its absurd that trio is four letters long and not three
are there no rules on this damned earth? are we just here to suffer?
there are rays of sunshine in this dark world
"Should trans women be allowed to compete in women's sports" I don't think there should be women's sports. I think it's a silly artificial construction that only upholds the gender binary while it's benefits are incidental and would be better addressed directly.
Care about giving people with different body types and muscle mass a shot? Split your league by weight categories like boxing, or some other direct physical measurement. Gender is at best a poor proxy for these and we only do it because we still treat women are a different species. "But that still wouldn't be fully fair to everyone?" Sport isn't fully fair, it's about rewarding people with the most biological advantage. That's the whole point of it.
You want to give more sporting opportunity to women and minorities specifically? Okay then do that. Create your own opportunities league, but if we're giving up the pretense that it's about essential biological advantage then you better let trans women in.
What's that, the extra league would be treated as a novelty afterthought and would lack the prestige of the real main event? You mean like how women's events were treated when they were introduced? True! In fact women's leagues are still largely treated as secondary now, and you know how we can fix it? Make the main leagues open to everyone with weight, height or muscle mass categories so that people with different body types can excel. Like I suggested before. Problem solved.
Women's sport is bad actually.
Can't wait for the terfs to find this and be like "mask off!!! The TRAs want to abolish women's sport!" Yeah lol die mad about it. You may be happy with your condescending secondary leagues but not me. Open up sport categories based on attributes that actually matter to the sport, not binarist fiction.
If you are convinced that all woman would still universally lose to all men even when correcting for things like gross muscle mass difference, then you're a misogynist by the way.
Katie Ledecky is a better swimmer than Michael Phelps but he's still the more famous athlete because the mens events are more high profile, more covered by the media. he gets the sponsorships and the money.
if we could abolish sport division by sex, Ledecky would kick his ass.
Anyone else ever notice how like, fatohobes and transphobes and like, every other weird puritanical rightwing-adjacent asshole talks about bodies like they're gonna get trade-in value for the damn thing in the afterlife?
Like, as if the body is a "starter home" that they're gonna flip when they die or some shit?
Your body should show no signs of having lived. No scars, no tattoos, no stretch marks, no wrinkles, no piercings. If you MUST alter it then you can ONLY make changes that increase curb appeal and adhere to current market trends.
Just like your home should be white walls and shiplap and open modernist floorplans with no sign of personality because omg, what if that lowers the resale value!?
Sorry but the body isn't an investment. St. Peter is not going to give you a coupon or some shit if you die and your body is Like New still.
I wish all of you would understand that “non-binary” and “androgynous” are not synonyms. And yes, that means you, even though you already consider yourself a trans ally, or maybe are even trans yourself.
Non-binary and androgynous are not synonyms. There are non-binary people who, say, love sports and have rugged beards. There are non-binary people who maybe love fashion and have long hair. There are non-binary people who are none of these things. They’re all equally non-binary.
And yes, this DEFINITELY includes non-binary people who were amab and are masculine, and non-binary people who were afab and are feminine.
You show a cat something and they're like sniff sniff sniff sniff sniff sniff sniff ooooh I understand now. Don't care
ancient greek word of the day: κακοθερής (kakotherēs), unfitted to endure summer heat
this literally means “bad at summer” pass it on
Reblog if you, too, are bad at summer
This is not a defensible legal opinion but NDAs shouldn't apply to the besties