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Under The Sycamore Trees

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Hello! You may (have permission to) know the name I go by if we’re friends/ closer mutuals!

23 year-old artist and writer who loves Hannibal, Twin Peaks, Mob Psycho 100, and Daredevil among other things

Physically disabled (FND, joint pain, unknown nerve issues) and neurodivergent

He/Him Trans man!

Aro-(gray)ace!

Tone-indicators are appreciated!

I try my best to add image descriptions to my art, please let me know if I need to do better!

Art Tag: #his art

Find my stories on AO3 at DevilBoy_BloodBath (finally actually a plural number of stories haha!)

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nothorses

It is deeply, deeply beneficial to TERFs if the only characteristic of TERF ideology you will recognize as wrong, harmful, or problematic is "they hate trans women".

TERF ideology is an expansive network of extremely toxic ideas, and the more of them we accept and normalize, the easier it becomes for them to fly under the radar and recruit new TERFs. The closer they get to turning the tide against all trans people, trans women included.

Case in point: In 2014-2015, I fell headlong into radical feminism. I did not know it was called radical feminism at the time, but I also didn't know what was wrong with radical feminism in the first place. I didn't see a problem with it.

I was a year deep into this shit when people I had been following, listening to, and looking up to finally said they didn't think trans women were women. It was only then that I unfollowed those people, specifically; but I continued to follow other TERFs-who-didn't-say-they-were-TERFs. I continued ingesting and spreading their ideas- for years after.

If TERFs "only target trans women" and "only want trans women gone", if that's the one and only problem with their ideology and if that's the only way we'll define them, we will inevitably miss a vast majority of the quiet beliefs that support their much louder hatred of trans women.

As another example: the trans community stood relatively united when TERFs and conservatives targeted our right to use the correct restroom, citing the "dangers" of trans women sharing space with cis women. But when they began targeting Lost Little Girls and Confused Lesbians and trotting detransitioners out to raise a panic about trans men, virtually the only people speaking up about it were other transmascs. Now we see a rash of anti-trans healthcare bills being passed in the US, and they're hurting every single one of us.

When you refuse to call a TERF a TERF just because they didn't specifically say they hate trans women, when you refuse to think critically about a TERF belief just because it's not directly related to trans women, you are actively helping TERFs spread their influence and build credibility.

what is some TERF ideology we should be on the look out for?

This isn't comprehensive, but I'll do my best.

TERFs are, first and foremost, radical feminists. Radical feminism is essentially second-wave feminism without the intersectionality brought in by third-wave feminism. It believes that patriarchy is at fault for the oppression of women, but sees this in a very strict, binary way: women are the oppressed, and men are the oppressors.

TERFs use this to justify their specific brand of transphobia. This idea, among others, is essential in supporting that transphobia.

I'll try to outline some of those ideas, and some of the logical thruoughlines they use:

  1. Women are uniquely oppressed, and always in danger. Womanhood- or the experience of being a woman- is defined by oppression, misogyny, and Being In Danger.
  2. Women are particularly in danger in the presence of, and in relationships with, men. Spaces that exclude men are essential to preserving the safety of women.
  3. Socialization: men are raised to support patriarchy, while women are raised to be subjugated by it. Men have no motive to unlearn these lessons, so all men are inherently more corrupted by these lessons than women.
  4. Relationships with men are therefore inherently (more likely to be) abusive, and relationships with women are inherently safe(er).
  5. Sex, in particular, is more often exploitative than not. Only some kinds of sex are not exploitative. Many kinds of sex that we think are consensual, or that people say are consensual, are either rape or proto-rape.
  6. Exchanging money for sex is inherently rape/exploitation/non-consensual in some way.
  7. As women who deny men access to them, lesbians are The Most Oppressed and also The Most Endangered. They must be protected at all costs.
  8. Because so many women have been raped by men with penises, both men and penises are inherently traumatic to A Lot Of Women.
  9. Many lesbians will naturally have an aversion to relationships with trans women because of this. Trans women who argue against this "genital preference" are potential rapists trying to infiltrate lesbian spaces to hurt and take advantage of women.
  10. Men will always try to invade "women's spaces" to take advantage of women, endanger them, and strip away their resources both for personal gain/pleasure, and in service of upholding the patriarchy.
  11. If we allow men to say they are women, they will invade those spaces and hurt "real" women. Men who say they are women are dangerous, and must be excluded and punished.
  12. Men may try to obfuscate labels and terminology to "define women out of existence" or otherwise cause confusion, which they can manipulate to further their infiltration.
  13. Women are all miserable with their bodies, cursed with the pressure to reproduce and have sex with men.
  14. Women are all miserable with their genders, forced as they are to ensure the overwhelming and constant suffering that is patriarchy.
  15. Women will attempt to escape this misery and pressure by "becoming men". This is cowardly, but understandable; a tragic but inevitable result of patriarchy. These women must be saved.
  16. Some women who try to escape patriarchy are doing it out of self-interest; they are betraying women by becoming men, and contributing to their oppression. These women must be punished.
  17. Bio-essentialism: women are oppressed specifically because of their bodies and ability to reproduce. This is an inherent and defining part of womanhood. Nobody can claim womanhood without this experience, everyone who has had this experience is a woman.
  18. Women's bodies are all beautiful and perfect because they are women's bodies. If the womanliness of them is tampered with, they become less valuable. Men's bodies are gross and undesirable symbols of patriarchy.
  19. Testosterone makes people violent, aggressive, irrational, and angry. Estrogen makes people calm, kind, and happy.
  20. Men can never understand women's bodies as well as other women do.
  21. People can be attracted to other people on the basis of "sex" alone. This is inherent, immutable, and unquestionable.
  22. Men are sexual animals who inherently and unavoidably find lots of bad things sexually arousing. Because "youth" is attractive, many men find young girls and children attractive, and will try to take advantage of them. Misogynistic control/power over women, hurting women, and even rape are also inherently sexually appealing to men.
  23. "Gender" is meaningless; it's founded in misogynistic stereotypes about men and women, and when you remove the stereotypes, there's nothing left at all. Only binary "sex" is real, because that's what patriarchy (and biology) is based on.
  24. Manhood is itself a toxic, oppressive, inherently corrupting concept. Anyone who participates in manhood is corrupt and immoral; who would choose to be the oppressor?
  25. Masculinity is defined only by hating women, having power, and being aggressive, violent, and controlling (etc.)
  26. Patriarchy doesn't just target women, but femininity as a whole, for its association with women.
  27. Patriarchy doesn't just reward men, but masculinity, as it rejects femininity. People who reject femininity and embrace masculinity are rewarded by the patriarchy.

Some of these ideas are contradictory, but they lead to the same conclusions. Some of them lead to similar conclusions, many of which take very little further nudging to push into more dogmatic ideas.

This is exactly why we need to understand all of these paths into TERF ideology- and more.

In fact, the vast majority of the points on this list- particularly the beginnings of their logic- can be very easily swallowed while still holding that trans women are women, and trans men are men.

That's what TIRFs (trans-inclusive radical feminists) are, and they're still incredibly dangerous. TIRF ideology normalizes these points, making it far easier for TERFs to recruit; even if TIRFs themselves try to be aggressively anti-TERF.

Again, this isn't comprehensive, and it would take a long time and a lot of words to cover every flaw and danger in every line of reasoning here.

But remember how these things work; even if some of them begin with a grain of truth, even if some of them are true- especially if you define the words they contain differently- be wary of them.

Bringing this back for a little refresher course on how these ideas all tie together, lead into each other, and form a pipeline. For no reason at all 🙃

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My understanding of ‘body horror’ has always been this: it’s not scary because it’s frightening to OBSERVE, well, at least that’s not the whole point of it: It’s horrifying because we understand that it’s happening to someone. The horror is in the visceral, vicarious living through the body that has the horrors. It is changing, it is in pain, the person or being doesn’t WANT IT TO BE and is frightened. THATS where the horror is.

Often I express my experience with physical disability in terms of body horror, not because ‘oh ew, that person is freaky looking for moving like that or looking like that’ no, not at all, it is about the experience of change and uncertainty and pain and discomfort and FEAR in my own body, being unable to do much about it, sometimes being left helpless because of it.

This likely isn’t universal, but this is my point of view, especially as a disabled horror fan.

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51wheezes

reblog if your inbox is always open for new members of the fandom who may be a little shy or intimidated. doesn’t matter whether or not you’re a “popular blog”; everyone here is equal and if you’re reading this as a new person/someone considering entering the fandom, we will not turn you away!!!! talk to us!! make friends!! i more than understand being shy but trust me this fandom is chill come join us in this hellhole

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lookhereiam

re: every response that goes like

“Yes except for [XYZ with fictional characters] then harassment is ok”

“Yeah but I just want to tell you that you make me SICK”

“But I want to use someone’s art to call them an irl predator”

And if you can’t do that, then please, deactivate your account and

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apolladay
Anonymous asked:

tw/ self harm

if you currently or in the past have a face skin-picking tick/habit, what do you pick at? (if you do more than one, pick the one that is most severe)

-lips

-acne/pimples

-bug bites/scrapes

-ears/crevice behind ears

-area between nose and cheek

-eyebrows/eyelashes/other hairs

-scalp/along hairline

-somewhere on the neck

-somewhere else not mentioned

-i have a skin-picking tick/habit but not around my face

-ive never done this

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creekfiend

"do u believe in god" yes but its a metaphor. or an allusion. possibly even hyperbole. it's some kind of literary device is the point. but those are all real so yes

For the bit. For the allegory. For the love of. For Story, yes. For others who need reassurance in their faith. Your god loves you, for to love is not a sin. I believe what is needed for the love of.

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dracophile

For a second I didn’t realize it meant “high” as in a stoner–I thought “High Geologist” was like a rank of geologist or something and he was insulted you would challenge him to naming stones

great poast every one👍

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shirecorn

I have drawn him…. The High Geologist

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syberfire117

Can’t believe he’s ace

He is now And here’s the photo evidence:

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aphorisnt

the high geologist has ascended

every time i see this post it gets…. better? but also weirder.

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segasister

I always gotta reblog the High Geologist once in a while.

I love this too much.

Reblog to get to look at a cool rock from the High Geologist

if you don’t have this on your blog why are you even here

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skelpiescool

i thought that said “if you dont have tits on your blog why are you even here”

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harper-pfg

oh me oh my i dont need boobs on my blog mate

i do need rocks though

:)

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[ID: Screenshot of a Twitter post reading, ‘When we say American is a deeply evil and fascist country, the liberals who post stuff like “the south deserves those hurricanes” and “I hope the Muslims that voted third party get deported” are also part of that’ end ID]

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irangp

Trying a shorter post format:

  • Iyad is from Gaza, he was going to study accounting in university.
  • They have been displaced ever since october last year.
  • Iyad has developed severe respiratory issues due to smoke and phosphorus.
  • There's small children in his family, including his nieces and nephews: Nasser, Jana, Mohammed and Hind.
  • The situation is dire, there's no clean water, food or access to medical care.
  • Only 9% of the gofundme goal has been raised.
  • #24 on gazavetters' list (link) and has also been vetted by @/nabulsi (link).
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