> looking for a new feminist community

> ask the moderator if their comm is radical or reactionary

> she doesn’t understand

> pull out illustrated diagram explaining what is radical and what is reactionary

> she laughs and says “it’s a radical feminist community miss”

> subscribe

> it’s reactionary

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Personally I’m not transphobic, I’m aware that radical feminism usually is but I think on the whole it fits my beliefs on women best.

Liberal feminism tries to make everyone happy and I don’t. It doesn’t consider female separatism reasonable and I do, I find the discourse on violence to be lacking there, and most importantly it tries to change the laws instead of the underlying power relationships.

I do share some positions that could be controversial in regards to trans folks, for example I think people who used to have male levels of androgens and a male socialization have enough of an advantage in sports to make the competition with people who have always had feminine bodies unfair.

I have nothing against people who feel uncomfortable in their own body as long as they don’t hurt anyone, and I’m sorry they are often used as scapegoats for unrelated things, but I do think there is some internalized sexism involved in at least some cases of dysphoria if not all.

Finally, I don’t want the struggles of women to be conflated with those of a much more controversial oppressed group, because the last thing women need is another reason to be divided. Good people losing allies and losing battles in the name of ideology is a recurrent theme in history.