whetstonefires:

arach-nerds:

smolandspooked:

smartassjen:

Didn’t realize someone had posted this on Tumblr. Cool.

As exhausting as all the blowback I’ve gotten for this (trans women are remarkable able to unify misogynists and radical feminists in their disgust of us), I’ve been really touched by how many people have reached out to say this argument has changed their mind on the subject.

I’m going to keep talking about it until it stops happening, or trans women cease being murdered for triggering male anxieties.

Hey this is super important. Thanks for having the bravery to say it.

reblog guys this is important

This is one of those things where if it wasn’t so prevalent, it wouldn’t be a big deal, it genuinely would be artistic freedom etc, but because it is the norm, every new instance is terrible.

Which is always a really hard paradigm to explain so someone gets it. But I think, if it could be generally communicated effectively somehow, would lead to a massive drop in pushback against anti-discrimination measures from people who are basically good people but who without a sense of how context matters have a tendency to not take problems that don’t apply to them seriously.

Especially problems that require them to accept responsibility and/or feel bad. Important self-defense mechanisms against people in your life walking all over you by making everything your fault engage in social justice situations, and then it’s just like, goodbye. No conversation here.