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I'm now really curious about what trans activists are doing about their pronoun policing mission in gendered languages where there's basically no way to insert zem/zer type neologisms even if people were willing to adopt them. You'd have to reinvent the whole grammar.
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trying to find quote about how it's gotten more and more complex and complicated over time, with people claiming more obscure identities... I'd be curious to meet any serious trans activist who is serious about zem/zer as part of the agenda. my intuition is that it's posturing
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Yeah, I've been concluding it's a case of "now that we have power, let's just try to see how far we can push it" experiments. Not yet at a fucking-with-you level of power play though. More like "why the hell not?" assertion.
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do they even really have power? 🤔 I guess they have managed to get some attention and sympathy. in a way, you could maybe also think of it as the extreme-circus marketing wing – maybe not-affiliated with the main "moderate" (idk) body but getting attn for the cause, good or bad
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i have friends who participate extensively in activist spaces, and their concerns for the trans people they help are really foundational — providing resources for trans kids facing difficulties with families, providing legal assistance for trans people who need it, 101 stuff
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