Yes I Posted This On My Other Blog But You Know What It Goes Here Too

yes i posted this on my other blog but you know what it goes here too

what happened with judith butler??

Okay, here we go!

(For those who don't know who Judith Butler is, they are the author of Gender Trouble (1990) who famously wrote on the constructedness of gender/ gender as performance).

Judith Butler had an interview published with The Guardian. In this interview, they talked about TERF shit/gender-critical ideology as the new front of fascism. In their own words:

After this article was published, this section got deleted without commentary. Given the extent to which many of The Guardian's columnists have unfortunately become spokespeople for TERF ideology (particularly Hadley Freeman, who is second only to J.K Rowling) this has become a question of censorship in a newspaper that was otherwise championed for journalistic integrity.

holy shit

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I think part of the reason why we feel so sad is that we're too far away from raw, numinous experiences. Like you know that post with a picture of the unpolluted night sky where people are reacting in terrified awe not realizing that's what the stars really look like?

I think it's like. You need vivid experiences that can't be easily repeated. You need elemental things. I don't mean this in a crunchy hippie just-try-yoga way I mean this in a way that's like...we're inside all the time and most things we experience are scheduled ahead of time. When there are sidewalks, we follow them, and there's always some boring place to go. You need things that no one has any control over and that no one can sell for money.

You need to be outside in a storm and see lightning strike very close to you. You need to meet a wild creature and have to stand very still and almost not even breathe and watch before it vanishes. You need to be alone somewhere very big. You need to go to a place because it looks interesting and be at the wrong place at the wrong time. You need to climb over a fence instead of going in by the gate. You need to hear the exploding sound of a huge flock of birds flying. You need to watch live theater performed by kids on a low budget. You need to be lost somewhere. You need to be barefoot somewhere. You need to sing with other people who are singing. You need to get soaking wet with all of your clothes on and come inside shivering.

How about we just have like... hey trans people, post your pay links or wishlist or whatever you got without the exclusionist stuff. I'll just reblog em a bunch.