trigger warning: cissexism, other things i dont know how to warn for probably
oh, ok. It’s good to know that everyone’s ~magical intent~ makes everything fine and dandy.
Great. Now that everything’s figured out, let me just…
—and take a motherfucking seat. Don’t pull the “oh, you people are sooo sensitive” condescending bullshit. This is something people have a legitimate fucking problem with.
Just because it doesn’t offend you personally doesn’t mean that others aren’t offended by that word being tossed around so blithely. it is a cissexist slur, a word used to hurt trans* individuals (and others who don’t fit someone else’s ideal of gender presentation, but the word is mainly thrown at trans* people and trans*women especially [ and I must put in a note that the people most in danger are trans*women of color ]). And by hurt I don’t mean bruised feelings, I mean hurt as in as in attempted and successful murder of trans* people, especially trans*women.
and just like every other slur, the only people who have the fucking right to reclaim that word into something positive are those who’ve had that word used against them/belong to the group who has had that word used against them.
So, no. I am not taking it the wrong way.
You and Victoria and the Victorians may not have intended it to be a ridiculously offensive move of gross ignorance, but intent is not magical.
That word isn’t yours to have fun with, and that’s not just my opinion: it’s a fact.
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condescending… Ok, I’m confused. There’s...Twitter trend “Victoria
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oh, ok. It’s good to know...everyone’s ~magical intent~ makes everything fine and dandy....
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