[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 hours ago

Political violence has been continuously and systemically inflicted on the working class and otherwise marginalised people for profit for centuries, you considering it being aimed towards head fascist a problem, is telling on yourself, and on where your allegiances lie - firmly and actively on the side of fascism.

The only one you're fooling is yourself.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago

bUt ciViLitY!!1123

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

How much more blatant does it need to be before you actually are a threat to democracy?

They already know, it's the one thing the blue no matter who crowd has been promising all along - that Biden will sAVe dEmoCrAcY, but now that someone actually tried to get rid of the threat to democracy (even if that wasn't his motive), the only thing they have to cling on to is their "civility" aka "the rules" (written and enforced by authoritarians looking to maintain their position), because the truth is, they never gave a shit about "democracy" (one never really existed anyway) only about their "team" winning, because to them it's still just a game, that's why they stand by Biden despite him clearly posing no threat to fascism whatsoever...

[-] [email protected] 21 points 10 hours ago

Here you go:

nazi getting punched

or maybe

torch carrying nazi

if you really want to capture that christofascist look

I did have a bit of a scroll to see if anyone had made a relevant graphic design, and found this: https://www.nicklacke.com/shop/p/punch-a-nazi-screenprint

drawing of nazi getting punched

but no t-shirts, so I guess it's there for you to do lol

[-] [email protected] -5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

A lot of replies here ignoring the obvious - patriarchy, religion, and capitalism.

I'll be honest, if you don't have an understanding of how deeply these (along with white supremacy, cis heteronormativity, ablesim, classism) impact not only society at large, but our individual choices (or lack thereof), and it sounds like you don't (E: among other reasons - the existence of feminism doesn't negate the impacts of the aforementioned systems, if anything, it exists because those systems are still completely pervasive and need fighting against), I can't really help at this point, there's just too much to unpack and it's not work I'm interested in doing for you.

As for your ulterior motives - the first is easy to resolve by opening a search engine and looking it up, the second absolutely makes you sound like a creep, and also provides a perfect demonstration of the kind of external pressure we face that more often than not compels us to cover up - we feel you "appreciating" our "pups" (aka your "male gaze" or simply you objectifying us. And no, trying to pull an "all genders sexualise" doesn't change the fact that cis men are who predominantly harm women and others afab). And it's fucking gross.

Maybe you should read my first reply again, this time try and actually listen to the experience of a person explaining to you the pressures they and others like them face from society that you never have, instead of dismissing it because it makes you uncomfortable to confront, and then invest some of your own time actually researching the topic, not of why people wear bras, but of how fundamentally social constructs impact society and all the individuals in it, and maybe you'll start to get an idea of what the actual answer to your question is.

But I have a feeling you're not interested in doing any of that, so I'll just leave you with this - boobs don't exist for you.

[-] [email protected] -3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

A lot of replies here ignoring the obvious - patriarchy, religion, and capitalism.

There are plenty of examples of societies past and present, for the vast majority of the time humans existed probably, where breasts are free to exist as they are. The people those breasts are attached to do all manner of work and activities without hinderance, or chafed nipples. Just like those with flat chests do.

The reason that in (especially our western) modern world we are expected to wear bras has to do with puritanism, shame, control, and profiteering from all of the above.

Comfort is categorically not a priority of the billion dollar bra industry, the trillion dollar advertising industry, nor those who demand we wear them to be "respectable", lest we "excite" their, or their son's, urges or "distract" them from their important manly duties (and if we don't, and they attack us, it'd be our fault for not being "modest" enough and "asking for it").

When we have all been socialised with these demands and expectations for centuries, they become so deeply ingrained, it's really hard to separate from our own free will, and yet ask any group of people who wear bras what the best part of the day is, and they'll tell you it's taking it off.

And to be clear - this isn't a judgment of anyone who wears a bra, I wear an underwire once in a blue moon which I hate, but am usually in a sports bra because I feel more comfortable with everything held in place (and also have nosy neighbours I'm not that friendly with), it's about questioning why I feel more comfortable that way, and how much of that is natural vs manufactured by a society that demands I keep everything held in place, hidden (unless they're "required" to sell something or entertain the mens), and forever impossibly youthful and perky.

Anyway, I'm stoned too and I tend to ramble, so I think I 'll leave it at that for now lol

[-] [email protected] 18 points 16 hours ago

our trans brothers and sisters.

Just a tip, while we're at it - "siblings" is more inclusive, since not everyone fits in a binary! Same goes for using "folks" (or one of several other alternatives) instead of "ladies ad gentlemen".

Also, I've definitely seen that joke made before in that context, so you can feel relief that the idea is out there lol

[-] [email protected] 21 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Enraging, but this will come as no surprise whatsoever to anyone who has ever tried traveling while using a wheelchair.

The UK airlines seem to be better at hiding their numbers, but in the US in 2023 alone over 11,500 wheelchairs were lost or broken by airlines.

A wheelchair literally functions as legs, it has to be personalised, and can cost hundreds if not thousand or even tens of thousands of pounds.

Now imagine the kind of outcry there would be if the airlines broke or completely amputated the legs of over 11,500 passengers a year, or even just destroyed the personal property of that many people, to that value.

You can't, because that would never happen (and if it did, there would be international outrage and arrests, potentially even corrective legislation after the very first incident).

But wheelchair users? We just have to be grateful we were briefly tolerated out in public, and take it. Even when one of us speaks up, it barely gets covered by a single publication, and no action is taken by those in charge to improve things. Never mind the public just not caring because they don't like to think about possibly being impacted by something they see as only relevant to us "others".

Just another glaring example of how ableist and exclusionary our societies are.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

Yes. It is literally licking the boot stomping on their necks, the man has spent years actively acting against the community and contributing to a hostile environment that costs lives.

Pretending like being civil to a literal nazi is reasonable is bootlicking too.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/romeo-kokriatski-respectability-politics-or-you-gotta-be-nice-to-monsters

[-] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago

the right starts to assume it’s okay that you’re next

But they already do, so I second queermunist - why lick the boot already stomping on your neck?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Could also be a self appointed (or not) agent provocateur, who thought that a near miss would make trump a hero and his supporters even more fired up (in reality they didn't need a push - the cult members already twist anything he does or is done to him to make him a hero), and martyred himself for "the cause" (E: or believed whoever hired him that he would be spared). I really wouldn't put that past the average trump supporter.

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Gather all around, there's a new clown in town / He's preaching for a change but there's nothing going down / So bring all your gold and forgiveness will be sold / And if you're number seven he will send you straight to heaven.

Waaaah!

Waaaah!

Waaaah!

Waaaahaaaaahh!

Waaaah!

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/13847307

Taken from a Press Release by the group:

LONDON, 1 July 2024—Two young trans activists scaled the NHS England’s London headquarters at 133–135 Waterloo Road in London on Friday to stage a protest and have remained there ever since. The group, now made up of seven young protesters, all 18 or under, has one simple message: Trans Kids Deserve Better: we are not pawns for your politics.

The powerful direct action has been organised by the “​​Trans Kids Deserve Better” network, which is calling for: access to gender affirming healthcare for trans children and young people, protection from discrimination and disrespect in their daily lives and the right to be heard in all decisions that affect them.

Their protest comes in the wake of the government using emergency powers to ban all access to puberty blockers in the UK, a move that was supported by Labour’s Wes Streeting, likely to be the next Secretary of State for Health. It also comes in the context of a General Election campaign where trans people and trans youth have been used as ‘culture war’ talking points, but not allowed to speak for themselves.

“We are staging this protest to remind politicians and voters that we’re real kids, not just political talking points. We may not have a vote, but it is our lives that are at stake,” said one of the activists staging the protest. “Gender-affirming healthcare is a matter of life and death for us, and we hope that our actions will bring awareness to this fact and encourage others to fight for the healthcare and dignity that we are so shamefully denied.”

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I couldn't find a wiki, but from this site I did find for an exhibition the artist had:

Museum of the History of Kiev presents an exhibition of Vasily Korchovoy "Other beauty". The creativity of the Kiev sculptor is the embodiment of what is still called “atypical” beauty in society. These are magnificent bacchanals and madonnas, with love recreated by the master in marble or limestone plastic forms. In the exposition, the author, combining the already known creative works and the novelties specially prepared for this exhibition, reveals the eternal life essence of what he professes and calls “Other Beauty”.

Vasily Korchevoy was born in 1962 in the Khmelnitsky region. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, sculpture faculty. Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Honored Artist of Ukraine.

Another one of his sculptures I really like:

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR0tdlyJNGSpI7F_SwjLSEKfPOMH0kakvFxww&s

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