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Tracing the roots of pop culture transphobia

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    Whom
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    Take that vomit tag seriously, there's a LOT of it and it's fucking gross.

    Take that vomit tag seriously, there's a LOT of it and it's fucking gross.

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      Cycloneblaze
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      Yeah honestly I liked this video, it was up to Lindsay's usual standard, but I have no idea why she decided to lean on that gag so hard. It was disgusting and off-putting. I'd get if it was to...

      Yeah honestly I liked this video, it was up to Lindsay's usual standard, but I have no idea why she decided to lean on that gag so hard. It was disgusting and off-putting.

      I'd get if it was to emphasise the weird transphobic reaction of disgust that media displayed so often (seriously, what was up with that), but then I feel it's anvilicious. Like, yeah, trans women were always portrayed as literally vomit-inducing, I got it. The Family Guy clip wasn't necessary.

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      1. Whom
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        It's a bit too much, for sure. That said, it did get the point across in a way that's a lot more memorable and emotional than just mentioning it, so I get it. I do feel like Ellis is sometimes a...

        It's a bit too much, for sure. That said, it did get the point across in a way that's a lot more memorable and emotional than just mentioning it, so I get it.

        I do feel like Ellis is sometimes a bit too willing to go in with making jokes out of just how bad something is. I appreciate that it means she doesn't tiptoe around awful shit, but it does occasionally come off in a way that'd probably be fine to do around a specific trans friend or something but is a bit flippant given how public it is. While I and a lot of other trans people I know are cool with it, I think I'd probably avoid showing this to certain friends for that reason. Minor in the grand scheme of things, of course.

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  2. DanBC
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    I enjoyed this! Here are some links for further reading: Katy Montgomerie "Addressing the claims in JK Rowling's justification for transphobia"...

    I enjoyed this!

    Here are some links for further reading:

    Katy Montgomerie "Addressing the claims in JK Rowling's justification for transphobia" https://katymontgomerie.medium.com/addressing-the-claims-in-jk-rowlings-justification-for-transphobia-7b6f761e8f8f

    (Incidentally, Katy has an excellent youtube series called (This Week in the TERF Wars)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4meMZ8kXcC4] where she talks about the bizarre conversations she has with gender critical people on Twitter.

    Maya Forstater judgment: https://www.gov.uk/employment-tribunal-decisions/maya-forstater-v-cgd-europe-and-others-2200909-2019

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