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I went to the Twitter account of gc2b and posted the following:

After she puts on the binder, the girl cannot breathe. She is struggling to take breaths. She will pass out - like women used to do when they wore corsets which were too tight. This is self-harm. Those who supply these garments to deluded customers should be prosecuted.

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That's why we need Authors like @Rachel Rooney , after reading this I must say all the girls and Women should be gifted ",my body is me" , instead of grooming them about their bodies being sexual objects thus required to be submitted for mutilation or castration, to make them less appealing to men.

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Saw this on Twitter and thought it was relevant here.

https://twitter.com/itskristofer/status/1329445329540960262?s=20

This is self harm, it shouldn't be an opportunity for a meme.

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This may well tip some people over into questioning the idea that trans people are the only people who can express a valid opinion about the issue. An equivalent eating disorder ‘affirmation’ could show a young person with severe malnutrition from anorexia “According to a Google piece for Anorexia Awareness Week, “there is freedom that comes when your inside and outside align”. Starvation is a way for people to “affirm who they are”

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My outside conveys both “slag” and “bigoted Karen” - I hear that. Sick to fucking death of men, as a sex, harassing me, at all levels, throughout my whole life, for existing.

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Yet another excellent read.

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