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Fat Activist, Student, Industrious Busybody. I am the blogger at fatbodypolitics.com

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Anonymous asked: I was assaulted by a cis person once, how about we ban THEM from bathrooms.

SERIOUSLY THIS IS A THOUSAND TIMES MORE FUCKING LIKELY

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Anonymous asked: Hi. I have been reading about Kaitlyn Hunt, and I had some questions I thought you might be able to answer. It's awful when people discriminate against others because of their sexuality, and that is definitely happening with this case. But isn't it also a rape case? Sexuality aside, even if it is consensual sex, it's still rape if she's a minor, right? I want to give my full support to LGBT, but I don't want to support rapists under any circumstances. Can you help me understand?

Hi! Thanks for the question. I do understand where your concern comes from; however, this is not a rape case. They started dating when she was 17....

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Demanding Others Be Flattered By Unwanted Attention Can Be A Tool Of Oppression

It’s fascinating…the things that I am supposed to be “flattered” by. People practically demand that I be flattered by certain mistreatment, injustice and oppression, and then question my level of “sensitivity” or even my intelligence when I am not flattered.

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Anonymous asked: if I'm transphobic than obviously you don't give a shit about women being legitimately afraid of male presenting people. If a male-bodied person is trying to get at me in a dressing room is common for me then I'm not going to give two shits about whether or not this person identifies as m or f.

You’re using one experience to do two things:

- misgender that person after she told you she was a woman

- say “well I don’t want men in the...

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Who I Follow

racialicious:

I guess I’m feeling this photo—h/t to Black Skater Chick—because I just left my workplace harassment-filled job for a double intern gig in video production at Planned Parenthood and with the newly formed NYC Reproductive Justice Coalition and White Wash is my new fave documentary. So, yeah, Andrea Kabwasa encapsulates my current joy.

Here’s an interview with her here at Liquid Salt.