It Is So Insane To Me That People Think This Could Ever Work. Male And Female Anatomy Are SO Different,

It is so insane to me that people think this could ever work. Male and female anatomy are SO different, and they are huge risks to organ transplant even when they find a perfect match for blood type etc. The very few cases where we have seen successful uterine transplant were so that women who wanted to have children but did not have a functional uterus (often d/t uterine cancer or Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome). Before and after transplantation, the woman has to be placed on heavy immunosuppressants so her body will not reject the uterus, and then the goal is for the woman to get pregnant and have a child, after which she will have a hysterectomy so she can be taken off of the immunosuppressants. Literally the only reason for this process to occur is that a biological women who doesn't have a uterus very strongly want a biological child.

Do TIMs really think that any of us enjoy having a uterus or would want one for any reason other than to have a child? Are grown men really that jealous of an organ that literally destroys a part of itself once a month and leaves us in excruciating pain? Doctors will never perform a transplant that doesn't provide the body with a function it is lacking. It's why you don't need a kidney transplant if you only lost one kidney. The absolute audacity of this TIM saying they want a procedure that is still not reachable for the biological women struggling with infertility, just so he can be "the first trans woman to have an abortion" is proof that TIMs have no idea what it truly means to be a woman.

As someone who loves clothing, whether thrifted, handmade, or store-bought, I will never, ever, purchase something from Shein or Temu. There is no way those clothes can be made ethically. Think about how long it takes to sew something. You could probably make a simple garment in a few hours if you know what you are doing. Multiple a livable wage (at the absolute very LEAST $15/hr if not more) by the number of hours it takes to make that garment and you will very quickly realize there is no ethical way to sell a dress for $20.

If you are buying new clothing, I would highly suggest checking out the Fashion Transparency Index from Fashion Revolution. Their website describes it at "a tool to push and incentivise the world’s largest fashion brands to be more transparent about their social and environmental efforts. Fashion Revolution believes that transparency is foundational to achieving systemic change in the global fashion industry, which is why we have been campaigning for it since 2014, and why we created this Index."

Their website and the yearly report are full of statistics about the fashion industry both as a whole and for specific brands, broken down by category.

I think more people on radblr should be talking about sweatshops, especially in the garment industry.

• Around 80% of sweatshop workers are women. Some employers force them to take birth control and pregnancy tests to avoid having to pay for maternity leave. Pregnant women are routinely denied sick leave to visit doctors, terminated from their contracts early, or left without any maternity leave when their short-term contracts are not renewed.

• Women are more likely than men to experience minimum wage violations. According to one study, "30 percent of the women workers in our sample experienced minimum wage violations, compared to 20 percent of the men". [Source: https://www.nelp.org/publication/broken-laws-unprotected-workers-violations-of-employment-and-labor-laws-in-americas-cities/ ]

• Indonesian women employees report that “girls in the factory are harassed by male managers. They come on to the girls, call them into their offices, whisper into their ears, touch them, bribe them with money and threaten them with firing if they don’t have sex with them.” [source: cleanclothes.org]

• "Toilet breaks are monitored, and some workers said they were flat out denied them, even when sick. The same goes for water and lunch breaks, both necessary to stay healthy when working 12+ hour days in a stuffy, overcrowded factory." 20% of women in sweatshops report experiencing sexual violence. [https://iwda.org.au/three-ways-garment-factories-violate-the-rights-of-women-and-how-its-allowed-to-happen/ ]

It's easy not to support this kind of abuse. Do not buy clothes first-hand. Only buy from thrift shops and second-hand apps, or find ethical brands and investigate where and how they make their clothing (hint: if a t-shirt costs $3, it's not ethical). Patch your old clothes. Consider learning basic sewing (it's not as difficult as it seems!)

I don't care how cheap Shein and Temu are. I don't care how much you think you need that specific Zara coat. Buying clothes directly harms women and avoiding it is a very easy way to help.

[the art is not mine! Template free on Canva, designed by National Studio; text from me]

Don't believe in sexist stereotypes.

Saving this so I have resources next time someone asks why chess and videogames as a sport should remain sex segregated for tournaments to be fair.

Reblog for a bigger sample size.

Say in the tags what you voted for and if you live in or outside of the US

It’s early days (1% in) but Eve by Cat Bohannon might be shaping up to be a wonderful companion piece to Invisible Women.