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More MCC player fanart :)

Hiii!!

That playlist was a gift to Ros, she wanted some music recs so I made one for her character more so based on what we had discussed and my 3rd party intrepretation of tf!Ros. It's not supposed to be through Juni's POV at all - I would say the lifebloom one is more fitting for that!

From this :D

JUNIPER (SNIFF)

- juniper branches in their fur

- spotted skin

- tall and buff

I recently noticed that you reposted something on twitter that is harmful to the trans community, specifically to trans men and trans masculine people. It was an ‘explanation’ of terminology of which to refer to people within the SMP following your post about the discussion of misogyny within the fandom space. 

While I do agree that using the correct terminology is important, not only was this post spreading misinformation of what the terms trans “feminine” and “masculine” were, but also utilizing terms such as TMA and TME to describe them. 

These terms basically define which gender identities under the trans umbrella succumb to misogyny, saying that trans men and trans masculine people do not. 

This is entirely false. 

The trans experience is vast, and this terminology is only keeping in mind a single type of trans men and masc people, which are the ones that have gotten gender affirming care and pass in their day to day lives. And even while those types of people do not face misogyny as frequently as other marginalized gender, they still do, if minimally. And even if they don’t, before their transition and even during their transition, they will have faced misogyny, which undoubtedly impacts them today, whether it is through employment inequalities and economic status, gendered abuse, or other barriers that they could’ve, and likely did, encounter. 

Moving on from the view this terminology has of trans men and masc people, there are many that definitely still experience misogyny in a much more direct fashion. This terminology does not have in mind trans men that cannot transition, do not want to transition, those who tried to transition but for whom the  testosterone did not do significant changes, the closeted trans men, the feminine trans men and even more. Trans men and transmasculine people of color, too, have unique experiences with gender, resulting in either hyperfeminization or hypermasculinization, both of which will change how misogyny harms them, and create further barriers between them and a safe, queer future. 

I understand this could’ve been an oversight on your part considering the first half of the tweet looked promising with long descriptions for each term, but as a public figure, you must be careful about harmful rhetorics as such harming marginalized communities. An apology and the deletion of the repost would be appreciated. 

Thank you for your attention, Snifferish. 

- Two humble fans of yours 

Hello Anon,

First off I want to say how much I appreciate your kind and educational approach to this. Surprisingly I had not encountered those terms before - and definitely assumed they were meant to be approached with nuance, but after reading your explaination, I understand how it might just a be another form of turning transness into only a binary. I'm not sure how new a fan you are - but I myself fall into the category you have described. I am genderfluid, and while I am not a man, I do consider myself under the transmasculine umbrella. I can also say, I have plenty of transmasculine friends who still experience misogyny, especially at a medical level.

I only note this because I want to clarify that I have always been aware how misgonyny still affects transmasculine individuals. It's my fault though for not better engaging with the terms, and potientally looking into the criticisms that other trans people in the community have around them. For that - I am sorry.