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sadtransgirl:

You cannot accuse feminists of appropriating feminism. ESPECIALLY WHEN so much of intersectional feminism appropriated radical feminism.

This shit is childish. Can we not handle this like adults?

You’re right, I can’t accuse feminists of appropriating feminism. 

No, really, it’s impossible for me to do so.

Because real actual feminists would not exclude people based on their gender/orientation/race/etc. That is not how feminism works. You cannot uphold the virtues of equality for anyone while also actively participating in discrimination because that would essentially be an act of contradiction.

The only way anyone can take away your feminism is if you throw it away yourself in favor of holding onto the toxic idea that one is more equal than another. That isn’t how equality works.

And yes, I am fully aware that calling people FARTs is silly and childish, but so is thinking basic civil rights are some kind of limited resource that needs to be rationed out.

Thanks for coming to my TEDtalk.

THIS.

And don’t give me that “But this lets other feminists off the hook from examining the transmisogyny in their activism”

Ostracism

is an effective tool that pushes back TERFs impact on feminist spaces and conversations. Which effects the presense of transmisogyny in feminism and actually helps us get to a space where we can clearly address and tackle other forms of transmisogyny in feminist spaces.