usually id reblog, but i dont want my addition to be seen as derailing so im making another post to expand my thoughts on it
i feel a similar way about the term "tme" in relation to this post. the term doesnt convey "cis people plus some other tiny group include on a technicality", but it focuses on the alleged similarities between cis people and transmascs.
and i can rephrase the rest of the post to amplify my point but you get the gist. ill just point out similarities between them. both labels arent things you "identify" as. what label was assigned to you wasnt chosen, same thing goes with being tma/tme cause how they determine which one you are basically boils down to whether youre transfem or not. in a less bigoted world, the terms could have some uses, but since we live in this world, theyre being used to paint the more marginalized as part of the oppressors. both are often used to exclude people in spaces where exclusion doesnt really make sense.
so. what am i really saying here? well, while the term "amab" does affect me, im not transfem, and i dont have the same experiences most transfems have when they are referred to as such so i cant really speak about that experience. tme is more vague because in some definitions, i fit the bill, and in some definitions, i dont. but from how ive seen it being used here, its being used more to separate trans people into two groups. one is seen as part of the oppressors and the other is the oppressed, and i do not like it. so, while i cant speak about the post itself resonating with me, i do feel the same way about another term, and i figured its probably good to point out the similarities
