Gender Is Entirely Made-up And I Don't Understand Why Some People Are So Fixated On It Being "true" In

Gender is entirely made-up and I don't understand why some people are so fixated on it being "true" in the sense of like...are trans women women? Of course they are, insofar as "a woman" can be said to exist in the first place. But people have gotten obsessed with proving objectively that a trans woman is a woman, when the actual core of trans liberation is that anyone forcing their preferred gender on you is fascist. It's missing the forest for the trees. When all you do is play the "I am [x] really truly deep down just like everyone else" game you're meeting the transphobes on their level and accepting their premise that "man" and "woman" are distinct, tangible things.

To be clear, it's not that you CAN'T feel gender is a kinna spiritual force within you, or something to that effect. I think we all do on at least some level. But my point is that trying to rip that spiritual force out of our bodies to dissect it and prove all the haters wrong because look it was here all along is just a waste of time and effort.

The truth of the matter is that the goal is not to get people to see trans women as women, it's to get them to stop feeling like clothes and pronouns and names and locker rooms should be dictated by what some asshole wrote down on your birth certificate.

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1 year ago

A glimpse into my dark twisted reality

I think I was able to pour into the canvas, what us, APH Rus fans are like as a collective, don't lie to me I know what y´all draw Rus like

I wonder how my poor mother would react if she saw her little daughter being the definition of SIMP(This was made for goofing and giggles I am not past the normal levels of simpery)

5 months ago

Mithrun & Drives & Self-harm

Mithrun & Drives & Self-harm

Warning's in the title, let's rock and roll.

So there's a super-circulated extra about Mithrun's recovery after having been rescued from his conquered dungeon.

Mithrun & Drives & Self-harm

And I don't know how widely known it is that this image is cropped, or that it contains something I consider pretty essential to his character.

The top two thirds of the page are upsetting in a suggestive way. The final third is very explicit.

Mithrun & Drives & Self-harm

I understand the impulse to remove the explicit imagery of self harm from something you scatter around God's internet where it could upset literally anyone. At the same time, I think something's lost when you can't contrast 'He spent most of his days lying down, either sleeping or awake,' with the visceral imagery of him struggling to get out of that position, into which he has been strapped. It's less affecting if your initial impression (that he is totally passive) is not subverted.

Without this, it's too easy to assume that his aversion to things like mirrors and birds is due a vague Upset it might cause him, and that keeping sharp things and fire from him is due to an absence of self preservational drive.

But it's not like that. These are precautions undertaken because he has drives.

How much of that lying down is due to being passive, and how much is compulsory? How much time did he spend restrained, since this was a known problem? The restraints themselves harm him, which is kind of inevitable considering how determined he is to escape.

To me, this does point to him actually having agency and motivation. It's not motivation to do anything positive, but it's present.

And it makes sense, right, that he'd be motivated to self destruction when it turns out his quest has been (unbeknownst even to himself) to be completely consumed by the Demon?

Mithrun & Drives & Self-harm

Something that feels important about Mithrun, to me, is that he doesn't fucking like himself, and I don't think he ever did.

Mithrun & Drives & Self-harm

He's judgmental of his past self despite not ever confessing to being, you know, cruel to anyone. His issue is with his internality, which was an insecure and petty one. Externally, other characters did not perceive him that way. Milsiril doesn't dislike him because he's cruel or because she can tell he's only pretending to like people, she hated him because he was well-liked while she struggled to make any friends at all. I don't think he'd be so well-liked, or basically intimidate Milsiril with his bubbliness, if he was an outwardly nasty person.

It's important to me to point out Milsiril's perspective, because it confirms what's said in Kabru's truncated version of events: Mithrun was well-liked, and people's perception of him was positive. He was not behaving in a way that would drive others away.

Mithrun & Drives & Self-harm
Mithrun & Drives & Self-harm

He just can't be close to people, not genuinely. He's nice for the same reason he's always finding reasons to look down on others, for the same reasons he can't resist the Demon's offer, for the same reason he hurts himself. He does not like the person he is, whatever that person does, and he is convinced that no one else could truly like that person either.

Mithrun & Drives & Self-harm

I have another equally disjointed post in me about the parallels between the Demon and actual dynamics of abusive relationships, but key to this one is the fact that Mithrun's vulnerabilities - that he has learned love is conditional, that he cannot bring himself to interface with people genuinely, that he has been discarded by a family whose care for him was ultimately superficial, that he does not see himself as good or worthwhile - make his admission of having felt loved by the Demon super heartbreaking. Considering what it offered him, I suspect the hole left in his heart was exceptionally large.

It might feel easy to brush off Mithrun's behavior in the early days of his recuperation as simply erratic, but I see it as very purposeful and very much inkeeping with his character. He had a love that he could convince himself came without conditions, that promised an emotional security that he could allow himself to rely on, and it was withdrawn from him in a way that is undeniably violent and violating.

Mithrun & Drives & Self-harm

I don't look at the image of him hurting himself and see someone acting erratically because their mind has been magically broken. I see someone in an understandable, mundane kind of complete despair.

On that same note, I see his later dedication to returning to service as a simple redirection of the original self destructive drive. Mithrun doesn't even consciously understand this about himself, he labels this desire as anger and vengeance when it's really the exact same drive he's had all along: to either be loved or not be at all.

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1 year ago
Here’s The Closeted Furries “hey Man… Can U Bum Me A Cig” And “the One Uncle Nobody Invites
Here’s The Closeted Furries “hey Man… Can U Bum Me A Cig” And “the One Uncle Nobody Invites

here’s the closeted furries “hey man… can u bum me a cig” and “the one uncle nobody invites to the family reunion but SOMEONE keeps telling him where it is anyways”

if you want an idea of what john is like, imagine hau from pokemon sumo

ALSO the ppl who kept asking me for trans thomas art, HERE he’s trans in this au (; 

ft John:

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10 months ago

Hi everyone. I know the original op made their post unrebloggable for their safety, so please reblog this post instead with their VETTED gfm link.

Hi Everyone. I Know The Original Op Made Their Post Unrebloggable For Their Safety, So Please Reblog
Hi Everyone. I Know The Original Op Made Their Post Unrebloggable For Their Safety, So Please Reblog

Although Mohammed Bhar has been martyred... please help his family evacuate Ghazzah to safety. Mohammed's younger brother, Ibrahim, also has Down syndrome. They are so close to their goal!! Please share!!!

Donate to Help Ibrahim with Down syndrome and his family survive., organized by Amjad  hammad
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Please help us to arrange to get my brother Ibrahim Hammad… Amjad hammad needs your support for Help Ibrahim with Down syndrome and h

It was actually vetted by BBC (yes I know we don't like BBC) and they've also done a few pieces about him and his family in 2021, after Israel bombed Gaza for 11 days straight.

Hi Everyone. I Know The Original Op Made Their Post Unrebloggable For Their Safety, So Please Reblog

Edit: I am adding OP's commentary addressing ableism onto this post under a cut in addition to it already being in a reblog. Hopefully people can circulate this edit as well (thank you for reblogging this post).

The original post by original poster under the cut, on addressing ableism etc:

OP's URL has been removed from this post, but their post is reuploaded by me in case OP is deactivated, and also because they have addressed the ableism from the original Tweets and are much more eloquent than I am at wording it.

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the news coming from gaza every single day is heartbreaking on levels that keep getting more and more. a man with autism and down syndrome in gaza was killed by a zionist's attack dog. 

IMAGE ID: Screenshot of a Tweet with an illustration of a young man with Down syndrome and a dog with a blue flag of David vest who is biting the man's arm. The man is saying, "Let go, habibi... enough." The photo besides the illustration is a photograph of Mohammed Bhar. This Tweet is captioned by the original Tweeter and artist @Abdullah7Hadia: "let go, Habibi... enough" was the last word for "Mohammed" a guy with Down syndrome from Gaza to a trained dog unleashed by zionist armed forces after they order him to raise the white flag or die. 
so they killed him in front of his family.

Quote retweet by @tastefullysaucy: He kept petting the dog's head while saying "that's enough my dear" as it ripped his arm apart. Mohammed Bhar had the mental development of a toddler and all he could do was try to comfort the dog by patting its head and ask it to to let him go while it tore his body apart.

Second tweet in a thread by @tastefullysaucy: He never spoke much outside asking for food/water. The first full sentence he spoke was of endearment to the dog Israeli forces had tearing him up. They did all of this in front of his family & forced them to abandon him. He died alone, scared & in pain. Attached is a video (video can be watched on original tumblr post by @pekingopera)
Hello there. I am the OP of this post. A few quick notes:

    I understand the phrasing of the tweet is ableist (I could not find another tweet anywhere on my feed at the time with the news, so forgive me for that) and that the phrasing of 'zionist dog' was weird. I was really emotional at the time I rushed to share this news and the implications of that flew past my head, and I apologise. I have corrected the phrasing to "zionist's attack dog" and corrected "boy with autism..." -> "man with autism" so no one who reblogs directly from me shares that incorrect phrasing at the very least. I can not do anything about the tweet's phrasing or the original phrasing of the post that has been shared, and even if I delete this post or turn off reblogs, it will continue to spread regardless in some capacity. And, in addition, the incorrect phrasing has already spread and is out of my control any way.
    To some of you: read the fucking room.
    People with Down syndrome are in touch with reality, and I do in fact strongly disagree with the use of the phrase "mind of a toddler" and it has messed up implications.
    Every single one of you who is a 'vote blue no matter what' or a Biden supporter, I hope you go straight to hell after your death. It is your president who has allowed this to happen. It is your president who is actively committing genocide in collaboration with Israelis. It is your president, Biden, whose actions in Palestine and in Gaza have led up to this man being murdered in cold blood in front of his family. The dissonance is crazy. Go away. I hope death comes for you and that it is painful.
    To those of you who are using this news now to peddle your agendas: fuck off.
This post has quite peaked, and I am glad that people are sharing the news. However, for my safety, since Zionists have found me, I will be turning off reblogs to prevent any further spread. الله يرحم محمد ويحفظ شهدانا. I hope you can all understand this.
3 months ago

Give me your attention.

Please read this as if i were a member of your family. Maybe your sister, your daughter or your friend. As if my family who is going through difficult circumstances is your family.

Give Me Your Attention.
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Hello, I'm Ola, a graduate student from the faculty of science - Al-Azhar University in G@za P@lestine. I truly appreciate you taking a moment to read my story. As you reading my message, myself and my family, “my mother, father, three sisters, and my little brother,” are trying to survive under all kinds of suffering including but not limited to fear, instability, and starvation, thirst, and poverty in northern G@za.

After 448 days of suffering, I am writing to you today with a heavy heart, in desperate need of your help. I cannot describe how harsh the situation we are living in is. My family is suffering from the biting cold of winter, and we are facing a severe shortage of food and clothing. Every day feels like a lifetime, and every moment makes me feel helpless and hopeless. 💔

After the prices went up so crazy, I created this campaign to help my family provide food, water and essential needs. I know for sure that you can't help all families that want your help but at least you can help those who come across your life.

Every simple thing makes a difference in changing the situation we are in. So please don't hesitate to help us 🙏💔

It's your time to help and make a difference, Will you?!

Thank you for taking a minute to read this.♥️

Donate to Ola's Family Call for your Support Amid Crisis, organized by Nesma Khazendar
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2 years ago
Sharks Eating Internet Cables

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4 months ago

HAVE A KARKALICIOUS 2025

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1 year ago
El 24 De Marzo Se Conmemora El Día Nacional De La Memoria Por La Verdad Y La Justicia en Argentina

El 24 de marzo se conmemora el día nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia en Argentina por las víctimas de la última dictadura militar, una de las épocas más oscuras de nuestra historia.

En los años que duró esta dictadura 30 mil personas fueron desaparecidas, es por esto que decimos Nunca Más.

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On March 24, the national day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice is commemorated in Argentina for the victims of the last military dictatorship, one of the darkest times in our history.

In the years that this dictatorship lasted, 30 thousand people were disappeared, which is why we say Never Again.

8 months ago
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5 months ago

santa deniers on science-mas eve hearing charles darwin evolving down the chimney

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