Like literally I found them incomprehensible, then we watched Silence in a film class and I was like "ok, if this was real then I get it"
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That's why ultimately I am glad the series ends up in a crappy unfeminist (or, read a certain way, unhappy feminist) ending
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Because it reveals that 1) to be a TERF you have to hold a worldview where not just Bill but Lecter et Al are real, AND
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2) believing in things like that ultimately leads you to conclusions that undermine feminism beyond just hurting trans women
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In the sense that, if I were a cis woman in that universe, I would consider fighting for liberation hopeless. Cooptation would be inevitable
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Therefore, Clarice eventually giving in to male supremacy proves the harm the TERF worldview causes to liberation for cis women
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yeah but that's not how it works you don't get to deny ppl their identity this is one of the many very problematic aspects in sotl
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The figleaf about why Bill was evaluated by a psychiatrist and officially diagnosed Not Trans Just Crazy ends up being more harmful
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Justifies RL arbitrary and abusive gatekeeping of medical transition, used as an IRL line of attack on "fake" trans ppl
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Even the core TERFs have now signed the official Treaty of Truscum Alliance where a few "real" trans ppl are let in as a rhetorical weapon
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I.e. if you've experienced all of these symptoms of dysphoria since childhood you're ok but if not you're probably Buffalo Bill
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And the thing is that the reason the Hannibalverse is compelling is it makes the case that we're not that far from serial killers
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