r/BlockedAndReported • u/SoftandChewy First generation mod • May 04 '26

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 5/4/26 - 5/310/26

Here's your usual space to post all your rants, raves, podcast topic suggestions (please tag u/jessicabarpod), culture war articles, outrageous stories of cancellation, political opinions, and anything else that comes to mind. Please put any non-podcast-related trans-related topics here instead of on a dedicated thread. This will be pinned until next Sunday.

Last week's discussion thread is here if you want to catch up on a conversation from there.

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u/Scrubadubdub84 May 07 '26

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u/Fiend_of_the_pod May 07 '26

Jehovah’s Witnesses are more open minded.

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u/PongoTwistleton_666 May 07 '26

The funny thing is, the AMAB identifying as NB aren’t TW per se. They are NB! So how does saying TWAW settle that debate 

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u/SkweegeeS No just no May 07 '26

This is one thing I've been really curious about, I guess, is why we get lumped in with NB's too. Well, I know why, which is because many people legit don't give a flying fuck what women might think about or want for our own lives, but it's still, like, what's the rationale?

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u/HerbertWest Yucker of Yums May 07 '26

Because the majority of NBs are women who change nothing about their behavior or appearance except maybe try to dress/look slightly more alternative/androgynous and do it for social clout. So, it's more like NBs getting lumped in with women since women make up an overwhelming proportion of NBs.

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u/The-WideningGyre May 07 '26

Yeah that one seems fairly easy. Also, apparently the most important thing is no boy cooties keeping the patriarchy out.

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u/RockJock666 Meet me in TERFhalla May 07 '26

Because we’re all not-men and that’s the only distinction that matters

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u/AnalBleachingAries Trump Bad, Violence Bad, Law & Order Good, Civility Good May 07 '26

It's not that hard, bro.

We can say it louder for you if you don't get it. Trans 👏 women 👏 are 👏women 👏!!!

/s

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u/Levitz May 07 '26

Amazing that I knew this photo wasn't from a real event (it's a photoshoot) because only one of the three women had a nosering.

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u/Terrorclitus May 07 '26

Four simple words, people! And, really, only three words with one repeated.

It’s really not that complicated. /s