#i think like. a lot of transfems aren't super familiar with the ins and outs of transmasc discourse from ten years ago for obvious reasons | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

biracy · 16 days ago

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The for lack of a better term "theyfab discourse" is extremely complicated and not something I particularly want to engage with bc I'll inevitably get my head torn off but can I just say if someone says "I personally remember transmedicalist trans guys using this word like ten years ago" I don't rlly think it's anyone else's place to basically go Nuh-Uh That's Not True. Are u truly so connected to the fucking word "theyfab" that u need to do Tumblr meme word etymology revisionism about it

#like 'theyfab' is not a particularly creative or interesting word and it's entirely possible that different communities came up with it #independently of each other. but the idea that theyfab 'was first invented to critique transmisogny' is just not true i'm sorry girls #i think like. a lot of transfems aren't super familiar with the ins and outs of transmasc discourse from ten years ago for obvious reasons #and i do not Expect them to. but also when people who Were there for that say 'i remember it meaning this back then lol'#you can at least be like 'oh that's weird haha but i don't mean it that way' and not act like they're lying or stupid 😭#open mick night #oh also 'theyfab' is not actually the same as 'cracker' but that's another post i'll probably never make

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