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No, I do not believe every new identity needs to be evaluated by a panel of identity experts to determine if it is valid or not, because some identities are inherently abusive. I think that is a narrative that prioritizes community agreement over the nurturing of new identities that are intersectionally aware. Your nuanced arguments do not come across in your jokes, your jibes, your insults, you tiny cruelties or your abuse, what comes across is that any new identity people haven’t heard of is ripe for abuse, because activists are trained by society at large to abuse each other, like everyone else is, and when you come to activism you have a lot of bile and cruelty you must vent on people labeled the outgroup, who are sometimes horrible nasty people and SOMETIMES are just people trying to explain their own lives to the world.
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Posted on February 13, 2012 via Garland Grey with 43 notes
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lady-pilot said:
this. i don’t understand why some people seem to view respect as a limited resource.
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nomi-malone said:
Thank you.
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pastimperfection reblogged this from garlandgrey and added:
Right, and that is why a trans woman would find it incredibly offensive...self-identified...
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golden-notebook said:
but isn’t it true that if any identity is “valid” that none are? in the sense that someone identifying as “ex-gay” is probably bullshit and deserves to be dissected at such. at some point you have to say that critical discussion of ID is valid? IDK
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kiriamaya said:
I love you.
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Hi, I'm Mona (formerly @awyeahlife)! I mostly post about my fictional passions, particularly those involving girls in love, and I watch a lot of TV/anime. I also do a lot of reblogging and tl;dring! Especially when it comes to social justice stuff; if you don't want to have your squee harshed by discussions of how fiction helps uphold marginalization and oppression, this probably isn't the tumblr for you.
I (half-assedly) maintain a few themed tumblrs which can be found in my links section!
Update, Feb 24 2011: I'm trying to increase this blog's accessibility while still finding ways to manage my own obsessive-compulsive issues with completionism, perfectionism, decision-making, detail fixation, etc. For now, what this means is I'm going to start transcribing the text or dialogue of any comics panels, twitter screencaps, or other images with text in them, and do a quick, rough description of any other important visual details in those images unless I start spiraling into compulsivity. But any textless images I'm going to leave without descriptions, at least for now. If you're wondering what the purpose of image descriptions is, I gave a brief explanation here; if you have any other questions, feel free to ask!
