Sep 26, 2026, 10:46 AMI think as trans people we are acutely aware that our enemy is patriarchy.
But the people openly defending patriarchy, while our enemies, are less upsetting than the people who pretend their defence of patriarchy is actually somehow feminism.
Weakening feminism by capitulating to patriarchy, and allowing patriarchal institutions to declare that's what feminism is, JK Rowling is a betrayer of women.
@Catriona Destroying feminism in this way is a big part of the right wing plans to grow their power. They know feminism directly challenges everything they are.
It's why feminism has become so muddied, even in queer spaces. People no longer know what the "male gaze" is, or why sexualized TV content can be inappropriate or offensive. They don't understand why it's wrong to sexualize every woman who walks into their view. And if you call people on it, they get defensive.
We need to rebuild feminism and grow it again. But it's difficult when the word itself has been successfully given such a bad connotation by the bigots who want to destroy it.