when she says she doesn’t send nudes

when guys objectify women and expect them to send nudes

when someone asks you about your nuclear plans for russia

When Russia sends you nudes

#what the fuck happened here

This is my favorite post in all of tumblr

reminder that this post is now illegal in Russia

reblog it, because Russia can´t

Thanks Obama 

Wtf

When Russia makes this post illegal

I HAVE ONLY SEEN THIS IN SCREENSHOTS

I will reblog this every goddamn time I find it on my dash

I have a piece of tumblr history on my blog now

String identified: atgctactttaatcaaaaattcaTattattatttgaagtcaacatTaaataattgaATCTgtgattaaacttg

Closest match: Bombyx mori BmN4 cell DNA, chromosome 24, sequence Common name: Domestic Silk Moth

(image source)

When the domestic silk moth sends you nudes

Domestic silk moth is just being friendly

Now the moth is banned in Russia

…well what the fuck is this

Art.

Old iconic tumblr posts gather gimmick blog comments the way DNA mutations accumulate over time

This is why I love tumblr

When the DNA mutations send you nudes

ppl on ao3 should use the "this work was inspired by" option more. so many fics out there that put links to other fics in the a/n but theres a better option.....

☝️ use this!!!!!!

important addition i forgot that not everyone might know. similar to how ao3 bookmarks work, you can also link to non-ao3 fanworks using this format. so, for instance, if theres some fanart on tumblr that inspired you to write the fic? you can link that fanart to your fic!

they should do emmys for gifs

World Heritage Post

Trans Male Privilege: An Analysis

One of the crucial arguments for the concept that trans men experience male privilege is that they, as a marginalized class of men, experience privilege in relation to women of the same marginalized class - that being trans women.

So we're going to use statistical analysis to see if trans men benefit from male privilege in relation to trans women. We'll be looking at several categories that male privilege typically manifests in, such as economics, Healthcare, rates of victimization, and more.

Disclaimer that most of these statistics will be regarding the USA since that is where I'm able to find the most comprehensive studies.

Politics

Let's start with political office. Cis men still hold the vast majority of political power and are over represented in both elected and appointed public office. So we should expect trans men to be similarly over represented.

According to this list of transgender public office holders, there have been 77 trans and nonbinary people in USA public office as of 2021.

Of these 77 people, 7 of them were trans men, 9 are nonbinary, and 61 are trans women. About 10% of trans public officials are trans men - meaning trans men are actually severely underrepresented. In fact, the rate of trans men in public office is significantly lower than that of cis women.

In 2023, Cis women represent 28% of the US senate, 28.5% of the House, and 32.7% of the state legislature.

By comparison, trans men are clearly not benefiting from the political power that cis men have by being over represented in public office.

Wages

In this study, trans men make 70 cents to the dollar of the average worker. While trans women only make 60 cents to the dollar. That's a 10 cent gap.

In comparison, cis women make 85 cents to the dollar of the average cis man's wage. That's a 15 cent gap.

So there is a clear difference there! Its smaller than the gap between cis men and women, but still notable.

However, the very same study says that nonbinary and genderqueer people also make 70 cents to the dollar, same as trans men. If we're going to use this as example of trans male privilege, it would have to mean that nonbinary people in general are also experiencing male privilege in relation to trans women.

Its also important to note that the wage gap trans men experience (70 cents to the dollar) is also significantly larger than the gap cis women experience (85 cents to the dollar).

Economics

Wages aren't the only part of the story when it comes to the economic experience of trans people.

According to this study, 33.7% of trans men reported living in poverty, in comparison to 29.6% of trans women. According to the study itself, this gap is not statistically significant. The gap between gender identities is not nearly significant as the gap between transgender and cisgender people. The study finds that 15.7% of straight cisgender people live in poverty, marking a much larger disparity.

Despite the apparent wage gap between trans men and trans women, they still have very similar rates of poverty overall - indicating that the wage gap, on its own, does not present any significant benefit to trans men.

Healthcare

Cis men experience the privilege of not facing medical misogyny. They experience better Healthcare overall, have more research into their health needs, and have less fears about seeking Healthcare.

This study on Health and Well being in the trans community tracks numerous factors. Let's look at some comparisons.

There's a lot more to go over in this study. The overall impression is that while there are some gaps, the important takeaway is that trans men and women experience very similar rates of healthcare-related issues. All trans people experience high rates of mistreatment and lack of access. There is no evidence to suggest that trans men are experiencing any male privilege in this category - especially considering there are categories where they are marginally more affected than trans women.

Discrimination

We'll be looking at the 2015 USTS report to analyze general forms of discrimination among the community.

Relationships

School / Jobs

Other

There are some notable differences between trans women and trans men, with trans women overall facing more interpersonal discrimination, and harassment specifically on account of being trans. Trans men overall have more negative experiences in other areas, such as healthcare, and treatment from authorities.

Violence

From the USTS report:

From the National Crime Victimization Survey:

From the FORGE 2011 survey:

HRC 2024 Report:

83% of victims (372 victims since 2013) of fatal violence were transgender women. This is one of the most widely cited statistics regarding trans violence. This is a horrendous injustice faced by trans women, especially Black trans women who were 61% of victims.

This statistic is often cited with regards to how trans men benefit from male privilege in comparison to trans women. However, when we compare this to global murder statistics, we find that 81% of murder victims are [cis] men.

So I don't believe that this statistic alone can be used as an indicator of trans men benefiting from male privilege, considering that cis men are the most statistically likely to be murder victims worldwide.

The murder rate of trans women is absolutely an indicator of violent transmisogyny, and should be treated very seriously.

I could not find other studies that made a distinction between trans men and trans women. Every study on violence faced by trans people, however, indicates that trans people overall face significantly higher rates of violence, regardless of specific gender identity.

Race is a much more significant factor than gender identity in determining rates of violence. Trans people of color ubiquitously face higher rates of violence and discrimination than white trans people.

Conclusion

While there are various areas in which transgender women experience more discrimination or difficulty than transgender men overall, the same can be said for the reverse. The greater conclusion is that trans people in general face much higher rates of discrimination, and that the disparity between trans men and trans women is often not as significant as one would think.

So far, there is not enough evidence to suggest that trans men experience male privilege in relation to trans women, at the very least on a systemic scale. And they especially do not experience male privilege in relation to cis women, as their statistics of discrimination and violence are almost universally higher than cis women. In all the areas one would expect male privilege to manifest, trans men are not experiencing any significant benefit.

the wage gap study btw is based on full-time wages & deliberately excluded all income from part-time employees, self-employment, or 2nd jobs (i.e. the only income that counted in the study was for jobs where you worked 40 hours per week. worked 60? 20 of those hours were cut off). I did a thread going over the issues with it over on the condemned musky website in case anybody is interested. here's a bluesky link as well, showing a second study wherein trans women were actually estimated* to likely make more (albeit I think it's complicated due to the ages in the samples being skewed; older people tend to make more money, so it's unclear if the increase in income for trans women in this study is due to age or due to gender or due to who knows what other factors. fuck transmisogyny. also all trans people made dramatically less than cis people, period).

*I don't have access to the actual dataset and technically this math is not the best estimation ever, since the over 100K category could be $101K or it could be $1M, who knows, but the chances of those outliers imho would be excluded in measuring the effect size in any legitimate study anyways. I'm not publishing a paper, we're writing tumblr comments. I think it's okay if the rigor is slightly improper when you'd expect that to also be the case for the other demographics measured, assuming proper randomization. the difference between estimated results vs true results are... likely not massive enough for me to think it matters for the purpose of an internet discussion. the number of trans millionaires is miniscule. sure, they exist. but. cmon. squinting my eyes at thee. obviously I've written papers before I know how to do research this is me making educated estimates based on what's available okay get off my tail please and thank

just discovered this account today and I'm putting my 2 cents out to say that this razortouched account is not me, I do not run this account, I have no relation to them at all, but godspeed tbh I've been trying to do this type of myth busting for years

RAZORTOUCHED GOT NUKED? NOOOOOOOO

well boy oh boy i'd sure hope so

(adding this because I think it's funny and saw the opportunity not because I'm offended or anything i promise LOL)

The difference between "There used to be hot summers too,” and a climate crisis.

Look, we all know this is true. But there isn't a SOURCE for this, and the graph itself is basically illegible beyond "ooh colors". If we want to be good stewards of our informational resources, we need to cite our sources.

From a reverse image search, I found the website Show Your Stripes, run by the University of Reading in the UK, which is likely where the above graph originated. It provides temperature data for various regions of the world from approximately 1900-2025. For example, here are graphs for Canada, India, and Papua New Guinea:

All clearly show a sharp rise in temperature beginning around approximately the 1980s, which corresponds with the graph in OP's post. But now we know where this data came from, and we can verify its validity accordingly.

mr beast partnering with the lds church to help bring in younger people so they can marry off said younger people was not in my 2026 bingo

"lower missionary ages"

Their current missionary age for both genders is 19. That's barely out of fucking high school. Any younger and they're going to be sending actual fucking children to random ass countries and making them struggle to survive.

We need to be doing everything we can to keep this scamming, abusive, pedophilic, racist church away from young people.

Read the CES Letter. Look up the Mountain Meadows Massacre and the Circleville Massacre. Look up the experiences of Paris Hilton and other victims of the Provo Canyon school. Please remind yourself and others of the violent, exploitative history of the Mormon church and the state of Utah.

You should be able to say “don’t touch me” to anyone ever in any context and not have it be considered in the realm of surprising or insulting imho if we ever needed to normalize something it’s this

the amount of people willing to stand up and go “Yes, I am the straw man you would imagine, I don’t even recognize I am saying exactly what you predicted in exactly the way that proves you right because I didn’t read what you said before I started to scream about it” is always astonishing

time to make a post on tumblr. surely no one will interpret it to be as offensive and bad intentioned as possible.

by talos this cant be happening

Zoozve, my beloved

The recent hot VS cold polls have made me realise that a lot of people have no idea how to cool down.

As someone from a hot country that's regularly on fire, here's some tips:

Obviously, use your common sense for these. Not everything WILL work for you, just use the stuff that does and adjust what needs to be adjusted. Some of these will be impossible to use in the workplace but others you can still use. Others are best used at home. If humidity impacts your ability to use any of these, get a dehumidifier if that's an option, or use more ice instead of evaporation.

Also keep in mind that the skinnier you are, the faster these will work. More fat means more insulation, means more heat, so you may need to be more patient with some of these or use them in combination.

Bringing this back for my dying mutuals

Adding to this as someone who regularly works outdoors in 110F+ heat index!

NEW SCAM ALERT!!!

If you get mentioned under ANY blog that says they're Tumblr staff. DON'T FALL FOR IT!!!!!!

Reblogging this would help spread awareness to prevent ppl from getting their accounts hacked and such.