This post is in memory, for myself, of the first time someone blocked me on tumblr, namely learn-how-to-love, I assume for attempting to explain why someone might react with hostility ('can we kill them') to a toxic-positivity comic featuring a lion with a beard-like mane representing a trans woman.
May I underline: trying to explain the 'why', while stating that such 4chan-style behavior is not an acceptable way to respond to some random inconsequential comic. Then two people got pissed off at me for two seemingly two different reasons, one summoning 'oh you believe in male socialisation' which signals to me that they subscribe to the terf type of transfeminism, and the site that blocked me is allegedly against that? that's the whole point?? did that person get blocked too???
Apparently, it is transphobic to try to explain why some get pissed off and dysphoric by the idea that all trans women are supposed to be automatically delighted by representations of broad-shouldered, bearded, well, visually men (symmetrically to how trans men get pissed and tired by being represented by soft uwu 12-yr-old looking femme bottoms.) That must be an attack on GNC people, because if I bring that up, I must believe those should never be represented ever. But if I bring up that some trans people are perfectly fine with reflecting on their past as a boy or girl, that is also transphobic; how dare you misgender people (and yourself. you're beautiful and valid. just dont be real and 'aggressive', in this case get lost you bigot(?))
How dare I not believe in female/male essense, I must be a transmed(??ye.)
Apparently I just dont see trans women as women, for absolutely incogruent reasons. I learned that if you fail to hit space & type transwomen it's a *known* dog whistle! or whatever the fuck. Known to who, in real life? You just cant win, man. I surely cant. My experience of getting jumped by two opposing sides is legendary at this point, and I still never know why.
I didnt make this blog to start shit, but apparently I just start shit naturally.
To learn-how-to-love’s credit, their bio states: "If we generally agree on things and I block you it’s not personal, I just probably found you too much" but they did reply to that post with "Person in the replies was annoying me so I’ve blocked them. Gootbye" which is probably about me lol.
Am I misunderstanding everything in the universe or what.
ARE WE LEARNING HOW TO LOVE? I think not.
No one read bell hooks up in this bitch. Not even one motherfucker.
Tumblr is literally new 4chan for confused raging libs, it's fucking sad to see. I thought I'm too jumpy to participate in society but holy fuck, it feels like walking into a shootout out there every time you turn. It's even worse than going outside currently in some aspects. Unreal.
