i've got a problem with a person with all that privilege telling me how women and people of color should behave if they "really cared" about people of color

like, are you kidding me? and instead of grasping the problem, m1a0 wants 2 pretend i said transgender people aren't marginalized. that's quite a stretch.

The second week in November is trans visibility week. In most cities there are usually events to celebrate. There was supposed to be a march again this year in DC, but COVID stopped it, at least till 2021. I hope there's a march next year. Nov 20 we observe Trans Day of Remembrance. I think the usual events in DC are also cancelled this year. Unlike the march, which is defiant and empowering, on Nov 20 here in DC we usually gather in a church and read off the names of the Trans people in the US who were murdered this year. It's somber and gut wrenching. But we're the only ones who give a shit about all our dead family, and they deserve to have their names said out loud and to not be forgotten. So far this year the number killed exceeds 2019, and most of them are black or LatinX. I doubt any of us, regardless of race, manage to avoid some type of threat or violence, though. Every trans woman I know has been raped at some point. Half of us attempt suicide. Most of us have had to deal with domestic violence. Then there are the day to day little bits of violence. Like being fired from our jobs. Or our partners and family leaving us and cutting us out of their lives. Like people on the street or subway following us, threatening to assault us, or kill us. Or just spitting on us when we walk by. And then there is the ever present woke feminist who says things like stop telling me "how women should behave" cause of course we're not real women, right? And also, we didn't tell her how to behave in the first place.

My "marginalization" is more tolerable than what others deal with. I've only been raped once. My suicide attempt failed. Half my family says I am dead to them (but the other half is supportive), my spouse left me, and I lost my job when I came out. But I was able to find another employer and move on. I am incredibly lucky, though. I have health care, a job, I found someone who loves me, and no one has murdered me yet. Do the intersectional math yourselves, because I can't. I'm just happy to be alive.


I don't pretend to know anyone else's struggles. I only know my own.

Everything suddenly makes sense.

Oppression olympics!! Does MOAO get the silver? Do you get the gold? TUNE IN TONIGHT TO FIND OUT!!

imagine giving $40k to a politician

You'd certainly want some firm specifics on what you're getting for your money.

interesting conversation with Masha Gessen on Trump's attempt for an "autocratic breakthrough" in the wake of losing last week's election

17+ minutes? fuck's sake

just let me refresh netphoria for 20 minutes instead
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Jfc are you outing yourself as a TERF

Your refusal to use her pronouns seems oddly intentional.

to op: no

ysm used to be cool wtf

I’ll tell whoever the fuck I want how they should vote including women and poc

Maybe, just maybe, for some of them embracing the BLM sign (when so many are virulently, even violently, against it) is a positive step towards them evaluating their complicity and participation in systemic racism?

Jesus Christ the left loves to eat itself. One reason we always lose

Really sad how you got dumb

oh oh
guard your tiki torches

guard your tiktok torches

:bananamac:banoonoo:

Nah, always was. Search for the n word and see how many of those posts belong to her

Hell yea

Now that Biden is president you can't imagine how cocky white women are going to become.

I once gave to Wikipedia

yeah, i mean, look at how many honkies are so happy joe biden is president elect and that they may be getting back 'normal' racism for christmas

You ignoring this post is also quite telling I think.

A lot of us honkies are not thrilled with joe Biden but we also recognize that if Hillary had won in 2016 we wouldn’t be dealing with gorsuch, Barrett, or Kavanaugh. Kind of a big deal!

I will obviously acknowledge my white male privilege but Jfc you clearly can’t acknowledge your cishet privilege, which is a thing too!

or maybe i initially ignored it 'cause it's bullshit.

not sure what ur talking about as i've used 'her' when referring to M1AO and i don't see u bothering anyone else about using 'MAOA' when referring to them (oops).

seriously congrats on acknowledging your privilege. even i can do that and i grew up poor, a child of divorce with an alcoholic father, and am still confronted by racism. M1AO, on the other hand, cannot and never has (unless i missed those posts).

Yet you put her in quotes and refer to her as them in this very post! Just acknowledge your anti-trans views and try to move on.

You are basically asserting that anti trans discrimination doesn’t exist, which is /fucking insane/

I find your willful ignorance about anti-lgbt discrimination and bigotry completely astounding. I’m not ever going to accuse you of lying about experiencing racism but you can’t help yourself from diminishing the stress that others can experience. Even white people. It’s all different but it’s not a fucking competition.

yes because that's grammar, baby. i'm not using the word 'her' as her in that sentence; i'm essentially quoting myself, hence the ' '

OMG