#Tag
Hey all y'all need to stop using "guys" in mixed company.
- My trans girlfriend is not a guy.
- My cis girlfriend is not a guy.
- I'm not a guy (or a girl, but that's not relevant here).
Misgendering is misgendering—even if "everyone's doing it".
Patriarchy shouldn't be the default.
the feminist server assembly at this year's chaos communication congress 39c3 in hamburg got accepted! link: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/de/assembly/detail/femserv
if you would like to participate in organizing the space with us by facilitating mini workshops, discussion rounds or skill shares or by bringing stuff such as fancy diy equipment, zines or decor, please reach out **
follow #femchaos39 to stay tuned and join our gatherings.
#39c3 #feminist_servers #feminist #server #FeministServers 🦎 💖 
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Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!
Livestream: https://stream.firesidefedi.live
Special Guest: @JoBlakelyArt
#artist #oil #acrylic #digital #portraits #pets #commission #politics #socialJustice #symbolic #compassion #nonBinary #audhd #feminist
Date & Time: 2025-12-03 1400 UTC-5
After the show:
#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live
#Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@btfree_org
the feminist server assembly at this year's chaos communication congress 39c3 in hamburg got accepted! link: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/de/assembly/detail/femserv
if you would like to participate in organizing the space with us by facilitating mini workshops, discussion rounds or skill shares or by bringing stuff such as fancy diy equipment, zines or decor, please reach out **
follow #femchaos39 to stay tuned and join our gatherings.
#39c3 #feminist_servers #feminist #server #FeministServers 🦎 💖 🐾 🎲
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!??!?!?
am just columbusing that #ZohranMamdani is the son of Mira Nair.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mira_Nair
HOW WAS I NOT TOLD ABOUT THIS?!?!??!?!?
🗣 MIRA NAIR IS ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL #GENX #FEMINIST MOVIES & #DOCUMENTARY DIRECTORS YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT
India Cabaret, Salaam Bombay and Mississippi Masala are masterpieces.
go read about Zohran’s momma and watch her #movies. this explains A LOT!
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!??!?!?
am just columbusing that #ZohranMamdani is the son of Mira Nair.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mira_Nair
HOW WAS I NOT TOLD ABOUT THIS?!?!??!?!?
🗣 MIRA NAIR IS ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL #GENX #FEMINIST MOVIES & #DOCUMENTARY DIRECTORS YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT
India Cabaret, Salaam Bombay and Mississippi Masala are masterpieces.
go read about Zohran’s momma and watch her #movies. this explains A LOT!
In the context of women's rights & the mandate of #feminist organizations,documented reports claim that 9 out of 10 women face sexual violence in #sudan. What’s the response to these statistics?
Regarding #press freedom & the rights of #journalists :
Reports suggest that 3 out of 5 male journalists are assassinated in #sudan
Furthermore, 3 out of 4 female journalists are reportedly subjected to sexual assault in #sudan. Where do organizations stand regarding these urgent violations?
Imagine more
Arrival (2016). It is one of my very favorite #movies. It's got so much going for it, but one big thing is its treatment of #GenderRoles. If you saw it and didn't notice that, then the director and actors succeeded. It's all about Amy Adams' character, one of the most amazing #feminist performances I've ever seen, though I didn't notice this until my second or third viewing.
Adams' performance is off-the-charts solid, the kind that draws little attention, will cause some men in the audience to make sour faces, and will (I think?) make some women feel other things. OK, yes, she's hot, but other other things. Things about women and how they might be and sometimes are.
As you can see, I'm not explaining well. Trying again: Adams' performance is of an academic who knows what her skills are and also has a bit of bluster, but a quiet kind. She just knows she is smarter, in specific ways, than anyone else around her; she has expertise and is comfortable with it. Other people in her lane can fuck off without her specifically telling them to, and maybe without even noticing they're getting out of her way. She's the interpersonal/academic equivalent of the guy who never moves an inch from his path in the sidewalk, confident that everyone else will move.
This kind of deep confidence is, in my experience, a predominantly masculine thing in movies, and apparently--from Hollywood's track record--difficult to pull off. Time and again I see "strong female characters" who are overly aggressive, defensively empowered, spewing their vulnerability over the audience, or something like that; I don't have the words. They and their directors are trying, and succeeding at some things, but not at this. Another excellent portrayal is Gal Godot's Wonder Woman, but that one almost cheats with a protagonist who can kick all the ass all the time (something that has also been done badly or kind-of-OK many times).
Adams simply is all the unthinking, deep-down assumptions and confidence that some men have. She shows no conflict about making her students stay in class when a disaster is happening. She is unapologetic in her negotiations with Forest Whitaker early in the movie. She takes action when she thinks it is warranted, rules or no, and even tells lies when she thinks it necessary. No apology in verbal, paraverbal, nonverbal, or even contextual cues. As I watch I am struck again with the realization: This is what men do.
Adams is not masculinized. She's not "trying to be like a man," much less a thin stereotype of a man--she shows fear and vulnerability often, for instance, though that doesn't steal the show or define her character; it seems perfectly in keeping with it, possibly because of how she displays it, again a thing we allow male protagonists then pretend we didn't see it or something. Adams simply inhabits some spaces that should be non-gendered, but which are mostly occupied by men. She steps into that space, she doesn't stomp into it. She steps in and doesn't step past it into someone's sociopolitical treatise. She does all this implicitly, as if she were unaware--though of course she, the actress, is deeply aware. She makes the impossible look effortless.
Jeremy Renner is in the movie, and he's more or less a support romantic type, a foil for some of the main character's words and actions, a necessary if unimportant piece in the plot. They put Hawkeye in a big movie and it wasn't remotely about him; he filled a space in Amy Adams' narrative the way women frequently do in men's narratives.
Forest Whitaker is amazing as the military colonel (? I don't know military ranks). Adams' character is not defined by contrast or comparison with him or anyone else; she doesn't "take him down a peg" or "show that women are just as strong as soldiers" or any such bullshit, because she doesn't need to. She simply exists as a person who knows what they have to offer and what they don't. Sometimes he's in the way.
When I write or talk about this I'm aware I don't have the language, or maybe even the concepts, to do it well, so I ramble (even more than usual). I'll stop. Of course I think everyone should go watch the movie, but I already said it's one of my favorites, so you knew I would say that.
A member of #GenX, I was in the International Baccalaureate Diploma program where I did my Extended Essay on the evolution of female characters in comic books from the genesis to the 1990s. This means that ever since I was a teenager, I've been a #feminist
I'm also a geek, first about #comicbooks, then #anime and #manga. I was heavily involved in the anime con scene, then transitioned to the #scifi and #fantasy con scene.
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It has been 6 months since I passed my viva, yet I forgot to share my thesis here 
(due to it feeling unreal af... until... today 😊
It's called 'The Image at the End of the World: Communities of practice redefining technology on a damaged Earth'. In it I describe communities which give voice and shape to different definitions and roles for technology within the polycrisis: permacomputing, computing within limits, collapse informatics, salvage computing, slow tech, redundant technology, low-tech, feminist technology, convivial computing, disability driven development and more.
With contributions by so many amazing people! Including @ccl @alcstrt @anglk @amelia @decentral1se @cmos4040 @p_p @mara @reni @diacritter @constant @snisioi @rra @320x200 @wendy @kattrali @praxeology @michal @viznut @sister0 @pixouls @msavoritias @jonuriarte @smmrcr @hellocatfood @neauoire @rek @dougschuler @solderpunk @titipi @xocffoeg @aaaannet and more!
#happy #phd #permacomputing #lowtech #feminist #tech #smolweb #sustainability
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