This is what caused my peak trans. Prior to that I thought transwomen were our allies. I was very upset about Trump being elected and initially the Women's March seemed like an amazing event where women were coming together to fight sexism and highlight the need for women's reproductive rights. The entire movement lost it's teeth and credibility when they bent over backwards to be 'intersectional.' People were upset that a white woman came up with the initial idea, so they brought in Linda Sarsour who was actively anti-semitic. They started using the image of women in hijab as somehow feminist. Then Tamika Mallory was brought onboard, a woman who spoke in glowing terms about Elijah Mohammed and the Nation of Islam - hardly a woman friendly organization.

Then transwomen started complaining about the pussy hats, because 'not all women have vaginas' and 'not all vaginas are pink.' You dumb ass fuckwits. The hats weren't supposed to look like vaginas they were fucking cat ears. It was a play on words. It was at this point that I began to see just how idiotic and incoherent mainstream feminism had become. I realize there had been a schizm between actual feminism (radfem) and this new ideology (libfems.) The nonsense around the Women's March made us look like idiots and gave detractors of feminism more ammunition to use against us.

If I sound angry it's because I am. I am over 50 years old and can't believe how far backwards mainstream feminism has gone. I've been fighting for women's rights all of my life and it's been in vain. I'm fucking furious, but also exhausted. I give up.