I was on GC on Reddit for over a year and I still feel the same hopelessness you do.

At first, my stance was let people live but then I started to see that TiMs started becoming more aggressive and refusing to let women live. Soon after I found GenderCritical and I was embarrassed by some of the things I never even considered. It was a real eye opener and led me to examine my own internalized misogyny as I've always felt "not fully a woman" because of society.

After a few weeks on GC I felt empowered but also hopeless and angry. A few months later, a NB man was hired at my job and immediately started making demands when he wasn't even at admin level. "Can we start meetings by stating our pronouns? We need to be putting our pronouns in our email signatures." After that the hopelessness grew.

Two strong female students at my job stayed hanging around this man who took it upon himself to start a LGBTQ+ club in our middle school. Nobody did anything. I went to my boss concerned about the amount of time the two female students were spending with him during lunches and recess; my concerns were dismissed. By the end of the school year, both girls bought into the NB crap and started using they/them/their pronouns. I predicted it, I informed people, I was ignored by everyone except one employee who is also GC. I'm so glad I found her.

Some days I just want to scream at the top of my lungs but I don't because I'll lose my job if I speak out. My glimmer of hope has been JK Rowling giving absolutely no fucks about speaking up because they can't stop her and the Reddit megaban having more people realize women are being silenced. As long as I know other women are here in solidarity, I have some hope.