Posted by: EmilyEmilyEmily on: February 10, 2011
[Crossposted from here] Okay how is it that we internalized this idea that ‘offensiveness’ is the problem? Because I mean seriously, when people make, say, jokes about how trans people are not really their gender and such, the problem isn’t offensiveness. It’s oppressiveness. You’re not offending someone. YOU’RE HURTING THEM. Equating being oppressed with being [...]
