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coochiequeens · 6 months

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De Lima was arrested in 2017, months after she had launched a senate inquiry into Duterte’s brutal anti-drugs crackdown, which is the subject of an investigation by the international criminal court.

The most prominent critic of the former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called “war on drugs” has been granted bail, after more than six years in jail on what rights groups condemned as trumped-up charges.

Leila de Lima, 64, a former senator and human rights commissioner, emerged from court on Monday to cheers from supporters, who chanted “Justice” and “Leila will soon be free”.

Surrounded by crowds of media and police escorts, she said: “For years, my whole being has been crying out for justice and freedom … For more than six long years I’ve been praying, praying so hard for this day to come.”

Duterte had accused her of receiving payoffs from drugs gangs while she was justice minister, and she faced three drug-related charges, two of which have been dismissed. She has always denied any wrongdoing.

On Monday, she was granted bail in the final pending case, which she had sought on health grounds.

UN human rights experts, as well the European parliament, have long called for her release, and witnesses who testified against her have recanted their statements.

De Lima has said the charges were an act of revenge by Duterte, who she described at the time of her arrest as “a murderer and a sociopathic serial killer”.

She had long criticised his governance. In her former role as chair of the national Commission on Human Rights, De Lima had sought to expose killings by so-called “death squads” in Davao City, where Duterte was mayor for more than two decades.

De Lima was considered the most prominent political prisoner under his administration. In prison she continued her work as a senator, issuing handwritten statements from detention, often condemning Duterte’s governance. She was unable to campaign in the 2022 election, however, and lost an attempt to run again for a senate position.

On Monday, De Lima thanked her legal team, as well as the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Duterte’s successor. His administration had, she said, respected “the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law”.

Marcos has previously said he would not cooperate with an ICC investigation into the drugs war killings.

Between 12,000 and 30,000 civilians are estimated to have been killed in connection with anti-drugs operations from July 2016 to March 2019, according to data cited by the ICC.

Government data estimates are lower, and say at least 6,252 people were killed in police operations between July 2016, and May 2022. Police have said any killings were only in self-defence.

#philippines #rodrigo duterte #War on drugs #Leila de Lima #We need more women in politics #Jailed for investigating corruption #davao city #political prisoners #12k to 30k civilians killed between 2016 and 2019

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demon-fetal-harvest · 2 months

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Sadly, the stabbing of Julius Caesar doesn't pass the Bechdel test.

#Imho Women should have been allowed to stab him too #we need more women on the business of political assassinations #ides of march #ides of march eve

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lovl3igh · 25 days

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what are three words you would use to describe daenerys' council?

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mrgaretcarter · 8 months

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Honestly I think it would do us all well to go back to kinda cringy feminism again for a little bit idk cause I think maybe for some people the discourse somehow circled back around to supporting sexism just rebranded or whatever so its more aesthetic

#personal #instead of progressing the discourse into idk more inclusion of women of color and trans women #it went in the direction of like glorifying women being stupid and romanticizing beauty standarts #also weird centering of men all over again in feminism and in general for some reason #remember in the early 2010s when emma watson was like obliterated for that 'he for she' campaign #because it prioritized men in feminist discourse and then thats the exact direction where things went later on (and where it is currently)#people care more abt like 'haha this is my golden retriever bf he drinks respect women juice!' than about actual women speaking abt feminis #like being a feminist isnt about social change and women prioritizing each other its abt how dudes are hot when they do the bare minimum!#also have you noticed the rise in lesbophobia both in the sense of persecution of lesbians themselves #and of lesbians relationships and culture which other wlw are also part of (its giving lavender menace)#and also remember how we had the me too movement and then immediately after #everyone still fell for a smear campaing against a victim of domestic abuse?#anyway i would really love to get back to basics of like women should support each other!#and beauty standarts overwhelmingly negatively affect women and girls!#and we still need to incentivize girls to seek out intellectual pursuits especially in STEM and leadership roles!#because we continue to be underpresented in those fields and the only way to enact change is to bring our perspectives to those areas #instead of asking politely for guys to throw us a bone!#also stop acting like its cringe to openly and vocally center and prioritize women in every sphere of our lives possible!#and also maybe go back to actively trying to do that! and considering that a good thing!??#because we're the ones who should have our backs most of all?? idk idk #also where are the teeth??#why is everyone so afraid of being angry now???#its like some people circled back to being afraid of being mistaken for man-hating or something #just for pointing out common sense aspects of oppression without adding an asterisk about how men suffer too!#i thought we all knew there is no such thing as reverse sexism!!!#idk!!!#and this isnt me condoning choice feminism many women are evil and actively work against their own interests #or antagonize other women to make themselves feel important such as terfs etc #but idk its like everyone internalized that 'well women can suck too' so hard that its become like #'*most* women suck and we dont even have to keep trying to empathize and prioritize each other and our issues anymore'

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robotpussy · 9 months

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ppl who use pretty privilege unironically, i cannot take seriously

#first of all what ur supposed to say is desirability [politics]#because what in the world is this prettyphobia some ppl are trying to make a thing why are you trying to obscure #the violence ALL WOMEN face by saying shit like that can we not just fucking acknowledge all of it without somebody #coming in to say 'well being pretty is hard too because we also face misogyny' like yes we know! that's what comes with being #a woman in this world! but why is this the route you are going? i will never fucking forget that ask i got when someone was like #'pretty girls get harassed and assaulted too we don't live blissfully' when 1. i never said that 2. a misogynist doesnt hold punches for #anyone. i hate how these trials and tribulations of being pretty conversations keep happening we need to work towards being free #not trying to have who is more likely to face misogynist violence competitions

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puthyflapps · 1 year

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Not them dying to bring Sarah back and absolutely hating their characters current plotlines 🫣🫢🤭

Carmen De La Pica Morales stans rise!

#marja Ryan Lewis and that writers room need to be cleared out #bring back Ilene chaiken and let her take a sledge hammer to this show because they’re ruining the shows legacy #was the original a little messy? Yeth but Ilene knew how to have a good time!! the show was funny and it was fun to watch and for the most #part the plot made sense AND MOST IMPORTANTLY we got to see women loving women on screen #I think MRL wanted a show where she got to write about all kinds of queer people but she couldn’t do it so she took TLW and basically piggy #backed off the name and legacy of the original show #obviously more queer stories should be told BUT TLW is supposed to be about lesbians and it’s like pulling teeth to get them to show 2 #ladies kissing like why can’t we have a sexy fun time????#and not to sound like an old fart but showrunners and writers nowadays ig think that they have to inject politics into everything and I hate #when gen q tries to broach these topics because I’m not here to learn about theory bitch I’m here to see these gals get their puthies ate #the original definitely had moments that were a little political but it never tried to center that – they just wanted to show the lives of #lesbians the way that str8 shows depicted the lives of str8 people and I loved that #moral of the story: if they want a s4 they need to kick some people to the mf curb and get back to what made the original so fun and special #and obviously as I always say: BRING CARMEN BACK YOU COWARDS!!!!#the l word #the l word gen q #kate moennig #leisha hailey #sarah shahi #sharmen #shane x carmen #pants podcast

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devilfruitdyke · 1 year

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the she/theys vs he/theys and wlw vs mlm posts are symptoms of a larger problem within the queer community 👍

#1. lack of consciousness of beauty standards 2. no grasp of intersectionality 3. focus on online discourse and not queer theory #'discourse' used very literally there. this is not a sick dunk on Minors These Days #anyway we as lgbtq people are very focused on ourselves as oppressed that we dont realize how we are perpetuating/internalizing...#... oppressive beliefs #see how all 'g ender envy' is almost exclusively skinny *white* conventionally attractive cis people #i saw someone say something like 'dont tag as gender envy be yr own person' the other day #and that really opened my eyes ?#we can be so caught up in the politics of being trans (usually as yr only minority group)#that it basically turns into 'skinny white cis men are the ideal of manhood dont ask me why though idk'#its deeply internalized #same goes with the 2 posts i mentioned #ps. i KNOW gender envy is what you personally find enviable and you shouldnt forced to change yr attraction for political reasons #but its the same shit that cishet beauty standards have been for centuries #very similar to how the only models in magazines are skinny white cis women #they dont say that fat people/trans women/woc arent worth their pages. its implied.#we just need to think about what we're implying every day as a community.#also i have a personal thing against gender envy culture because you guys forced me to see FUCKING V OMITBOYX EVERY DAY IN LIKE 2020 #/JOKE I SWAER. unless i get told one more time that im not really trans because i dont want short hair over my eyes. then i snap #<3

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raspberryzingaaa · 9 months

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Thinking about going to World Most Boring Bible Study Ever. Idk yall. Idk. Idek.

#the number of times i have faked a call yo leave early. the number of times ive played solitaire on my phone. i got to the potty to kill tim #like! just answer questions its not that hard!!!!!!#you dont even need to be right just throw some spaghetti at the wall and see what sticks!#also group leaders stop reading questions from a script from your phone #ALSO PLEASE CAN WE STOP GOING THROUGH THE SAME VERSES WE GO THROUVH ON SUNDAYS #this is why we have a split in our life group/church crowdm just sayin #i just. i just miss doing bible studys with people who were way smarter than me #being a church kid in a college church is just 👁👄👁#i shpuldnt be dreading going to bible study!!!!!!#so its probably a me problem right?!#and also the group leaders have had to tell me to stfu more than once (politely. which was really annoying. dont pussyfoot around!!)#also our only bible study is also our ~only space for new comers~ so i get in trouble if i get too meaty in my excitements and theology #EHICH SHOJLDNT BE MY FAULT!!!!!!!#and YEAH it IS my fault that its my only spot where im spiritually feeding. but also there is a secret eomens group people mention that..#i guess im just excluded from? but also i know most of the women dont like me bc I have interminable Doesnt Shut Up Disease l #like i understand fhat yes it is a little my fault rhat me talking about deep theology makes them feel inadequate but also THAT SHOULDNT BE #guh. i also forgot my meds today so im a little bit more mulish and hard hearted #and i KNOW its a teachable moment amd God is usimg this to temper me or something else but im feelimg grumblr #and ill probably delete this later.#and i have to got to work ok bye

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aceofspades-sml · 8 months

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not the kind of post I usually make so sorry everyone but oh my god imagine living in a country ruled by people that make you fucking ashamed every day to even be associated with that country. Muslim people I stand with you I am genuinely so sorry this is happening

#ice cold take but there is a fucking difference between wanting to be a 'secular' country or whatever you call it #and straight up forbidding muslim women from wearing anything ever #no that's just fucking islamophobic what the hell #because I have seen people come to school with a big ass catholic cross necklace and nobody said anything #but god forbids muslim people wear a dress #'it's a religious sign we can't allow that in school' karen I am begging you to shut the fuck up #anyway I need to go scream and I am not gonna elaborate more or I'll explode but. if anyone wants me to elaborate I fucking will #also the enxt person I see supporting the government and whatever they are doing. it's on sight.#tw politics #cw politics #political rant

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maslows-pyramid-scheme · 9 months

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Radical feminism isn't an identity or a label that you can use because it sounds cool. It's a liberation movement that requires radical change through radical action. If you're het-partnered, you're contributing to women's oppression and you can't really consider yourself a radical feminist (without watering down the liberation movement and making everyone else seem like a massive hypocrite).

Men have oppressed women through relationships and pregnancies for hundreds of years, so partnering with a man is about as unradical that you get.

Why are you so obsessed with including het-partnered women in radical feminism anyway? Nobody is saying that you can't believe radical feminist beliefs or take radical feminist action, just that you can't use a word that doesn't apply to you.

Genuine question, but do you have any idea how much radical feminist theory we use to understand radical feminism on Tumblr was actually developed by 'het-partnered women?' If we exclude their contributions, then we're not protecting the sanctity of the radical feminist label or anything like that - we're just pointlessly weakening the movement.

(Here's a brief list of 'het-partnered' radical feminists who actually contributed something to radical feminism -> Andrea Dworkin, Catherine MacKinnon, Naomi Weisstein, Ellen Willis, Roxanne Dunbar, Phyllis Chesler, Robin Morgan, Alix Kates Shulman.)

I think radblr has a bad habit of politicising non-political issues. Choosing to date/marry a man isn't a feminist choice, but it's not 'contributing to women's oppression' either... I'd like to see fewer arguments around 'can het-partnered women be radical feminists' and more discussion around 'what do we need to do to make society as safe for women as possible?'

#i don't think lesbian/bisexual women need to advocate on behalf of heterosexual women if they don't want to #but i don't know what this stupid discourse is actually designed to accomplish (other than defend people who do f all for women?)#'what do we need to do to make society as safe for women as possible' isn't just for 'het-partnered women' btw - applies to lesbians too #(in a 'how do we protect lesbians from growing up/living in a heteropatriarchal home' sort of way)#(the idea that 'heterosexuality' is inherently unethical is a political lesbian belief)#i think a lot of radfems need to be more practical #anon

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daz4i · 9 months

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bro i hate my country's politicians so much it's unreal

#i truly and sincerely hope they all die in a fire i am not even slightly joking #they promote violence and encourage an even deeper split between the people. bc it helps them #and it's disgusting. they don't care who they hurt as long as they get more power #actually they DO care who they hurt. they WANT to hurt people!! that's how they get more right wing voters!!!!!#they openly and proudly announce they want palestinians dead and out of their homes and it's sickening #(the fact this is WHY people vote them is even more sickening. they fact they were allowed to get this far is awful)#in addition to that they ofc want the lgbt community dead and they actively hurt women's rights bc how can they not :^)#i hate it here i hate it here i hate it here i hate it here i hate it here #sorry for talking politics. i try to avoid it but everyone on social media is talking about it. i'm so tired i hope we all explode fr #actually i'm not done i really need to vent lol #it really feels like there's no hope. the fact it keeps happening. and it gets worse every election cycle #and it's all bc fucking netanyahu is trying to avoid going to jail :^) i hope he dies today right now actually #for years everyone on the left jokes abt moving to another country but now it's becoming literally real #many people already HAVE left the country!!!!! like how fucked up is that!!!!!! that's how bad things are here!!!!!!#there's been rallies and protests for months now. i think nearly half a year at this point bc i remember it started in the winter #but obviously it doesn't do jack shit. bc why would it. if none of the right wing politicians literally get murdered -#- there is no real threat to them and so they have no actual reason to care. i sincerely think someone should take one for the team -#- and kill one of them lol i truly think this is the only solution at this point.#not to mention many of them are literally just. gross people. you hear them talk and can tell they have no experience in politics #they're all violent and constantly yell and this is how they appeal to the other violent people here #which is also why i think violence is the only way they'll understand. but alas if the left becomes violent we will be hated even more #ignoring the fact they have been violent this whole time yeah? they literally try to RUN OVER PROTESTERS #do you see why i have no hope here. do you see why i hate this so much. how can one be optimistic about this. everything sucks

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ei-mugi · 3 months

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im not a even a fan of the "hellaverse" but i have seen helluva boss and with all the twitter uproar over the hazbin ep4 leaks i went and found a reaction video of the full ep on yt so i could see how bad it really was and. jesus christ. theres certainly analysis of the visuals that could be had regarding the original criticisms but for me the episode was more like... 1. angel dust is the exact same character as fizzarolli 2. hellaverse is never going to break away from writing its characters like a whump fic is it and 3. this is an absolutely horrible portrayal of sex workers. vivienne pleaseeeee get your head out of the yaoi bin and remind yourself of like. women and misogyny. and stop writing all your sex worker/sexually abused (notice how that is grouped together) characters in the same way. sex workers arent all victims who need to be saved from their jobs

#sorry i just already had a ton of thoughts on how poorly i thought fizzarolli was written #half for the writers riding too much on whump standards and thus ignoring the glaring fundamental issues in his life #and then blaming all of his problems on being cutely insecure #but also in the like. misogyny. i get it we fandomers like yaoi but please. HOW could you look at those 2 women villains #in s2e7 and decide that was okay. that was egregious #ive just been thinking about this shit way too much and i kind of want to dump a proper analysis of it but also. sigh.#do i REALLY want to be blogging about hazbin and helluva #then again i also feel the need to say stuff because im willing to bet that anyone on YT whos making hellaverse analysis #isnt familiar with whump and like. as someone who enjoys whump i think it should be required reading for understanding how narratives like #fizzarollis are constructed #because there are very obvious tropes and character archetypes being taken directly from whump-style stuff and it is NOT good in this mediu #as much as i enjoy a bit of catharsis you cant just carry over the same stuff from it and expect your audience to suspend their disbelief i #the same way. because once you start thinking about the actual politics and personal implications of it...#well. you end up with a poorly written show with poorly written characters that inadvertently end up being misogynistic #sigh. if someone wants me to i can share my thoughts on this #i dont entirely hate the hellaverse im more ambivalent on it i guess. i did like some parts of it but as a whole its not my thing #i am someone who enjoys thinking about this stuff and doing some casual textual analysis though #so i cant help thinking about this stuff when watching or reading anything

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montanabohemian · 7 months

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i honestly don't know how many times i have to repeat myself that the u.s. is not a two-party system but is already a multiparty system. you're just being deliberately obtuse ignoring other legitimate parties that are not republican or democrat. you're just mad that the republican and democrat parties have spent literal decades building foundations to have a platform and raise a ton of money to run candidates across the country. if you want other parties to do that, then you have to actually put in the fucking work.

if any of you actually took two seconds to study comparative politics (or just looked at a multiparty system in action), you'd recognize that every single one operates the same fucking way: through coalitions. there are usually two major opposing parties and if one can't win a majority, they work with other parties to create a fucking coalition party. you fucking dumbasses are so thick that you can't be bothered to see that that is exactly how it works in congress in the united states (and in all state legislatures). most independent politicians are gonna lean towards the left and libertarians are gonna lean to the right (until the republicans piss them off).

it isn't fucking rocket science. politics is pretty similar across the world. but every single country is just a little different. and it has to be. because every nation is unique. their way of government cannot be cookie cutter same.

the real problem facing the united states elections is two-fold: money in elections and voter suppression.

stop getting your fucking information from idiotic memes about european countries that are wildly racist and xenophobic.

#also all of you so desperately want to be like western european countries with parliamentary systems #and that just wouldn't work here #leftists get big mad when they're told they have to put in the work to actually build more parties if they don't like the dems #but i find leftists to be incredibly racist when they try and tear down the democratic party which as we know it *today* ...#was built by black women #black women are thee foundation of the democratic party #and leftists like to conveniently forget that part #AND ANOTHER THING: HOW DO YOU THINK COALITIONS ARE MADE? THROUGH COMPROMISE #which y'all morons think is a dirty word #but it's how things get done in the reAL WORLD #(like the libertarians in the mt leg stood with the mt dems when the mt gop started pulling all sorts of shenanigans)#(funny how that works)#god some of you need to take some remedial civics classes #and also my degree is in comparative politics so i know what i'm talking about #how you be saying this is a two party country when you're white saviour bernard is a fucking *independent*#(i mean he uses dem money and dem platform because he's too fucking lazy to actually do the work himself but that's typical of that man)#(BUT YOU CANNOT SAY IT'S A TWO PARTY SYSTEM WHEN HE IS LITERALLY NOT OF EITHER REPUBS OR DEMS)

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variousqueerthings · 1 year

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A striking demonstration comes from research investigating the risks people perceive from technological, lifestyle, and environmental hazards (like nuclear power, smoking, and ozone depletion). These studies routinely find that women perceive higher risks to themselves, family, and society from such hazards.

[...] Flynn and colleagues then subdivided the sample by ethnicity as well as sex, and discovered that one subgroup stood out from all the rest. Society seemed a significantly safer place to white males than it did to all other groups, including nonwhite men.

[...] Flynn and colleagues then established that it was a particular subset of white males who were particularly cavalier about risks: those who, in response to the social justice movement’s currently fashionable suggestion to “check your privilege,” would take significantly longer than others to complete the task. These men were well educated, rich, and politically conservative, as well as more trusting of institutions and authorities, and opposed to a “power to the people” view of the world. A number of studies have now replicated this socalled “white male effect” with other large U.S. samples, and the research points to it being “not so much a ‘white male effect’ as a ‘white hierarchical and individualistic male effect.’”

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Interestingly, a recent study conducted in the more socially egalitarian and gender-equal Sweden failed to find the “white male effect.” This national survey of nearly fifteen hundred households found that, all else being equal—and in stark contrast with the U.S. data—Swedish men and women had very similar perceptions of lifestyle, environmental, technological, health, and social risks. 36 The survey found instead just a “white effect,” with people from foreign backgrounds, who are subject to social disenfranchisement and discrimination, perceiving risks as higher than did native Swedes

- Testosterone Rex, Cordelia Fine

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#cordelia fine #testosterone rex #i know some people in the tags are calling her a terf #but a. i cannot find any evidence of that (in fact she seems openly pro-trans)#and b. please do not throw the baby out with the bathwater #this is a very well-sourced text + i'd argue she's very much staying within her lane of research #can one go one further with all of this and point out ex. in this section #that it's not just dependent on race and sex but also (cis)gender #or that there being no distinct traits that one can say belong purely to men or women belongs within a trans politics #or that testosterone as an argument for either *men are all more powerful* or *men are inherently more evil* is considered bioessentialism #etcetcetc. yeh -- but that's not what this exact text is for #i am glad i read it after frans de waal because i think some of the things i was struggling within in his text #(that he would occasionally bring up a queer philosophical and/or political quote out of context without having the prerequisite #academic background -- or indeed quite the will -- to go into it in a wider context -- and he would therefore imo WEAKEN #his arguments accidentally by misrepresenting esp what trans people were/are saying about gender roles when actually #we're very much on the same *side* so to speak)#is exactly what she's doing the opposite of in her text -- she's sticking to what she knows #(this whole book is basically going *both bioessentialism and genderessentialism makes no sense we need to be more complex*)#if she DOES *reveal* herself as transphobic down the line i would be surprised but i would also still value this book/delusions of gender #im highlighting this moment in the book but she also doesn't go very deeply into intersectional politics beyond this point #whether that is a bug or a feature is up to you -- mentioning trans people and disabled people at this point might have been a good idea #simply as a way of highlighting that there are even more nuances to consider than sex race ethnicity #because a lot of her argument is *things are more complicated than the surface makes it seem*#however: might be worthwhile reading some trans and disabled writers for that focus -- those texts do exist #ramblerambleramble

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nooks-cranny-mogai · 8 months

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Hi, do you have any advice for someone who’s trying to make gender terms/other terms based on a story they’re making? Clarification: im wanting to make some in-world genders & identities for a world im making, said world has magic & the way magic is gonna work in this world- I believe would have some influence on how some of the people in that world view gender & such. Without spoiling anything, people can either be born with magical ability (tho they can choose not to use it) or they can use naturally occurring objects to do magic.

If this existed irl i think it would influence gender & identities & etc, in this world they would be real genders but in our IRL world then they could be used as- one of those fiction based xenogenders (of which I forget the name of). But i would just like some general advice as how to get started, please? Just- how to pick names for the identities, how to pick colors, things to think about when considering how the magic could affect gender & other identities.

You coin a lot of identities & make flags for them, and wanted to ask for help by someone who’s done this stuff before.

Please help me (if you have time 😅)

So you asked the right person but with just not quite enough details 😅 I'm currently working on making my own massive d&d based campaign where gender variance is very common not only in the pantheon of gods but also amoungst the many races that Inhabit the world.

Imma leave most of my rambling under a cut cause this is exciting me and I may type a shit ton. I'll go into much more detail there!

So the first thing to consider is the world itself. Is this a Renaissance/medieval setting? Is it a modern setting? Dose it take place in the far off future of the year 4098 or 1898? This will determine what all would be included in the gender variance and how the people would express it. If it's a medieval setting without the world being practically automated by magic, the colors for the flags would be more natural because they wouldnt nessearily have complex artificial dyes. Hell, would these people represent themselves by a flag or maybe an insignia? A tattoo? A language? A community? Just because your basing the idea of this gender variance on irl xenogenders doesn't mean you have to copy paste. /Not patronizing

Next, how common is intersexuality in this world? Are there multiple races that don't quite fit a human definition + magic? Is this gender variance considered uncommon or common? If uncommon, are they oppressed or is it generally accepted? What are, if there are any, the gender roles of this society? How would this society decide gender, birth sex? Interests? Physical attributes? Just because they are "human" doesn't nessesarily mean they are what we'd consider "cis male" or "cis female" or beyond. The words woman, man, male or female or other gendered language doesn't even have to exist within this fantasy world.

Do they speak English? Is it a made up language? It's quite a complex ask./nm. I think it's important to put as much culturally relevant context in your world before you travel into the heart of making innerworld xenogenders. Ik for my campaign, for example: gargoyles are victims of racist discrimination and those experiences are part of their culture which bleeds into their genders and cultural expectations of genders that wouldn't be considered in say.. centaur society where they aren't particularly victims of those forms of racism but arnt held as highly as certain other races and so on and so on. It sounds like you're similar to me and really want to get into the deep parts of your world so you have to figure out your base, then figure out the innerworld politics and common experiences and location and timeframe before you dive headfirst into specific xenogender experiences.

Overall, just have fun with it, avoid irl stereotypes and the wonderful thing about adding a "magic/fantasy" component is that it's the perfect way to cover up things that wouldn't make sense for the timeframe/situation/experiences. How did the air elves manage to automate cloud production with this machine? Magic! How did this automaton rise to live and speak and gain consciousness similar to 2020 ai? Magic! How did this tiny library in a tiny town have a book about some place you just dropped existing 30 hrs into the campaign?? Magic!!! It's the writers best out lol

It's all dependent on how close you wanna be to "this would actually function if this was used irl" and " idk man, magic shit". Would they make flags using natural dyes of mud/clay, berries and shells? Or would there be spells that could turn anything the specific color and shade that you need it? Are those born with magic treated better, the same or worse than those born without it? What's the social hierarchy? Would using say a wand for magic be considered a lesser item or better item than say a magic book? Are certain items socially considered more "feminine" than others? Is feminity treated as the ideal thing over masculinity, the same or lesser than? Most writers just use whatever "values" the current society they live in as a base just because it's easier.

All this to say is that it's important to, if your desire is to Garner an audience, make a world that you understand and makes you happy and a world that your audience understands and makes them happy. Be aware that, depending on your media of choice for publication (be it a ttrpg, a game, a book or even animation) if your audience needs a booklet to understand and gain definitions for the 50+ xenogenders present in your world that they will see on a daily basis, it might not jive. Ik I personally hate it when a series throws a ton of information at me the moment I open it. It's unrealistic to expect someone to read a giant book and devote hours of time before they ever even truly interact with the media. In their minds, why devote all that time and focus to learning something that may not be worth it? Have a good balance and pace, these can kill amazing games and make horrible games feel much better than they actually are. Perhaps introduce the in-world xenogenders slowly with clear definitions that they can flip back to, this not only helps people remember them but allows non-xenogendered people access to your series who want to understand but need baby steps. I only mention this because even though xenogenders are old asf, they are still relatively new in modern culture.

All these little cultural aspects, expectations, appearances, socio-political hierarchies, wealth, location, time frame, etc all determine someone's experiences within said society and therefore will influence how they fit themselves, if they choose to fit themselves, within that society. How they see those who fit within and out of that society. How they've made or haven't made community outside of it. How others treat them. Personal experiences. Gender is such a complex and personal beast and tackling it in a fantasy world where our reality is off the table is truly a feat, one many writers (often white pericishet male and white pericishet female) never bother to contend with. It's a balancing act of " do I want my fictional world to be a safe haven, accepting and example of how society should treat gender variance beyond the binary?" Or " do I want my fictional world to be closer to reality and give a voice to the real life and often painful experiences xenogender people must face in our transphobic and enbyphobic society?".

It's up to you wether you want to erase those demons or address them head on and no response is more brave than the other. There's nothing wrong with having your work represent an ideal world or harsh reality. Fiction doesn't mean it can't be truthful in its messaging.

I hope I helped you both by answering your questions and giving a little advice as someone who's been both in the depths of xenogenders and who's made a shit ton of original fantasy content and knows some of the best ways to present it. Feel free to send me some dms if you have any questions or would like some advice later down the road. Id love to assist in this project if you need me and trust my judgement.

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