as someone who legitimately spent obscene amounts of my time and energy fighting off TERFs in this website and dunking on them and finding new and creative ways to make them look like shit I’m gonna tell you the truth that it’s fucking uiseless: it doesn’t matter how thoroughly you humiliate these people, how much you make them come off as complete fucking losers (which many of them are), because every single thing you do against them is something they can frame into the grand victim narrative their ideology is based on. the best way you can fight off terfs (and this is something cis people should be doing) is serial deplatforming, blocklists, and going and ensuring that you block any terfs who show up in your notes. if you need to attack the ideology, attack their beliefs without giving them notes, and do this actually in a comprehensive manner that isn’t just “lol terfs are dumb” and please specially refrain from reblogging their giant anti-trans posts with just some kind of one liner own against them: you’re just giving them exposure and helping them spread their beliefs around.
any post you can make that’s like “haha reblog this to piss off a terf!” is worthless in the face of what actually and truly pisses them off the most: discovering that they’re doing absolutely nothing but screaming into the void because thousands of people have blocked them with no engagement. these people have taken the same stance towards getting mass blocked as twitter alt-righters do (ITS A VIOLATION OF MY FREE SPEECH!) and this is for a reason.
This. The way you stop their ideology is by reaching the bystanders, by educating people so they can recognize TERFs and reject their hateful and bigoted ideology.
It’s the same across the board, it’s exactly the same reason you can’t fight an alt-right nazi because arguing with them is playing right into their own tactics.
Instead, you shine the light on them. Dragging them into the light is the best disinfectant.
i cant get over the stipulation that you can post female boobs if it’s a political protest. hey tumblr have you considered that the point of those political protests is that women’s bodies aren’t inherently more obscene than men’s. like my body is more than just a site for politics or motherhood or art.
Literally in multiple U.S. states and countries it is legal to be topless if you have breasts. Tumblr’s decision to ban naked breasts is incredibly regressive
In 1824-1825 Lafayette the last remaining general of Revoutaltion returned to America to do a huge 24 state tour where he was welcomed like a rockstar. He had memorabilia made with his face, had giant crowds, party like every night. He was like the Beatles but way bigger.
Anyways I like the idea as Lafayette was received in his a huge welcoming Philaphia parade. He spots Aph America out in the monstrous crowd (wayyyy in the back). And even though he hasn’t seen the nation since he was a young teen and looks quite different he just knows in his bones it’s him. So Lafayette demands his carriage to halt and jumps out sprints to greet the personification personally like he’s always done with many kisses to the cheeks. And America super surprise and overjoyed that his old friend remembers him.
America: You remember me!? Lafayette: Oh how could anyone forget, you old friend, you are in my blood.
u dont understand how disappointed i am that this dog didnt appear on my dash this year and how hard i tried to find a post that included both pictures
trans guy: i feel dysphoric cis ally: ur literally the handsomest manly dude guy bro dude man i ever seen before in my life my guy dude! just because you’re biologically a woman doesnt mean you aren’t super manly and handsome!! honestly wow your jawline is so sharp cut me with your jaw daddy father sir
for cis people asking what they should say, here’s a few suggestions:
– don’t overdo it (the reason why this example is Bad is because the cis person overuses all these masculine words and it’s too extreme).
– don’t say anything about how he is ‘biologically a woman’. never mention that to a trans person. ever.
– don’t shower him with compliments. yes, one or two might be good, but he isn’t asking you to confirm that he looks male (most of the time).
– do show sympathy. tell him you’re sorry that he feels that way and try to comfort him if you can (and if you try to comfort him, refer to the points above this one so you don’t do anything wrong).
– do ask if you can help. if he says that you can’t, leave him alone till he’s feeling better (or maybe try to cheer him up by changing the subject).
– do tell him you’re there for him, if all else fails. if anything, you can make him feel better by reminding him that he has a friend.
I really like this post because it’s honestly really helpful and doesn’t shit on cis people for being ignorant in this situation.
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