Can't talk about FGM because that would be an alt-right dogwhistle.
Can't talk about women's sex-based oppression because that sounds 'TERFy'.
Can't talk about male patterns of behaviour because that could be 'bioessentialist'.
Can't talk about women's issues without centring males because that would be transphobic....
😮💨
At this point, libfems aren't even feminists... they're just handmaidens for the patriarchy.
Prefect example
nobody is immune but some of you are… concerning susceptible… 😟
Are you like, stupid?
supreme leader trump takes office and his first sweeping mandate is to arrest every asexual aromantic and sentence them to hard labor in the corn gulags of Iowa
i can't even fucking say anything.
Are you like, stupid?
A man sentenced to 10 years in jail after raping a TEN YEARS OLD immediately kills his victim after being freed.
The comments: "The fact that he killed her proves that he was innocent because only someone who has unjustly accused can have that much hatred."
I really wish the world could be turned upside down.
I need men to be miserable, and afraid, and beaten down. I need men to feel humiliated and hopeless. I need men to fear for their lives without a way out.
Hardcore feminists will post shit like this and then 100% unironically consider themselves compassionate humanitarians. Absolutely beyond parody. Just utterly blind to the fact that most men are also suffering, zero compassion, just pure gender war bullshit. This is as callous as the absolute worst incel rhetoric but OP will never be able to see it.
Yes because one vent post defines me 100%
Like go read what men say about women online everyday and think again about being shocked by one post by a woman who wishes on men the same suffering they inflict on us. Clutching your pearls, weak ass mama boys. You couldn't take one day as a woman in this world if this post has you shook.
Rule 4 of Misogyny: Women's words and opinions are violence against men; thus, men's violence against women is justified.
I practice female separatism by never replying to dudes on discussion boards. I'll tell my women classmates what a hot take they have any day but I don't interact with men ❤
Radfem on this site: *posts some meaningful insight into womanhood or patriarchal systems or sex based oppression*
People on this site:
Radfems: so you disagree?
People on this site: .....
Radfems: well....?
People on this site:
This movement is FULL of “terfs” who just don’t wanna look bad.
They know sex based oppression and sexuality is real but they would rather pander to delusional men and their own dumbass ideals than ever admit “terfs” are right.
Y’all don’t fucking see people “stealing” the posts of white supremists and going “op was a nazi so I’m reposting what they said” or any of that bullshit.
God these people are nutcases
It’s funny how you apparently must never listen to anything a TERF says but it’s completely fine to steal our posts because you secretly agree with us lmao
they banned epidurals in korea??? so they really just hate women
'no significant difference in pain relief effectiveness between using an epidural alone and using it with a pain buster' according to this report that im sure was spearheaded if not entirely written by men. and theres no indication of this being for any improved health of mom + baby so it really is for no reason other than men hating women.
Men are also so painfully stupid.
SK Man: okay women are refusing to marry or have babies with us, what do?
SK Genius: let’s make sure women that do have children are punished as much as possible, that will make more women want to risk having a child here!
And this isn’t restricted to SK either. The US republicans seem to think the way to convince more women to get married and have babies is by making both of those things as dangerous as possible.
The problem is that they're not just making these things more dangerous, they're restricting women's rights along with it.
USA removed women's right to abortion, and are going after no fault divorce. I am admittedly not as informed about south korea, but I'd bet money they are, in some way, also restricting or at least punishing women for NOT dating/marrying men.
It's not that they think doing these things (removing female healthcare) will ~scare~ women into obedience, nor is it much of a punishment, it's just "karma" to them for the few decades of "female audacity" to think they're also people. It's correcting a wrong, because women didn't deserve the painkillers/abortions in the first place.
And that's the scariest part.
Yep, this is just blatant punishment and terrorism against women for daring to fight back, as they strip our rights away.
This is their "haha you thought it was bad before? Now we're going to be even more cruel to you. We're going to take even MORE from you."
Because they want to scare us into submission. They want us to shut up and "learn our place." These are acts of violence and terrorism against us.
Shit like this is probably why suffragettes made bombs.
I really need to do research on how intense feminists really fought for our rights and how much we are now slacking off in comparison..
Let’s ban epidurals, that will raise the birthrates! Are males just allergic to the idea of treating women like human beings? Morons.
I love to see the general public finally waking tf up
Guess what group has been talking about all these things for years and was demonized, shamed and threatend for it 🤔
men really be like “well this woman has studied this subject her whole life, and i am a man, so we have equal knowledge on this”
it’s ok you could have just said “i hate men”
okay, i hate men
a male on reddit will make a comment on a post about one (1) woman doing something bad with some shit like “women ☕️” and then when you go to his user profile his most recent comments are on r/barelylegalteens and r/18in2days
this does not make me want to help you or your scamily
Idk if y'all are familiar with the phrase "anything worth doing is worth half-assing," but I honestly think radblr would benefit from approaching separatism from that angle. Like, separatist action doesn't have to be full and complete severance from the male population; it can be as small as choosing a female doctor, attending an all-women book club, making dedicated time for female friends and family members, talking to/learning from older women in our lives...
Complete isolationist separatism is just not realistic for a lot of women, and since that model of separatism is the main one discussed in rad spaces, women who aren't able to pursue that lifestyle end up feeling discouraged or like they can't center women effectively. So separatism remains a very niche and elusive form of activism for most women in the world.
I think meeting women where they are is a huge part of feminism and the pursuit of female community and liberation; surrounding oneself with women who come from all different backgrounds, communities, contexts is critical for developing fully-rounded and intersectional praxis that takes into account the variable needs of women both inter- and intraculturally. There's a tendency in any space, real or virtual, to seek out others with the same viewpoint, but growth (emotional or intellectual) comes from interacting with a richly diverse group, and wrestling with unfamiliar or even uncomfortable viewpoints - working through that friction - rather than running back to the familiar - strengthens and enriches understanding, and informs activism that reflects this more nuanced mindset.
Okay so you haven't heard the phrase before.
It means doing what you can even if you can't go 100%. It means doing SOMETHING is better than doing nothing.
Sorry you don't have a brain, and sorry you're so obsessed w me that you check my blog every single day and make up conspiracy theories about me. Not gonna tag bc I know you're gonna see this bbg ;)
1000 women half assing radical feminism is more beneficial than the measly 100 that would do it "perfectly"
Even things that they say are "half assing" or "pretend separatism" (such as buying woman-made goods, supporting women-based workshops and jobs, reading or consuming media made by women) are actually extremely beneficial. I would personally refer to beneficial half-assing as "making an effort" instead.
If I put my money where my mouth is, a female tradesperson has more financial freedom. If I specifically consume media created by women, the algorithm will give me more. If I buy a jumper made by a woman, she has the ability to buy more wool, to make more jumpers... and so-on and so-forth.
If they want to accuse me of "playing pretend" as a feminist, that doesn't really matter, what matters is that we create a world where our uplifting and support of women creates a women-positive space. Even if it starts small. Even if it's not perfect.
What I find is that once you start a trend, it's easier to continue it. I mean, heck, I'm halfway separatist accidentally. I used to watch a lot of male youtubers (jacksepticeye, markiplier, those guys) and over time I've just... naturally graduated to women.... because they just make better content. Now I'm at the point where the only male youtubers I watch are the ones that shut up and clean shit (car detailing, yard work, carpet cleaning) and even then, I'm not subbed to them. It's just whatever youtube throws at me when I'm in a Vintage Chair Restoration kick.
But now that I'm here, it is SO easy for me to jump over to the other side further. This idea of "you must be 100% a separatist or you're a Bad Feminist" just doesn't work because women may have a favorite singer or a favorite youtuber who happens to be male that they are not going to drop because a random crazy feminist online told them to. So they'll never interact with separatism at all, because all that separatism is to them is some crazy women who demand she stops enjoying stuff.
But yea, like you/kthulhu said, a lot of the "half ass" separatist actions are ACTIVELY beneficial to women, often moreso than the "full separatist" actions.
Me not having a boyfriend doesn't directly help anyone but myself. But me choosing to shop exclusively at women owned businesses, regardless of if I have a boyfriend or not, DOES tangibly help the female population.
There are few things funnier that the fact that the women who drive a hard line about women and separatism are the ones you would never want to get stuck in a commune with. Lol.
