#if you're queer yourself; i refuse to believe that you just aren't capable of understanding that bi people exist | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

invinciblerodent · 18 days ago

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>person writes a post about how being a fan of a female fictional character means also needing to be her defense attorney, and generally an expert at explaining all her nuances

>hmm yes, i agree, I too am frustrated by fandom misogyny, I shall reblog that

>I glance at their username

>it's calling a canonically bisexual female character a lesbian

(i don't know how many more times i can scroll past casual bi erasure, folks)

(i don't know how much more i have in me)

#squirrel speaks #i don't have high expectations. i really don't. at least i don't think i do.#but i'm pretty sure that denying a female character her canonical marginalized sexuality and projecting another one onto her #is also kind of a form of misogyny; isn't it.#i'm growing so tired of how when it's other queer people doing the erasing; it's generally just seen as normal and acceptable #which; ngl I think that just makes it worse #because it makes the benefit of a doubt; the potential for genuine and well-intetioned ignorance; fly straight out the window #if you're queer yourself; i refuse to believe that you just aren't capable of understanding that bi people exist #(and make up the majority of the community)#so then what's left then BUT conscious dismissal? what explanation is left BESIDES biphobia?#gergh. it's 1 am. i should just go to bed instead of working myself up over this #it's not like it's new; it just very much a “death by a thousand cuts” thing #i've just seen this exact thing enough times to make me want to set the building on fire a little bit; and this time; the irony....#it just tickled me so good (and by that i mean bad)

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