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"Trans liberation" will do nothing other than further ghetto-ize women, as we flee from all the spaces men ruin with their fetishes.
Medical care is a joke for MOST people, including men. Men die younger in part due to this. It's incredible how casually doctors will just waive away recommended tests/scans for people. People go in doing their own research and saying, "I think I have one of these conditions" because doctors often will not connect the dots at all on their own. Medical care for women has additional problems, none of which are because anyone is confused as to which body parts are female and which sort of doctor specializes in this unique and complex body system. We need research that prioritizes studying female health in-depth so we can more easily identify and treat common conditions that are still handled like hysteria. (Endometriosis anyone?) There are trans identifying males trying to force OB-GYNs to look at their holes, which share no medical similarities with a vagina. Nothing about this is helping women. Likening men in dresses to women in no way helps liberate women from the sexist stereotypes that have always held us back.
btw the term "women's health" to discuss uterine care/menstruation isnt just transphobic, it also keeps up this aggravating idea that the uterus & menstruation are obscene and impolite and need to be kept hidden under flowery vague terms as to not offend any cis men. like trans people demanding the end of gendered language around this stuff aren't just helping trans people, its also just good to normalize calling tampons and pads "menstrual supplies" because thats what they fucking are!!! we should say the words uterus vagina menstruation and we should do it in public and in stores instead of talking about ~women's needs~ and ~feminine care~. trans liberation is fundamental to women's liberation and anti-patriarchal action in general. listening to trans men & people isn't bad for women its good for literally everyone
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it's interesting how in the popular imagination, middle-aged and older women are often considered entitled, annoying bitches whose feminism is outdated and manners nonexistent. these women are supposedly holding back progress and just being insufferable nags and hags in general. meanwhile, many NGOs—from animal shelters to soup kitchens, from rape crisis centres to rescue dog associations, from suicide hotlines to crime victim support services—actually rely on the unpaid labour of middle-aged and older women, who are very much overrepresented among their volunteers. often, these organisations are desperate to attract more men and young people, and some even have specific programmes to reach out to potential volunteers from those demographics! in the meantime, though: need someone to wash the remnants of an oil spill off a bird's plumage? accompany a victim of human trafficking to a hearing? sort through a pile of donations to refugees? time to call those middle-aged and older women to do their unpaid and underappreciated work.
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What do Britney Spears, Amber Heard, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Sinead O'Connor, Lindsay Lohan, Meghan Markle, Meg Thee Stallion, Amy Winehouse, Tina Turner, and Princess Diana have in common?
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Separatist Swaps: Home Cook Youtubers
This week’s theme from @radblrthemeweeks is  Separatist Swaps (suggesting equivalent female artists/musicians/creators/etc to support as well as or instead of men)
I’ll admit I don’t read or watch TV much, but I do watch a lot of YouTube.  I added some of my favorite channels to this post in the past (X).  This will be an expanded list in no particular order.
Initially, I wanted to compare each channel to a similar male-led one, but I opted to just summarize what I think is unique about each one.
Food and Cooking
Note: I prefer vegan/plant based cooking, so I’ll specify which of these channels are exclusively vegan.
Cheap Lazy Vegan (V) Rose makes a lot of Korean food, but the ingredients are pretty easy to find at a regular grocery store.  Many of her videos feature high protein, nutritious meals that can be ready in 20 minutes or less.  I’ve also found her recipes to be shockingly simple without getting boring.
Rainbow Plant Life (V) Nisha is one of my favorite youtubers.  Her recipes are a bit more involved that Rose’s, but I’ve made several of them myself so they’re still approachable for a home cook.  Her recipes are primarily American or Indian inspired with advice for meal prep and saving time.
Pick Up Limes (V)  Sadia is a nutritionist, so her recipes tend to be wholesome and nutritious.  However, she still has a lot of recipes for comfort food and desserts.  I don’t make her recipes as often, but her videos are enjoyable.
Sierra Ann  I like her easy “recipes” (more like meal ideas), but she sometimes posts about fashion as well.  Her content is more akin to a vlog than concrete recipes or cooking tips, so I find myself watching her YT shorts more than her longform content.
Lisa Nguyen  I’ve only ever seen her YT shorts so idk if she makes longer videos or not.  She does instant ramen challenges where she tries different brands or ramen hacks.
Morgan Drinks Coffee  Morgan releases a mix of recipes and other content like appliance and coffee reviews.  She has a lot of advice for people just getting into coffee or those who want some fresh ideas.
Inga Lam  When I made the other post she was still working for Buzzfeed, but she recently decided to focus on her own channel.  I’m not sure what she has planned but she’s very creative and ambitious.
How to Cook That  Ann Reardon mostly makes baking videos, but I prefer her debunking videos.  She seems to have shifted more toward debunking dangerous videos in general, not just food related videos.
June Xie from Delish  June makes long videos creating a week’s worth of meals, often on a budget.  My main complaint about her content is that some of the food she makes is either not for everybody or uses ingredients that aren’t readily accessible, like produce from specialty shops.  However, that also means her recipes tend to be unique and interesting.  Her boyfriend also comes off as kinda rude, but he’s only there when they’re tasting the food.
Beryl Shereshewsky  People from around the world submit ways they eat a particular food, like instant ramen or onions, and Beryl makes and reviews them.  These videos are helpful when I feel stuck in a routine and want to see ingredients from a different perspective.
Alix Traeger  Alix used to work for Tasty, but now she makes content on her own channel with her girlfriend Zoya.  Zoya is Persian, so it’s been fun watching Alix try to master Persian dishes.
Here are some others I saw in my Watch Later list that I don’t watch often or haven’t seen yet.
Mina Rome (Cooking)
Doobydobap (Cooking)
Flo Lum (Cooking)
Sarah’s Vegan Kitchen (Cooking)
Sweet Simple Vegan (Cooking)
Julia Pacheco (Cooking)
Feelgoodfoodie (Cooking)
Anne of all trades (DIY)
The busy brown angel (Gardening)
Gardening and Homesteading
Girl in the Woods  I just found her channel last week, but it was too interesting to leave out.  Usually I don’t like homesteading YouTubers because they focus on the aesthetics, but I’ve actually learned a lot about off-grid living just from watching a few of her videos.
HannahLeeDuggan  She bought a property with a run-down cabin a few years back.  Before that, she was living in a van and selling handmade clothes online.  I can’t say I’ve learned much about van life or homesteading from her videos, but I haven’t given her a fair chance yet.  Last I checked, she was planning on documenting the process of fixing up and weather-proofing her cabin.
Learn Something
Answers in Progress  This channel is run by three people, two of which are women.  They answer random questions with a surprising amount of research and interviews with professionals.
The Take The Take claims to be “ the leading female-led entertainment analysis channel on TV, Movies & Pop-Culture”
Cheyenne Lin  Cheyenne focuses on feminist analysis and film analysis through a feminist lens.
Jessica Chou  She isn’t active anymore but she has some basic videos on car maintenance.
Micarah Tewers Micarah sews a combination of beautiful and insane clothes.  I’ve never tried to recreate any of her patterns but she’s so entertaining to watch.  She made fake eyelashes out of her dog’s hair and that’s not even the craziest thing she’s done on her channel.
Since this is intended to be a discussion, I’m also including a list of channels I’d like to find that are usually male dominated.
Game News and Lore I like watching lore videos for games like the Fallout series, RDR2, and TES.  So far, the only female gamers I’ve seen on YT are overly sexualized and don’t make the content I’m looking for.
Food Science There are a few channels that break down food science like Adam Ragusea and Kenji Lopez-Alt.  The closest female equivalent is How to Cook That, but it’s not quite what I’m looking for and she primarily posts baking videos.
I’ve been watching a lot of Ethan Chlebowski’s videos lately because he makes meal formulas and focuses on high protein meals.  If anyone knows who I’m talking about, I’d love to see female-run channels that make similar content.
Gardening and Homesteading  I want channels that actually teach me something new and don’t focus on pseudoscience or religion.
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YouTube swaps for @radblrthemeweeks
I watch YouTube when I want to have some downtime... And I like my YouTube to be fun.
I thought I would share some female YouTubers I've been enjoying recently, I'd love to hear other people's recommendations!
If you like Nick DiRamio or Mike's Mic, TV and film review/comedy videos try -
Jamie French
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She reviews bad and nostalgic films, including skits where she green screens herself into scenes from the films. She points out production errors, lazy tropes and is pretty fun. The series started out being "movies and make up" but the make up is easy to ignore and as she's done more movie review videos she seems to be doing the on-screen make up less and less.
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Sleepover is a dumpster fire
I think I found the worst dance movie of all time
Kierra loves TV
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Kierra summarises and discusses characters and tropes in her favourite TV shows. Her channel is pretty new, only 7 months old, and while i don't watch her videos on family guy, in her other videos she has a great voice and interesting perspectives on early 2000s TV - I enjoy her videos on Gilmore girls and Sex and the City
Recommended videos
Why everybody hates Carrie Bradshaw
The manipulation of Emily Gilmore
If you like Todd in the Shadows or other deep dives into musicians, one hit wonders, artists who didn't make it, try -
Naomi Cannibal
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Naomi talks about a range of topics including celebrity culture and TV shows, but I particularly enjoy her videos about musicians careers and history.
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One album wonders : label conflicts and the rise of streaming
Teairra Mari - the girl who was almost Rihanna
If you like Stuart Hicks or Architecture related videos try -
Belinda Carr
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Belinda makes videos about architecture and modern building techniques and trends. I find her videos to be very informative, even if you're not that into architecture I recommend giving her a try!Recommended videos -
Bamboo Vs cork flooring - everything you need to know
How to build straw bale houses - pros and cons
If you like day in the life, spending challenges and solo travel try -
Clickfortaz
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I love Taz's videos, she is silly, very honest and quite naïve. Her friendship with her childhood friend Moon is really lovely, but most of her videos are just Taz trying new things. She has talked a lot about her mental health and has published and performed her poetry.
Recommended videos -
I tried to bake a cake with no recipe
Living in a treehouse for 48 hours
If you like furniture restoration or carpentry like Blacktail Studio try
Transcend Furniture Gallery
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Angie repairs, restores and up cycles furniture. The videos are informative but also very calm and satisfying and I really like her work!
Restoring table tops - stripping, sanding, staining, sealing
Do you like videos of model and miniature making like Thalasso Hobbyer? Try -
KaypeaCreations
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Karen makes a lot of animals, mythical and real, and her methods and techniques are really interesting to watch.
Recommended videos -
I made a realistic mooshroom from Minecraft
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Ladies I need you to write me a list of your favourite female youtubers because I am struggling! I need women telling me things!
Mine are: 
Jess (Roots and Refuge farm aka all my gardening knowledge)
李子柒 Liziqi (separatist heaven, magical food growing and cooking)
STRANGE ÆONS (lesbian content)
Jenny Nicholson (fun analysis of media + themeparks)
Lindsay Ellis (in-depth analysis of media)
Melissa Norris (homesteading content)
I also like SarahZ, tiffanyferg, Karolina Żebrowska and Bernadette Banner but I need MORE and youtube algorythm is giving me NOTHING 
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It’s almost like how they treat other men vs women. “Can I safely antagonize this being? Awesome.” That’s the level of provocation it seems to take—being hurtable.
ppl hate on tiny dogs so much but how exactly would YOU feel if you were so small that no one gave a shit about respecting your space & constantly provoked you for Funnies bc they know you have no choice but to take it bc you can't maul them to death like larger breeds can. I'd be pretty moody under those circumstances I'll tell you that much
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Because apparently talking about XY violence is terf behavior. Since trans women have XY chromosomes, talking about XY violence is not allowed. It would “offend some women”.
So, again, we’re protecting male feelings over female safety.
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Does anyone know any newish radfem or rad leaning books? Like 2010's to present day.
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Wow. Those accusers forcing people to apologize for attempting to use women who can't consent as incubators. That's the real issue here, not the fact that anyone could ever even think of using (supposedly) brain dead women for anything, let alone something this optional. /s
Nightmare world.
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One of the issues with this way of thinking is that 1.) people are not interchangeable. Children being dumped in institutional daycare at all hours of the day and night is not nearly as good for them as having familiar caregivers and a schedule that respects their biological clock. Workers do not want to watch kids overnight, let alone ones dropped off hungry, dirty, tired, overwhelmed, etc. by parents who want to go club or just not parent for awhile. The reality is that being a parent means having real responsibility that you can't just drop for "any reason" or at "any time." Children experience changes in caregivers as profound stress, and that matters a lot. A solution like this could help shift workers, but it would be abused widely by the worst parents, and no the kids are not better off with enabled parents. 2.) Personalization and the benefit of the quotidian tasks that ground us in our bodied lives is why it isn't necessarily desirable to have drop-off laundry services and middle class soup kitchens. Many people enjoy personalizing how they take care of their things, cook their food, etc. Many people would be depressed without these daily tasks grounding them. (And an inability to do them is often the first sign of depression.) 3.) The home is an important place, and while people are right to work toward public solutions to public problems, the best way is not to thwack away at domestic life, but to change the conversation around domestic labor as valuable, so we stop treating it as invisible, or drudgery. Having options for people who are burnt out at the moment sounds great, but most people realistically don't want to eat institutional cooking in a soup kitchen setting for the bulk of their meals. Inexpensive restaurants already exist for people who want super basic edibles or need a break. A better solution might be to see if we can gather a small group of people in the same boat to share some of the load. I regularly babysit for two different moms who are in a stage of life where they don't get a break otherwise (I also coach them on getting a better division of labor with their husbands). I also regularly make meals for people I don't really know who need support with a new baby, a death in the family, stressful work week, illness, etc. I've hosted supper clubs where a handful of people help batch make freezer meals for an expectant couple, etc. We need to normalize helping people who aren't destitute, but just need a break or a hand. And we need to normalize asking for and accepting help for things shy of "major life event." It's ok to rest. If my city had these huge collectives, the quality would suck and you'd have way more takers than givers and it would collapse. Smaller social groups have more inter-responsibility. I can only mooch so long before people deal with that. If I'm just using a public service, nobody can stop me, and the majority of people, from taking without giving. All plans need to take into account human nature and how people typically behave when they don't have to pay for things (waste) or when they get taxed/punished for what they do (reduce those things, including productive behaviors).
The thing about socialized housework is that all of the services it would include already exist in some form, but all of them should be universally available and accessible and should become the norm rather than private, personal housework.
For example, 24/7 public childcare facilities for all ages. Childcare outside of the home obviously exists as a concept. That's what daycares and public schools are. But it should be available to everyone, at all times, and for all ages.
Or shared cooking/eating facilities, a concept you might be familiar with in the form of restaurants. Nonprofit, socialized versions of these exist too, actually. We call them soup kitchens and relegate them to charity work for the extremely poor instead of universal social services.
I already mentioned housekeeping services. Professional house cleaners obviously exist. They're just an expensive luxury. Drop-off laundry services are the same. These services exist, they're just way more expensive than laundromats or owning a washer and dryer.
They don't have to be this way. These services are expensive because they have to be to generate profit. But that only matters in a profit-oriented economy. These services and facilities are a far more efficient use of resources than private, presonal housework. The same amount of work can get done with less resources and less waste, by fewer people, in less time. In an economy that prioritized efficient production and distribution of resources, these would naturally become the standard.
In fact, when capitalist societies try to pivot towards efficient distribution of resources, services like this tend to pop up. One example is "British Restaurants" during WW2. Because of issues like the large number of displaced people, rationing, and widespread malnutrition, the British government had to feed a hungry population with very limited resources. To do this, they invented a self-serve cafeteria-style restaurant with nutritious, balanced meals sold at the equivalent of about $2.50 USD in today's money, run mostly by paid employees (and some wartime volunteers).
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It's almost like Iceland isn't very safe if talking about the abuse some women have experienced results in widespread hatestreams against the women sharing those stories…. You know, if I had some TikTok account where I talked about how I just couldn't go to the grocery store without the employees pelting me with rotten vegetables, I am positive nobody would threaten me with death. Nobody would think, "That rings true. I've had that happen or known people where that's happened. I definitely take a lot of precautions at the grocery store to avoid the rotten veggie pelting." It would be implausible to anyone who goes to grocery stores because this has probably never happened in the history of the world. But talk about what women really face from a sufficient % of males? Talk about the constant taking of precautions? Talk about how we can't eat popsicles or bananas in public because of the way men sexualize us? Talk about how easily powerful men can get away with sex crimes? Hmmm…sounds like some women need to be taught how to shut up! Obviously those women are liars and need to be taught a lesson! We can't just let it play out like we would with the rotten veggie TikTok account. Why is that?
Iceland is often labelled the best place in the world to be a woman, as well as the safest country on Earth. But many Icelandic women roll their eyes in frustration at such claims.
“That is crap,” says 35-year-old Hulda Hrund Guðrúnar Sigmundsdóttir. “This has been shoved down our throats ever since we were little. We’re told we’re so safe, while at the same time our mothers are warning us not to talk to men.”
Sigmundsdóttir is a member of Öfgar, a new feminist group made up of nine Icelandic women who have been collating and sharing anonymous stories of sexual violence by powerful men. Their recent actions have taken the small country by storm and sparked a resurgence of the #MeToo movement.
Over the last year, several Icelandic men in positions of power have stepped down or been fired over allegations of harassment, misconduct or sexual offences. The list includes men who had been working in the media, politics, business and football, as well as others in positions of power. Some have apologised but most have denied the allegations against them.
Sigmundsdóttir says Iceland’s long-held reputation as a feminist paradisehas prevented women such as her from speaking up about abuse. “It’s a silencing tactic,” she says. “We are told we should be grateful because other countries have it worse than us.”
One in four women in the country have been raped or sexually assaulted, according to a study by the University of Iceland, which had more than 20,000 participants. That is higher than estimates for the EU and the UK.
On top of this, many women feel the justice system works against them when it comes to allegations of gender-based violence, with the vast majority of cases reported to police not making it to trial and few resulting in a conviction. A number of women have even gone as far as to sue Iceland at the human rights court, accusing it of failing to protect them from gendered violence.
That’s why Öfgar – which means “radical” or “extreme” in English – decided to take the matter into its own hands when it formed last summer.
Öfgar began when the women, who are all survivors of sexual assault, started to talk on a feminist Facebook group and decided to start a TikTok account together. At first, they posted educational videos about consent and sex education. But when they say they received 32 allegations of assault against the same Icelandic musician, they decided to post the women’s stories. He has denied the allegations.
“Overnight, the ball started rolling really fast,” says Helga Ben, 28, one of the members of the group. Since then, hundreds of survivors have shared their stories.
They have also taken on Icelandic football, promoting an allegation of sexual abuse against a forward for the men’s national team. Following their campaign, the entire board of the Icelandic Football Association resigned over the alleged cover-up.
Öfgar says it checks that the women who write to them are real by looking up their names in the “Book of Icelanders”, a database that contains genealogical information for most of the Icelandic population. It says it also fact-checks the claims by trawling through old social media posts.
On top of sharing allegations, Öfgar has had meetings with members of the media in Iceland and tried to persuade them to change the way they write about survivors of sexual iolence. “We had a meeting with one of the biggest media in Iceland [DV] and we held a masterclass,” says Sigmundsdóttir. “They promised to do better – and they have done.”
In Iceland, women who speak out against abuse are often “slut shamed”, Ólöf Tara Harðardóttir says. So people find it easier to speak anonymously with Öfgar as a buffer. “Survivors feel they can trust us,” says Ben.
In a small country where everyone knows everyone, the women have met with a backlash. “The media have portrayed us as angry women, and as money-greedy attention whores,” Harðardóttir says. “They use the ugliest pictures they can get of us.”
The women in Öfgar also say they have received death threats, along with calls begging them to stop. “I have had phone calls, saying they knew where I lived,” says Harðardóttir. “I also had messages on Instagram saying I should kill myself. We got an email saying someone will end up dying if you don’t stop.”
Þórhildur Gyða Arnarsdóttir, 26, says she has also been the subject of abuse. “When you step forward with your name, you get these vicious attacks. The comment sections are horrible. You get slut-shamed,” she says.
In public forums, people have written that they should be shot, raped or sent to Afghanistan. Ben says some posts also imply people are following them and taking photos.
Sigmundsdóttir says some of the abuse scares her. “I loved the time that Covid [rules] made us wear masks,” she says. “Because we were hidden.”
However, the group insists it won’t stop them. “For me, it isn’t a choice,” says Tanja M Ísfjörð, 27, another member. “We need to do this.” “We have had enough,” says Harðardóttir. “We need to stand up and say, ‘this is going to stop here, we’re not going to be afraid of you’.”
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Homesteading survival knowledge
Growing Food:
The basics of Growing Food
Crops to grow for Maximum Production
Seed Starting Plan
Grow transplants for free
How to get Seeds for Free
How to find good soil for Free
Amending the Soil
How to Collect Seeds
Re-potting and care for tomato transplants
Growing dry beans
Growing Garlic
How to grow a lot of Leek
Plants going to Seed Explained
Food you can grow and eat in the Winter
Climate change and Food Security
Plant Lemon Trees from Seed
Why is rain much more effective than watering?
Stashing Food
Storing the Food from your Garden
Living in nature and food conservation
Making a Meal from foraged and Garden Food in Winter
Sun-drying Strawberries
Sun-drying Cherry Tomatoes
Citrus Tips
Canning
Blackberry Jam
Strawberry Jam
Salsa (tomatoes, peppers, onion, garlic)
Đuveđ (mixed vegetables preserve)
Ajvar (preserved peppers)
Preserved sugar Cherries
Foraging: 
Edible Mushrooms that grow on trees
Edible Wild Plants to Forage for in Spring
Make Honey out of Dandelions
How to cook with Nettle
Incredible value of Pine Needles
Herbalism
Rose Water
On herbal infusions and poison tea
Herbs to Collect for Tea
How to safely make Elderberry Syrup
Yarrow and Lemon Balm
Basic Medicinal Herbal Tea Uses
Tree Care:
How to grow trees
Where are the Tree Roots?
What is Root Flare
Tree Pruning Mistakes
Types of Pruning cuts
How to Prune Correctly
Other:
Building a Cob House
How to make Earthen Floors
Cooking with minimal use of heat
Processing Forest Clay
How to hand-work clay
How to make laundry detergent out of conkers
Creating baskets out of Newspapers
How to keep your space cool during heat waves
How trees create a living atmosphere
How to get rid of ants
Survival Recipes
What garden plants can be used as poison
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in consensual sex you can stop at any time for any reason
in consexual sex if something happens that makes you feel uncomfortable or weirds you out, you can walk out of the door and get out of there without any consequences, without having to explain yourself
in consensual sex you never have to explain why something is uncomfortable or why you don’t want it done to you
in consensual sex if you even think about wanting to stop, you don’t have to think twice before saying it out loud
in consensual sex nobody should ever be telling you “you’re spoiling the mood” or “don’t be like that” when you’re unwilling
in consensual sex, nobody should ever be talking you into something you said no to
in consensual sex, nobody should be trading future favours in return for you agreeing to something you don’t want to do
in consensual sex, you should never be forced to demonstrate how much you trust your partner by letting them do whatever they want 
in consensual sex you never have to shut down your instinct that something is wrong 
in consensual sex, nobody should ever be doing something to you that you mentioned, implied, or explicitly stated you don’t like being done to you
in consensual sex, you should never be made to feel guilty or not good enough
in consensual sex, you should never have to expect emotional abuse, insults, pressure, guilt and shame if you refuse to participate or do as you’re told
in consensual sex, nobody should ever try to push, break, or crush your boundaries
in consensual sex, nobody should ever make you feel like you need to reconsider or push at your own boundaries
in consensual sex, you shouldn’t feel fear, not at any point
in consensual sex, you shouldn’t feel like your relationship with this person depends on what happens in bed
in consensual sex, you should never feel like it’s not okay to say no to something
if you can’t say this is true for your sexual experiences, it wasn’t consensual sex. 
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Just look at this crap! Why is it so socially acceptable to deride women for being old (note the disdain for 'granny panties' being linked to a colloquialism meaning older matriarch), being less than sexually consumable at all times, for being comfortable in our fucking underwear? Libfem discourse about 'femininity' and empowerment is brainwashing rolled in glitter.
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"To live in a culture in which women are routinely naked where men aren't is to learn inequality in little ways all day long. So even if we agree that sexual imagery is in fact a language, it is clearly one that is already heavily edited to protect men's sexual--and hence social--confidence while undermining that of women." Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth
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