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> to make people want them to stop in the sense of "writing a brainfuck compiler in ed," not in making them so uncomfortable they beg for release. plus, "femin
by mackeye 10mo ago
> to make people want them to stop
in the sense of "writing a brainfuck compiler in ed," not in making them so uncomfortable they beg for release. plus, "feminization" is not a fetish, at least in the sense of making rustc say "i love you;" that feels incredibly uncharitable.
- DrPimienta 10mo agoYou're being intentionally obtuse, you know what they meant when they wrote that and you're pretending not to.
- mackeye 10mo agoi was being charitable, not obtuse. a great number of my closest friends are trans; no element of their experience as i observe it fetishizes the very concept of transition, and those who've spoken to me about it are quite opposed to the "pornification" (as opposed to even sexualization) of trans people (particularly women) by the community itself, and others. if you're at all curious, i thought [0] was pretty informative. all that to say, trans people (or anyone) shouldn't need to qualify their position (or very lighthearted, energetic opinion piece) with some genericizing disclaimer as to their identity, intents, etc., on the very basis of their identity. live and let live (i.e. fuck off) [0] https://tr4nbie.substack.com/p/cat-ears-skater-skirts-and-knee-high https://tr4nbie.substack.com/p/cat-ears-skater-skirts-and-kn...
- dpd_dpd 10mo ago[flagged]