#not because she's a woman biologically

[mothman4life]

i get that the barbie movie didn’t show a lot of gender nonconformity or diversity with its characters outside of weird barbie and allan but the emphasis on barbies and kens not having gendered sex organs means that all of these very traditionally presenting men and women still don’t meet the terf criteria to be a man or woman because it’s an oversimplistic and reductionary way to define gender

#barbie #barbie movie #barbenheimer #weird barbie #allan #anti-terf #barbie is woman because that's how she chooses to socially present herself #not because she's a woman biologically #because technically she isn't! #the barbie movie really said you can be whatever you want to be #it handles a lot of topics well but one movie can also only be about so many things

[hanmegumi]

LMAO

edit: turning off reblogs because some of the people that are reblogging are extremely fucking moronic. holy shit

#anti jk rowling #anti harry potter #1) she's not being removed because 'she spoke up about biological sex' she actively influences anti-trans policies #2) it's not misogynistic to remove her. the fact that she's a woman doesn't have ANYTHING to do with her removal #3) the people reblogging this in approval don't 'cry when an artist isn't credited' this isn't the same fucking thing. #this is as the article says (if you know how to read 🤭) the quickest solution to reduce her impact #this bitch doesn't just hurt trans people. it's clear in her books that she's a white supremacist and she's also antisemitic #and she said dumbledore is gay for clout. it's fucking obvious. stop defending this woman and get a life- #-or get involved on the side of trans people #or just generally drop the fucking series you read as a middle schooler. nostalgia isn't more important than the lives of trans/jewish ppl

[carlyraejepsans]

saw your most recent post about really good fics that contain uncomfortable kinks and i immediately thought "ah, biscia must be reading the mpreg soriel fic" and almost left a reply talking about it but i stopped myself because i realized that would be an insane assumption to make. needless to say i felt so vindicated when i saw you link it in an earlier post.

like. HELLO?

HELLO???????

#answered asks #''I fear nothing good ever comes of it when it does'' is straight up SEARED into my brain as the toriel line of all time I've ever read #there's some character interpretations I don't share there. like i said i don't think either of them would cry that easily #and while the different conception (badumtss) of sex/gender in various monsters was interesting #i felt like it didn't quite deal with the ramifications of not strictly binary reproductions on social perception of gender like I could've #eg the part about boss monsters being closer to humans in how it works and thus having a different concept of mom/dad compared to skeletons #was pretty nice. but if you establish that skeletons work like ghosts but distinguish she/he ''for some reason'' even though all of them #can bear kids. and then you make a comment about ''the child possibly growing into a woman considering the shape of the pelvis'' it's like #why??????? why. whywhywhy. why would that be a factor. even hypothesizing a certain physical dimorphism. WHY pick the one tied to pregnancy #the ONE ASPECT that you decided was shared between both ''male'' and ''female'' skeletons #it's also like. objectively an argument that is leveraged to hurt and deny trans people irl so it was just. unbelievably uncomfortable #this is what we mean with mpreg and transphobia btw #not that the concept is inherently transphobic or hurtful to trans people #but that that kind of alternative biological worldbuilding implies an alternative social conception of gender role for the characters #that a lot of authors just. straight up miss. because their view of the world is still very cis/perisexist #BUT!!!!!!!!!! #it was still over all a very good fic. I'd rec it to pll not into that for the initial 2 chapters alone

[coochiequeens]

When a TIM is so shitty even his TIM call him out

When an actual lesbian has preferences for real women it's transphobic but when a TIM does it's because sex is a biological reality. So glad the women are calling him out.

#Reddit #Actuallesbiansover25 #TIMs know the difference between men and women when it comes to wanting kids #He is incapable of love #He only wants an actual woman for what she could do for him #So he just wants kids because he grew up with couples who had kids? #Men want kids for the fatherhood privilege #The autism trans connection #If he's not going to medically transition or go on HRT how is he even trans? #He is just a crossdresser? #No one is entitled to biological offspring #He doesn't even want to consider adopting

[deva-arts]

Is Nate technically a carnivore since he has fangs?

While this would have worked for other variant species, Nathaniel doesn't abide by the rules of nature in any respect, especially as an atypical-form shifter.

His body has a predisposition towards humanoid forms, so it's safe to assume he'd have the same overall conditions that a human would- omnivorous. He's made a nutritional plan for himself that incorporates more veggies and less saturated fats. Ew! boring!

(Can you tell I love talking about Variant physiology)

#devarambles #nathanieltag #red or fatty meats don't sit well with his digestion. Lol old man old man #I say. as a vegetarian. #Nathaniel's form is so compiled and messy because he's got a bunch of junk DNA in him. #His biological mother had given him away not knowing she was the cause for his deformation #He would later find his mom and plaintively watch as she didn’t even recognize him. Didnt even think of him. She fed him to the wolves. #Then she moved on. He even took on a form that would most resemble himself as a human. #His father divorced and remarried a human woman. Family of five. Nathaniel has family! But he can never see them. He can never hold them. #And they will never know what became of him after that. Thankfully he has a family now. It's small. And disjointed. But It's his now. #This is also partly why Nathaniel has always wanted to be a father. Sera would rather fry and eat her wings than be a mother. Whew. Fun.

[lexa-griffins]

How did Lexa react when she found out about Clarke's dick

Okay okay so about this I have thoughts!

Because of the way June has such a view about men being inherently violent and given her trauma, Lexa was taught that their violent ways, especially their sexual violent ways, came from their dick.

Now, being a lesbian like her grandmother Lexa, both never thought she'd sleep with someone with a dick unless there was violence involved. She was sheltered and fed narratives from a deeply traumatized woman, and as much as she sometimes down right hates her grandmother, she knew there was some truth to her view from the life experiences of the women around her and her own father.

So I think Lexa is at first shocked, like a bucket of cold water was thrown on her. Almost like a fear of what being with a woman who she loves has a dick could mean for her - as if Clarke was to end up hurting her for the simple fact of her having a dick.

It's clear from her reaction to Clarke that Lexa might not want to do this with her anymore, and while the reason /why/ is clear, Clarke does try not to act like it affects her.

Their first time would be desperate and slow as well. When Clarke starts getting dressed and telling Lexa it's fine if she is having second thoughts, Lexa feels panicked at the thought of ruining things with Clarke. Not sex, but the idea that now that her and this amazing woman are finally developing their relationship, she is about to ruin it for a trauma that isn't even hers to carry.

Lexa pulls Clarke back to bed and kisses her, apologizing to her about her reaction. Maybe Clarke would have had a different attitude towards Lexa after her reaction if Lexa didn't look so damn honest and vulnerable and so in love with her. Because when Lexa apologizes she never once looks down, instead staring right into Clarke's eyes.

It is different from what Lexa was accustomed with Costia, but Clarke is gentle with her, reminsing her she does not have to do anything she doesn't want to, but Lexa has this burning need to be as close as possible to Clarke. And that kind of surpasses all the things she was told over and over again by her grandmother because even with their relationship just starting Lexa is most sure of something and that is that she loves this woman more than she ever did anyone and that she feels a safety with her she last feel in her mother's arms.

#letter opened #do i think june and the flowers are outright transphobic? no #but i dont think thornfield would be a place where a trans woman would feel fully safe tbh #and June would definitely be VERY untrusting of Clarke #but Lexa refuses to let her grandmother's trauma dictate her life #she loves Clarke too fucking much to have June try to poison her against her #even if at a distance #is thay makes sense #i have a lot of thoughts about June and how she'd handle a trans woman at thornfield #traumatized woman with a deep fear of men who all but seem to believe men are biologically made to be violent #surrounding herself with women with rhe same experiences as her #who raised her son always expecting him to show his true colors and when it did she felt like it was just confirmation of her thoughts #she couldn't even take her grandson in #thats why i love how June is portrait #because you see the way she acted with her son and you dont support her #even knowing how he turns out #she was a woman traumatized by men who surrounded herself with women traumatized by men #who has such a hatred towards men #im rambling

[laniidae-passerine]

yeah cause on one hand Shiv being a mother would kill her and staying with Tom is a very bad idea but on another hand it is what people do, they stay in bad marriages and raise their kids awfully and it wouldn’t be unrealistic for them to fall into that trap and on this other hand i found on the cruise ship if Shiv had an abortion then maybe she and Tom could reconcile but on Logan’s dead cold paw they should never ever be near each other again and also maybe Shiv should have that baby on her own because does she not want to be a mother or is she just afraid that she is her mother and anyway uh love is real but also it is not enough

#I’m so compelled by Shiv and motherhood #it wasn’t like an active choice to not be a mother imo #like I love women who see babies and are like ‘oh god. no way not for me.’ #but idk if Shiv doesn’t want to be a mum or just believes she’d fuck it up so bad #like does she not like children or does she just not want people being reminded that she’s a woman #is she being asked to give up something she wants because it would remind people of what she is biologically of her unforgivable weakness #shiv do you not want a baby or do you just not want a baby as much as you want to keep your dignity #like oof. I love women not wanting to be mothers. but there’s something so dark and sad #about the narrative of a woman who wants to be a mother but not be seen as a woman. would shiv have taken the option of being a father #if that was a possibility #anyway AHHHHHHHHHHHHH #succession #shiv roy #tom wambsgans #tomshiv

[bucephaly]

Fuck whatever terfs and transphobes are treating the term 'socialization' as if it's evidence for bioessentialism or whatever as if it's literally the exact opposite, fuck them for taking a useful term we should be aware of and poisoning it so now people think whoever uses it is a piece of shit.

#its a real thing and a useful term to know and it literally means #'certain behavioral traits being associated with certain sexes isnt the result of biological differences but rather #subtle ways each of us were 'trained' to conform to our agab our entire lives' #its literally saying 'see gender is just social shit and is not biological' #and also hey lets all be aware of this and deconstruct it. even cis people #cuz shit i have cis guy friends who i can tell are still reluctant to do shit for fear of being seen as feminine #even though theyre gay or whatever #and on the more extreme [but still very normal and not uncommon at all] end this shit can be seriously damaging #like the idea that 'men' need to bottle their emotions #but like. i didnt get offended when my anthro prof teaching a gender anthro class told me 'thats your female socialization telling you #to not value yourself!“ #because she wasnt calling me a woman. she was reminding me of a dumb thing society taught me that i should deconstruct

[chaserofstarsandtheabyss]

Mother stop calling me your “biological daughter” challenge and using that to explain why you’re so upset at trans women competing in sports (impossible)

#I have watched videos and read essays on white feminism and Jesus fucking Christ my mom was hitting like every fragile point #it’s so UNFAIR when trans women compete in sports :(( #as the mother to a BiOloGiCal DaUgHTEr #like shut the fuck up #I’m just like … I don’t actually care if trans women compete tbh #and her just going like ‘well I don’t think it should be used against Those women in that particular case’ #when I argue that is disproportionately affects black womeb #or her obviously not believing me when I say that trans women face harder difficulties than she probably does #like it does not matter that you don’t think the rules should be used in that way #they WILL be used in a way that is detrimental to women and they have more so than your hypotheticals #I swear to god it’s the same argument for abortion #‘well I do think a woman should have an abortion if carrying pregnancy could be harmful to her but not other women’ #if it’s illegal it WILL be used against that woman #how can you not see that #like the law will be used in a way that’s demeaning to women #but because it’s not the women you care about it doesn’t matter #also side note #and completely unrelated #can she stop implying that I’m less beautiful or don’t want to be beautiful because I’m transmasc #that would be great

[bonesrbleaching]

had the most braindead repetitive conversation/argument with my parents. buzz cuts are too masculine but if you dye a design on it it become effeminate which is bad because then you look weak and if youre weak then society falls apart (all societies ever that have fallen apart for any reason are actually because of feminine men) and we start sacrificing babies. and also all mental illness is invented because only 4 people had anxiety in the 90s and covid was made up so that we would all become gay and trans and then the government can control us better and be joe biden's little sex slaves. and also i need to keep my hair long because my father finds it attractive. what

#lolaa.txt #what do i even tag this with . my mother wouldn't let me leave and i kept asking for sources and she kept saying 'i'm your mother!!!' #'i wouldnt lie to you!' #okay. say that to someone maybe who doesnt know you lie to them all the time. #its tiring going around in circles with her.my father is better because at least he admits when he doesnt have a reason for feeling some wa #also what got me. she said 'do you own research if you want!! but im right!!!' #yeahh not seeing anything about anything you just said. i think you made that up. #i have a theory that my mother secretly hates herself because she believes all women are weak and must serve strong men #and my father has so so much trauma and anxiety that he cant be that strong man #so now she feels like shes betraying her very biology when she has to step up. #and also because i am stronger than her now and my hair is long and far far denser than hers and i have a younger face #that she feels that im wasting my precious femininity that she could be using. does that make sense. #shes so miserable trapped in her idea of what makes a man and a woman what they are. once you stop caring about what makes someone somethin #you dont have to worry about anyone else. #im queer because i dont really feel that connection to biological and social ideas of gender that my parents seem to #never really have #im not gonna theorize 'ohh shed be happier nonbinary' or stuff like that because it is up to you and you alone to define who you are #if you spend your whole life trying to fit a box for the sake of fitting the box #then when would you have any space for self discovery #youve invented personality traits to go along with your box. now you can never ever change or grow as a person. congrats #and you know what? one day she will die. and that will be the end of that. #and i will live and i will probably shave my head a thousand times. and come up with new names #and new ways to be a better person that makes me feel happy #and i will dress like a boy because its all made up anyways. who cares. #and if you care? that much about what im wearing or how i look? #then thats your problem and i wont be responsible to maintain your happiness. #SORRY RANT OVER. #im just so flabbergasted. what a sad life someone can lead poisoned by jealously and reactive rhetoric. #tw homophobia #tw transphobes

[burning-thistles-bt]

Hi there! I've done lots of research on sexualities and such so I may have some helpful answers ^^

Basically, bisexuality is when a person likes TWO genders. Doesn't have to be a man or a woman. Like let's use Badgerfang as an example. He identified as a gay man for years and even has a husband but if his partner, Blossomtail, comes out as Genderfluid, then he is considered Bisexual.

Pansexuality(me) means that a person doesn't care about gender. They love tue person no matter what, which could fit Badgerfang as well. He loves Blossomtail, end of story.

Being Homosexual (either mlm or wlw) means the person strictly likes the same gender as them.

Saying that a gay man likes a trans woman is incorrect because even though she may LOOK masculine, she is still a woman not a man. Same with lesbians and trans men(me).

Also another important thing- labels don't matter!! sometimes people just like people and don't need to be in a certain label! whatever it is that they like/identity as, it's all okay :]

I hoped this helped to some extent! I've done many years learning about sexualities and getting genders while trying to figure out my own ^^

Big love,

Sky Doodles <3

not sure if you wrote this before or after I wrote my response here BUT

"Also another important thing- labels don't matter!! sometimes people just like people and don't need to be in a certain label! whatever it is that they like/identify as, it's all okay"

"Also another important thing- labels don't matter!! sometimes people just like people and don't need to be in a certain label! whatever it is that they like/identify as, it's all okay"

"Also another important thing- labels don't matter!! sometimes people just like people and don't need to be in a certain label! whatever it is that they like/identify as, it's all okay"

Everything I say is based around this idea. Labels are not concrete. They are not the end all, be all. Labels are great! Labels are comforting. Labels are helpful. I am not against labels. But pointing to labels and saying, "this is the only option," is just. So. Frustrating.

Because you (ambiguous you, not targeted at you, Sky!) say "Homosexuals are attracted strictly to the same gender as themselves," and then proceed to go, "but labels don't matter!" So... Do they?? Because it's a mixed single. You can't tell a gay man they're not gay because they're formerly male partner transitioned into a different gender, and then go, "but labels don't matter!" Because??? You clearly just made the point that they do matter, that they have to pick a handcrafted label, and that you don't value their opinion on the topic of their sexuality.

And to go back to my previous response:

And then there are the people who say, "But you can't be gay, Steve! You have to be bisexual now! You have to call yourself that, or pansexual, or maybe call yourself demisexual but just for your wife, or have you heard of abrosexual? What about agentosexual? I think that's what you are!" and Steve is just like "I don't know. Can't I just love my wife and that's the end of it? Maybe I'm not gay anymore. I don't know." And these people aren't ill-intentioned. They feel they're just trying to help, or trying to "correct" things. But there isn't always a correct answer, and the more you try to force one, the further away the "correct" answer gets.

Trying to force someone into a new label just because a new event and new information arose isn't... isn't fun. For anyone involved. Is it fun for Steve when a bunch of people are telling him he must be this, or must be that? He's trying to come to terms with his own sexuality (is he attracted to women, or just this woman, who once presented as a man?), and isn't of letting him figure it out by himself, people are shoving all these options at him. And, then, if none of them work for him, and he says, "I think I'm still gay because I still really only feel attraction for men, it just happens that my longterm partner transitioned into a woman," and then everyone is like "NO!!! BAD STEVE!!! STEVE MUST BE BISEXUAL NOW!!! JAIL FOR STEVE! JAIL FOR STEVE A THOUSAND YEARS! WE ALREADY DECIDED YOUR SEXUALITY FOR YOU!"

The point I'm trying to make is that there is not one singular, perfect answer to this scenario. There are many. Maybe Badgerfang does decide he is pansexual, because he is loving Blossomtail regardless of his gender. Or maybe he doesn't, and he feels content being gay, as he already had to come to terms with being queer once, and it's a comfort to just be comfortable with himself and his identity, or because he truly still feels gay and only attracted to men. Or maybe he calls himself unlabeled, undecided, or questioning.

Or maybe Badgerfang breaks up with Blossomtail because he feels his attraction fading for him when he is no longer predominantly masculine. And that's perfectly okay and acceptable too!!

#also: Saying that a gay man likes a trans woman is incorrect because even though she may LOOK masculine #she is still a woman not a man #<- correct and i agree #BUT have you ever heard the stories where a man accidentally flirts with a woman thinking they're a man? #case in point. LOOKS still matter even if we wished they didnt #a gay man could be attracted to someone who looks masculine - but the attraction tends to end once theyre brain catches up w/ the fact that #theyre not really a man/masculine. because. biological parts yknow #and some people dont care about biological parts.... but ive headr enough stories to know bio parts DO matter when it comes to sex #sometimes! not always #lolling response #lgbtq+ #lgbtq+ discourse #discourse #badgerblossom #gay men #gay man #gay #asked and answered #sky doodles #sky-doodles

[bwarkz]

so called r*dical feminists when they see a muscular cisgender woman dominating the sport she’s chosen to dedicate her life to:

#you can always tell huh #and people are still insisting she’s a man for no other reason than she’s muscular and tall #one of them even said they should apologize to her for assuming she’s trans #because that’s more offensive than saying a woman is a man pretending to be a woman #so she can take advantage of biological women in sports Just because she’s not stereotypically feminine #no but you’re right being called trans when you’re not is way more insulting #anyways tell me again how terf rhetoric isn’t just white supremacy and misogyny again #transmisogyny / #misogyny /

[torchwood-99]

House Green's arguments are founded so much on "Team Black is wrong because misogyny and anti-bastard prejudice says so!"

In a book that explores and criticises prejudice and misogyny to such an extent, does it occur to these guys that prejudice is an evil to be defeated? That the moments where the characters defy laws founded on prejudice are the moments we should respect them the most? Regardless of motive, anything that takes away power from these evil systems is something to be encouraged?

#ASOIAF #A Song of Ice and Fire #Aegon's the rightful heir because he's male and isn't passing off bastards as trueborn! #he should have the crown because sexism says so! #and adopted children acknowledged by their non-biological father (and still have fucking royal blood!!) should go eat shit! #you cheer on team green you cheer on misogyny #that's literally it #Rhaenyra having bastards wouldn't be a problem if she was a man #she wouldn't have to hide their birth in order to avoid total condemnation if she was a man #because men had bastards all the time #just say you'd rather people follow rules even when they're formed by disgusting and evil systems #than break them and get away with it #you'd rather a woman be punished for being a woman #than get away with trying to live her life on her terms

[melonthesprigatito]

Headcanon that Ms Question low-key HAAAAAAAAATES Rhyme because while she's vegan, Rhyme is from a planet that's way too cold for plants to grow so the inhabitants pretty much only eat meat.

And while Rhyme hasn't set foot on her planet since she was five years old, she never really had a taste for vegetables and Ms Question has to watch Rhyme order the steak and ask the waiter if she could get chicken wings as a side instead of the salad during their Girls Night with Leslie and Lady Redundant Woman.

Meanwhile Rhyme is totally oblivious to the fact that Ms Question has a problem with her.

#wordgirl #wordgirl rhyme #ms question #wordgirl headcanons #wordgirl leslie #lady redundant woman #wordgirl villains #Rhyme's alien race are biologically carnivorous #But since Rhyme is half Lexiconian she's an omnivore like most human beings #So she CAN digest vegetables #She just doesn't want to. At all. #She just prefers meat products #That and she has bad memories associated with vegetables #Because her orphanage caretaker forced her to eat them even though she hated the taste and they triggered her gag reflex

[myanimatedopinion]

I’m sorry but the way some of y’all were headcannoning Perfuma as trans simply based on the fact she had a flat chest and sharper facial structure..is not the win you think it is

Like come on “this woman was obviously born a man because they have a flat chest” is a very iffy mindset to have, and really shows how you as a person expect all biologically born women to look😬you cannot celebrate the body diversity of women She ra then turn around and go “well this woman used to be a man”/simply because you expect women to be born with defined chests and soft faces

#headcanon her as trans I don’t care #but there are so many biologically born women that have flat chests that may actually look up to perfuma #and for fandom to use that and say she was obviously born a man because no bio woman has a chest that flat is so wrong #shera #stop #perfuma #I can feel the keyboard warriors coming I know it🥱

[androcola]

its so embarrassing saying my great grandpa was cherokee cuz every white person who says theyre native is like "my grandma was a cherokee princess😁" no my grandma actually has her native card thing 💀

#that native great grandpa i think married an irish woman. i think she was irish. her last name is burkhart #i think she was the one who married him. idk.my family is so screwed up on both sides because there was so much divorce n death n shit #idk whos biological anymore #but i think the grandpas last name was langely and he was actually cherokee native #i wish i could learn more about that side of the family but its so muddy and theres so little info