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How do you come to terms with your body when you’re constantly in pain, though? Like people are like “love your body” and “your dysphoria is built of internalised misogyny”. Like yeah, probably some of it is, but it’s also due to the undiagnosed thing going on with my reproductive system that’s put me in extreme pain over the last few years, and the fact that my spine is in extreme pain due to my F-cup boobs. That’s not even touching on the social, physical, and sexual violence I’ve undergone due to misogyny. 

I don’t know how to answer people. How do I even begin to love my body when not only society attacks me because of it, but also it attacks me as well??

malehandmaiden:

alchemistdoctor:

As a white Irish-American watching in horror as other Irish-Americans try to justify bigotry because “we were discriminated against too,” let me just say without reservation: that’s bullshit.

If your response to your heritage being mistreated/enslaved is that you should be allowed to perpetuate that mistreatment on someone else, you’re just an abusive fuck who’s misusing your heritage as an excuse for bigotry. Fuck off.

That kinda apies to “Those” blacktivists

No, not really. Irish-americans are typically white and enjoy white privilege, as am I. I cannot make nor do I wish to make a comment on black activism in any way, because I have no frame of reference for their actions. Please do not apply my words to their situation, it’s not something I am comfortable doing.

As a white Irish-American watching in horror as other Irish-Americans try to justify bigotry because “we were discriminated against too,” let me just say without reservation: that’s bullshit.

If your response to your heritage being mistreated/enslaved is that you should be allowed to perpetuate that mistreatment on someone else, you’re just an abusive fuck who’s misusing your heritage as an excuse for bigotry. Fuck off.

Before believing something, ask yourself:

Is this an opinion?

Can I easily fact-check this? Have I done so?

Who benefits from my belief in this? Why? What do they gain?

Is the source biased? Why? What do they gain from their point of view? Have I looked into the other side’s opinion?

Are there multiple scientific sources on the subject? What do they say? Where is their funding from?

Who is currently in a position of power in this subject? Why? How did they get there?

Do people die from action/inaction on this subject? Which side kills more human beings?

Does this belief encourage taking responsibility for one’s own behaviours?

Does this belief reduce other humans to a lesser status?

If I were treated as this belief dictates, would I feel respected?

Okay so I commented on a thing on facebook that rubbed me the wrong way, and I was polite, and the lady actually was like “you’re totally right”

So why can’t I stop shaking?? I hate brain, like chill out my dude, you managed a social navigation scenario

Okay then, time to start a parallel-universe pirate/detective story in which it’s vaguely fanfiction but not really, has the type of timeline to make me tear my hair out, and absolutely is going to be too much to handle. 

Help?