I think the most effective method is to do some sort of organized boycott. We all know well enough how sheisty these companies are. Time to start encouraging each other to quit them en masse.

I think your analysis in pretty on point. In my circles, we call this problem “gender essentialism.” I see that it stems from neoplatonic thought as derived from Christian puritanism, and it desperately attempts to reconcile a kind of cherry-picked modernism with traditionalism. And it fuckin’ sucks.

Transfemme enby here. I hear what you two mean, but I wanna make sure we also resist medicalizing gender nonconformity. While many trans folks undergo bottom surgery to alleviate dysphoria or to simply be “safe” from the scrutiny of the cis gaze, surgery is not what qualifies a trans woman as a woman. The issue isn’t about genitalia, it’s about transmisogyny.

TERFs have so deeply internalized the misogyny that it’s all they know, woman TERFs and man TERFs alike, cis or not ('cause Caitlyn Jenner is still a TERF).

Sure! Maybe we can be called Survivors of Poking the Campist Hive lmao.

First it was fun watching the argument unfold. Now it’s annoying lol. Thank you, kind stranger.

My fibro symptoms have been very manageable thanks to better-regulated sleep.

With my therapist, I worked through some self-hate feelings regarding my singing voice (and obliquely related to gender).

A doctor called me back to talk with me about HRT. My sweet partner has been really supportive as I consider if this is something I’d want atm for my transition.

Lately, I’m feeling more creative like I haven’t felt since my 3rd year of high school.

There are promising signs of justice and liberation in the news this last week.

It’s necessary to do more than just put in bike lanes to make for a bike-friendly city.

“Wandering Boy” by Randy Newman does something like what you’re describing.

This may be the most Dutch thing I’ve ever heard. (I’m Dutch.)