the kate bornstein thing, yeah. which is sad b/c like, the whole gender outlaw thing is a fun/liberating concept blah blah blah like she has done good things so why is she being so weird/problematic/offensive now, has she always been that way and have i just not noticed it, etc.
also oh lord the call for submissions: i am always baffled when the reaction to someone saying, "hey, this thing you're doing is offensive" is to be all, "no it isn't, and let me tell you why it's not!" like...you don't get to decide that. Also male-identified or ftm-spectrum ppl who think they are "reclaiming" "tranny"? You're doing it wrong, that's called appropriation and is a thing that you don't get to do, like why is that a difficult thing to understand?
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Date: 2010-12-26 06:54 am (UTC)also oh lord the call for submissions: i am always baffled when the reaction to someone saying, "hey, this thing you're doing is offensive" is to be all, "no it isn't, and let me tell you why it's not!" like...you don't get to decide that. Also male-identified or ftm-spectrum ppl who think they are "reclaiming" "tranny"? You're doing it wrong, that's called appropriation and is a thing that you don't get to do, like why is that a difficult thing to understand?