quasi-normalcy: quasi-normalcy: “Cis”
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quasi-normalcy:
quasi-normalcy:
“Cis” and “TERF” aren’t slurs, but claiming that they are over and over again until the mainstream press is unwilling to use them because they want to avoid controversy is a wonderful way of denying a marginalised group the vocabulary to discuss their own oppression. This is, of course, 100% the point.
You will also note the projection in that “trying to control language” is precisely what they accuse us of doing.
quasi-normalcy:
quasi-normalcy:
“Cis” and “TERF” aren’t slurs, but claiming that they are over and over again until the mainstream press is unwilling to use them because they want to avoid controversy is a wonderful way of denying a marginalised group the vocabulary to discuss their own oppression. This is, of course, 100% the point.
You will also note the projection in that “trying to control language” is precisely what they accuse us of doing.