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i wrote this thing about transness in which i think both sides are wrong

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What A Woman Is

The existence of trans people is a lot of things, but happens to also be a spikey thought experiment that jabs at our concepts of identity. “What is a woman?” “Someone who can get pregnant.” “So no...

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I’m an autigender dude, so cis-ish but not cis, and I can tell you that OP filled this piece with dog whistles and stereotypes. It’s possible to make a better point in fewer words without misrepresenting anyone. This essay is harmful.

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I am seeing a lot of praise for this piece, which contains enough microaggressions against trans people that I would encourage them not to read it and to mute this thread. But cis people, let’s talk about this. twitter.com/Aella_Girl/sta…

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My kingdom for cis people to stop using us for think pieces like we are walking thought experiments rather than people with neuro-biological identities who are being erased, both physically and within discussions of our existence

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I'm not cis

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Doesn't make you not wrong. We need to define everything BEFORE thought experiments start demanding rights? Just gross.

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In what way are you not cis? Are you a trans woman or a trans man?

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