#mens rights activism

[theexodvs]

Every workplace harassment course I have ever taken across four jobs in three states, and the sexual harassment seminar I took during orientation at my alma mater: “Don’t be a jerk, pest, or idiot, and you should be fine.”

MRAs: “hoW arE We SUPpOsED tO unDeRsTAND THeSE ruLES?!!?!”

#mens rights #men's rights #mens rights movement #men's rights movement #mens rights activist #men's rights activist #mens rights activists #men's rights activists #mens rights activism #men's rights activism #mra #mras #mrm #The MRM is cultic #harassment

[tygerland]

Do the Right Thing (1989) movie poster designed in 2015 by Alia Penner for a summertime film revival in Los Angeles, California.

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X photograph by Henry Griffin, 26 March 1964.

#spike lee #black history #basquiat #martin luther king jr #black tumblr #black men #malcolm x #art #blm #mlk #black culture #community #typography #lifestyle #alia penner #do the right thing #graphic design #black art #black excellence #activism #🎨 📚

[yandere-daydreams]

how reader and the prison guards look at each other during the two hour elevator ride out of the fortress post wriothesley dick appointment (it's the fourth time this week) ((it's also tuesday)))

#i've just been thinking about this specific walk of shame recently #not only do you have to walk through and ACTIVE PRISON COURTYARD but you also have to just #get in that elevator and wait it out #only to be spat out right next to the most upscale place in fontaine #“babe why did you bring an evening gown i thought we were just--” #“shut the fuck up rn. you have no idea what i go through for you.” #are men truly ever worth it #personal

[vegfam]

"men have it worse clearly since they commit suicide more"

yeah but women attempt more, men just succeed more often because they use more violent methods

#men's rights activism #misandry #radfem safe

[punkeropercyjackson]

Oh did that trans woman present femininely in a way you find corny?Did that autistic kid annoy you by being passionate about their interests?Did that traumatized person cope by being a therian so you think they're stupid?Did that black person act in a way you found offputting?Thank you SO much for making a whole post to make fun of them because it was completely necessary to announce your most important feelings ever because weird people are vewy scawy.Should we throw a party to cheer you up?Should we invite JK Rowling?

#like shut your fake freak ass UP you're not breaking social norms by being k/inky and using over the top cruelty those are literally normal #i used these groups because they're the kindness most accepting and coolest people ever and have done nothing but help me heal as i do them #and with autistic kids i mean they did it completely unintentionally by being my friends while i took the role of the shoulder to cry on #because i'm a GROWN ASS MAN AND WOMAN who does NOT need the approval of my oppressors and i will NOT throw them under the bus to get it #go do actual activism and grow a spine and get a relathionship that's not a situationship and communicate outside out of your little bubble #transmisogyny #ableism #antiblackness #transfem #trans women #actuallyautistic #catkin #dragonkin #ghostkin #therian tag #autistic girl summer #black femme #black men #black love #blackness #misogynoir #bigender #genderfluid #transmascfem #pinkcore #weirdcore #children's rights #anti harry potter #💌 #summerposting

[geminni5]

#human rights #feminism #activism #yes all men #feminist #violence against women #women's rights #men's rights #twitter

[is-the-owl-video-cute]

Iran is bombing Israel apparently, FAFO moment truly.

Both Biden and Trump are vowing to defend Israel with harsh military force against Iran.

If they follow through with it and the US moves against Iran, this will actually become a war.

Do not stop pressuring politicians to support Palestine. Do not stop advocating for Palestine. Do not stop protesting Israel. Do not stop protesting genocide.

From the river to the sea.

#Why do I have to live in a country that’s always on the wrong side of history #Why are both candidates on the ballot this election war mongering freaks #can these old white men just both get a fatal stomach ulcer and go septic #surely there could be literally ANYONE ELSE #I would rather vote in a literal dog #but no I have to choose between a far right conservative and trump who wants to wage war with Mexico and China AND iran now #Great #anyway focus on the other seats on the ballot this year everyone #Biden and trump are legitimately identical on half of their stances I truly cannot tell who the worse one is because they agree on everythi #frankly at this point I’ll just vote Biden because the trump voters are actively dangerous when he’s in power #they are either way but he has a lot more power over them during his presidency #but since both Biden and trump love to abuse immigrants and support genocide #there isn’t even a lesser of two evils here #it’s solely a matter of keeping the trump cultists in line

[lgbtqtext]

#fuck terfs #tw terf #tw terf mention #tw transphobia #lgbtqtext #lgbtq text #word art #lgbtq #lgbtq+ #queer #anti terf #anti transphobia #trans rights #trans rights are human rights #trans activism #lgbtq activism #trans women are women #trans men are men #nonbinary people are nonbinary #trans pride #transgender #transgender pride #lgbtq pride #pride #lgbtq+ pride #nonbinary #nonbinary pride #trans positivity #nonbinary positivity #transgender positivity

[idolomantises]

Anyways speaking of being gay apparently teenagers on tiktok are mad at me because they found out I’m a lesbian who uses he/they pronouns

#txt #there’s something funny about telling a nb lesbian that their identity is ‘terminally online’ while regurgitating talking points #from 2015 transmed tumblr #like first it’s Pearl clutching over masculine women and feminine men and now it’s non-binary lesbians making people go berserk #honestly I wish I could find this funny (I mean in concept it is) but it’s irritating how tiktok incited so much online harassment and #bullying by just making shit up about queer identities and terminology to a point where we’re just back to acting like we have to fit into #our stereotypes. but only the accepted ones because god forbid your lesbian character is masculine lol #I remember a bunch of 15 year olds on twitter blew up at me because I pointed out that dyke is not a term exclusive to black lesbians #because guess where they got that insane ass assumption that ignores decades of lesbian history and queer activism #that’s right! another random ass teenager on tiktok with no sourcing #just gatekeeping a slur meant for all lesbians #I feel like if a tiktoker interacted with a real butch lesbian they’d explode and die

[yeetlegay]

Not for nothing, the representation of Porsche’s bisexuality means a lot to me as a bi person who didn’t figure out my identity until my early 20s. The journey that he goes through in the first half of the show, from a presumed straight man to a bisexual man in love with another man, is written and acted with so much empathy and grace. Porsche’s feelings about his identity and presentation of self are allowed to be confused, hesitant, and complicated without him being homophobic or misogynistic. The result is a more subtle arc of self-discovery, but such an important one. Porsche may not have deep-rooted internal prejudices but he still exists within oppressive structures that shape all our lives whether we want them to or not. Even though he doesn’t deny or dislike his feelings for Kinn, he does quietly struggle sometimes with the discomfort of being queer in a world that sees queer as “other.”

I think part of why this hits so hard is Apo himself. Now I don’t really follow the actors very closely and I try hard to separate the art from the artist, so I don’t want to place too much weight on this. But I do think Apo really brings a particular level of empathy and nuance to Porsche’s identity that deserves appreciation. Apo has spoken a number of times about how much he struggled with homophobic treatment in the Thai film/TV industry through the course of his career. He was often asked invasive questions about his sexuality, made fun of for the way he dresses and presents himself, and demeaned for being feminine or not masculine enough. It seems to have been a key factor in his decision to leave the industry (and even Thailand) entirely.

To be clear, he’s never made any public statement about his sexuality or gender identity, and it’s no one’s business to presume or ask about how he identifies. The problem was that, regardless of how he actually identified, homophobia had a big impact on him personally and professionally. Homophobia (along with all other forms of hate and violence) doesn’t hurt just queer people—it hurts everyone, because it confines and regulates people’s lives/bodies, and punishes deviations, big and small, from the norm.

Apo has some pretty incredible gender vibes to be honest. Something about his mannerisms, his face, his fashion choices, his presentation, just strikes keen envy in my nonbinary bisexual heart lol. And he brings that nuance into Porsche’s character so beautifully. Porsche gets to be tender as he is tough, someone who cares for his loved ones and shows affection without being demeaned for it. He’s allowed to be this strong, tall, muscular guy without it being prescriptive of his internal feelings and personality and how he presents in his voice and mannerisms. No one (least of all him) is policing his body and gender in the way queer people, particularly queer men, so often deal with. He gets to just be.

The freedom in that, for me at least, feels like a revelation. I feel loved when I watch Porsche, because his journey as a bisexual man isn’t rooted in his own repression or external prejudice. Even when he identified as straight, he didn’t behave or present in a way that was engineered to convey heterosexuality or even masculinity. He was already comfortable in his skin, and figuring out his sexuality was more of an internal journey than one centered on his body and how the world perceives it.

Obviously there’s nothing wrong with identity crises/questions/discoveries that do involve repression or homophobia (mine certainly does, thanks Catholic school 🙃). But I think it’s really neat that Porsche’s arc doesn’t, because it brings up questions that often get buried under the avalanche of homophobic/misogynistic/transphobic shit that unfortunately we so often have to wade through to come to our own queer identities. And that’s why I mentioned Apo’s experience, because I really think that as someone who’s had such a hard time in the industry in the past—precisely because he does step outside rigid gender norms—he really gets how homophobia shapes a person’s understanding of their own body. And consciously or unconsciously, he created in Porsche a character who could be free, for fucking once, of that heavy weight around his neck.

So basically, I hope he knows how much that means to a lot of people, not just me. And I hope that playing Porsche has given him some amount of comfort or healing or validation. He gave homophobia and misogyny a massive middle finger through this character, and I hope that and his continued outspokenness about his experience make everyone think twice before policing people’s gender and bodies.

#kinnporsche #why don’t queue stay #apo nattawin #it also strikes me as especially ironic that one of the early discourse vultures we had to bat away from the fandom was bitching #about Porsche and Kinn not being ‘visibly queer enough’ bc they’re ‘masculine’ and ‘straight-presenting’ and Porsche fucks women #just the absolute worst most garbage take (from a queer person!) policing the fuck out of queer men and their bodies right out the gate #while Porsche to me has a veritable OCEAN worth of nuance #and actively bucks against cishet normative ideas about masculinity and queer men #imagine being that fucking focused on prescribing what queerness SHOULD look like instead of seeing what queerness CAN and DOES look like #anyway I fucking love Porsche I love his bisexuality and I fucking love his gender #and I fucking love Apo for giving him to us

[thedreadvampy]

unwarranted Cis Opinion but I'm getting really uncomfortable w people responding to bathroom bills by posting pictures of trans men like DO YOU WANT THEM IN WOMEN'S BATHROOMS

bc like. no they're men. they should be in men's bathrooms unless that feels unsafe. but. it really feels like it's not helpful to lean into the idea that seeing someone presenting masc or being read as a man in a women's bathroom means You're In Danger.

like I know several butch women and NB ppl who are really scared around being on T or getting top surgery bc they're not men and they don't want to be in the men's bathroom, and in that circumstance stuff like growing facial hair or reading more androgynously can be really fucking scary when people are being primed by propaganda to be on edge and hyperreactive to anyone who doesn't look like their idea of a Cis Woman.

and I'm not laying that at the feet of the people saying "hey uhhhh trans men are men and don't belong in women's bathrooms" bc it is not their fault. it's the fault of a concerted effort to make it difficult and dangerous to be trans or substantively gender nonconforming in public.

but at the same time idk I guess it just worries me cause sometimes it feels like "you fools! you are worried about this group of trans people bc you think they're the Lurking Danger of Men In Bathrooms? WRONG! the Men Making You Feel Afraid In Bathrooms are actually THESE trans people!" when in fact neither of those groups using the fucking bathroom is a problem. just piss and mind your business. people need to go where they need to go.

anyway this country is a hot fucking trash fire that somehow accelerates its descent into open fascism more every day so it's all super good and normal. so don't take this too seriously tbh cause it's somewhere near #2535654476457899009765 on the list of priorities for Queer Discourse right now when the fucking human rights commission is actively rescinding protections from trans people. Please ignore my gibberish.

#red said #i get that the point is to follow their logic to its logical conclusion like SEE THE EFFECT IS THE OPPOSITE OF YOUR STATED INTENTIONS #but a) the lawmakers already know this tbf #and also b) ultimately you still do end up making a lot of tweets that look very very very like the original scaremongering abt trans ppl #and transphobes and ppl who are unfamiliar with trans stuff alike have repeatedly and consistently demonstrated either an unwillingness #or an inability. to understand the difference btw a trans man and a trans woman. #and meanwhile idk it does feel like most posts like this are tacitly reinforcing the idea that you SHOULD be scared of masc-presenting ppl #it's putting so much emphasis on clockability. and the truth is not everyone using the bathroom does or should have to pass perfectly. #if a trans woman who looks like one of these trans men needs to piss. a woman with stubble and short hair and muscly shoulders. #SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO PISS IN THE WOMEN'S BATHROOM. even if she doesn't look like a cis woman. #if a trans dude looks like a girl he still doesn't belong in the ladies unless he personally feels the need to go there for his safety #if someone is not actively bothering you harassing you or treating you with aggression it's not really any of your business is it #maybe that's a trans man. maybe that's a trans woman. maybe that's a woman or dyke on T. maybe that's a cis woman who just looks masculine. #who gives a shit? a key factor in ladies bathrooms is that they have fucking cubicles. unless someone is making it your business it's not. #and if they are then the problem isn't that they're the Wrong Sex/Gender it's that they're behaving badly/disrespectfully/threateningly #which is also a problem when cis women do it!!!!!

[theexodvs]

If your understanding of masculinity does not begin and end with obligation and responsibility rather than rights and liberation, you will find excuses to become a man like Andrew Tate.

#andrew tate #masculinity #man talk #real talk #men's rights #men's rights activist #men's rights movement #men's rights activists #men's rights activism #mra #mrm #mras #mens rights #mens rights movement #mens rights activist #mens rights activists #mens rights activism

[tygerland]

Malcolm X - New York City, 27 March 1963 - by Richard Avedon.

#malcolm x #retro #black tumblr #1960s #black excellence #icons #black history #politics #people #b&w #photos #richard avedon #history #black men #civil rights #photography #portrait #culture #black and white photography #activism #✖️

[becca-e-barnes]

I can't bring myself to think of anything except a submissive dbf Bucky on his knees, shirtless and just short of begging to be allowed to touch you. (Probably inspired by this tiktok that I've watched SO many times)

Even his very first kiss is frantic. He usually starts off gentle; almost tentative but within minutes he's holding the back of your head, keeping you close and it's such an indulgent kiss, it makes your head swim.

"Fuck." His mouth latches onto your neck, groaning quietly when he realises you already have the first couple of buttons of his shirt undone. He's already lost any desire he might have had to take this slowly.

You pull him back up to kiss your lips with a hand gently cradling the back of his neck. He doesn't voice any objections, following your lead and letting his warm lips slide over yours until your tongue teases his.

He's practically melting already and it's so rewarding to watch how easily he crumbles. Your lips don't part from his while he shrugs his shirt off and as soon as his neck is free of the collar, your hand replaces it.

His eyes open when you start to apply pressure to the outside of his throat, careful to avoid pressing on any of the more delicate structures. "Harder." He needs this. You have no problem indulging him.

"You're so good for me." He's flushed already but you swear the praise makes his cheeks blaze even hotter. His lips are pink and slick and he's long since forgotten his need to kiss you. Up until you use your grip on his neck to direct him to kneel on the carpet.

You let go of his throat, the release of pressure gives him a head rush and it's written all over his face. He's looking up at you expectantly, desperate to know what's coming next. Are you going to tease him about being so submissive? Slap his face a little? Spit in his mouth maybe? A little part of him isn't sure what he'd prefer more.

You do none of the above though. Instead, you perch on the edge of the bed while you play with his hair, letting the seconds tick past, not saying a word.

He almost feels deprived of touch, going from so much to so little in a short space of time. Your knees are pressed tightly together but he kisses up one of your bare legs regardless, worshipping every inch of skin he can press his mouth to.

"Spread your legs." It's only a quiet murmur but his tone is off. He's not in a position to be making any demands.

"Who do you think you're talking to?" It's almost funny that he thinks he'll get what he wants by addressing you like that.

"Spread your legs please." The emphasis seems genuine. He engaged his mouth before he engaged his brain. It happens and you forgive him, parting your thighs and letting him shift the skirt of your dress out of the way.

You hadn't bothered to wear underwear. It only gets in the way and Bucky seemed appreciative that he didn't have to waste any time taking it off you.

"You're so wet already." This wasn't news to you. Even just the thought of him on his knees for you is enough to get you worked up, never mind the reality.

One of your hands instinctively settles on the back of his head and you feel him start to glide his tongue over your slick sex. He kisses your body like he did your lips earlier. The pressure and intensity feels indulgent, long strokes of his tongue that allow him to taste you the way he's been dreaming of.

The slick sounds are obscene. His quiet moans are filthy. He sinks two thick fingers into your body, curling them while his tongue laps at your clit and you can't help the way your legs shake.

The pointed tip of your shoe presses gently to the front of his trousers and he gratefully grinds against the sole. His pleasure can't and won't be forgotten, although it seems like that wasn't a concern of his anyway.

#becca's thots #becca writes spice #sub!bucky #sub!dbf!bucky #subby!bucky #I am a simple woman with simple needs #and subby men meet about 92% of those needs #please tell me why I have to do things though #I'd like to play slime rancher tonight #maybe do my gels #but I have 4000 words due next week #on whether international human rights law offers significant opportunities for the realisation of women's equality #it's an interesting essay question #but it's sunday #and Sunday is the day that I engage in brainless activity #I don't cook real food #I only write filth #I clean my room and put clothes away #I visit my granny and we talk about the most random stuff #I do my nails and watch horror game playthroughs #I shouldn't have to think on a Sunday #it's a crime that I'm being expected to function today

[lesbianjudasiscariot]

misandry is so not a real thing. any situation where women "have it easier" (which don't even really exist) are always because of culture the patriarchy created.

#an mra saying well male victims aren't believed like... yeah man... thank God women don't have to go through that... #fucking annoying #so over the rise of misogyny/“men's rights activism” #only situation i can really see a case is white women weaponizing their whiteness to target poc mainly black men #which is obviously bad and should be addressed and stopped #but even that it something that is a consequence of white supremacy and not feminism #♡

[graytheory]

I am copy-pasting and adding content to this from a very long reblog chain discussion I had on my main account. I feel like it deserves its own post as a discussion about feminism and who feminism is for.

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I think there's going to be some natural growing pains in the coming years as feminists on an individual basis and feminism as a whole confronts what it is truly about. (not that feminism is a single movement or identity anyway, there are already multiple flavors of feminism!)

The two main directions I see as people try to approach this from are "Feminism is for Women" and "Feminism is for Females".

But it's way, way more complicated than that, because the things feminism is trying to address go beyond someone's gender or their sex. Feminism tries to address things like how the patriarchy treats femininity in general, how the patriarchy treats people perceived as women, how it treats people who are female, how it treats relationships and what "the family" should look like, intersections of patriarchy and capitalism, patriarchy and other forms of oppression like race and sexuality, how things like global warming affect vulnerable populations, and more.

Feminism is a movement trying to address fundamental aspects of our society on so many levels.

So.... who is feminism for?

Is feminism only for cis women?

Is feminism for all women, both trans and cis?

Is feminism only for people who identify as women or as feminine-aligned genders, such as demigirls, transfemmes, etc, regardless of birth sex, but not for people with masculine genders?

Is feminism only for afab people who identify as women or nonbinary, but not for transmascs or trans men?

Is feminism for all afab people, regardless of identity, but not for amab people?

Is feminism for anyone who identifies as a marginalized gender?

Is feminism for everyone except cis men?

Is feminism for everybody?

(Yes, the link is to bell hooks' Feminism is for Everybody)

As you can see, there's a pretty big debate going on over who feminism is for, who feminists should focus on, who feminism serves, and who feminism is supposed to primarily benefit.

Radical feminists have their own ideas, trans feminists have other ideas, it's a mess at the moment.

Personally, I think feminism is for everybody.

I think it's important for individual feminists to focus on what's most important to them, and form coalitions to focus on those issues while remaining allies with one another. We can't eat an elephant alone.

I have my own personal flavor of feminism that is based on my early life experiences as a young woman, and my experiences now as a transmasc nonbinary butch approaching my 40's, as well as my interest in socialism and environmentalism. My feminism focuses on:

Trans issues within feminism and is specifically focused on the needs of afab trans people within feminism. Afab trans people suffer greatly from an intersection of misogyny and transphobia.

I also focus on reproductive rights. Afab trans people share a lot of medical misogyny with cis women, for example, so we all need to be allies of each other.

I'm also really interested in reproductive justice from an environmental point of view: everyone deserves a safe, clean planet to raise their children on.

I also focus on how feminism can combat toxic masculinity and make the world a better place for masculine people, too.

And yes, I think there's absolutely a place for feminists who want to solely focus on cis women... but I also want them to be aware and happy with the fact that their efforts are going to help trans women and trans men and even cis men!

I think focusing on how the patriarchy treats everyone like garbage is a pretty big task, and it's ok if we each find our own niche.

#feminism #intersectional feminism #intersectional justice #intersectional activism #transmasc feminism #trans #transgender #trans rights #trans masc #transmasc #nonbinary #afab #trans men #revolutionary feminism