TRA Instagram page hosts interview with a TERF. Cue complete meltdown.

lefterfield · 2020-08-21T20:15:25+00:00

This just makes me sad. These kids can't handle disagreements about basic facts, to say nothing of emotional or political viewpoints. I occasionally read incel or MRA or things by blatantly racist/sexist/xenophobic assholes, just to see what these sorts of people say. It's often upsetting, so I don't do it that often - but it is still possible to read that stuff without being affected by it personally, via emotionally maturity and control. The idea that these kids have NONE of that, that they can't even read someone's opinion that they asked to read and submitted questions for them to answer... fills me with despair. Someone needs to break the bubble wrap around them, for their own good.

lefterfield · 2020-07-24T01:56:35+00:00

Disturbing. If this is by a TiF, it suggests that she has a lot of trauma and self-loathing and sees wearing a binder as a form of self-harm(and thus a relief). Which... from everything I've seen, that's likely true for a lot of them.

lefterfield · 2020-07-31T02:53:57+00:00

Dude. Just go back to being an MRA.

lefterfield · 2020-07-17T13:41:19+00:00

Nah, you'd be cancelled, I'm sorry. Speaking from experience here.

lefterfield · 2020-12-05T03:58:56+00:00

Oh hey, they're advertising for Ovarit now! With enemies like these...

lefterfield · 2020-09-08T17:08:45+00:00

Really, I'd say the story of Mulan came out about 1500-1600 years ago, and it was more progressive than modern trans activism. Talk about regression...

lefterfield · 2020-07-30T02:20:34+00:00

Oh, so straight woman doesn't want to date women. Fair. Now, can we try this again without the homophobia?

lefterfield · 2020-07-10T08:30:37+00:00

Man punches woman in the face. Woman walks away. Man: You coward! How could you let me punch you like that!

Yes, truly they are the logic-based sex.

lefterfield · 2020-08-09T20:46:00+00:00

Absolutely it does. The vast majority of women these misogynists refer to as "sex worker" did not choose their line of "work" from among a competing list of equally well-paid and fulfilling careers.

lefterfield · 2020-07-24T02:04:42+00:00

In other words, really wants to show women his dick.

lefterfield · 2020-07-12T13:12:56+00:00

What the actual fuck.

lefterfield · 2020-07-12T11:14:48+00:00

Ah, if only I had the entitled self-involvement of a privileged white male in a western country. My life would be magical if only I could be paid to write an article pretending that all of my shortcomings are the fault of other people. Alas.

lefterfield · 2020-08-13T11:22:21+00:00

I wonder if the historical ignorance is deliberate - it makes it easier to accept their narrative that women aren't oppressed because of our sex, but because of our "femininity." It's hard to imagine that anyone is stupid enough to think that women who published under men's names really thought they were men. Much easier to accept it as TRA propaganda or a deliberate attempt to undermine feminism.

lefterfield · 2020-07-12T22:36:17+00:00

Or calling them men!

lefterfield · 2020-11-05T14:47:53+00:00

Lol at the comments complaining about "trans man" invisibility. Yes, I wonder why that is. Probably some sort of TERF bias.

lefterfield · 2020-08-31T16:21:13+00:00

It appears to be trying to posit that GNC feminists are conservative/racist/religious, given that the majority of relevant questions are about racism, conservative thought patterns, or religious justification for opposition to trans ideology. None of it shows any understanding of the actual GC or radical feminist position, and no questions are asked about political beliefs/ideology not based on superficial conservatism or religious modes of thought. This is disingenuous and has no real interest in understanding gender critical or radical feminist thought.

lefterfield · 2020-09-12T03:22:10+00:00

Very blacklist vibes. "Are you now, or have you ever been a believer in biological sex?"

lefterfield · 2020-12-08T22:53:40+00:00

Such an odd thing to say. "She became convinced that reality was real."

lefterfield · 2020-12-05T03:56:57+00:00

God, much as they say "people can act any way they want!" in the next sentence they'll go on and on about gender stereotypes and how important they are to a male/female "identity". That nonsense is so exhausting to read through. I genuinely feel bad for these kids, what hell it must be to be so obsessed with personality traits and what other people think of you. "Get a hobby, genderists!" should be the new version of "Get a job, hippy!"

lefterfield · 2020-07-21T12:38:18+00:00

Skeptical about the crying thing. This has been a misogynist attack against women generally, that we manipulate men with our tears. Being called racist would be upsetting if you're a generally nice person, and could cause some to be so distressed they start crying. Most people don't have that much control over their emotional reactions. The "Karen" slur originally came from a misogynist male on reddit who wanted to bash his ex-wife.

lefterfield · 2020-08-31T16:54:23+00:00

The questions are ALL of a particular slant, and read like they were written by someone who believes there are only two possible choices: 1. People are liberal, non-racist, irreligious, and support everything the trans movement says, or 2. People are conservative, racist, religious, and hate trans people. If you really want to understand the psychology of GC feminists, then ask more diverse, nuanced questions that don't presuppose one or the other option. If all you want to know is "are GC feminists conservative, racist, and religious," that could be answered in less than 100+ questions. Just... ask.

lefterfield · 2020-08-28T02:37:34+00:00

There's also no correlation between being part of an oppressed group and higher rates of suicide. The correlation is with mental health issues, nothing else.

lefterfield · 2020-07-15T19:31:11+00:00

Yeah, I wouldn't worry. Easiest way to peak anyone is to let them read TRA arguments, and that sub is the worst of it.

lefterfield · 2020-07-13T01:55:16+00:00

Nah, we'll manage. It's nice of you to point it out, but GC women have noticed this, too. You're not that special, dude.

lefterfield · 2020-07-27T13:44:41+00:00

This isn't an aberration, the movement is doing this deliberately to justify violence against anyone who disagrees. It will continue until a majority start pushing back against it.

lefterfield · 2020-07-24T02:02:05+00:00

Whenever anyone talks about "female-only spaces" to justify their desire to avoid male violence, substitute "adult" for "female" and how dare you say I can't bring my screaming toddler into this bar?!

Thanks for coming to my example of how changing words changes the entire meaning and context of sentences and is not a valid argument for anything.

lefterfield · 2020-08-23T22:45:34+00:00

That was always the whole intention of the cis/trans divide, though, I feel. At one time TRAs claimed it was just this idea of ~intersectionality~ not that "cis women" actually oppressed "trans women." But, like everything else they say, that was a lie.

lefterfield · 2020-08-23T19:46:29+00:00

Yeah, it's hard to believe that nearly half of any population thinks speech should be criminalized. If they did, I'd want to push for specifics: Ok, so how much should someone be fined for saying that humans can't change sex? 5, 10, 25k? Should they go to prison, for how many years? Is it worthy of a death sentence? These children need to be given volunteer work with people who are actually oppressed and suffering.

lefterfield · 2020-08-06T16:48:04+00:00

I don't care generally either, but my experience with people like this, they want observers to care. It's not about expressing themselves, it's about the attention and the offense they cause others. If their dress alone isn't offending anyone, they'll ramp up their behavior. So I'd rather it be socially acceptable to call out people like this than for everyone else being silently uncomfortable.

lefterfield · 2020-07-27T16:48:13+00:00

Always love the argument that women are dependent on men for security, IE, for men to protect them from other men, or often, for there to be only one man responsible for abusing her. "In nature", many female herd animals band together and kick the adult males out. I see no reason why female humans couldn't, or shouldn't, do the same.

lefterfield · 2020-10-25T17:32:08+00:00

No porn is made for women. As a white woman who was used by a black man for my whiteness, I think patriarchy and racism is a lot more complicated than the original comment implies.

lefterfield · 2020-09-08T17:14:53+00:00

Hey, my spherical sky blue 10 foot tall vulva is valid!!

lefterfield · 2020-09-29T03:24:26+00:00

God, I really feel sorry for men and women like this. The victims the cult leaves in their woke, believing the problem is with them and not the lies they were told.

lefterfield · 2020-12-16T07:46:03+00:00

What a load of crap, about five questions about math. My lady brain loves math, but I suspect that the TIMs think liking it is a male thing.

Apparently I am a feminine male, and not likely to need medical intervention. Such a relief!

lefterfield · 2020-10-02T16:48:45+00:00

Don't respond to vintologi, it won't be productive.

lefterfield · 2020-07-29T19:26:54+00:00

So very true. What it seems like to me is that TRAs are some of the racist people around and if you don't agree with them 100% they will use your race as a weapon: Articles about black women needing to make black men date transwomen and/or not kill them. Appropriation of indigenous cultures to justify their anti-science rhetoric. If you're white, you're engaging in white feminism. There's no way to win other than to kiss their ass 24/7... even then, you're probably not doing it with enough enthusiasm.

lefterfield · 2021-02-25T02:22:51+00:00

It is a pervy man, this Juniper person is just playing the pronoun game.

lefterfield · 2020-11-03T16:59:05+00:00

At the very least, shit like this reveals which side is truly on the "right side of history."

lefterfield · 2020-08-20T01:12:18+00:00

Woooow people of color can't science? Ok then.

lefterfield · 2020-10-08T17:33:10+00:00

upon BIRTH

In the modern era, before birth too.

lefterfield · 2020-09-25T06:31:07+00:00

Yeeah, I know a TIM who said something similar to this. I sure would love to take my womansuit off when I need male privilege!

lefterfield · 2020-09-15T15:21:03+00:00

Good guy Hagrid.

lefterfield · 2020-09-01T17:02:06+00:00

Yeah, momentarily lapses of judgment. Like sometimes if you don't get enough sleep, or your blood sugar drops, or you're worried about bills this month, you end up slipping a teenage girl Valium and taking her back to your apartment. We've all been there, right? eyeroll

lefterfield · 2020-08-08T16:41:12+00:00

Jesus, why are men so emotional and irrational?

lefterfield · 2020-11-07T02:21:26+00:00

I think this idea has deliberately been pushed by the left in recent years: That white women are not oppressed. Because really, what that says is that sexism does not exist. They'll accept any form of oppression that does not include women as a class. Since white women are usually the women willing/able to speak the loudest and participate the most in feminism(not saying that's how it should be, just the reality) - it effectively silences all women as "uppity bitches", aka TERFs. It's not as if they give a shit about women of color either, but making it about white women hides the misogyny more effectively.

lefterfield · 2020-07-26T16:31:33+00:00

Fifth graders would refer to a penis or vagina, so maybe try a little less condescension. Chromosomes are not that complicated in 99% of cases, but sure, the SRY gene is what starts male development, and is found in almost every case on the Y chromosome. No need to be so rude.

lefterfield · 2020-07-11T03:27:43+00:00

Lol. It's Dale Gribble from King of the Hill. Doesn't have anything to do with transgenderism I don't think, but he said that line in some episode.

lefterfield · 2020-08-21T20:17:28+00:00

I can't believe that they do see trans women as women. I believe they think that's the moral belief they need to have, but on a base, instinctual level, I believe all humans know the differences between the sexes. It takes massive, constant brainwashing to force someone to say otherwise.

lefterfield · 2020-07-29T10:55:45+00:00

I don't really care what your fantasies are or what you do in the privacy of your own home. But when you bring it into public scrutiny, you invite others to judge. And I see nothing wrong with that. Either keep it to yourself, or grow a thicker skin.

lefterfield · 2020-09-08T20:05:09+00:00

I loved that take on it, personally. Not that it would have been "worse" if she'd stayed a warrior/counselor, but to me there's something deeply moving and powerful about becoming a warrior not for personal self-interest, but because you feel it's the right thing to do/want to protect someone else. It's not a perspective that's shown enough imo.

lefterfield · 2020-07-21T10:04:25+00:00

white women weaponize their femininity against black women

Do they? What does this mean?

lefterfield · 2020-10-31T06:20:23+00:00

She even has a very stereotypically feminine-sounding name. Is Star Trek hurting this much for ratings?

lefterfield · 2020-07-29T10:58:46+00:00

It's none of my business till people make it everyone's business. Then I will judge and/or shame the hell out of them for it. BDSM is harmful, fantasies that involve harming people are... harmful, and people who desire to cause harm to others for their own sexual gratification should be kinkshamed for it.

lefterfield · 2021-01-21T14:46:49+00:00

Ehh I don't know that Trump was worse. When I see the massive government, media, and tech overreach and the way they're falling lock-step in line with the Democrats? I'd be ok with another four years of Trump.

lefterfield · 2020-07-26T13:56:39+00:00

Yeah, though even for intersex people it doesn't seem accurate. It's not as if the doctor is guessing at whether they're male or female(and for most of them it's still obvious) - they evaluate the evidence and come to the best available answer.

lefterfield · 2020-09-23T22:49:54+00:00

I take the philosophy of trying to meet people where they are and understanding that most of them are in the position that I was 9 years ago. I'll use the language of whoever I'm speaking to(if the person is at all willing to have a conversation - a lot of TRAs aren't) and just pick at the edges a little, encourage them to think about what they're saying and to do more research. You can't change someone's mind if they tune out your words. I deal with TRAs pretty much daily, because of my interest groups and liberal beliefs, so I have to be careful how much I say and at what time.

I don't give "anti-trans" much thought, though. I don't hate anyone on a personal level, just some people have bad ideas or harmful beliefs. Everyone is still human, and still entitled to basic respect and equal protection under the law. That core philosophy is never going to change for me, no matter how much abuse or name-calling I get in return. I'm better than them, so I don't have to dehumanize them.

Also, I don't believe that 'trans' as a concept exists. People are male or female.

lefterfield · 2020-09-05T02:40:13+00:00

Having a penis would be a wrong way to be a woman.

lefterfield · 2020-12-28T03:21:47+00:00

and being a surrogate mother is literally a job that some women have. Surrogacy is not one of the cases where pregnancy is forced onto women.

Prostitution is also a "job" some women have. Fuck off with this bullshit. Surrogacy is dangerous to women and primarily preys on poor and desperate women. Wealthy couples, including wealthy gay men, take advantage of this. It is not a job to sell the use of your body to someone else.

lefterfield · 2020-12-02T20:41:31+00:00

So... what if Ellen had decided to rename herself "Bob Johnson". Would no one be allowed to utter her birth name? Would anyone know who that refers to?

lefterfield · 2021-08-30T11:16:48+00:00

Jesus Christ. "This character didn't behave according to the stereotypical fantasy I'd built up for my own life, so I'm mad at the author for not affirming me."

These people need help, but clearly not the kind that psychology today is capable of providing.

lefterfield · 2021-03-04T13:14:11+00:00

ROFL... I wish he'd tell us which cultures treat boys and girls the same. I don't think most girls are treated badly(by their families) in the US or other western countries, but I know me and my brother were treated differently. By our parents, by the health care system, by the school, by other kids... Such places of true equality do not exist.

lefterfield · 2020-11-02T04:23:22+00:00

Wow. How dare they - or the author of this article - assume "all genders" means man, woman, or non-binary.

“My mum worked, my dad was a househusband. My sisters are incredibly strong women.”

Totally not about sexist stereotypes, yall.

lefterfield · 2020-09-10T22:44:32+00:00

For real. It would be possible to be a white-appearing blonde haired Japanese person(one white parent or otherwise odd genetics) - but never for a penis person to be a woman.

lefterfield · 2020-09-08T20:07:29+00:00

Are... you really ignorant? Have you ever read a history book? Developed any common sense? Spoke to a woman who wasn't brainwashed by gender ideology? Spoken to a man who isn't an idiot? Why do you think she needed to dress as a man? Think about it reeeeeally hard, and get back to me.

lefterfield · 2020-08-04T15:25:09+00:00

Coercively assigned 5 at birth. :D

lefterfield · 2020-07-26T03:20:10+00:00

I'm Christian. There are arguments all the time that radfems can't be religious. You can ignore it and still participate, or try to understand where people are coming from when they say it. If neither is an option for you, there is also the possibility of creating a group for Muslim women who want to support radical feminism - but I would urge you to participate a bit here first. You're never going to find a group of people that agree with you 100% on everything(or anything), and being able to listen to opposing views without taking it personally or feeling that you need to change your own views is a good skill to have.

lefterfield · 2021-02-11T16:06:34+00:00

Accurate quote, though. The government is turning citizens against each other, with help from media and big tech. If it'd been false, the establishment would have ignored her.

lefterfield · 2021-01-21T15:33:13+00:00

I'm right there with you. The Parler thing pissed me off and made me swear never to vote for Democrats again. And I used to work on their campaigns and attend conventions. Nor was I on Parler either - I'm just an ACTUAL liberal who values free speech and hates corporate monopolies. That more people aren't aware of just how insane that was and some that are actually defending these companies? I don't even know. I blame tech illiteracy for one. Someone tried to argue with me that "anyone could just set up their own server!" And... seriously? I know how servers and web hosting works, I study IT and they say shit like that? I just laughed at them and asked if they had a damn clue how much data a site like Parler would be processing every day. Of course they don't.

It matters because if these companies gain control over the tech access and supplies completely, it's only going to be billionaires who can even attempt what Parler did. It's pretty much at that point now. And billionaires aren't usually big on sticking their necks or money out "for free speech." People need to wake the hell up. And yeah, I have only a handful of close friends and family on Facebook, and I worry every day that one of them might turn on me.

Trump was honestly like most politicians. He did some good things, some really questionable things. His biggest flaw was antagonizing the media, and even that wasn't really his fault. I'm far more concerned with the sycophantry going on now between Biden and the media - how much shit is he going to get away with that they'll never report on? Too much is the answer.

lefterfield · 2020-12-28T18:42:25+00:00

i suddenly am going to shit on the transexuals

Calling a man a man = shitting on them?! Men are men. If they have a problem with being men, that's very unfortunate for them. Doesn't make it hateful to embrace reality and use sex-based pronouns. You may claim to oppose the gender cult, but you're still accepting their brainwashing of what's an insult.

I don't believe you should have been called out for using they. I do it to avoid the stupidity of TRAs about pronoun use. Still, think about what you're saying by calling a neutral descriptor disrespectful.

lefterfield · 2020-11-01T05:38:22+00:00

A lot of them are also weirdly prudish. They're fine with superficially supporting kinks and fetishes, but they don't want to hear about actual biology, icky fluids, or how to practice safe sex. Of course, the entire gender cult is extremely anti-biology, but it always strikes me how childish many of them seem to be about sex and genitals.

lefterfield · 2020-09-06T14:30:16+00:00

It's hard. There's a webcomic I follow that I feel this way about, when woke or "queer" nonsense is sprinkled into it on occasion. But I still like the comic overall so try to ignore those parts. The consolation I get from it is that woke shit is so bad - and I mean in the sense of being unrealistic, preachy dialogue that no human has ever said in real life, virtue signaling garbage - that someday, when the fad ends, the creator will be forced to see what they did to their own work. It won't hold up well, and the cringe and the embarrassment they'll be left with - even if never acknowledged publicly - will be punishment enough, in my mind.

Assuming that it's just their content that's effected and they're not actively supporting organizations like Mermaids. They deserve worse than simple embarrassment for that. Tax audits for donating to fake charities, at the least. Public shaming and condemnation. Etc.

lefterfield · 2020-08-23T03:08:25+00:00

I think it's just a general psychology of never wanting to tell anyone they're wrong, even when they're doing things that harm themselves or others. Not a direct link per se, but a philosophical connection between both ideas.

lefterfield · 2020-07-29T23:09:48+00:00

What a nasty blog. I read terrible stories about people doing terrible things, and even I have to wonder who needs this kind of petty negativity in their lives?

lefterfield · 2021-01-13T16:42:35+00:00

I don't wear makeup but this tweet makes me downright giddy at the thought of throwing away what little I have.

lefterfield · 2021-01-13T16:41:17+00:00

WOW. I mean, at least she was honest...

lefterfield · 2020-08-15T20:02:28+00:00

They can't even do it effectively, just mindless MRA nonsense about women who disagree with them being ugly. I just laugh, it must be hell being that dumb and hateful.

lefterfield · 2021-06-19T15:29:42+00:00

Idk, these seem like the kind of problems you'd want to have. Here I am worrying about student debt and my career and what to make for dinner tonight and this guy? This guy? Clearly everything is going great for him. Well... almost everything.

lefterfield · 2021-06-19T19:00:12+00:00

Lol, same. I don't know who told him women "keep their legs in the air" during it either. I assume someone who just wanted a laugh, cause that just sounds exhausting to me.

lefterfield · 2021-06-17T04:28:57+00:00

Just wait till this Laurent person hears about the religion of the Pope, where bears defecate, or the value of 2 and 2.

lefterfield · 2020-07-15T22:37:23+00:00

You gotta keep in mind, all of truth and reality is hostile to them. They can't step outside of their echo chambers without being triggered by something like their vet wants to neuter their male cat because he has balls. I imagine just being them is a constant state of cognitive dissonance.

lefterfield · 2021-01-11T23:45:11+00:00

I don't agree with her on this point:

By all means, we should refer to individuals however they prefer in private or in direct communication with them. I do.

And I hate that it's pushed as a matter of politeness. It's a dangerous precedent, too. A person can screech all they want that they're the Queen of England, but unless they are that person, I'm not obligated to call them your majesty. It's not rude for me not to. With trans people I know, I carefully avoid using any pronouns or gendered language, referring to them only by name. If I have to speak about them to someone who might tattle on me, I do the same. But that's not out of politeness either, rather a desire not to lose social/financial positions that matter to me, and to not constantly be in a fight over it. If I was JKRowling, I'd call them men.

But like so much else, I don't care what decisions people make in their private lives. I agree with everything else she says, and I'm glad she's speaking up about this as a public matter.

lefterfield · 2020-08-30T19:48:57+00:00

I understand what you're saying. It gives children way too much power over adult choices and the actions of those around them. Kinda reminds me of back when I used to work in a daycare - one day a dad brought his sniffling three year old in. She was wearing two mismatched LEFT shoes because, in his words "it's what she wanted to wear." I rolled my eyes a bit, waited till he left, and put two matching shoes on her that were appropriate for playing(the mismatched ones weren't). Yes, she threw a fit, but when I didn't react, she forgot about it a couple minutes later... like kids do. The trans stuff seems to be giving parents the same sort of opt-out option for actual parenting. Children don't know really know what they want, and far too often what they claim to want is dangerous or otherwise harmful. That's why adults should be, y'know, adults.

lefterfield · 2020-08-28T16:22:57+00:00

YES. Normal people care when their sexual partners lie to them, honey.

lefterfield · 2020-08-21T08:19:50+00:00

Fuck these people. Supposedly honest mistakes ("misgendering") don't make someone transphobic, but Iroh was bad for mistaking a girl for a boy, ok. WTF is a "trans tomboy" supposed to be? Now they're co-opting tomboys?

lefterfield · 2020-07-23T20:35:13+00:00

That interview is the debate equivalent of bringing a stick to a gun fight. And between India and the vapid hosts, I'm not sure they managed a full stick.

lefterfield · 2020-07-30T05:47:03+00:00

Not surprising. I had several severe, drug-induced side effects that two different doctors dismissed as either imaginary or symptoms of depression(pretty sure one of the symptoms of depression is not "hours-long agonizing migraines that I never previously had). Women are always just complaining about problems they don't really have or it's all in our heads. :eyeroll:

lefterfield · 2021-08-28T12:06:20+00:00

Attention-seeking narcissistic behavior. Too many people live in a fantasy trans narrative, where they're the constant victim and everyone else is the problem. There's a quote I always think of about these types - if you have a problem with 20 different people, odds are the problem is you.

lefterfield · 2021-07-18T18:12:35+00:00

Slate is not a credible source on this issue.

lefterfield · 2021-06-15T12:19:26+00:00

Penis go erecty.

lefterfield · 2021-03-07T21:41:56+00:00

Sigh. I feel bad for these women, but at the same time... come on. How do you not see what's going on here?

lefterfield · 2021-02-21T21:43:38+00:00

This is sad, cause it's actually giving really good, factual advice that's balanced by saying "not all men." Nothing she's saying should be considered controversial to ANYONE.

lefterfield · 2021-02-03T06:08:50+00:00

It's not irrational and it's not paranoia. Trust your instincts on this. We know when someone seems 'unsafe', even if we can't put it into words. The very act of a man claiming to actually be a woman is a violation of boundaries. it's a biological, natural boundary, and if someone can't respect that... why should we believe he'll respect the word 'no'? The only "TIMs" I would feel safe around(as safe as I feel around any man I don't know) are those that know that they're men, and are fine with being called men.

Also-

a fucking rapist can get off on forcing women to call him a woman and allow him in their spaces, and being told nothing can be done because "he says he's a woman, so therefore it's true and obviously means his rapist and violent thinking goes away."

This has actually happened already. Not irrational at all. Trust yourself, we know how to keep ourselves safe. It takes brainwashing to ignore the fear instinct.

lefterfield · 2020-12-03T02:29:15+00:00

Lol. No clue, though I got into an argument with a couple wokesters about this issue earlier today - apparently even saying 'the actor formerly known as Ellen Page' is offensive. Pointed out that her name change was announced literally yesterday so asked if they expected people to be able to read minds. One of them suggested "the actor who was the star of <x> show", though he had no comment when I asked how anyone who hadn't watched the show/followed the cast would know who that meant. And of course, they'd have to have been successful enough to have starred in something...

They tie themselves into knots trying to justify the rules and the supposed respect it's all about. I suspect this is going to come to a head somehow in the next year, it's all so absurd and the non-woke are clearly getting tired of it.

lefterfield · 2020-11-29T06:29:21+00:00

Nope. I can't be friends with people I have no respect for. I'd probably forgive them if they apologized, but frankly all I feel for them now is contempt.

lefterfield · 2020-10-24T02:39:58+00:00

The problem is that it's an ok concept in theory, but when applied to an individual it's worse than useless. It's extremely divisive and is only becoming more so every year. If we want to talk about average privilege-based differences across different groups - sure, no problem. But no one should feel obligated to support strangers financially or offer emotional support just because they are "more privileged" according to this theory. It's never going to be accurate on an individual level, because we can't know 100% what someone else is going through. People that I would have expected to have perfect lives occasionally reveal major health issues, fears, or financial problems that I would otherwise have never known about. We can't judge individuals from the outside, knowing only the surface level of what happens in their lives. But yeah, I feel that people often ignore this reality when it comes to privilege theory.

lefterfield · 2020-08-20T01:21:19+00:00

To be fair, the possession of a small dick isn't directly correlated with inability to pleasure a woman. Just being a guy is enough, more often than not.

lefterfield · 2020-08-15T18:10:51+00:00

Seriously... I keep reading this drama and wondering whytf men care so much. It's a dumb meme. Meanwhile, I can't talk about my real life and experiences as a person with a female body without getting death threats.

lefterfield · 2020-11-03T17:00:00+00:00

Not to be all cynical, but... that seems about right.

lefterfield · 2020-10-25T19:56:44+00:00

Of course it's done for the fetish, and for the taboo. The question is "who is making these decisions," and "who is it marketed for?" It's not white women, I would suspect, most of the time. And I don't count being paid more for doing porn a privilege for white women. Getting a bigger bite of a shit sandwich is not a great deal. We can certainly talk about the fact that women of color are treated worse, within porn or elsewhere, but being paid more for your exploitation is still being exploited. The goal should be for no women to be exploited at all.

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