@AuraBlaize @transHypatia TW for eating disorder mention, just in case: I find that so hideously ugly as an attitude. It speaks volumes of the kind of 'Thank goodness I'm pretty and not disgusting'. It reminds me a lot of the kind of fatphobia that anorexia often thrives on. That's really quite upsetting. @AuraBlaize @transHypatia I'm really glad this is being brought attention to, it saves me making a post. It's this horrible attitude some people have with this theme as we see of 'Oh my god it's a joke, go outside for your mental health'. And the whole attitude is complexly awful.

As it's #TransAwarenessWeek, I wanted to highlight something important. A common refrain people come back round to in any discussion of oppression is 'Oh but you want to keep people liking you, because how will you have rights otherwise?' or a similarly expressed notion. This ignores something fundamentally important, marginalised people don't suddenly exist because majority society deems us worthy. We will exist with censure or with approval. We literally always find a way.