I wish I had never told anyone I was trans. This semester is going to be weird because everyone knows or heard it from someone if I didn’t tell them by now.
| J: | dude, i was going to say something but now i can't remember |
| J: | oh, have you seen that shit radical queers say or whatever it is |
| me: | Yeah my friend and i had a long talk about it last night |
| J: | i feel like i dont get it |
| J: | it makes me unhappy |
| J: | and all these people i know are posting it with comments that say like "OMG YESSS" and i'm like, what am i missing here this seems kind of fucked up to me |
| me: | Yeah Idk why people are taking it the way they are |
| J: | why is saying "I'm trans" offensive or wrong |
| J: | according to this video |
| me: | I understand it to be like oh here's idiosyncratic things bay area queer folks say to each other that edge on bullshit |
| J: | hmm |
| me: | Which is why i don't get the I'm trans part |
| J: | yeah |
| me: | I guess like I'm trans because its "trendy" |
| J: | ... |
| J: | also i think i get the "i mostly date trans guys" part but it just felt icky. i don't know. i didn't like it |
| J: | i liked the part where the person was holding a banjo |
| me: | What i told my friend is that i think a lot of these ways of talking come from trans folks needing to get therapy for letters and shit and then that kind of language creeps into conversation |
| J: | like processing or something? |
| me: | Right |
| me: | So i kind of hate it when language like that gets pegged as exclusive |
| J: | its also from lesbian feminist culture which starting reclaiming the language of therapy for self care like in the 70s or before |
| me: | Right |
| J: | people talk like that in pat califia books haha |
| J: | while they're like shoving motorcycle parts up each others hoohas |
| me: | Hahahah |
| me: | Can i put this on tumblr |
there’s no law against that
and it’s her birthday!
ETA: Well, technically I will probably watch it over the internet so there sort of is a law against that.
Ugh, today has been so unproductive.