Mastodawn

I've been thinking a lot about how I'm going to respond to this co-worker who suddenly started addressing me as "he." I thought about writing this up, both to work through my thoughts as well as provide some words and ideas others could use in similar situations.

A lot of this comes from my absorbing the work of many many Black feminists and Black writers. At the core, anti-trans issues are rooted in anti-Black issues, and those crossover for Black trans people.

Also, this is not "How to clap back" so much as "things you can think about in formulating your own response."

#Misgendering

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Tyla (Combat Waifu Yuri Arc)Mar 8

One of the main lessons I have learned, both from Black feminists and as a long time public-facing Black writer, is that this is a battle I do not want to fight on their ground.

Toni Morrison said this very well in her A Huminist's View speech. She was talking about the social battle, but I have found that this applies to the individual battle as well.

What does fighting on their ground mean? It means responding. It means reacting. If someone misgenders you and then tries to justify it IN ANY WAY, then you are already on their ground. Because they have already decided they know who you are.

#Misgendering #MisgenderingResponse

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F3715H

@FinalGirl thus the only way to win is to refuse to fight *on THEIR terms* because that means you can't win.

- The only correct way is to yeet the fash, TERFs / FARTs and move on.
- Don't let them WASTE YOUR TIME!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZzwO2B9b64

Fascists will waste your time.

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