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Not everyone who exhibits some facet of transphobia is a TERF, and it is not helpful to suggest that this is the case. I am defending my statement that there is no evidence to suggest she is a TERF, which is - again - a specific reactionary ideology with specific motivations and talking points. To clarify, I am not mounting any sort of defense of Natalie in terms of whether or not she harbours transphobia, be it overt or implicit. I’m not saying that this is correct or a perfect thing to do, but I am saying that it does not appear to be intentionally angled towards trans people, and she is not employing the same narrative, phrases or terminology that TERFs use when they talk about trans women. She is, rather, conflating genitals with gender in the context of talking about cis men (she then goes on to critique the portrayal of lesbians in media). This is because, when read in context, it seems apparent that Natalie is not intending to talk about trans women. I use the term “casual cissexism” in relation to the start of this blog post: It seems unlikely that Natalie completely accepted the accusation of transphobia, given that she highlighted the fact that she worked with trans youth in her (erratically written) response to Lydia’s article. I’d also like to note that all the posts you are talking about are listed in my sources, which is to say that I have read all of them. Respectfully, I need to disagree on a few key points.įor one, while Lydia’s article is what propelled some of the criticism into wider knowledge, it is not what “started the whole thing”, given that it was published over a year after online discussions regarding the lipstick flag’s creator had begun. Asking for proof is just a slap in the face to all the people she’s hurt. That post is from 2010, so if you can find something new that shows she’s grown from that point of her life and isn’t trans exclusionary anymore, I’d love to see it! Otherwise, there’s your sources.Įdit because I forgot to add earlier: Cancel culture is toxic and all, but when most of the community is saying something, there’s probably good reason to believe them. This is not “casual cissexism” From her first paragraph, it’s very obvious that she ties together having a penis with being a man. (Ignoring the fact that yeah her post is true, most movies that feature wlw romance are poorly done and intended for the male gaze, but the penis centric talk is what we’re talking about here.) The thing I want to point out the most about that post, is that Natalie took the time to disagree with everything Lydia accused her of….except the accusation of her being transphobic. My own father is an example of this, but I digress, that’s not what we’re talking about. But one race can absolutely be racist toward their own race. On her post she claims to be Southeast Asian, I would never even try to question someone else’s race. If you don’t wanna date someone, don’t date them, but when it gets to the point where you have to say “certain race isn’t my type” then uh, that’s racist. That kind of thing is debated on whether or not it’s considered racist. The creator called her date ugly, and said that “asian women weren’t her type.” (She’s just….really not a good person, yikes.)
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She put that above her original post which details a date she went on with an Asian woman. Here’s the article which is what started the whole then went back to her original blog post (found through the link) and edited it accusing Lydia of attacking her, claims its all wrong, etc.