Celebrity TiM Chelsea Manning "we need a “trans day of rage...” (wouldn't that be every day?)

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[–]whateverneverpine 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I find it insulting as well. Middle-aged women and up can be sandwiched between generations, caring for them - they are like granite, bearing up under all the expectations put on them to help OTHERS (not themselves), and then have Karen thrown in their face when asserting themselves in public. As a side note, I also hate any self-care being cast as "you have to take care of yourself before you take care of others," like the only purpose of women taking care of themselves is so they can be better at taking care of others, and be even more burdened and taken advantage of!

[–]TheOnyxGoddess 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I didn't see those types of post as that, I saw it as a campaign against the mentality of helping people at the cost of your own health (sort of a "save yourself before you save others" thing). I remember there were a lot of posts talking about how people self-sacrificed themselves to help others around the time that self-care post came about. Other people like helping others, but you can't stop them, so you might as well tell them to help themselves before they help others.

Edit: Forgot to put down that some people respond to those posts saying they feel a bit guilty and can't help and cite whatever personal problem like a disability as a reason.