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Comment on "Americans get screwed because they can’t read" in ~society
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Comment on The resistance is not coming to save you. It’s tuning out. in ~society
Moonchild Link Parentwha? nobody in power gives a fuck about trans people. it is a convenient rhetorical target. more prominence is if anything good for them; you need a problem to be (seen as) solvingThe reason the Republican party wants to make trans people miserable is to eradicate them from public life and ideally get them to kill themselves
wha? nobody in power gives a fuck about trans people. it is a convenient rhetorical target. more prominence is if anything good for them; you need a problem to be (seen as) solving
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Comment on As 4B takes the world by storm, South Korea is grappling with a backlash against feminism in ~life.women
Moonchild (edited )Link Parentfor clarity: i didn't mean to make any value judgments in either of my comments, and i don't think anything particular about the thing i linked; i just think it's interesting some value judgments...for clarity: i didn't mean to make any value judgments in either of my comments, and i don't think anything particular about the thing i linked; i just think it's interesting
some value judgments now. i think separatism is always bad. i think whether something is 'transphobic' or not is usually beside the point (i find words like this are frequently used as thick ethical concepts when they should be only ontological). more to the point: insofar as it is not separatist, i'm comparatively sympathetic to political lesbianism. why do you object to it? i guess—i am identifying political lesbianism as a particular woman's choice to avoid engaging in romance or sex with men as a political statement. it could also be a prescription that all women should engage in political lesbianism, which i do agree is bad, but that is just because it is unreasonably authoritarian. but either way, i don't see how political lesbianism can be more gender-essentialist than lesbianism or feminism
why do you think radical feminism is incompatible with trans people? when trans people do it, are they alienating themselves, or other trans people, or something else? (i recently had the displeasure of reading a trans woman who was spouting off mackinnon—gauche; unbearable!—but i didn't really get that from it.)
unless—are you equating sexism with transphobia? (valid imo but unusual)
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Comment on As 4B takes the world by storm, South Korea is grappling with a backlash against feminism in ~life.women
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Comment on As 4B takes the world by storm, South Korea is grappling with a backlash against feminism in ~life.women
Moonchild Link4b seems to me to be a relatively content-free meme—its popularity more a reflection of the zeitgeist than an actual instigator of action. i hear on tiktok lots of people are asking if they can...4b seems to me to be a relatively content-free meme—its popularity more a reflection of the zeitgeist than an actual instigator of action. i hear on tiktok lots of people are asking if they can still do 4b if they have boyfriends. and
most of my female friends are more focused on their careers than dating right now, but that’s not because of 4B, it’s just the reality of being a young professional in Korea
is the flip side of that
i've seen it compared to political lesbianism, which seems somewhat apt. but 1) most people are over 2nd-wave feminism by now, and 2) even insofar as they're not, 4b does not have enough substance to be a meaningful separatist movement with teeth or legs
i think it doesn't really mean anything and the comparison to metoo does not make much sense
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Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes
Moonchild LinkMoon Child, from the neverending story (a beloved book of mine). I more use the German 'Mondenkind' these days, though.Moon Child, from the neverending story (a beloved book of mine). I more use the German 'Mondenkind' these days, though.
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Comment on LGBTQ folks check-in thread - how're you all doing? in ~lgbt
Moonchild (edited )Link Parentlegal angle is a wash, since you can almost certainly get it domestically, so the chance of its getting discovered is essentially nil. leaving aside the chance of seeing legal consequences if it...legal angle is a wash, since you can almost certainly get it domestically, so the chance of its getting discovered is essentially nil. leaving aside the chance of seeing legal consequences if it does get discovered, which is also essentially nil. but don't let me decide your risk tolerance for you
how long till you can get pr? is the immigration process where you are (de, right?) as much of a pain as it is here in canada? :p
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Comment on LGBTQ folks check-in thread - how're you all doing? in ~lgbt
Moonchild Link Parenttestosterone is much safer to get illicitly than estrogen because the market is orders of magnitude largertestosterone is much safer to get illicitly than estrogen because the market is orders of magnitude larger
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Comment on LGBTQ folks check-in thread - how're you all doing? in ~lgbt
Moonchild Link Parentfwiw, drugs of all stripes can be gotten easily, cheaply, and safely from the internetfwiw, drugs of all stripes can be gotten easily, cheaply, and safely from the internet
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Comment on Thoughts on Donald Trump, America and what this all means in ~society
Moonchild Linkthere was never any justice (or injustice), nor fundamental human nature. these are abstractions. but the state of the world is much, much worse than i thought it was, and it is heading in a...we don't live in a just world. When my partner was crying last night, I think that's what she was feeling the loss of most of all. The idea that despite the imperfections of the world, somewhere underneath there is some form of justice based in the fundamentally good nature of human beings
there was never any justice (or injustice), nor fundamental human nature. these are abstractions. but the state of the world is much, much worse than i thought it was, and it is heading in a direction that is much worse than the one i thought it would go (which was already quite bad), with material implications for many, many people, including me. at least, that's what had me crying
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Comment on Mel Manuel, trans candidate for US House, injected testosterone on camera in a campaign ad in ~lgbt
Moonchild Link.oO( based based based based based based based based based based based ).oO( based based based based based based based based based based based )
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Comment on Non-college educated White men used to be ahead in the American economy. Now they’ve fallen behind. in ~finance
Moonchild Link Parentthis confuses me. assuming most people are straight, neither gender should be disproportionately single—they should be single at the same rate. if young men are single and young women are not,...Young men are also now much more likely to be be unmarried or without a partner, something that has been increasing for all genders over the years, but has disproportionately affected young men
this confuses me. assuming most people are straight, neither gender should be disproportionately single—they should be single at the same rate. if young men are single and young women are not, then it must be because the young women must be with older men, and so the older women must also be disproportionately single. but i haven't heard anybody talk about that. i suspect 'young men are disproportionately single' is a cover for a slightly different problem, but i'm not sure
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Comment on Non-college educated White men used to be ahead in the American economy. Now they’ve fallen behind. in ~finance
Moonchild Link Parenti found the comments on those youtube videos somewhat illuminating. also these videos (from a conservative woman) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhvJ-4xqx4A...i found the comments on those youtube videos somewhat illuminating. also these videos (from a conservative woman) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhvJ-4xqx4A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n3kEXR2boM. i think it is not so much direct criticism as perceived condescension, which reads indirectly as criticism but also profound disconnect
second one
the main thing i find gross about that one is the implication that you should compromise on your political beliefs in exchange for sexual validation. and i think that might be why that ad didn't land. either way, even if that could improve turnout in the short term, it is not how you solve the problem
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Comment on US Senate investigation into Medicare and Medicaid insurance providers finds they are using "AI" to deny care in ~society
Moonchild (edited )Link Parentindeed, but traditionally the predictions were interpretable (it's pretty easy to see why smoking might raise your health insurance premiums). not so for an opaque matrix of weightsindeed, but traditionally the predictions were interpretable (it's pretty easy to see why smoking might raise your health insurance premiums). not so for an opaque matrix of weights
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Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life
Moonchild LinkAbsolutely horrid. I am a pit that things fall into—i'm falling apart, i'm deteriorating, i'm dying. very volatile. so confusing. no energy. So strong but at the same time so delicate. On the...Absolutely horrid. I am a pit that things fall into—i'm falling apart, i'm deteriorating, i'm dying. very volatile. so confusing. no energy. So strong but at the same time so delicate. On the other hand I become very reckless which is to the good (normally I am much too risk averse and guarded)
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Uber almost got me killed!
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Comment on What small questions do you have that aren’t worth a full topic on their own? in ~talk
Moonchild Linkwhat do i need to do to pretend to live in the united states for health insurance reasons (i have us citizenship but do not live there)?what do i need to do to pretend to live in the united states for health insurance reasons (i have us citizenship but do not live there)?
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Comment on Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least nine people and injured thousands in ~news
Moonchild Link Parentthis sort of thing is very cute and flashy, but it doesn't really scale. in my opinion, as citizens, we should primarily be worried about things that scalethis sort of thing is very cute and flashy, but it doesn't really scale. in my opinion, as citizens, we should primarily be worried about things that scale
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Comment on The growing gender divide, three minutes at a time. Sabrina Carpenter tackles the exasperation of being young, female, straight, and single in 2024. in ~music
Moonchild (edited )Link Parent'sabrina carpenter' is the name of a cultural institution. to a first approximation, no one knows the woman personally; she might as well not exist (even if she did write everything herself, it...'sabrina carpenter' is the name of a cultural institution. to a first approximation, no one knows the woman personally; she might as well not exist (even if she did write everything herself, it would make no difference), and in any event is a distinct phenomenon. nothing anybody writes is really claiming to be about the person; the implication that it might be is a linguistic and cognitive sleight-of-hand
(this is a slight overcorrection—there is room for at least a bit of nuance the other way—but i think it is a much better starting point)
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Comment on The growing gender divide, three minutes at a time. Sabrina Carpenter tackles the exasperation of being young, female, straight, and single in 2024. in ~music
Moonchild Link Parentit is a cheap trick, but masterfully executed and not devoid of substance. you may not be the target audienceit is a cheap trick, but masterfully executed and not devoid of substance. you may not be the target audience
can you elaborate? i did not notice this in my agemates then