Reblog To Support Bisexual Birb

reblog to support Bisexual Birb

"When he died, he stopped". Ugh, men.

Does anybody know the source for that quote (I think it was andrea dworkin) where a pedophile told her that the conservatives wanted him in jail and she said the conservatives were sentimental and she wanted him dead?  I think they shared a godson.

I really like the phrase "those perceived to carry and birth children" because that sort of sums up how misogyny affects all women regardless of their genotype and reproductive abilities. I have a friend with Turner's syndrome (single X genotype) who will never be able to have kids, but people view her exactly the same way that they view me, as a twenty-something woman worthy of all the same misogynistic bullshit.

I think…at times we get too bogged down in the nitty-gritty of what makes someone female or male. Like talking about which sex produces large gametes and which produces small gametes, or variations on chromosomes, etc. Is that a valuable conversation to be had? Yes, absolutely. But I think we get trapped in that argument and it distracts from the main issue—that patriarchy is designed to oppress those with female phenotypes and the perceived ability to carry and birth children.

Because an intersex child who looks female is going to be raised with female socialization, regardless of their chromosomal makeup. Women who do not have uteruses, from birth or via surgical procedure, are still subject to misogyny and structural sexism due to their perceived biological abilities.

I think most radical feminists know this, but I don’t know how many of us realize that picking these definitions apart are ways to distract us from identifying our material oppression and coming together as women—because the more we argue about the details, the less focused we are on developing bonds between women and ultimately female class consciousness.

I’m putting these thoughts into a coherent statement for the first time, and I’d like to know other women’s opinions.

Also, as someone who just became a nurse and has a psych degree, let me explain a little more why someone like that needs therapy and treatment and what the diagnosis truly is propagating. 'Prolonged grief disorder' (don't ask me why everything is a disorder cuz idk), is more about how much your daily functioning is affected by grief. For example, someone who is suicidal, or unable to perform daily activities like eating and bathing, or who stops basically particating in life for a prolonged period of time (longer than about a year-ish, obviously within context) would be diagnosed with this. These traits are normal symptoms of grief within the initial time period following a person's death, but when they interfere with your ability to care for yourself or to care for others, that constitutes prolonged grief. Regular grief doesn't mean you are never sad again after the first year, it just means you are able to cope enough to live.

An example of a case where someone might be diagnosed with PGD would be a man who lost his wife to cancer and experiences such steep depressive emotions after 2 years have passed, that he is unable to provide any emotional support to his children and struggles to provide their basic needs. Therapy would help immensely in this case.

the decision to add a disorder to the dsm called "prolonged grief disorder" in which grieving for too long/with too much intensity/more than "expected" is deemed pathological... three years into a devastatingly fatal pandemic... i want to hurt people

Even if you were somehow stuck only in the world of children's literature, J.K. Rowling published "The Ickabog" in November of 2020 after posting the chapters one by one online. I would definitely call that a recent success. And even if she hadn't, the HP series has sold more books than any other series. Ever. That's enough successs to last someone a lifetime and yet she keeps writing simply because she enjoys it. Do they really think she cares if some people insult her on the internet for daring to stand up for women's rights?

Resources tho

A new google drive of radfem literature has dropped. Go wild gyns!