May 2012
111 posts
“Speaking from the perspective and the tradition of lesbians of color, most if not all rationales for excluding transsexual women are not only transphobic, but also racist. To argue that transsexual women should not enter the Land because their experiences are different would have to assume that all other women’s experiences are the same, and this is a racist assumption. The argument that transsexual women have experienced some degree of male privilege should not bar them from our communities once we realize that not all women are equally privileged or oppressed. To suggest that the safety of the Land would be compromised overlooks, perhaps intentionally, ways in which women can act out violence and oppressions against each other. Even the argument that “the presence of a penis would trigger the women” is flawed because it neglects the fact that white skin is just as much a reminder of violence as a penis. The racist history of lesbian-feminism has taught us that any white woman making these excuses for one oppression have made and will make the same excuse for other oppressions such as racism, classism, and ableism.”
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Emi Koyama’s “Whose feminism is it, anyway?” (via wewantrevolutiongirlstylenow)
bam
(via start-anywhere)
bam indeed :)
“We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit.”
—Audre Lorde (via nirvikalpa)
Why "douchebag" is an awesome insult:
When you call someone a douchebag, what you’re literally saying to them is,
“You think you’re so great, but your existence is actually totally unnecessary and your main function is probably toxic. Also you shouldn’t be allowed near anyone’s genitalia.”
“You are literally harmful to vaginas, fuck off.”
“People used to think you were necessary but we know better now.”
my fav. insult
