These are from the second light novel
Claire François on reformism
> “That’s true…” Claire said, returning her cup to her saucer and picking up a madeleine. “To be honest, I have to say any path to the resolution of poverty led by the political institution of this kingdom would be grim. The royals and the nobility are the very deeply embedded systems siphoning wealth from the people, after all.”
Cardinal Lilly on the inevitability of socialism:
> “I-I don’t think that [a violent revolution] will necessarily happen in the Bauer Kingdom. But looking at the tides around the world, I think the time when a minority of elite hold all the wealth is coming to an end.”
Cardinal Lilly on the utility of religion
> There are communities in the lands owned by the Church where nonbelievers live. There are people there who say [they are atheists], Rae.” Lilly continued, “B-but religion is real. Religion gives power to people who would not have had any, otherwise. To put it in a way that someone unfamiliar with religion might understand… Well, it is a well-scripted fairy tale that has been cultivated over the course of history.”
Comrade Rae Taylor on the Two Reigns of Terror
> Claire sighed. “I wanted to learn how the Church worked, but the conversation went in a direction I didn’t expect. Especially about the revolution… To think something so savage could occur.” > > Savagery was subjective, of course. Some might consider the behavior of the royals and nobles far more barbaric.
From the first light novel:
Rae Taylor on queer celebrities who act stereotypically
> In my past life, there were a number of LGBTQ activists who had criticized the entertainers using their flamboyant sexuality as a selling point on TV. I think their criticism was likely on point. But here’s what else I think: Without going so far as to say it’s the right or wrong thing to do, some people out there can’t live their lives without making light of their problems. > > Of course these entertainers were contributing to homophobic stereotypes. And of course I’d prefer it if we could eliminate homophobia altogether. But some queer people living in the real world will also, inevitably, act in ways that highlight the prejudices they experience. Maybe they’ll have other reasons for acting the way they do, but I think that need to lampshade their problems is one of them. Some people can’t live with their burdens without cracking wise about them.
I got banned from one of their comms for mentioning transmisogyny. Can't even talk about issues affecting trans women in the comm about trans women ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Yeah no that's completely fair, it's been like a year since I've read the story so I could totally be off-kilter, I think your issues are pretty valid
Oh lol I see I had misunderstood what you had said. I think it felt more like the shadowy plot taking advantage of public anger to me which is why I felt like it works, since the agency is still with the populace at large. I'm glad you think it's interesting though!
Yeah it takes its sweet time to get into the juicy politics. I definetly think the light novel does it better, but it might just be the translator. It also has a lot to say about queer love as well, putting aside the class structure critiques :)
Okay so let me explain a BIT because some of it is a bit funky
spoilers, but not *all* of them!
The revolution is spearheaded by what reads explicitly to me as a vanguard party, led by a disgruntled former member of the aristocracy who asks for no compassion and wants to give no compassion. They exist only as a secret society at first, receiving foreign support from the Nur Empire which seeks to destabilize a geopolitical rival, the Bauer Kingdom. Reads a biiit like 
and 
to me.
What puzzles me a bit ideologically speaking, and something that I still haven't really gone back to make heads or tails of, is that the revolution that happens ends up with basically the very chaotic series of events (that was about to end in the guillotining of the reactionary provisional government that had been formed)! instead ends with the monarchy being saved and a constitution being implemented to allow free elections. The constitutional monarchy still sees the royal family as being fairly influential, with all three of the prospective heirs retaining governmental posts both as figureheads and statesmen. Some of the nobles do still recover posts in the government as private citizens though, tapped for their experience in government and diplomacy. Still, their estates are dissolved. We still of course do NOT jump straight from feudalism to communism, this is clearly a feudalism to capitalism kind of situation.
The thing is though, the radicalization of the main love interest :claire-grin: is played incredibly straight, with her conversations with the high-ranking nun Lily regularly spreading clearly marxist polemics about the nature of feudal society. I fucking love how the author Inori was able to make marxist polemics interesting as a 'yuri scene,' in the same process with how Miyazawa talked about making science fiction palatable. Maybe I should make a blog post about that!
I havent finished that one yet, some of the polemics were interesting but the light novel was kinda meh and I havent watched the anime yet. Bummer that its bourgeois 
I like to describe I'm in Love With The Villainess as 'Lesbian isekai with Marxist-Leninist Characteristics', as it has a revolution lead by a vanguard party in the first two light novels (which the manga has yet to get past the first two LNs). 'Part 2' of the story does get away from the same precise political themes a bit but it's still entertaining (and it'll probably be nice if/when the manga gets there).
I also read Koroshiya Yametai! (or: I wanna be fired!) recently. It's kiinda mid but it's lesbian and there's an interesting polemic about refugees and their role as cheap labor in the global north.
I can also recommend the classic Akira, which while it isn't explicitly leftist it portrays the military-industrial complex in fairly left wing fashion and also talks about some of the struggles of poverty.
I'll definetly give the ones that you've posted a look :)
tbf I do carry a smartphone everywhere
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spoiler
Started w Jamaica myself, realized there was only real one option with the clue
addendum since I didn't actually say it in my comment: I hate to say it but it might be more useful if the person who's advocating for you isn't a trans woman. it'll hopefully be fine even if not but this person sounds like an absolute asshole: I'd be happy to slap them for you.
nonbinary person refusing to correctly gender a trans woman
classic tme behavior. I think a good idea would be to have someone else talk to this person about things: it sounds like they won't listen to you but they might listen to someone else. If that doesn't work I would probably try going to a higher-up (even if that's something like a shift manager). You've said you've talked to them four times: that's honestly being assertive. The final thing I might recommend is literally having you/someone else correct them every single time they get it wrong, which would be exhausting but miiiight eventually get through to them? It's been a while since I've dealt with this kind of problem, and I've found that either people will get it or you just won't get through to them and you'll have to put up with it or get rid of them somehow.
something something spiro? 
me when I
when I submit myself to the mortifying ordeal of being known (inviting ppl to play a ttrpg with me)
Your body type doesn't preclude you from being a girl: what is and should be one of the core values of feminism is accepting women as women regardless of their body. 'Looking the part' is and should be irrelevant to gender!
Yeah this is an issue I have to deal with where I live as well, it's pretty annoying but that's how ti goes when you work Normal Working Hours t_t
we need the counterpart in order to build stronger memes
okay we have 
but how come theres no :jesse-speak:
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