#Gender

Recently I’ve been asked many versions of this question: “Why do you vote democratic if you haven’t supported any candidates?” So I’d like to give an informed opinion on why
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BREAKING: Trump is proposing a rule allowing federally funded homeless shelters to turn away trans and gender non-conforming people — in the midst of the highest unemployment rates our country
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woman: *has a body*everyone in the world for some reason: as always when a tweet goes viral i have some things to clarify! 1. obv it’s not only women’s bodies
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In Orthodox Judaism, men aren't allowed to hear women sing ("kol isha" - "a woman's voice"). The Talmud classifies this as "ervah" - literally "nakedness." Can anyone enlighten me with
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I can break this down in 3 parts:A. It is actually much worse than @archetypelady's example below this tweet. The "circumgender" idea was discarded as offensive early on. The reason
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Hm thinking about how I can’t take straight guys seriously/always finding them a bit annoying/i always think ‘hm how can you actually behave this way 24/7’ and find them to
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If y'all know me, you know that I present androgynously and initially I thought that men on the street would perceive me as a guy and leave me alone but
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NOT ALL MEN : A THREAD so I have seen a lot of stories and posts and tweets about "don't label a whole gender" "tera wala bhadwa nikla toh all
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I sent a long, sad note to my counselor that was basically, "WHY ARE FUNDIES LIKE THIS??"My counselor: (paraphrase) "Because most of them made bad choices based on a few
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Trans women are just so darned patriarchal that every patriarchal institution wants to destroy us.Yep, that take makes total sense. Trans women's existence defies and ultimately breaks patriarchy. Not destroys
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I’m actually really tired of people asking what various identities (race, sexuality and gender expression, disabilities, etc.) have to do with STEM. 1/x Here’s the thing. My identities influence my
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@PlanetDr The editor of the Planetary Science Journal just dug into the background to see why our first 12 papers were all male first author. She's not really on Twitter,
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(transphobia in qt/image) Alex's story has so much hope I haven't commented on the "trans ppl can't find love" take yet, but, I guess the similarities between how Alex's
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This resonated deeply, and gave words to the haze in which I existed last summer while doing my fieldwork. A few further reflections on performing gender and authority while doing
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Random, but has anyone ever seen Anna Wintour’s forehead? Google has nothing for me. Even in the wind she remains covered. This is something of legend... I’m almost through all
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I usually don't talk about it but now is the time. I liked one girl more than a decade ago. We never really dated, committed/engaged because things didn't materialize I
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