If it isn't straight up slurs, there definitely is a lot of race essentialism going around there
November 11, 2026 at 6:50 PM
If it isn't straight up slurs, there definitely is a lot of race essentialism going around there
yes. essentialism is a weapon fascists keep ready at all times
November 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
yes. essentialism is a weapon fascists keep ready at all times
the gender essentialism is so bad
November 10, 2026 at 11:05 PM
the gender essentialism is so bad
On the contrary, this is pure essentialism
November 12, 2026 at 3:06 PM
On the contrary, this is pure essentialism
Hormone Essentialism vs Sexgender Political Social Relations
November 13, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Hormone Essentialism vs Sexgender Political Social Relations
Feminism as gender essentialism
November 12, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Feminism as gender essentialism
There's an extremely strong current of biological-gender-essentialism in this line of thinking, in my experience.
November 15, 2026 at 1:25 PM
There's an extremely strong current of biological-gender-essentialism in this line of thinking, in my experience.
Igen ställs kraven på de olika parterna baserat på vad de själva står för.
Vänstern önskar jämlikhet, diplomati och demokrati. Högern önskar essentialism och hegemoni.
Vänstern önskar jämlikhet, diplomati och demokrati. Högern önskar essentialism och hegemoni.
November 14, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Igen ställs kraven på de olika parterna baserat på vad de själva står för.
Vänstern önskar jämlikhet, diplomati och demokrati. Högern önskar essentialism och hegemoni.
Vänstern önskar jämlikhet, diplomati och demokrati. Högern önskar essentialism och hegemoni.
if we want a logically sound, adult analysis of what happened/is happening, what motivated it, and how we can stop it and guard against it, its not going to happen with lazy reductive essentialism. that is not a material analysis, sorry. that's crude kantianism.
November 13, 2026 at 7:39 PM
if we want a logically sound, adult analysis of what happened/is happening, what motivated it, and how we can stop it and guard against it, its not going to happen with lazy reductive essentialism. that is not a material analysis, sorry. that's crude kantianism.
I generally go to somewhere along the lines of: cultural essentialism is garbage, but institutions are sticky and their lack is deeply pernicious
November 12, 2026 at 8:24 PM
I generally go to somewhere along the lines of: cultural essentialism is garbage, but institutions are sticky and their lack is deeply pernicious
Why is gender stuff so hard to sus out? Some days I think I might be trans fem and am utterly repulsed to look in the mirro… — Gender essentialism in basically all forms is a pretty core tenet of TERF/fascist gender politics. As a lesbian woman i have… revospring.net/@Dieselbrain...
DieselBrain answered: Why is gender stuff so hard to sus out? Some days I think I might be trans fem and am utterly repulsed to look in the mirror, other times I see some stuff about "all men are X" a...
Gender essentialism in basically all forms is a pretty core tenet of TERF/fascist gender politics. As a lesbian woman i have -many- a frustration with Men™️, the gendered class within the patriarchy. ...
revospring.net
November 13, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Why is gender stuff so hard to sus out? Some days I think I might be trans fem and am utterly repulsed to look in the mirro… — Gender essentialism in basically all forms is a pretty core tenet of TERF/fascist gender politics. As a lesbian woman i have… revospring.net/@Dieselbrain...
Särartsfeminism är essentialism!
November 11, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Särartsfeminism är essentialism!
No. I think you are projecting your own insecurities onto this comic and making some pretty concerning and transmisogynist leaps to come to the conclusion that Audrey being revealed to be transfem somehow taints the entire story and makes it suddenly pro gender essentialism.
November 13, 2026 at 8:47 PM
No. I think you are projecting your own insecurities onto this comic and making some pretty concerning and transmisogynist leaps to come to the conclusion that Audrey being revealed to be transfem somehow taints the entire story and makes it suddenly pro gender essentialism.
We're never getting out of the toxic waste pit unless we stop doing gender essentialism.
November 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM
We're never getting out of the toxic waste pit unless we stop doing gender essentialism.
van-der-kolkist nonsense always does well on social media. people like essentialism & fatalism
November 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
van-der-kolkist nonsense always does well on social media. people like essentialism & fatalism
V driver antiessentialistisk politik. Det kan C så klart inte tillresta mtp att hela deras ideologi bygger på essentialism.
November 15, 2026 at 7:03 AM
V driver antiessentialistisk politik. Det kan C så klart inte tillresta mtp att hela deras ideologi bygger på essentialism.
Calling an abusive dynamic "unfortunate relations" or "messy" isn't fighting essentialism, it just sanitizes language and erases accountability.
November 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Calling an abusive dynamic "unfortunate relations" or "messy" isn't fighting essentialism, it just sanitizes language and erases accountability.
And I also have to, HAVE to make it clear that every single time you scratch someone who hates the sex work industry, even if they posit themselves as liberal in some ways, a transphobe bleeds. Gender essentialism and the infantilization of women is at the heart of SWERF ideology.
November 9, 2026 at 5:25 PM
And I also have to, HAVE to make it clear that every single time you scratch someone who hates the sex work industry, even if they posit themselves as liberal in some ways, a transphobe bleeds. Gender essentialism and the infantilization of women is at the heart of SWERF ideology.
up next: people whose language use feminine pronouns for cars obviously think cars are self-aware and also (since we're doing weirdo essentialism) can get pregnant
In Homer's Iliad, we rarely encounter the Greek word for 'I' or much that refers to internal thought or decision-making. https://bit.ly/4C1lZgk
Cultural theorist Brian J. McVeigh agrees with Princeton psychologist Julian Jaynes' claim that the Homeric Greeks had no internal life or self-awareness.
Cultural theorist Brian J. McVeigh agrees with Princeton psychologist Julian Jaynes' claim that the Homeric Greeks had no internal life or self-awareness.
November 12, 2026 at 8:22 AM
up next: people whose language use feminine pronouns for cars obviously think cars are self-aware and also (since we're doing weirdo essentialism) can get pregnant
It’s the same logic the Israeli right uses to destroy Gaza. It’s just race essentialism for leftist bigots and it’s a view that fundamentally doesn’t believe in the work of politics
November 14, 2026 at 1:07 AM
It’s the same logic the Israeli right uses to destroy Gaza. It’s just race essentialism for leftist bigots and it’s a view that fundamentally doesn’t believe in the work of politics
Biological essentialism is pure misogyny, and always fucking has been.
If you try this shit with "natural" instead of "biological," you're still doing a bigotry and reinforcing the idea that anything altered by human hands is "artificial" or "unnatural," which is a real easy way to get to the eugenicist destination that TERFs were bound for anyway.
Hot take: using "biological" before a gender is utterly meaningless and has no point other than prejudice and bigotry. I'm a "biological" woman. I'm not an android. I'm a biological life form, and I'm a woman, so I'm a biological woman, and I'm no less a biological woman than any cis woman.
November 8, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Biological essentialism is pure misogyny, and always fucking has been.
Yes, but people won't let facts stand in the way of gender essentialism.
November 12, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Yes, but people won't let facts stand in the way of gender essentialism.
Turing didn't die for Brits to do cishetero essentialism mark my words! We lost one of the world's brightest minds and nazi fighters to make sure of that.
November 14, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Turing didn't die for Brits to do cishetero essentialism mark my words! We lost one of the world's brightest minds and nazi fighters to make sure of that.
Women are women. I agree.
Also, biological essentialism is misogynistic as hell, so if anyone here is a misogynist, it's you.
Also, biological essentialism is misogynistic as hell, so if anyone here is a misogynist, it's you.
November 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Women are women. I agree.
Also, biological essentialism is misogynistic as hell, so if anyone here is a misogynist, it's you.
Also, biological essentialism is misogynistic as hell, so if anyone here is a misogynist, it's you.
This Eurosceptic and anti-immigrant bullshit is just rolling all around the continent. And if there's more right-leaning folks, I wouldn't be surprised to see "acting against Swedish interests" to include gender essentialism and anti-queer sentiment. It's all laced up, feels like.
November 12, 2026 at 11:08 AM
This Eurosceptic and anti-immigrant bullshit is just rolling all around the continent. And if there's more right-leaning folks, I wouldn't be surprised to see "acting against Swedish interests" to include gender essentialism and anti-queer sentiment. It's all laced up, feels like.