Day 3: My Top 5 Pet Peeves

Whew, day 3 already! Let's do this, okay, in no specific order, my Top 5 pet peeves:

- Misogynistic and or Ignorant comments about Feminism

This one twists my titties, it really does. I consider myself a feminist, I am for the equal rights of women, for the obliteration of gender roles and especially the rights of transgender women, or as I like to call them, women, who are put down on a daily basis. I feel like we need to step back from this place where we assume all feminists are angry white hipster chicks with too much spare time and a Tumblr account. A lot of American right wing media loves bashing on it, I hear some people close to me saying really offensive shit... And I mean, it's not just about women's right, it's about equality, about justice, freedom, empathy... It's really not about being aggressive, and I know, the community can be so frustrated, but I mean, we're a generation of progressive millennials and we still can't remove sexism from our media, homes and workplaces. I see it. And it happens to men too. A lot of MRAs and 'meninists' are so ignorant and hateful... But what also gets my goat is feminists making misandrous comments, because these people don't really represent our views, but they are still feminists, and we get a bad rep from it. I need feminism, as a man, because I need feminine things to not be seen as demeaning, for the word feminine to not be an insult, for women to get equal payment as men for doing the same jobs. And like it or not, so do you.

- Religion.

Day 4 is my views on religion. I wanted to give it a specific one, but you know what, from the annoying "LIKE IF YOU LOVE JESUS SCROLL IF YOU LOVE SATAN" posts that never end, how do they never end, please just let them fucking end, THEY'LL END IF YOU STOP LIKING THEM AND ACCEPT YOUR DEITY ISN'T POLICING YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT, to religious indoctrination to  religious bigotry to Christian Hardcore bands to Christian rock to anyone excessively using Satan as an excuse to *if I continue I will only end when Phillip J. Fry wakes up in the year 3000*

I really don't like religion. I try not to be one of those militant atheist assholes, but honestly... I see some stupid shit sometimes. And I will on occasion be an asshole about it because not everyone is perfect and someone needs to say something.

- Hatred Towards Metalcore

From the elitist "It's not real metal!" stuff to the ignorant "It's just screaming, there's no melody!" from muggles, just... Stop. I honestly just stop listening to the stupidity after a point. Metalcore is my favourite genre of music, I love high gain guitar tones and breakdowns and death growls and high screams and those awesome double bass pedal grooves... To me, it takes the best from heavy metal and hardcore punk, has a great community and the artists are just really cool people. I know it isn't for everyone, fuck, I WAS one of you people, but you *really* don't need to be ignorant asshats about it. If I could go back in time and slap the bejesus out of my younger self, I freaking would. But it takes an ear for the subtle nuances of screaming to appreciate which honestly, not everyone has. You can't just jump into metalcore. And we have bad artists, like every other genre.

- Homophobic and transphobic comments

Straight guys of the world, can we just assume that not every queer guy is out to fuck you in the ass? You're confusing them with student loans. And grow up. If I see another shitty comedy with some white guy getting into the nasty with a stripper only to find out she has a penis... Why is everyone so grossed out by penises? Why are we mad at penises? Granted, they aren't the prettiest, but like, straight cis guys, you've been living with a penis your whole life, get over it. But yes, I am an LGTBQ ally, I support the cause, and I get annoyed when people say homophobic or transphobic things. Not every transgender woman has a penis. And with Leelah Acorn's suicide I feel so ashamed for the transphobic things I've said in the past, and I know I was guilty of it... Just makes you think, what if I was one of those people, what if in some indirect way I was responsible for someone's suicide? What if that was me hearing those things? Empathy is already so hard to come by, don't be one of the world's assholes.

- People over my shoulder

Don't read my texts, don't read the article I'm reading, don't watch me draw, don't watch me write, don't read my facebook news feed, JUST DON'T. UUUUUUGGGGGHHH. If I wanna show you something, I will. Otherwise, just... Don't. It's rude as hell.

I have more. If you asked me this question again tomorrow, I'd probably say something different. These are just the five things that annoy me the most right now.