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its real

im tired and theres many more people who have gone into greater detail about this than i have but ill keep it short (and im not proofreading it b/c fuck it well do it live).

drag itself doesnt have to be transphobic, as seen in our queer forebears who used drag as methods of parodying and critiquing gender (but thats an argument for another time).

rupauls drag race (and thereby rupaul) has shown itself time and time again to be a transphobic garbage fire. some terms constantly used on the show are tr*nny, lady boy, and she-male. furthermore, as if trying to prove my point for me, rupaul had a challenge called “female or she-male” (s6e4, episode 69 overall) where the whole point was to clock people, or in the shows words ”””””biological woman””””” (”””””female”””””) or a ”””””psychological woman””””” (”””””shemale”””””), which is obviously transphobic, in and of itself. as rupauls show was a major force in widening drags exposure from lgbt culture to the mainstream, this is what the public is going to see. at the end of the day, most of the contestants in rupauls show tend to be guys (there are exceptions with trans drag queens, etc). people outside the lgbt community (people who dont have experience with any sort of queer people, or only have vague conceptions of the l and g parts) see these self-identifying men dressing as “women” and conflate these drag queens with trans women (the reverse, drag kings and trans men, also exist, but thats not the focus of this), which only serves to reinforce the “tr*p” stereotype that plagues the trans community. 

at the end of the day, rupaul might have understood the lgbt community in the early 90s, but absolutely does not understand the lgbt community today. i doubt they have ever understood the trans community and the challenges they face. sure, rupaul, you can claim that tr*nny amongst drag queens is like jay z getting offended by kanye saying the n word (link), but while you sit up in your shining castle that your money and fame have bought you, trans people in the real world are forced to endure the degradation of the slurs you so flippantly use and ingrain into your audiences brains and the very real threat of violence against themselves for just trying to exist (or the very real actual violence) that your show helps to stir up, rupaul.

Asks like this make me not want to comment anywhere at all out of fear of a wrathful writer thinking it will never be good enough

I was sort of worried that might happen when I posted the ask. But it’s part of the discussion, and it’s a valid point to consider. What one writer loves another will be disappointed by. 

I don’t really know what to suggest readers do, but the original anon wanted something more specific? Perhaps instead of saying “this was cute!” something like “this plot was cute!” or “your characters are so cute together”? Original anon, would that be any better? Is there some other response that would have made you feel more appreciated?

  since notebook.ai has been disappointing everyone...

Oh, I wasn’t aware I wasn’t the only complainer. What were the other complaints? I’ll try out that other option!

mostly that the $9 a month for important features is ridiculous lmao also I might be the only one on this but I hate how it looks everything is big af for me and clunky and I couldn’t find a way to change it at all.

worldanvil has a premium too but all the world building features themselves are available for free. It’s 3$ for things like private worlds, 10gb image space, co authoring ect. 

what about what in Europe???