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yourworldiseternallycomplete · 28 days ago

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i need a haircut god also as someone who has read dtwof i thought we were all on the same page w alison bechdel like she made some seminal lesbian art but also was clearly a product of her era re:terfy and lesbian separatist politics like idk i dont know about u but i was not of the belief that her work was some bible of inclusive queer fiction and that she could do no wrong

#idk tho my former roommate turned out to have beliefs that very much aligned so :(#txt #like bechdel's work has a ton of issues esp transmisogyny #it makes me v upset to see people downplaying her transmisogyny and transmisogyny in general #edit: when i say product of her time i mean she is part of a specific reactionary terf political millieu #this post is mostly about my incorrect assumption that everyone had the same critical approach to dtwof as i did #and how i should have been more vigilant about terfy politics #which like yeah. i should have been

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