Mx Aria Stewart

@kitkendrick @mekkaokereke As someone on the short end of sexism and transphobia, here's where I struggle: "sexism" and "transphobia" as warnings don't actually help me. I don't know if it's _mentioning_ them, _showing_ them, _fighting them_, or _acknowledging them_.

I would love to put aside Yet More News About Transphobic Laws.

But I _adore_ a righteous and angry and artistic engagement with transphobia. Anger and joy mixed together is a powerful antidote: and it has the same topic.

Nov 11, 2022 at 3:51pmWeb
Show threadMx Aria StewartNov 11, 2022
@kitkendrick @mekkaokereke And nothing stings more than something carefully avoiding mentioning sexism or transphobia as a factor when it's painfully obvious. It spares us no feeling to just not mention it. In fact, that's usually the opposition's framing: ignoring the harm done. So what we're left with is a media environment full of un-CWed dogwhistles, and CWed antidotes. Plus the careless are still gonna boost the bad news without so much as a call to action.