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what does ‘’blx ’’ feminist even mean? | idealist with some pessimist sauce | writing like I’m running out of time | PhD student learning how to diagnose books 📚👀
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In 2025.

I think a lot about the failures of feminism, but still very much believe in it. (end)
May 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
When the onus is on all of us and within a dynamic that’s equitable.

This struggle is physical, mental and emotional, from mothering to sexual gratification. From toleration to the utter bottling of our own emotions (cont.)
May 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
And though this has largely changed since I’ve spoken up about it, it has been revealing in how familial gender dynamics under patriarchy perpetuate (internalized) misogyny and this idea that women need to struggle to uphold the family unit (cont.)
May 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I would receive a lot of criticism or pushback on ….almost anything about myself lol, where as my bro he would get by criticism free most times (cont.)
May 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Thankfully the dudes in my fam aren’t (all) jerks and us fem folks aren’t submissive by any stretch, but it’s the subtle things about some of the dynamics that really has me gagged (cont.)
May 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Writing about this. It’ll be clearer what I’m saying soon. (end)
April 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
This is reflected in the fact that the systems that be are utterly failing us.

Something that I’m thinking about with this “turn around” is the aspect of “ruinousness.” We reflect the ruins of a society when it begins to fall (cont.)
April 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
She gives historical context to what we’re seeing from gen z now.

The turn to conservatism, which I call “diet conservatism”, she claims is a form of gen zers wanting to “hack the matrix” and not hustle in the same ways millennials do/did (cont.)
April 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
At least the rule of law would be upheld, and we’d make progress on winning the war for human rights.

It would make our fighting easier (end)
April 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM