i think in this sense memes like this might even be detrimental, because they set the bar so high, barely anyone will take a shot.
you dont need to kill police or politicians, probably throwing your life away, to make a difference. just find whatever horizontal organisations are providing for needs and building dual power in your area and join them.
update:
i went through mysticmushroom's profile an there is nothing there that would support the accusations. i honestly find it disgusting to just make such accusations without proof, especially when aimed towards a trans person
ofc its not a phobia to have preferences. my critique is towards excluding people from certain labels of gender based attraction, for things other than their gender. especially if those people are systemically opressed for their gender.
crazy example now, but sometimes that helps seeing things in a new light:
if i say that im not into old people because i am a lesbian, then thats kinda messed up, because it implies that old women are not women.
does that help?
and ofc, because we live in a cis-normative society, many people dont often think about how women can also have dicks. forgetting about that isnt necessairily transphobic but might also just be a cis-normative oopsy.
you are right, i shouldnt assume this meme has malicious intent. tbf i dont think i did assume that? but it probably came across that way... i should communicate better
thats not what i meant. the message was supposed to be "dont equate being a lesbian with disliking dick". i apologise if i failed at bringing that across. maybe next time i should be more blunt from the start
oki, i just wrote a response but then realised i misunderstood you. sorry about that
you are right, that also works
my intention was to direct attention to how the image implies cis-normativity/transphobia. altho i do see how the image did that by simplifying reality for comical effect
and while i dont think i played into similarly opressive structures, i did simply reality myself in my comment.
oki, i just wrote a response but then realised i misunderstood you. sorry about that
you are right for the situation i described in my comment. you can combine being a lesbian with a lot of other things, to make it a viable contraception.
i would argue tho, that not liking dick is the entire reason one wouldnt get pregnant in your situation. the lesbian part doesnt matter. meanwhile both a transphobe and a lesbian can get pregnant on their own but a transphobic lesbian can not.
i feel like this is emblematic for the shit state of the world. like ppl should write essays because they wanna say something. if you can have an ai write your essay for you, then why are u even writing an essay in the first place? i know the answer to that is because your school or work commands it, and thats such alienating bs.
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