#armed feminists

[paulic]

PAUL MCCARTNEY and RONNIE SPECTOR from the Ronnettes, 1966

#she’s so gorgeous #lowkey hope he got to hit they fit well together #look at his ARM I’d be so weak for him #but she’s much cooler than me #you know what nevermind I hope she didn’t let him hit hashtag feminist #paul mccartney #george harrison #john lennon #ringo starr #the beatles #ronnie spector #the ronnettes #ronnettes #classic rock #beatles #richard starkey #brian epstein #aesthetic

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

okay. having been made aware that most people dislike more characters than me, i need to try to do this. who are tv characters i don't like??? who? who??

boat guy on ted lasso. a concept and not a person. a concept designed to torment me and crush all my dreams. an avatar for all my dead dreams. if he'd actually become more of a character, like as a series regular or something, i would have probably grown to like him, because i'm weak. but in our reality, i can hate him forever.

jack from lost i always really hated, and i still do, but in a way where i almost like him because i hate him so much??? like, it's hilarious and special to me how much he sucks, and how consistently, always. jears forever.

jess mariano, but that's just because gg fandom has driven me crazy over the past 20 years in that regard, hyping him up so much, and i'm a hateful crone. technically he is fine.

christopher hayden is pretty bad. yeah, i think i can say with confidence i dislike christopher hayden.

extremely ashamed to report that i have sort of developed an occasional soft spot for dean forrester in my old age. awful! i'm not proud, okay! but i'm being honest.

i do hate rupert from ted lasso. but like. i don't think i get a prize for that one. that's an extremely easy dude to hate.

oh. i lowkey kinda hate nigel from cbs ghosts. i apologize, but i do. i think isaac could do better. i wish he would go for the australian stripper dinosaur enthusiast from the most recent episode. wouldn't it be hilarious if they decided to kill that lap dancer so he could become isaac's new boyfriend? i should write this show. it would be stunning and universally beloved and full of murders just to expand the friend group.

this has really gotten away from me.

wait!!!!! helene from killing eve! was that her name? i really didn't like her! she bugged! to me, she had too much screentime! (the actress seems very cool though, no offense to her.)

i am kind of bothered by joel mchale's character in animal control specifically because he's so identical to jeff winger in mannerisms that i just feel like jeff winger abandoned his greendale family and started a new life as an animal control man in seattle. i don't like this feeling. i just want to scream, "go back to greendale, jeff! i know frank isn't your real name!!!!" at the screen every second. does this count as disliking a character?

BOAT GUY 😡

#well. this has been an exercise. #dollsome's deep thoughts #who do i hate??? #i need to remember #technically fr*d arm*sen is my nemesis of all time but i still love like five of his tv characters. i'm sick. i'm deranged. #(karl the cannibal from last man on earth?? candace from portlandia's feminist book store???)

[sexisdisgusting]

detrans women deserve so so so much love

the way the tra community treats them like evil beings who deserve the worst after they detrans is very telling of the tra community's thoughts and feelings on women as a whole

#the ostracization of these women by the same communities that allegedly loving accepted them with open arms the instant they wake up and go #against the grain is scary cultish behaviour #tras #tra #terfblr #radblr #radfems #radical feminists do touch #radfems do touch #radical feminism #radfem safe #detrans ftm #detrans women i love you

[suchacomet]

“the locked tomb is about love vs. freedom” “the locked tomb is about death” “the locked tomb is about the dangers of codependent relationships” “the locked tomb is about climate change” “the locked tomb is about identity with regards to the soul” yeah sure but above all else. the locked tomb is about bodily autonomy

#idk just thinking about alecto and the parallel tamsyn muir draws between fighting climate change #and the body autonomy fight of the feminist movement #the patriarchal control and harm john exerts on the earth in a paternal patronizing attempt to save it #the byproduct of john eating the earth being an eve-like creation of alecto in the model of the pinnacle of white femininity #the way that necromancers keep their body when becoming lyctors except for their cavaliers’ eyes and consumed soul #the difference between ianthe fucking with harrow’s hair glands vs. harrow growing ianthe a new arm #the resistance’s plan to take down john being contingent on nonconsensual sex. wake despising carrying gideon for nine months. #the creation of paul being implied to create a new body #nona being able to read all body language and understanding people best through how they physically are #john making kiriona’s body ‘perfect’ by making it impenetrable (untouchable) and heartless #harrow puppeting her dead parents’ bodies for years. john raising ulysses and titania as dead puppets as his first act of necromancy #nona being able to speak with varun and empathize with his grief and anger #idk. bodies and planets and personhood and the violation of all #the locked tomb #blah.txt

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Can I ask when the last time “dick worshipper”, etc. has actually been used by a radblr woman? Not a black-pill orbiter; they’re awful to everyone and don’t tend to last long here. I mean from someone in radblr, claiming to be a radical feminist or supporting radical feminism. I know it used to be fairly common years ago. So did political lesbianism, which pissed everyone off for different reasons. Most of those people either left or just don’t show up in my circles anymore, and those that do again don’t last long. So where is this coming from? I see it referenced but no recent examples. I am seeing a hell of a lot of recent homophobia from women in radblr though. Every woman I’ve seen addressing the homophobia has stated the misogynistic terms aren’t okay, again, even though from what I’ve seen it hasn’t happened for a long time. Whereas I’m seeing a ton of defensiveness and doubling down in regards to the homophobia. And there seems to be this demand of all lesbians and non-lesbian pro-separatist women to denounce the “dick worshipper” type comments, and it’s like, A) they already have and B) if they’re not the ones who said it can you stop conflating pro-separatist arguments with that shit? Again, this is just what I’ve seen. Maybe the “dick-worshipper” comments are all over some areas of radblr, but they’re not from anyone I follow or have seen on my dash for years. I’d say for the last four or five years the only time I’ve seen it is from women asking not to be called that--which, I agree, I don’t want to be called that and I don’t want to see other women called that. It’s just, I haven’t been called it or seen it for a long time, so something’s not adding up.

#I've seen pile-ons and singling out which I thought were ill-timed or unhelpful #which I've addressed in another post #I think if a woman isn't directly harming a woman you'll do more to bring her to radical feminism by making general posts #rather than singling her out and calling her a bad feminist #but that's quite a bit different from dick worshipper etc. #like there was a lot I didn't like from radblr way back when #there were so many political lesbians that you couldn't tell when a thoughtful pro-separatist argument was going to slide into that #you couldn't tell when a heterosexual voluntary celibate post was going to then argue that heterosexuality was socialized #today's radblr that I can see is just not that #but thoughtful arguments are being treated as if they were #people being accused of shit they did not say #all the comparisons to lesbians with incels or men in general like what the fuck #YOU are the ones making things unpleasant here now #not the lesbians #not the pro-separatists #can we address one another's arguments in their own words and not by what you think they mean based on what someone else said please? #you can in fact respectfully disagree on certain points #we can in fact reclaim feminism and let radical feminism stay radical #it's okay #once upon a time I remember a Take Back The Night rally where the radical feminists were identified and welcomed with open arms #and the thing was most of the women there were not radical feminists #and that was completely okay and acknowledged #and we could still all unite for the common cause of women being safe at night #I remember in my early liberal feminist days--and I do mean liberal feminist not the faux-feminists that *libfem* tends to refer to now-- #I would occasionally visit Twisty Faster's blog and I thought it was extreme but intriguing and refreshing #something that maybe wasn't for me but that I recognized as an important viewpoint nonetheless #and I was definitely not the only liberal feminist who felt that way #radical and liberal and other feminists often united against MRAs #god I wish we could go back to that.

[dolokhoded]

mel c magdalene made me realize what was missing from my magdalene design and it's that she's not fucking jacked. it's crucial to her character

#🧅 #literally my takeaway from jcs2012 was mary magdalene's arms. yeah those guys were there too i guess #i think hers might be my favorite portrayal of mary #like. not just because she's jacked i just really liked how jc2012 worked with magdalene #she felt more fleshed out. and i <3 yvonne elliman in this role i always will but lets be so for real in the 1973 movie mary was a sexy lam #character except instead of sexy she was like. sopping wet cat lamp character #i mean i think she was also sexy. but that's beside the point this post is not about how attractive i find yvonne elliman #or mel c #well it kind of is about how attractive i find mel c #whatever. my point is it was the 70s and she was a female character. so like. you get it ! #and i feel like a lot of the time magdalene is very girlbossified in a way that makes her very one dimensional #without EVER her appearing masculine of course because god forbid the one female character does not appear to the male gaze #(well originally female character anyways. today genderbend casting is a thing and it fucks) #it's either she's a Girl Disciple (no further elaboration) or she's like. a girlboss stone hearted biker gang leader leather jacket queen #(no actual further elaboration but her one 'ooh i love this man and i dont know how to show it' solo tricks you into thinking there is) #while 2012 magdalene somehow seems much more well rounded to me. #they let her be herself more. idk. that's how i interpreted it at least. in my mind. #it's like. i feel many other marys i've seen are described by how they treat jesus (and sometimes judas) #but this one still feels present even when jesus is not around. or he is but she's not interacting with him. #again this is a very specific interpretation that clicked in my brain im not saying that jcs2012 like. did some groundbreaking feminist #portrayal of magdalene. but yknow ! #she also didn't acknowledge judas' existence once while he had created some weird one sided beef with her which was. very funny to me #literally did not waste a glance at him.

[briar-rolfes-research-oubliette]

I’ve never read an article that has made me lose my mind more than this. I’ve been recounting it to my fiancé like the play by play of a sports game

#cabbage butterflies. I hate them but now I have to love them #I’m a feminist… respecting women… #co-evolutionary arms race #residual failed science degree psychic damage

[several-forms]

I HAVE MADE A VERSION WITH ARMOR AS WELL. I HAVE LEFT ALL VERSIONS UP ON MY BLOG FOR YOU TO USE. PICK WHICHEVER ONES YOU LIKE.

#YES I LEFT THE BICEP OPEN BECAUSE I JUST LIKE HER ARMS #RADFEM #RADBLR #RADFEM SAFE #RADICAL FEMINISTS DO TOUCH #RADICAL FEMINIST #SEVERAL FORMS OF ARTIST

[bombshellsandbluebells]

speaking as someone who really enjoyed Barbie, I just don't think Barbie is deep enough to warrant all the dramatic takes and arguments on it

#like it's a fun movie! #the production design is amazing #i'm all here to gush about the filmmaking and art dept on that film #but I feel like it's getting hyped way beyond what it is #a fun movie that manages to say something and be entertaining despite being another big studio film only made bc it's based on popular IP #like Greta did make something entertaining and worth watching #she did manage to say something and give it personality when so many IP movies are soulless and meaningless #but it's not the big evil manipulative marketing people complain it is #becuase literally.....everything greenlit by studios nowadays is tied to some kind of IP or brand or intended to sell you something #i didn't see these complaints over the lego movies #it's not to blame for launching a big pointless ip franchise bc even if barbie had bombed you KNOW the other mattel movies would have #probably happened bc IP matters way more than what audiences are actually interested in #but it's also not like a revolutionary feminist masterpiece?? #it says something yeah but it's not really groundbreaking and it's pretty simple #and it's certainly not like....revolutionary enough for all the negative backlash though we all know something doesn't HAVE #to be truly revolutionary or progressive for that kind of crowd to get all up in arms over the Woke Agenda #it's just like #it is what it is #a movie that would have happened whether competent storytellers and filmmakers got on board or not and at least they made something #worth watching which I can't say of a LOT of IP greenlight decisions #it's jsut like #I enjoyed the movie and it was well made and I'm glad it's doing well but every time I see a new argument about it or take #I just want to be like #it's not that deep lol #that doesn't include just analysis and discussion of the movie #that's different #i mean more discussion like it's bad this movie did well bc it's just an overhyped commercial!!! #anyways got that off my chest lol #i still would have killed to work on set dec for that film

[iceyrukia]

Interesting how men and the maids of the patriarchy have all the time and energy in the world to nitpick and criticize “imperfect” feminist movements for like …..idk spray painting some buildings and also fear monger about the violent femanazis!!11 being destructive as if any other fucking day of they say anything about the general destruction of property and violence men cause as a collective ( ex—-> fights during sports matches anyone?? + if they hate graffiti so much give then I hope they give that same energy towards men who overwhelmingly spray paint all over any city just for the fuck of it). Like you don’t see these “feminist critical” men canceling the entirety of *other* men and their opinions based on their destructiveness (that women don’t hold a candle to) now do we??? Men get to be as destructive and no one questions them and their rationality but the second a women does something similar ( albeit calculated, as a last resort and for an important cause) all of a sudden anti-feminist want to talk about rationality???

Also let’s not act as if men aren’t looking for any reason to dismiss an entire women’s rights movement let’s be real here. They have the audacity to ignore and trivialize women’s pleads about rape culture and femicide just because some feminists painted some buildings. Men are absolutely rotten at the core.

#ic.text #imagine being a women/girl in one of these protests that has had a loved one (women) who has been at the receiving end of the worst possibl #violence from a man and you have some moids crossing their arms saying #‘ well idk about this issue it doesn’t matter as much as you breaking a window and it proves you’re crazy 🤪’ #like women’s deaths and the desperation some feminists go to express this is all a joke to men basically

[warwickroyals]

🖋️

If you haven't noticed I often portray Queen Irene as a feminist and a particularly outspoken one. This might seem like a contradiction of the fictitious "royals aren't political rule" many IRL royalists espouse, but it really isn't. The institution of monarchy is inherently political and if we're talking about the UK the sovereign has the ability to intervene in partisan politics and does so constantly. The British royal family has the ability to lobby and express support for certain policy decisions, the monarch can also revoke royal assent to prevent certain laws from passing (although they don't because that would trigger a constitutional crisis). On top of this, several royals around the world have taken on political roles such as being trade ambassadors. Outside of the UK royals have advocated for gender and LGBTQ+ plus rights in an overtly political fashion, often calling for changes to policies and making speeches for intergovernmental organizations like the UN.

The issue isn't what is political by nature, the issue is what is framed as being political by the media. What makes Meghan Markle talking about #MeToo political and "breaking royal protocol", but Queen Camilla giving a speech about domestic violence normal? It's all about bias and where we choose to see politics.

So, Queen Irene, as the most senior woman of the country would never be called out for "forcing politics". On the other side of the coin, her feminism is still toothless as it's done in service of the monarchy, an institution that hesitates at even having a female head of state. Despite her best efforts, the media reporting on the female members of her family is shallow and insulting, because that is what the monarchy encourages: viewing women as commodities and clothing racks.

And that's just how it views the wealthy white women of the royal family. We're going to see in real-time how far Irene's particular brand of feminism goes when it comes to protecting the integrity of women outside of the system, namely WOC. In other words, Jean will be appearing soon, and the hypocrisy will be laid bare. Apparently, a lot of these royal women find Jean just existing very political.

#warwick.text #notes from the author #this one is long and i didn't even mention shelby insulting tatiana and how she's changed for the worst but . . . make note of that #jealousy is one hell of a drug #but notice tatiana: uncomfrtable for the entire second half of that post looking down and arms crossed #like she's on camera and they're talking about james which irks her and then shelby butts her head in to make her feel worse about herself #and this great feminist chapter ends with the world 'bitch' to top it all off 😇

[pinkhysteria]

the extremist ‘mg is a predator who harassed poor lizzie for years’ takes are a little ridiculous coming from the d3lena/klar0line camp; y’all can complain without doing all that...

#bringing a girl to the brink of death when she says she doesn’t want to talk to you is good #and killing her brother when she doesn’t want to kiss you is GREAT #but mg gets y'all cosplaying feminists... i don't think so! #glad one of y’all got ratioed on twt u guys deserve it lmfaoooo jdksjdsk #‘disgusting mg HARRASSED lizzie into giving in’ u type as u post ur millionth delehizzie linked arms parallel. right. #but god forbid y’all apply any nuance to the dynamic that involves lizzie #and her multitude of lines enjoying having mg as a pet/being able to manipulate him 💀 #too many sections of this fandom like to pretend s3 never happened and the ‘mg is the ONLY problem with m!zzie’ circle is one of them. #it's an annoying cycle both of them should've got out of forever ago. #lfw

[lesbian-helen-gansey]

every day i wake up and ask “how can I defy the horrible and restrictive beauty standards placed on women and reclaim my personhood?” And I encourage everyone to do the same.

#deconstructing how we’re taught to see and think about our bodies is very psychologically difficult #and requires pushing back on how you’ve been conditioned to think your whole life #but it is infinitely rewarding #women are taught to feel shame about our bodies #and there’s so much power in refusing to do that #when I was in high school I used to shave my arms because i was so embarrassed about my arm hair #and i know for me that that level of mental focus on an insecurity only led to me being more insecure about it #I felt “better in the moment bc I’d temporarily removed my insecurity #but overall I actually felt less self-assured and less comfortable in my body #these kinds of rituals disconnect us from our bodies and can become dehumanizing and lead to self-objectification #which is bad for mental health #embracing my body hair has made me feel truly at peace with my body #my body hair is sign that my endocrine system is working #my body’s job is to keep me alive #I am not an object #and it’s taken a ton of discomfort and introspection to get to this place #and it’s very much still an ongoing process #anyway that’s my feminist rant for today #take back your body!! #also everyone pls share how you take back your body and refuse to feel shame

[v-a-t-i-o]

is anyone getting the laser away ad thats like a montage of feminine women yelping in pain while waxing or knicking themself shaving. and then the ad goes "Good news! Pay us $250 a session to laser blast your hair follicles away forever."

and. doesnt it make you think??

#i love my body hair i love being hairy i love it on my arms and my tummy and my armpits and my legs and i love not shaving #hairy feminist bra hating dyke thats me :) #because pain and discomfort... suck.... #but anyways yes loving the body i hated a decade ago but also doesnt the ad feel just a littlw dystopian and insane