honestly the reason why so many feminists get ridiculously upset when trans women correctly point out the transmisogyny problems within the movement (except the fact that they just flat up hate us ofc) is because most people who identify as feminists or put “feminist” in their twitter bio or whatever don’t actually want to be part of a global political movement dedicated to dismantling gendered violence worldwide, they want to be part of a pop culture club with a common enemy (Ew boys!!) where meghan trainer will make #girlboss songs about how cool and strong we all are. the actual long term goals of feminism have been condensed down into individualist capitalistic liberties that only extend to like, middle class white cis women who go on tinder dates
(via welovethesedogs)
#dismantling gendered violence worldwide would actually make the average girlboss feminist's life much harder #there is so much convenience and excess available to me that is built off the exploitation of other women #nobody wants to think about how deeply they benefit from this system (even if it also does them harm) #so instead of looking at the system let's look at individuals! let's look at choice! let's reinforce rules about gender! #let's make feminism fun :) let's never be asked to think critically or give anything up or show solidarity with someone we find icky
