It is very appalling and sometimes quite frightening to see how trans-exclusionary feminists have allied with rightwing attacks on gender. The anti-gender ideology movement is not opposing a specific account of gender, but seeking to eradicate "gender" as a concept or discourse, a field of study, an approach to social power. Sometimes they claim that "sex" alone has scientific standing, but other times they appeal to divine mandates for masculine domination and difference. They don't seem to mind contradicting themselves. The Terfs (trans exclusionary radical feminists) and the so-called gender critical writers have also rejected the important work in feminist philosophy of science showing how culture and nature interact (such as Karen Barad, Donna Haraway, EM Hammonds or Anne Fausto-Sterling) in favor of a regressive and spurious form of biological essentialism. So they will not be part of the coalition that seeks to fight the anti-gender movement. The anti-gender ideology is one of the dominant strains of fascism in our times. So the Terfs will not be part of the contemporary struggle against fascism, one that requires a coalition guided by struggles against racism, nationalism, xenophobia and carceral violence, one that is mindful of the high rates of femicide throughout the world, which include high rates of attacks on trans and genderqueer people. The anti-gender movement circulates a spectre of "gender" as a force of destruction, but they never actually read any works in gender studies. Quick and fearful conclusions take the place of considered judgments. Yes, some work on gender is difficult and not everyone can read it, so we have to do better in reaching a broader public. As important as it is, however, to make complex concepts available to a popular audience, it is equally important to encourage intellectual inquiry as part of public life. Unfortunately, we are living in anti-intellectual times, and neo-fascism is becoming more normalized.

The section that the Guardian censored…

By Prof Judith Butler

The Pall Of A Past World, by Lunar Shadow 6 track album

Just stumbled upon Lunar Shadow's new album. Really digging it. And they're antifascist to boot! #metalsky

really good images of the model of NYC they made for the hudsucker proxy from an old issue of cinefex

Lair of the White Worm (Stoker, 1911)

I always thought "it gets around" but never considered if that made sense

Not a single one of these smartphone catholics is even remotely catholic and I’ve been going insane pointing it out for over a decade. They are just mean snobby big city evangelicals who think megachurches are for hicks

Protestant good friday services are stolen valor.

Particularly funny addition to the pile of evidence for my theory that converting to Catholicism as an adult is the most evangelical thing you can do.

bilboification

trying not to overthink things: today should be a day to celebrate and lift up trans folks while building the scaffolding to ensure everyone can freely and comfortably express their gender identity - and it fucking sucks theres a torrent of bad news in diametric opposition to that vision

Drink.

How many of y'all like sex?

Battlemech looming over highway with sign “Lgbtq rights enforced by battlemech”

We must believe in a world to create that world

Art by • Ray Rubin

The dune poster but it says Zendaya is Meechee in dune font

Hedorah ☣️

My students are doing a Movie Poster Assignment, and I'm also participating. I chose Do the Right Thing

as a music listener you will be rewarded tenfold spending $15-$20 to see a local act at a local venue. make live music a regular thing, not one more unreasonable facet of our profiteering corporate hellscape

Sex so biological it requires the repressive apparatus of an entire federal government to enforce.

Fuck these people, fuck the people behind them, and good fucking luck stopping our inevitable victory starting this November.

goddamn is this a breath of fresh air after Allred 2024

go bankrupt ♥️

A frame from Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II (1993). About 3/4 of a dozen young school girls are in front of a barred fence, smiling. They are looking at the small dinosaur-esque Baby Godzilla in the foreground, facing away from the camera. The caption reads, "Isn't he lovely?" They are, of course, 110% correct. Not pictured: Godzilla; Mechagodzilla; Baby's lovely face (because he's turned away)

A frame from Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II (1993). A close up of Baby's beautiful mug. No caption.

Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II (1993)

When was the last time you listened to the Massive Attack album Mezzanine?

It will make your morning better.

literally your customer base was 90% parents of young children who want a good future for their kids in which they can be free to be themselves, no matter who they are. you told those people to go fuck themselves. they won't be back

La Femme de l'aviateur, Éric Rohmer (1981)

Transphobia is an astroturfed moral panic invented from whole cloth by people on the Epstein list

Guardian 🌿

George Goode, 1973

George Goode, 1973