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Also the only time I’ve ever heard this language was people trying to be inclusive for putting tampons in all bathrooms
I don’t want to assume complete bad faith, but she also goes on Jacobin and talks about need more police bc there is so much crime etc. so maybe I should
edit: I’ve looked through the thread more and I think some of the stuff could be phrased better, although it is primarily used in medical contexts so it’s not like you’re likely to be referred by these terms in the first place, there were some suggestions in the thread for alternative terms that could get the same meaning across, but the comments were like 80% bigots so even if she didn’t mean it, which she definitely might of, she gave them an excuse to be bigots, if she really wanted to make this point she should have wrote more than just the last sentence to preemptively silence some of the typical bigoted arguments, so I’m assuming she doesn’t care enough or is just a bigot both bad
Honestly I hear more of this sort of thing from transphobes then trans-allies.
Stuff like “woman=uterus having human” is very much a terf talking point.
Whatever you do, women with uterine cancer, don’t get a hysterectomy, or terfs won’t consider you a woman anymore!
Going to repost what another trans woman said on twitter about this because I agree with it.
This rhetoric is frustrating. No one is saying you can’t use the word “woman.” I call myself a woman. Anyone who wants to call themselves “woman” CAN and SHOULD. The issue isn’t to say you’re not a woman, it’s to say NOT everyone who has a uterus IS a woman. It’s not about you.
No trans person is saying you can’t use the word woman. TERFs, however, lie and say that trans people ARE saying that. All we say is phrases like “person with a uterus” is needed when talking about issues relating to people who have a uterus, which isn’t all women or only women.
I don’t know if Ana is a TERF. One fucked up part of TERF rhetoric is how its disinformation spreads even in trans-supportive places because it uses the aesthetic of feminism, which it isn’t. Yet, one would hope someone would learn what trans people do say, not the lies about us.
She has a weird bent where she comes across as reactionary about social issues on occasion. Her takes on crime and punishment is another weird thing with her.
Idk if she’s a terf but she’s been trending towards a “social issues don’t matter” stance for a little while now.
I’ve never liked the young Turks personally, but I always thought they were good for introducing leftist concepts to the average Joe, now I’m not so sure if they’re heading towards a “post left” ‘class reductionist’ grift. Much like dore.
Progressives create gender-neutral terms to be more accommodating to trans and GNC individuals, and then cis people get outraged.
“Don’t call me cis, I’m normal.”
Change a few words out and it sounds like a lot of bigoted arguments. “You can support lgbt people without harming the sanctity of marriage which is between a man and a woman.”
It’s the usual veiled bigotry. Aims to prevent progress while hiding within the opposition.
I’ve never once heard anyone refer to a specific individual in those terms, so she’s mad about something that doesn’t exist. Or she actually has a problem with use inclusive language when referring to people in a collective sense. In either case she can fuck off.
