conec posted:

NoFreeWill posted:

serious poem about solar communism

I suggest you read The Solar Anus by Georges Bataille

NoFreeWill posted:

also i forgot to use the word women in my poem sorry discipline/conec/roseweird

i`m not transphobic but i no longer consider transgender MTF people to be women. as a woman, it is an affront to my femininity to be told that being a woman can be achieved through mutilating a penis and hormone replacement therapy.
i understand that transgender MTFs identify as women, and that they face much discrimination and other forms of adversity (including violence and high suicide rates) but those trials and tribulations are separate from those that biological women face.
for example, girls start bleeding often from elementary school and onward - the lining of our uterus literally sheds each month and forces blood out of our cervix. luckily, in our first world conditions, we have ample access to sanitation products - but in many parts of the world, girls are prevented from leaving their home, because they are leaking blood. there are several disorders associated with menstruation - some women have menorrhagia and bleed for several weeks in a row, causing serious iron loss and fatigue. passing big blood clots and experiencing abdominal pain will surely disrupt your regular life.
having uterine fibroids, on the other hand, can prevent you from employment (among other things), as it is difficult to explain to an employer why you need constant access to a toilet, and random days off.
or, we can suffer from pelvic inflammatory disease, which can easily leave us infertile - not to mention shivering, vomiting, unable to have sex, unable to urinate without pain, and cleaning discharge off our crotch.
when a woman learns that she is infertile, it is devastating - biologically, our purpose is to reproduce. it`s what our bodies were designed for - the inability to give birth can feel like a lifelong psychosocial disorder. "barrenness", shame.
for transgender "women", the decision to undergo surgery and hormone therapy was ultimately that: a decision. women don`t choose to be infertile, to have cervix cancer, to have breast cancer, to go through menopause.
transgender "women" leave behind their male privilege, only to take on our female identity without any of the pain or sickness.
for the issues of transgender women to be included in the field of women`s issues is absolutely absurd - centuries have passed where women have been oppressed, and have fought for their rights. suddenly transgender issues are more popular, more interesting, and have a higher priority over ours.

not to mention, the surgeries and drugs sought by transgender women can only be afforded by the middle class and above. the decision to mold their bodies to resemble something closer to ours is an exclusive mark of privilege. i`m not saying that they should not - i am not saying that they don`t deserve respect and equal treatment - but i do think they need to either be identified as men or as a third gender

Hmmm. Agreed.