The “a man of his time arguments” are always bullshit because if you were, say, a Taíno, you probably thought Columbus was terrible regardless of what people in Spain thought. But yeah, plenty of people in Spain thought he was too brutal too.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12mo ago

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Everyone missing the word "pressures" in the title. Yeah, calling women's body parts gross is counter to attraction to women .. but not so much under a patriatchal man-centric view of sex. The pressuring for sex, or for a sex act, is rapy and part of the same entitled misogynistic approach.

cait (and adonis)@cait.bsky.social · yesterday

OP I am going to need you to stop typing and start hitting him with a cast iron skillet

Today's quick update [Oct 10]: - Kordofan Observatory: at least 16 civilians killed over past 48 hours in SAF drone strikes on Ghubaish, West Kordofan. - Sudan Doctors Network: 4 civilians killed in SPLM-N (Alhilu) shelling on Kadugli, South Kordofan. #KeepEyesOnSudan

Had mahshi (محشي) leftovers for lunch and it tasted so good I wanted to cry. Given how time-consuming it is to prepare this dish, i always regret making it halfway through (usually at the step of coring potatos) .. but it is so worth the effort.

CW: Rape I was having a discussion about marriage with a somewhat conservative relative. She was shocked at hearing the term 'marital rape' & refused to believe it's a thing that happens. Then she procerded to complain that it's so common for women to feel compelled & coerced to have relations with

Some moments make living worthwhile..

things people identify as "misandry" typically fall under two categories: 1. the ways patriarchy punishes men for being bad at masculinity 2. women and gender minorities pointing out the ways men oppress us

It is dreadful that whenever a horrific case(s) of sexual abuse is popularized, gaining attention and sympathy towards the victims .. people from all side of politics feel compelled to demand sympathy for the abusers.

Humans have an ability that is equal parts amazing and terrifying to forget and move on. They be witnessing atrocities committed right before their eyes, to their neighbors or in the streets they walk everyday .. and keep living their lives as if nothing happened.

Men's entitlement to extracting sex from women at any cost (to the woman), ignoring all signs of distress or pain or inability to actively participate, doesn't come from some abstract "biological" cause but a culture that reinforces sex as a woman's only function. We have not progressed past that.

people talk about "media literacy" usually in the context of "needing the villain to look into the camera and tell you they're bad," but it goes the other way too--people will fly into a rage and start insisting "fiction has no effect on reality" if you DO acknowledge context, subtext, framing, etc.

"you are traumatized" as an odious dismissal

Life in Sudan is so very hard.

BSonblast@bsonblast.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today's quick update [Sep 20]: - Sudan Doctors Network: 2 civilians killed, 20 others injured in RSF drone strikes on ElObeid, North Kordofan. - Protests in Gedarif in response to soaring cost of living & tanking economy ($1 USD around 9,000 SDG). #KeepEyesOnSudan

Random internet tough guy is highly unlikely to know the first thing about where I am and is unable to make good on the threat. People are, however, actively working to make my existence untenable in society, right now. They are working to 'build the camps', right now. These are ongoing situations.

Pile-ons caused by out-of-context quoting do happen, a lot. This case wasn't one of them. I hate this cowardly approach of weaseling out of responsibility. Either accept the criticism, or stand by what you actually said. Why pretend everyone misunderstood while not changing anything?

Aaron Rodericks@aaron.bsky.team · 4w ago

Gotta say the deliberate aliteracy in picking on one post in a thread and choosing to think the exact opposite outcome from what was described continues to be a vibe.

I'd love to rant about how goverments, including the Sudanese goverment, have been treating the Sudan war refugees .. but: 1. I only have personal stories from a non representative sample (people I know), 2. Who cares?

NEW ESSAY on last week's deluge of Dems embracing anti-trans positions. let's stop fixating on trans ppl & instead recognize that Dems have a cisgender problem. pls share! Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats... & Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/on-democra...

On Democrats Who Cave in Response to Anti-Trans Attack Ads

and more importantly: a response to all the cis people responding to the way that trans people are responding to said Democrats’ responses

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Today's reminder that the current genAI boom is powered by GPUs manufactured with a mineral called coltan (and other rare earths, and cobalt) mined through the labor of enslaved children in Congo, and the US and UAE fund the paramilitaries which protect those mines and keep those children enslaved.

Today's reminder that the UAE is currently engaged in a genocide in Sudan using weapons they receive from the US and Israel and money they receive from our tourism dollars, and every celebrity who lives or vacations in Dubai or Abu Dhabi is knowingly funding it.

This is Europe, though? This is why European imperialism happened at the same time as its liberalisation. Why Leopold II was hailed as a reformer in Belgium in his time while doing what he was doing in Congo. Europeans love the positive personal benefits of someone else's oppression.

Gene Haunt 👻🇨🇦🇵🇸@avin-oops.bsky.social · 4w ago

Middle England today

One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 4w ago

Unlike Macklemore, these support acts don’t have big followings and they are giving up their chance to perform to stadiums to push back against censorship, not of themselves but of a fellow artist. Respect.

I don't know about how they choose to express this. Have the aid ever been at an adequate level? Close to adequate, with <$50 /person/year, covering only less than 20% of all those who were displaced .. really? Almost none of the people I know who are struggling has received/is receiving aid.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 4w ago

Sudan aid networks at risk of collapse, UN agencies warn https://aje.news/f66a7e

ruined my day by deciding to follow up on how common this experience is. answer: extremely common content.c3p.ca/pdfs/C3P_Exp...

I say this to myself sometimes:

USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST@blockedforthispost.bsky.social · last mo.

You seem very upset — maybe lay off the social media.

Being confrontational isn't the issue, like I think these conflicts are important to address; just it's tricky to know when one should engage in these discourses as someone not affected by them.

"I object to the racism excluding me from participating in oppressing people in the global south" - non-white citizens of unspecified country.

Reminds me of the theory that Leonardo DiCaprio is gay. According to this theory/defense, his relationships with much younger women aren't real. He is gay but can't come out, so he chooses the only other option available: pretending to be a creep. But it's clear, gay or not, he is a creep.

Charlotte@fireantprincess.bsky.social · last mo.

if taylor swift actually was queer and all these fucking conspiracy beliefs were true, she would be fucking rancid. this woman has enough money to be set for life and you are telling me she can’t come out? rancid.

I personally think it is a [lighter] form of degendering .. ugly women aren't women enough. It doesn’t give them the privileges or protection of being men, but that what people assume.

May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄@goddessblade.bsky.social · last mo.

I’ve seen takes that flirt with this notion over the years and all of them seem to be built on the same negligent lie: that women who aren’t deemed attractive don’t still get sexually exploited, harassed, or victimized

"It was very peaceful" I wonder whether they would've said the same if the police had responded. They (BBC and other news outlets) tend to characterize protests as violent, or describe them vaguely as 'clashes', when the violence is one-sided from the police.

Paul Hebden@paulhebden.bsky.social · last mo.

What a ridiculous question. Once again the BBC drives a nail into it's own coffin.