[ three paragraphs of blatant radfem politics with a completely meaningless ‘terfs don’t touch’ tacked on at the end as if that lessens the harm ]
*bonus points for “op was a terf so i stole the post” as if the post in question isn’t still dripping w radfem bullshit bc it’s from a terf
it’s eight am so this is going to be slightly incoherent but: the ‘anti terf’ crusade in internet activism circles, while well intentioned, essentially failed when it became a mindless recitation of “fuck terfs,” without any real widespread effort to educate about what radfem politics are and why they’re harmful
which is why you see people, especially lgbt+ kids who haven’t had anything but the barest exposure to radfems, ( which is a good thing! i’m definitely not saying it isn’t. i was a 15 year old gay girl who was manipulated by older radfems, and that’s not a thing i want to ever happen again. ) who do mean well, who do want to cause positive change, somehow entrenched in politics that basically boil down to terf 101: introduction to shitty politics while making yourself look progressive
some dumbass terf after facing one (1) consequence for being a transphobic piece of shit in public: see?? this is lesbophobia!! this happened because I’m a lesbian!! if you don’t support me you hate lesbians!! we lesbians gotta stick together!!
lesbians:
[a Brooklyn 99 gif of Amy Santiago saying “Please don’t align yourself with me”]
some random: Ok so why are you calling her a terf? i think that people are just using the word “terf” incorrectly and are just calling lesbians terfs for no reason.
these white terfs are really out here saying “i got bashed outside a gay bar by other gays for harassing another gay at a drag show this constitutes a hate crime”
And like just so it gets said: *part* of the damage of reblogging innocuous posts that were written by TERFs (or REGs) are because often, they aren’t actually innocuous. You just missed the tip-off. The secret buzzword.
Just because you didn’t recognize the violent language doesn’t mean the target didn’t.
So what happens is, you reblog a post that looks like a chill positivity post – and a trans person, or a bi person, or an NB person, or an ace or aro person, now has violent targeted language on their dash that you mistook for being just pro-woman or pro-gay. Language THEY recognize and are wounded by. Language that reminds them that people who hate them are all around them.
So it’s not even purely an issue of “no platforming” shitheads – checking the OP and not reblogging TERFs is also a security measure against sharing violent language that you don’t recognize yourself.
this is a big part of why “stealing this post bc OP was a terf” is just comical levels of Missing The Fucking Point
Good posts to steal from TERFs: software tips, cute animal appreciation, screencaps and transcriptions of general-interest offsite content (although if it’s a Twitter thread or something go over it with a fine-toothed comb, and if it’s a news article check that it’s not from a dodgy source.)
Bad posts to steal from TERFs: anything to do with intracommunity discourse or gender and sexuality. Honestly, why risk it? Even if the thesis is a super obvious idea like “patriarchy exists” they’ll have found some way to plant some fucking creepy coded message in it.
being a transphobe or homophobe is still identity polititics… some of you are pretending you’re anti-idpol or something but are still forming these political stances and identities over other people’s IDs
for all the faults with the 2013, “eyeliner sharp enough to kill a man!” politics we love to mock, i think i preferred it to the current, “well, the radfems have some good points, actually,” wave
terfs: gender doesn’t exist, you’re either thinking of biological sex or a part your personality.
also terfs: “biological pronouns”, “’’’””biological name””““
she’s a terf troll blog trying to build a story arc about trans tumblr forcing her to suppress her lesbianism
there’s no logic in her saying that homosexuality is a disease that makes you miserable but being trans isn’t. no one actually thinks that way. it’s a parody of how terfs THINK trans people and trans allies act. hell, half of TRANS PEOPLE think being trans is a disease that makes us miserable.
she’s going to build a story where she ends up dating a man. mark my words–a GAY man. an ex gay man. this plot point will go on for some time until olivia comes out as a gay trans man. and oh, it’s a happy ending because she got over her internalized homophobia by denouncing lesbianism and becoming a trans man.
because that’s what the evil transes want. to convert your precious cis lesbians into straight female fujoshi trans men through the power of trans inclusive conversion therapy.
alright everyone mark your calanders.it’s may 12th 2018, 12am est. let’s see how long it takes this arc to come to fruition.
well that was faster than i thought
hello??? reblog this fucking post. i don’t like to watch people falling for transphobic scams.
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