the absolute GALL of a white woman saying that a mixed-race person ISN'T A REAL POC IF THEY'VE EVER PASSED FOR WHITE. WHAT THE SHITTING FUCK IS THIS RACIST NONSENSE??pic.twitter.com/u8gF4xJyQx
Author, fanwriter, trash bandit, queer geek feminist, dork. Jack of all pronouns, mxtress of none. Yells about hockey. Aussie in the US.
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the absolute GALL of a white woman saying that a mixed-race person ISN'T A REAL POC IF THEY'VE EVER PASSED FOR WHITE. WHAT THE SHITTING FUCK IS THIS RACIST NONSENSE??pic.twitter.com/u8gF4xJyQx
Let's talk about the notion of "choice" in these instances, too, because the idea that any of us are 100% in control of how we're perceived at all times? Is not remotely based in reality.
A light-skinned Black person does not instinctively know, at any given moment, if they're "passing" sufficiently to fool a random white person. Was that cashier extra nice because they thought they were white, or were they just friendly?
If a trans person passes as their correct gender well enough that a transphobe mistakes them for cis, such that they feel comfortable talking about their willingness to hurt a trans person? THAT'S SCARY AS FUCK. You don't stop being trans if you stay quiet to stay safe!
Imagine you're a baby queer writer in an unsafe household, and you read this article saying that you can't claim to be queer online unless you're prepared to come out to the parents who might hurt you, disown you or both if they knew the truth.
I'm so viscerally angry about this I could rant on for days, but I'm going to make myself stop now. Nalini Haynes and DMZ can both fuck off into the sun. KEEPING YOURSELF SAFE AND SECURE DOES NOT INVALIDATE YOUR MARGINALISATION. END OF FUCKING STORY.
ETA: a friend has pointed out that I didn't include an alt-text for the one screencap I posted, so here it is again with an alt-text:pic.twitter.com/O9IoPvXtAO
Foz Meadows Retweeted
Jumping back on my own thread a final time because: THIS. https://twitter.com/thecmcaplan/status/1376206082901737472?s=21 …
Foz Meadows added,
HI HELLO, BISEXUALS AND PANSEXUALS EXIST! WE LITERALLY EXIST AND WE DON'T STOP BEING BI/PAN DEPENDING ON THE GENDER OF THE PERSON WE'RE WITH OR HOW LATE IN LIFE WE FIGURED OUR SHIT OUT! IDENTITY IS NOT DETERMINED BY PERFORMANCE!
(Image description: More of the essay saying, "Under this banner, any author who's ever found someone of their gender attractive could claim to be queer")
gah, ty! I couldn't put an alt text on someone else's tweet
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