the most annoying thing abt the whole queer being reclaimed thing is like. yeah lots of fuckin slurs have been reclaimed. they still don't call women's studies bitch studies in college. they don't have n word theory 101. the fuck is anybody acting like it's cool for straight ppl and institutions to be throwing this word around like it's no big deal bc a couple of swingers with blue hair decided it was cool? wtf?
Exactly! to copy what I said privately on the topic:
For most slurs, reclamation is considered an individual process. What one person may be comfortable with is not safe to presume everyone will be comfortable with. Additionally, reclamation is normally done within a community, not outside of it.
Yet for sexual minorities, we're meant to suddenly be okay with straight news anchormen calling all of us the "Queer Community," who gave him the right? Lesbian authors are suddenly listed under "queer authors" by articles even when the woman herself has only called herself "lesbian."
There is a pervasive and constant pushing of boundaries by TRAs, and if you push back even a little bit, you're the one seen as intolerant. Why couldn't you just roll over and let us label you as strange?
ābut but itās a succinct way of including all the spicy straightsā a) who said the spicy straights needed to be included b) if they absolutely have to be included then find another word that isnāt a slur like my country did.















