the belief in an 'epstein class' is a belief in the exceptional nature of child abuse--that it exists as some sinister, dark alley influence laid over regular, 'pure' society, obfuscating the reality that child abuse is boring--it comes from parents, teachers, friends, etc.
@rzrbladewyl this is so true and it's always so funny to me considering historically radfems/terfs went so hard against any kind of stereotypically feminine aesthetics. like idk if mx. raymond would really aprove of your coquette proana vibes
this part was especially interesting to me; the author argues that this performative use of AAVE often relies on the mutual understanding that it is in fact an inauthentic persona purposely being evoked to indicate a lack of seriousness
hi so i was assaulted by security guards and multiple nurses at CAMH and they sprained my meniscus — i am fully unable to walk right now please help me raise money
"[I]t is precisely at times such as these, when we live with the possibility of unthinkable destruction, that people are likely to become dangerously crazy about sexuality."
@torturefuntime also it's not crazy to think that spaces designed for inclusivity would make disabled/cane using feel more comfortable being there. like the reason you don't see as many visibly disabled people in cis spaces is probably because they're at home
I have a lot more empathy for transfemme neo-blanchardians because being pathologies was, at least historically, a path towards gaining the medical recognition required to transition, but the transmasc ones are all truly pathetic worms who want in on the grift
meanwhile your entire personality is being a Schrodinger's ftm so butthurt that Blanchard & co don't fetishize you the way they do trans women that you obsessively cling to being "AAP", but sure you're not at all concerned with being attractive
A common theme in FtM spaces is it’s their responsibility to fix manhood by being female levels of conscious, empathetic, emotionally expressive, etc. Meanwhile in MtF spaces they’re simply concerned with being as hot as possible.
this is the final boss of trans guys who get excited over being mistaken for trans women, he sees the worlds most perverted sexologists treat tw as sexually intriguing lab animals to be poked and prodded and thinks "but what about me tho 😢"
Ftm twitter is flabbergasted as to why some tguys dress and present as "women" like one of the most obvious reasons isnt that its just fun and expressive while masculinity is extremely limiting