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Equality Golbat: “It’s awful that attacking Planned Parenthood shuts down the 97% that is non-abortion services, and the loss of abortion-related services is also a tragedy.”
The defunding of Planned Parenthood isn’t a tragedy just because referrals for abortions aren’t the only things Planned Parenthood does. It’s a tragedy because of all the things Planned Parenthood does including informing people about the option of abortion, which is an important and necessary part of a modern healthcare system.
–Nidoqueen
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Equality Golbat: “Being pressured to accept your abusive parents because ‘that’s just Asian parents being strict’ is not a form of privilege.”
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Equality Golbat: “Being stereotyped as bad drivers, bad speakers, and abusive parents is not a form of privilege.”
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Equality Golbat: The fact that mindfulness has accomplished anything disproves behaviorism.
Mindfulness is essentially meta-thinking: thinking about your own thought process. That’s a very simplified explanation, but it’s the basic foundation. Behaviorism says that your thoughts, feelings, and awareness don’t matter, only trained responses. The fact that anyone has accomplished anything by being mindful disproves that claim.
-Nidoqueen
I’d also like to add that it’s very difficult to actually be mindful of yourself, especially when behaviorism has taught you that your thoughts, feelings, and opinions are worth jack shit. It’s incredibly empowering for abuse victims to practice mindfulness and use it to draw up and sustain their boundaries.
-Glaceon
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Deadnaming: Referring to a trans person by a name they’ve retired.
The term deadnaming comes from the fact that it’s often done to trans people who are dead. Typically their parents along with some political and/or religious group take the opportunity to aggressively misgender them when they can no longer object.
Deadnaming can be intentional, meant to dehumanize and disrespect the trans person. Deadnaming can also be accidental; sometimes you don’t see someone for a while, and you don’t know they’ve changed their name. Not using their current name dehumanizes and disrespects them, regardless.
–Nidoqueen & Glaceon
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