#itd be more about taking the power away from the transphobes who created the joke | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

shoezuki · 1 year

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idk how to word it but i feel like nowadays people will see any portrayal of trans people as representation even when they are caricatures that were made on 'man in a dress' troupes and with the intention of demeaning and making fun of trans people. like. saw a post say the 'crossdressing' wolf from the shrek movies was serving or whatever.

#idk how to put it into words and ive literally got multiple instances of me talkin bout it in my drafts.#cuz i feel like its a difficult topic to parse but it confuses me and feels very weird n wrong at times #but what makes it difficult is the notion of like. reclaimation #altho a lot of the time i dont feel it is reclaiming #sometimes its just straight up denying such figures are/were caricatures #like. by saying its 'representation' is saying that they are 'good' portrayals of trans ppl #which. no #and if it was reclaiming which it is sometimes #itd be more about taking the power away from the transphobes who created the joke #and reimagining it #but sometimes i just see absolute denial it ever was a bad thing #ask to tag #transphobia

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