Roo

@rooalso.bsky.social

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Engineer, tinkerer, thinkerer.

An excerpt from an article written by Beth Elliott in 1973. This final paragraph is in response to an Inquisitor in a dream. No, Let me explain something. It’s beginning to dawn on me that you are treating me just like men treat women. You define my identity, my sexuality, my relationship to what you want to think is true. You expect me to act in a submissive, subservient manner, then treat me as less than human. The idea that I might be the same as you threatens you, so you hold me down. You expect me to be satisfied with “feminine” clothes and mannerisms, and to stay in my place. I am here to be exploited then discarded – SFDOB said that in print, publically. Well, I’m sick of it, and there are so many sisters who see through you. I will concede you on one point on conditioning. Having grown up in Nixon’s America, you make a damned good fascist.
Tumblr user 1: There's this huge media storm that, even when it's supposed to be "trans positive" still paints this atmosphere of separation between trans and cis women. This has been the opposite of my experience. I'm grateful for the solidarity between all women <3 Tumblr user 2: There are gonna be young cis women who are gonna delight in helping you find out what sort of clothes you wanna wear, how to look after your skin and hair, helping you on the path to learning the difference between like, what you feel you *should* present like vs what is actually comfortable and authentically you. There are going to be menopausal cis mums who are on the same brand of estrogen patch as you who are gonna join you in griping about getting them to stick and swapping tips for when you get dispensed the big patches but your dose is half that. There are going to be infertile cis women who share your pain and anger at the concept that 'able to bear children' is seen as the only 'real' way to be a woman. There are gonna be intersex cis women who understand what it's like to have your body's default state not line up with societal expectations. There are gonna be queer cis women who will stand with you at Pride, who will welcome you to our family, our community.
Screenshot of a series of Tumblr post by dramatic dolphin on Feb 22. Post1: You guys are so fucking stupid omg "rapists and pedophiles should be chemically castrated, this is a good thing" quick tell me about historical precedents of this idea and who or what ideology they are connected to Post2: and the thing is you can't argue with these idiots because they always "shut down" every argument with "umm, so you support rapists and pedophiles" like wow guys great job convincing me you're not a reactionary who will cheer fascists as long as they use the right words. I'm sure you actually arrived to this conclusion based on actual reasoning and not revenge fantasies.