Now, I want to offer a part two to my
ranty bit.
This one touches more on things that
hit me and my community.
There are a lot of things TERFs use to
try and manipulate the dialogue currently.
Things like
AFAB transwoman
Tim (trans-identified male)
TERF is a slur
Appeals to science, then...
Science denial
First off, trans is an adjective.
And they know that.
They say transwoman to separate us,
because they don't see us as women.
Same with TIM. it's a separatist word
to try and convince people that trans women are fake, liars, rapists,
monsters.
They reject the opposite of
trans...cis...because it's a made up term.
Well, language is an artificial
construct...all words are made up.
And cis is a latinate prefix that means
on the same side as...as in, on the same side as the gender assigned
at birth.
TERFs prefer 'normal' to cis, because
again they see themselves as the sole arbiters of what womanhood is.
They are all about abolishing gender
roles...as long as they can still separate and deny women agency.
They see trans women as men, trans men
as women.
They reduce womanhood to ovaries,
uteri, vaginas and the monthly cycle/ability to birth a child.
They are gender essentialists who use
the oppression of the oppressors to keep others down.
They use the tools used against them.
They use the tools used against all of
us.
TERF is not a slur: it is an acronym
that accurately describes their politics and position. they exclude
trans women from womanhood, from feminism, and they do so gleefully
and with great gusto for injury.
They attack us the way they are
attacked.
They rely on Mendelian squares when
karotype is far more complex.
They rely on 2nd grade science even
when biologists tell them otherwise.
They rely on Eurocentric gender systems
even when anthropology shows hundreds of societies that have or had
non binary gender recognition.
They're bigots who lovingly sidle up to
the far right/alt!Reich/fundamentalists...their enemies...because
both hate us with the same quasi-religious fervour.
And if you watch...they go after people
they perceive as more easily hurt...
The young
The newly out
They do this to cause the most damage.
They're like gaters and doxxers (in
fact, many love to dox us) trying to get the best kill count they
can.
The only inaccurate thing about TERF is
the f.
Because they're not feminists.
They're in it for themselves and only
themselves.
They don't care about women as a whole.
They care about their privilege and
fuck the rest.
To link the two threads together...
Are people like rose McGowan TERFs?
Maybe.
What I know is they're ignorant as
fuck, disregard lived experiences that do not match their own, and
set themselves as sole arbiters. And they...and TERFs...need to be
drowned out by other voices speaking the truth:
Trans women are women.
And they...we...don't want special
rights.
We want the same rights.
Good night and good luck, friends.
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