I am against animal agriculture for the same reason I am against sexism, racism, ableism, classism and homophobia.

The circumstances of a creatures birth does not dictate what it is “meant for”, every one deserves to live happy, healthily and with dignity, but some simply want to live.

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  • Remember in the 2000’s before gay marriage was legal a lot of people would suggest elimination of the word marriage and just call everything civil unions to appease religious objections?

    That’s what eliminating gendered bathrooms sounds like. Gay and straight people enjoy being married. Trans and cis people enjoy their gendered privacy that makes them feel safer. I believe you’re intentions are good but removing a universal cultural norm isn’t the solution. It’s side stepping the issue of transphobia, exactly like whites only bathrooms sidesteped racism.



  • I’m gonna take this in good faith as an honest question, so forgive me if I am overthinking a joke. :)

    But both animal and human tits are inherently vegan, they serve a biological purpose for feeding young. A baby drinking mothers milk is vegan because it’s both freely given and literally just basic biological nature for mammals. Likewise when a cow gives birth and then their milk is intended for their calves, that’s absolutely still vegan. But when an animal is harmed such as in death for meat or raped as in case of having the mother produce dairy, then it stops being nature and becomes non-vegan exploitation of a creature with no meaningful way to consent to or resist their own harm.

    So my wifes tits are indeed vegan because she enthusiastically consents to people getting off to 'em!




  • You’re correct to point this out.

    Identity =/= Gender =/= Sex

    Sex is the physical sexual characteristics of your body. Such as breasts, penis or vagina. This can be altered by surgery or way more commonly, hormones which greatly alter the makeup of sex organs. It is also why people born with a mix of sexual characteristics are called intersex.

    Gender is the social construct performance that we all do to interact with the world. Gender roles have changed a lot over time and culture, most easily seen by cooking being womens work and having a job being men’s. Gender can and does change a lotRedneck, goth, jock are all genders because it tells you something about how that person interacts with the world socially. There is no wrong way to be a human, you can have multiple genders and every gender is inherently valid.

    Identity is who you see yourself as in the mirror. It’s sort of immposible to describe who that is, so many express it via gender, but not exclusively. Many people are happy in their gender role, but see themselves differently. This is something that can change over time, but not willingly be changed.

    The state assumes everyones sex determines their gender and identity so documents use the three interchangeably and it drives me up the wall.


  • As my favorite philosopher, Natalie Wynn, said

    I think it’s heartwarming gibberish but there is also, I think, a legitimate role in the discourse for heartwarming gibberish. Sometimes you have to explain what being trans is to a person who believes that dogs go to heaven and, in most circumstances, saying “I’m a female soul in a male body” gets the point across.

    As a disabled, trans, vegan, anarchist my life and beliefs are far more complicated than I could express in a comment section. So I tend not to lead with any of those labels and instead focus on quippy one liners about personal liberty from goverment or religious institutions.

    No random person wants to read my nuanced memoirs, but they will read and remember pithy snark. I’m an anarchist that sounds like a libertarian fool, but it’s the language that more people in mixed company relate to.