angry?
And for those who don’t know where to look, Ariella Elm has been collecting wins and Dems fighting EVERY DAY SINCE THE INAUGURATION https://open.substack.com/pub/ariellaelm?r=25ocek&utm_medium=ios
And she’s noted, a lot of their best moments ARE posted, they just aren’t going viral
Thank you! I keep wanting to scream when people say nobody is doing anything.
Remember it wasn't women's right to work per se. It was the rights to:
Women always worked for pay, except in certain economic classes. But they were restricted to certain classes of work that generally paid less, often got paid less for the same exact job, and were routinely fired when their employer realized they were pregnant.
Vejible fiend asks for his 7th vejible in a row
Eider ducks sound as though you’ve just told them a very interesting fact or juicy gossip.
reblog for noises
