Em
@emcsquare.bsky.social
Even a failed experiment should teach you something, but I still can't figure out what I'm supposed to learn from my life. She/her
I was dreading this phase of apologia: digging more into the victims to do more targeted victim blaming.
This is how rape-apologia functions most of the time. People will state that they abhor the crime and stand with victims, then put so many requirements for who qualifies as a [perfect] victim.
This is how rape-apologia functions most of the time. People will state that they abhor the crime and stand with victims, then put so many requirements for who qualifies as a [perfect] victim.
November 16, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I was dreading this phase of apologia: digging more into the victims to do more targeted victim blaming.
This is how rape-apologia functions most of the time. People will state that they abhor the crime and stand with victims, then put so many requirements for who qualifies as a [perfect] victim.
This is how rape-apologia functions most of the time. People will state that they abhor the crime and stand with victims, then put so many requirements for who qualifies as a [perfect] victim.
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such is the power of discourse: a violation (of the law, of a moral boundary, of a permission boundary, etc) only exists in a socially recognizable way if he who holds the monopoly on legitimate force, he who enjoys the prerogative to govern other bodies thru violence, says it does.
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
such is the power of discourse: a violation (of the law, of a moral boundary, of a permission boundary, etc) only exists in a socially recognizable way if he who holds the monopoly on legitimate force, he who enjoys the prerogative to govern other bodies thru violence, says it does.
Got inspired by the incel "my girlfriend was aborted" to say "my girlfriend was comphet-ed".
[Joke]
[Joke]
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Got inspired by the incel "my girlfriend was aborted" to say "my girlfriend was comphet-ed".
[Joke]
[Joke]
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This is why I hate the patriarchal mythology that proximity to girls makes them protective, particularly men but also patriarchal women. It doesn't make child rape abhorrent to them when it's in-group men, only as a weapon to other out-group men.
Notably, Kelly is the mother of a 14-year old girl. Like, I know she's a soulless propagandist, but how does she not hear herself in the context of being a mother?
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is why I hate the patriarchal mythology that proximity to girls makes them protective, particularly men but also patriarchal women. It doesn't make child rape abhorrent to them when it's in-group men, only as a weapon to other out-group men.
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when you understand that patriarchy views children as sexual property it all makes sense. there's no hypocrisy. exposure to queerness & transness threatens to "corrupt" the father's property, to "lead them astray" into self-determination, to taint their future sexual value. CSA is permissible as >
Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM
when you understand that patriarchy views children as sexual property it all makes sense. there's no hypocrisy. exposure to queerness & transness threatens to "corrupt" the father's property, to "lead them astray" into self-determination, to taint their future sexual value. CSA is permissible as >
If you really don't know why, you are about to find out:
Wait and watch as nothing will happen to these men.
Wait and watch as nothing will happen to these men.
Why. Were. So. Many. Men. Regularly. Emailing. Jeff. Epstein. After. He. Was. A. Known. Pedophile?
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
If you really don't know why, you are about to find out:
Wait and watch as nothing will happen to these men.
Wait and watch as nothing will happen to these men.
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This is not an aberration, nor is it a titillating tale of pervy old guys.
The oppression of women, including via sexual crimes, is a pillar of the global POLITICAL economy.
It's why power & wealth are distributed as they are: maintaining that distribution requires collective action by many men.
The oppression of women, including via sexual crimes, is a pillar of the global POLITICAL economy.
It's why power & wealth are distributed as they are: maintaining that distribution requires collective action by many men.
Why. Were. So. Many. Men. Regularly. Emailing. Jeff. Epstein. After. He. Was. A. Known. Pedophile?
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is not an aberration, nor is it a titillating tale of pervy old guys.
The oppression of women, including via sexual crimes, is a pillar of the global POLITICAL economy.
It's why power & wealth are distributed as they are: maintaining that distribution requires collective action by many men.
The oppression of women, including via sexual crimes, is a pillar of the global POLITICAL economy.
It's why power & wealth are distributed as they are: maintaining that distribution requires collective action by many men.
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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Diaspora communities participate in this via something of an international 'honor culture'. Many assiduously champion their homeland cultures without knowing what it's like to actually grow up in it. No, my culture is very progressive and modern and not at all "backwards", white man! How dare you!
November 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Diaspora communities participate in this via something of an international 'honor culture'. Many assiduously champion their homeland cultures without knowing what it's like to actually grow up in it. No, my culture is very progressive and modern and not at all "backwards", white man! How dare you!
I was listening to Trevor Noah critizing Saudi Arabia's comedy festival.. and he casually mentioned being friends with Luis CK!
I didn't know that Luis CK was integrated back into the "polite" society of american comedy. Ig it's true that the backlash managed to erase almost all of #MeToo
I didn't know that Luis CK was integrated back into the "polite" society of american comedy. Ig it's true that the backlash managed to erase almost all of #MeToo
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I was listening to Trevor Noah critizing Saudi Arabia's comedy festival.. and he casually mentioned being friends with Luis CK!
I didn't know that Luis CK was integrated back into the "polite" society of american comedy. Ig it's true that the backlash managed to erase almost all of #MeToo
I didn't know that Luis CK was integrated back into the "polite" society of american comedy. Ig it's true that the backlash managed to erase almost all of #MeToo
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it's astonishing that anyone anywhere takes evopsych seriously. truly the most nakedly pseudoscientific post hoc justification for naturalizing existing structures of social violence. phrenology for guys who say "technically it's ephebephilia"
Last year they published a race science article that was so bad it caused critics to despair for the future of academic publishing. This year they've published an article claiming women are destroying academia, because men, unlike women, can have reproductive success without their children surviving
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 AM
it's astonishing that anyone anywhere takes evopsych seriously. truly the most nakedly pseudoscientific post hoc justification for naturalizing existing structures of social violence. phrenology for guys who say "technically it's ephebephilia"
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The stuff Jeffrey Epstein’s friends felt comfortable saying and drawing in grotesque detail with their names attached knowing they would not face consequences is the kind of thing I think of when I think about rape culture and how sexual violence against girls and young women is actually glorified
September 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The stuff Jeffrey Epstein’s friends felt comfortable saying and drawing in grotesque detail with their names attached knowing they would not face consequences is the kind of thing I think of when I think about rape culture and how sexual violence against girls and young women is actually glorified
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Today's quick update [Aug 5]:
- Elfashir Resistance Committee: RSF forcibly evacuated Zamzam IDP Camp, turning it into a military base; foreign mercenaries have been brought in to attack the city.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Elfashir Resistance Committee: RSF forcibly evacuated Zamzam IDP Camp, turning it into a military base; foreign mercenaries have been brought in to attack the city.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
August 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Today's quick update [Aug 5]:
- Elfashir Resistance Committee: RSF forcibly evacuated Zamzam IDP Camp, turning it into a military base; foreign mercenaries have been brought in to attack the city.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Elfashir Resistance Committee: RSF forcibly evacuated Zamzam IDP Camp, turning it into a military base; foreign mercenaries have been brought in to attack the city.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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Man who shut down the largest collective effort by America to help the most vulnerable people in the world, condemning millions to death, suggests that his businesses will save them donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Man worth $370 billion says the way to solve poverty is “AI and robotics”
August 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Man who shut down the largest collective effort by America to help the most vulnerable people in the world, condemning millions to death, suggests that his businesses will save them donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
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"Taking rape from the realm of the sexual, placing it in the realm of the violent, allows one to be against it without raising questions about the extent to which the institution of heterosexuality has defined force as a normal part of [sex]." Catharine MacKinnon, Sexual Harassment of Working Women
July 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"Taking rape from the realm of the sexual, placing it in the realm of the violent, allows one to be against it without raising questions about the extent to which the institution of heterosexuality has defined force as a normal part of [sex]." Catharine MacKinnon, Sexual Harassment of Working Women
There isn't a "male loneliness epidemic" as in "men not able to sleep with women they want to". Stop using the term, which is used for propaganda, not even to get back at incels.
The legitimate problem of loneliness isn't an epidemic & isn't particularly male, even though it has gendered aspects.
The legitimate problem of loneliness isn't an epidemic & isn't particularly male, even though it has gendered aspects.
July 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
There isn't a "male loneliness epidemic" as in "men not able to sleep with women they want to". Stop using the term, which is used for propaganda, not even to get back at incels.
The legitimate problem of loneliness isn't an epidemic & isn't particularly male, even though it has gendered aspects.
The legitimate problem of loneliness isn't an epidemic & isn't particularly male, even though it has gendered aspects.
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To anyone looking to help Sudanese families on the ground, @thomaserena.bsky.social has been campaigning for several families for a really long time now. Your $1 or $5 donation goes a long way and helps literally keep folks alive.
#KeepEyesOnSudan #mutualaid
#KeepEyesOnSudan #mutualaid
The chuffed campaign for Sudanese families is finally live.
I hope we can strong with this one and make up for the major setback that GoFundMe has had for the past month's.
Gfm campaign will be as a backup for now till we see how this go
Please share and donate generously
chuffed.org/project/1403...
I hope we can strong with this one and make up for the major setback that GoFundMe has had for the past month's.
Gfm campaign will be as a backup for now till we see how this go
Please share and donate generously
chuffed.org/project/1403...
Help Sudanese Families Rebuild Hope - Together, We Can Make a Difference
As a Sudanese living in Egypt, my heart aches every day for the people of Sudan - both those still enduring unimaginable hardship back hoke, and those who have been forced to flee, now struggling in n...
chuffed.org
July 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
To anyone looking to help Sudanese families on the ground, @thomaserena.bsky.social has been campaigning for several families for a really long time now. Your $1 or $5 donation goes a long way and helps literally keep folks alive.
#KeepEyesOnSudan #mutualaid
#KeepEyesOnSudan #mutualaid
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- Food shortages have ravaged communities in Kadugli and South Kordofan; "a humanitarian assessment of displaced families in Kadugli, conducted by the Danish & Norwegian Refugee Councils, recently found that 96% could not meet their basic needs."
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
July 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
- Food shortages have ravaged communities in Kadugli and South Kordofan; "a humanitarian assessment of displaced families in Kadugli, conducted by the Danish & Norwegian Refugee Councils, recently found that 96% could not meet their basic needs."
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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Four decades to remove and process the rubble alone, never mind the grief of losing the children buried underneath it, this has to stop.
By me: Millions of tonnes of rubble left by Israel’s destruction of Gaza could generate more than 90,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions – and take as long as four decades to remove and process, a study has found.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Clearing Gaza rubble could yield 90,000 tonnes of planet-heating emissions
Processing debris from Israel’s destruction of homes, schools and hospitals could take four decades
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Four decades to remove and process the rubble alone, never mind the grief of losing the children buried underneath it, this has to stop.
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🧵 upon first glance, you likely “determined” the gender of most of the people in this photo immediately, even though many of them are partially blocked or out of focus. why did your brain do this? did you notice any trans ppl here?...
[no paywall on Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/how-do-we-se... ]
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How Do We See Gender and Trans People?
a short essay and video
juliaserano.medium.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
🧵 upon first glance, you likely “determined” the gender of most of the people in this photo immediately, even though many of them are partially blocked or out of focus. why did your brain do this? did you notice any trans ppl here?...
[no paywall on Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/how-do-we-se... ]
[no paywall on Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/how-do-we-se... ]
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Ex-farm worker here.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
July 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ex-farm worker here.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
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the thing about epstein is no one, NO ONE, anywhere along the political spectrum, actually gives a single shit about sexual violence, *especially* against youth, everyone thinks it's kinda gauche and cringe to care about, everyone agrees its not really all that bad and only hysterics care
July 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
the thing about epstein is no one, NO ONE, anywhere along the political spectrum, actually gives a single shit about sexual violence, *especially* against youth, everyone thinks it's kinda gauche and cringe to care about, everyone agrees its not really all that bad and only hysterics care
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as we get older, it becomes uncomfortable to see younger generations become more culturally dominant and create new norms, *especially* when they question or interrogate the norms we accepted. that's normal, has always been true, will always be true.
July 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
as we get older, it becomes uncomfortable to see younger generations become more culturally dominant and create new norms, *especially* when they question or interrogate the norms we accepted. that's normal, has always been true, will always be true.
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tl;dr--misogynistic, homophobic, fascistic men are not secretly gay and for what i hope is an obvious reason i dislike the idea that men's abusive patriarchal attitudes can be attributed to them secretly being insuffuciently heteromasculine
July 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
tl;dr--misogynistic, homophobic, fascistic men are not secretly gay and for what i hope is an obvious reason i dislike the idea that men's abusive patriarchal attitudes can be attributed to them secretly being insuffuciently heteromasculine
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"In cross examination, the women were humiliated with lines of questioning meant to portray them as gold diggers and sluts," writes Guardian US columnist Moira Donegan. "And after all that, the jury still sided with the man they say trafficked and abused them."
The Diddy verdict is the latest gruesome marker of a post-#MeToo era | Moira Donegan
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"In cross examination, the women were humiliated with lines of questioning meant to portray them as gold diggers and sluts," writes Guardian US columnist Moira Donegan. "And after all that, the jury still sided with the man they say trafficked and abused them."