transartorialism

processing the "shit radical queers say" video everyone keeps putting up on facebook

1. J: dude, i was going to say something but now i can't remember
2. J: oh, have you seen that shit radical queers say or whatever it is
3. me: Yeah my friend and i had a long talk about it last night
4. J: i feel like i dont get it
5. J: it makes me unhappy
6. 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
7. me: Yeah Idk why people are taking it the way they are
8. J: why is saying "I'm trans" offensive or wrong
9. J: according to this video
10. me: I understand it to be like oh here's idiosyncratic things bay area queer folks say to each other that edge on bullshit
11. J: hmm
12. me: Which is why i don't get the I'm trans part
13. J: yeah
14. me: I guess like I'm trans because its "trendy"
15. J: ...
16. 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
17. J: i liked the part where the person was holding a banjo
18. 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
19. J: like processing or something?
20. me: Right
21. me: So i kind of hate it when language like that gets pegged as exclusive
22. J: its also from lesbian feminist culture which starting reclaiming the language of therapy for self care like in the 70s or before
23. me: Right
24. J: people talk like that in pat califia books haha
25. J: while they're like shoving motorcycle parts up each others hoohas
26. me: Hahahah
27. me: Can i put this on tumblr