so we can all agree that people who use the ‘sapphic’ or ‘lesbian’ labels are 99% of the time abusive, toxic, and exclusionary, right? right. thanks for coming to my tedtalk
lesbophobia? in this economy?
@just-a-shidgen explain.
valid, trustworthy: ‘wlw’, ‘i like girls!’, ‘gynephilic’, ‘homosexual/homoromantic’, all ambiphilic labels (bi, pan, polysexual, et cetera)
invalid,
avoid at all costs, probably ready to scream ‘ALL MEN MUST DIE’, most
likely to knife an ace in the back alley for “”stealing resources the
Actually Oppressed™””, more biphobic than the average str8: ‘lesbian’, ‘sapphic’
oh is this an angry voltron shipper too? an anti ANTI if u will? god the layers really keep peeling back. i must find out who this is immediately the mystery is intriguing
OP did a lesbian kill your family or smth???
I’m bisexual and dating a male who I adore but I use sapphic?? What did the lesbians do to you??
“they” (1 word) is shorter than “he or she” (3 words)
“they” is more inclusive than “he/she”
“themself” flows more naturally than “him or herself”
“they” is less clunky than “(s)he”
it’s time to replace the awkward “she or he”
“hey can you go ask they what does they want for dinner, and when is they coming over to watch movies with they?”
“Hey, can you go ask them what they want for dinner, and when they’re coming over to watch movies?”
Step one is learning how to talk like a human person.
Friendly reminder:
“I shouldn’t like to punish anyone, even if they’d done me wrong.” —George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss (1860)
“A person can’t help their birth.” —William Thackeray, Vanity Fair (1848)
“But to expose the former faults of any person, without knowing what their present feelings were, seemed unjustifiable.” —Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813)
“Every Fool can do as they’re bid.” —Jonathan Swift, Polite Conversation (1738)
“So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.” —King James Bible, Matthew 18:35 (transl. 1611)
“God send every one their heart’s desire!” —William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (~1600)
“Now this king did keepe a great house, that euerie body might come and take their meat freely.” —Sir Philip Sidney, the Arcadia (1580)
“If … a psalme scape any person, or a lesson, or els yt they omyt one verse or twayne…” —William Bonde, The Pylgrimage of Perfection (1526)
“And whoso fyndeth hym out of swich blame, / They wol come up and offre a Goddés name” —Geoffrey Chaucer, The Pardoner’s Tale (~1380)
“þan hastely hiȝed eche wiȝt on hors & on fote, / huntyng wiȝt houndes alle heie wodes, / til þei neyȝþed so neiȝh to nymphe þe soþe [Then hastily hied each person on horse and on foot / hunting with hounds all the high woods / ‘til they came so near, to tell the truth]” —William and the Werwolf (transl. ~1350-1375)
“Bath ware made sun and mon, / Aiþer wit þer ouen light [Both were made sun and moon / Either with their own light]” —Cursor Mundi (~1325)
We’ve been using they/them/their pronouns to indicate a person with unspecified gender for a long ass fucking time. The only reason it’s become a big issue lately is because it can be used as a semi-respectful term for trans and non-binary folks and we can’t have that can we
These fucks are literally trying to change our language to hurt trans/nb folks, and claiming that’s just the way its always been
Something about Rebecca Sugar coming out as a nonbinary woman is a huge surprise but it also makes so much sense in retrospect. The Gems aren’t nonbinary because they’re aliens or because she wanted to look Woke or whatever….she was literally just representing her own gender identity this whole time, even if she admittedly did make it subtle (except Stevonnie, she said the fandom knows they’re very obviously nb) but I think making subtle representation for a group you belong to is very very different from a cis creator who just wants to throw the nb community a bone but not quite commit to it, if that makes sense
Rebecca Sugar: One of the things that’s very important to me about the show is that the Gems are all nonbinary women. […] They’re coded female, which is very important […] I was really excited […] to make a show about a young boy who is looking up to these female-coded characters.
Interviewer: I’m sorry, when you say they’re “coded female” what do you mean by that “coded”?
Rebecca Sugar: They appear to be female. They’re a little more representative of nonbinary women. They wouldn’t think of themselves as women, but they’re fine with being interpreted that way amongst humans. And I am also a nonbinary woman, which, it’s been really great to express myself through these characters, because it’s very much how I have felt throughout my life.
this is so amazing tho?? we’ve never had nonbinary creators to look up to years ago but look at us now! this is so amazing I can’t
has a high pitched voice and is even voiced by a female voice actress.
is completely comfortable finding Tsubaki in the girl’s baths
is totally wearing a binder here:
• Is a trans guy
The reason his voice is high pitched and he doesn’t mind tsubaki in the bath is cause he’s literally a prepubescent 12-13 year old boy. He legit doesn’t have the actual reaction to seeing a naked female and also having a deeper voice. But you know, let’s force the useless agenda on a character.
…anyways Black Star is trans
Black Star is canonically trans and there is nothing transphobes can do about it
me as a 12 year old: yeah, women are just objectively more beautiful. like its just true. women are always more attractive than men, thems the facs. it is nature, god’s will, if you may. i am heterosexual.
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