i went to the cooking competition and all of the chefs kept yelling “cast iron pan” but i dont even know how to use that damn spell yet im not a high enough level
Men are not inherently violent, predatory, or dangerous. Any feminist project worthy of the name needs to acknowledge that this behavior is taught. The idea of men being biologically predisposed to being abusers or rapists is actively used against abuse and rape survivors / victims
(does the phrase “boys will be boys” ring a bell at all to you?) and will never, ever work in our favor.
dont forget anything that says male privilege n oppressive male behavior is biological or innate implies gender is biological or innate. therefore its necessarily transphobic n, when it applies inherent evil 2 being assigned male, inherently transmisogynistic
We need to acknowledge that the reason men are the way they are is because we as a society are failing boys.
anything that suggests that men are bad on a fundamental, biological level isn’t feminist at all. the notion that men are inherently less moral than women is itself a sexist, conservative notion that leaves women responsible for men’s misbehavior but unable to enact any kind of meaningful change to it. saying men can’t help but do wrong makes it that much harder to demand that they learn, grow, and take responsibility for themselves.
men can do better, men can learn better, men can be better. men don’t rape because they’re biologically compelled to. they rape because they’re socially allowed to. this can change.
feminism needs to hold men accountable for their behavior: not to condemn them, but to demand they fix their shit.
In some black communities there’s still a stigma that kinky or coarse hair is “bad”, which couldn’t be further from the truth. There’s no such thing as good or bad when describing someone’s natural hair texture or type. To those struggling to love and accept their natural hair because of societal pressures, remember this - straight, curly, kinky or wavy, it doesn’t make a difference. Embrace your hair the way it is, no matter what society tells you. All hair is good hair. It’s your Crown.
