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Abigail
@theabigail.bsky.social
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- [SHE/HER] - I Contain Multitudes (many OCs). Lesbians deserve my money. PFP not by me. Transbian, Himejoshi, Signalis fan, railfan, enjoyer of electrical equipment, gunsmithing and machinery in general.
![autogynophelia
I'm genuinely surprised this needs to be said, but it is fine to speculate that Kurt Cobain was a trans woman and it is not fine to speculate that [deceased trans woman] was a cis man. These situations are not equivalent because:
1. There is a social force called "cisnormativity" that assumes everyone is cis until explicitly stated otherwise. There is no opposite social force called "transnormativity". By "transing" historic "cis" people you are fighting back against the impulses of a transphobic society; by doing the opposite you are just doing what all of society already does, and promise you it doesn't need your help.
2. If Kurt Cobain was actually a cis man after all, all you have done is misgender a cis man who is not even alive to hear it. And that's fine. A lot of people seem to have internalised "misgendering is wrong" as a rule without thinking about *why* it is wrong. It is not normally unethical for a trans woman misgender a cis man (although you can contrive hyper-specific set-ups involving additional marginalisations where it might be); but it is absolutely unethical for a cis man to misgender a trans woman no matter what. There is a very steep gendered power dynamic present in both interactions, the direction of which determines the morality of the action. You need to stop thinking about morality as a list of "good" and "bad" actions you need to memorise, and instead start thinking about whether actions *reinforce* or *reverse* pre-existing power dynamics.
#transfeminism](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fn7gmsrozrf54vvm2ivgkqbb/bafkreihajodiiiwxlg5hkqbbudfqt56xevmyz64huz2shox2crlcnep5sy)
![david-de-bergerac
Hot take but I don't think games need to tutorialize the player on stuff like "enemies will drop items when you defeat them" like that's just something that I can observe happens with my own brain. I don't need a tutorial popup for that. Stop it.
david-de-bergerac
[screenshot of reblog tags: #ok but what if theplayer is eating a really big sandwich in their other hand #and it distracts them]
Fuckkk I forgot about reallybig sandwich](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fn7gmsrozrf54vvm2ivgkqbb/bafkreigbjxttvaoa3x6ppxq4lnv3nx3un42ktzbshxllqnycwdidasjyjm)
![busket
important that you never forgive ice agents, ever. even years after all this is over (and I do believe we will make it out on the other side, alive and for the better,) they live in shame and disgrace forever. no excuses, no forgiveness. they ruined their own lives when they decided that human freedom and liberty was an acceptable sacrifice for a paycheck
brightlotusmoon
[screenshot of reblog tags by sadspacegoat]
"#my parents still know which of their neighbors worked for the secret police back in their home country before the revolution #you'll have people telling their children and grandchildren what a piece of shit you are #just so you're aware"
assumptionprime
[screenshot of skeet by ceej @ceej.online]
"There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You're going to need to spit on that guy"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fn7gmsrozrf54vvm2ivgkqbb/bafkreih7vq4yt7lhq7tidqmafim5on7tk2gtanzbb7nej25lqxq7udfndq)
![pangur-and-grim
wait I have one more story. there's a group of antiabortion protesters who often set up by the Ethiopian cafe I hang out in, and when I was waiting to cross one of them held up an aborted fetus sign and said "how does this make you feel?" and I said "hungry", and then I was so satisfied by my own cleverness that I missed the lights and stepped off the sidewalk into oncoming traffic
pangur-and-grim
[screenshot of reply by ronandhermy]
"Late term abortion attempt"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fn7gmsrozrf54vvm2ivgkqbb/bafkreicdhapqfzofjei47tbua27yvunfsb5335y75tpvu3vxjbmx2m726y)
![heavensenthousepet
Not now sweetie, mommy's going to need to finish giving herself a <repetitive stress injury> trying to put together this <OLSERÖD> before she can <strip> you like she is all these screws and <fuck> you like the <product developers> did the absolute bloody <tolerance> on these <machined parts>
[words surrounded in <> are highlighted in pink]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fn7gmsrozrf54vvm2ivgkqbb/bafkreie25jxfncwr26medf6ui5w4t4ydk6garirraqy2cyxsozidjrl6iu)
![kooldewd123
[pokémon legends Z-A screenshot of an NPC trainer wearing a business suit saying "I usually work remote, but I had to come in for a battle today"]
pokemon has given us a lot of fun takes on mundane life in the pokemon world over the years but "work-from-home pokemon trainer" has gotta be up there as one of my absolute favorites. sorry can you come in to the office today deborah from finance says she's supposed to battle you. yeah she says it's important.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fn7gmsrozrf54vvm2ivgkqbb/bafkreigwq3hw3qwmpsvllurmvhdpsk4x226uyftl22oigdfiq2syqjmi4u)
![[screenshot of reblog tags]
#it is the year 2042
#all "cis men" in fiction are temporarily embarrassed women
#boymoder until proven otherwise has become the standard
#if you suggest a character is a cis man they kill you
#we can make this a reality if you just believe
demilypyro
this is already reality if you roll with the right crowd](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fn7gmsrozrf54vvm2ivgkqbb/bafkreicvpbmc5oc7s2qqdsiqsgpmuf7vwhx6hkgqxsj6zke62wqjuhbvjq)
