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Identity doesn’t have a clean taxonomy because sexuality doesn’t have a clean taxonomy because sex doesn’t have a clean taxonomy because bodies don’t have a clean taxonomy because life does not have a clean taxonomy
Every taxonomy is artificial. Sorry
Fun fact: the entire system of “Domain/Kingdom/Phylum/Class/Order/Family/Genus/Species” is deeply broken and hotly debated https://www.twitter.com/garblefart/status/1280086704976732161
We love neat and tidy categories. Nature doesn’t
Tangent but “Fuck Off Plato” is the name of my progressive screamo band https://www.twitter.com/OccultTherapist/status/1280088239580332035
Oh god, don’t even get me started on the taxonomy of music genres,
For starters! And the crack soon becomes a fault line https://www.twitter.com/OtterSeaborne/status/1280088747602665472
Taxonomy is a tool with very serious limitations. It is not a Clear Eyed Vision of Reality. No matter what you’re categorizing
Sorry transphobes
Sorry transphobes
this is what people are on about when they say sex is a social construct, by the way. computers are binary. biology is messy
Anyone who says otherwise *does not understand science or the scientific method* on a fundamental level.
They’re arguing about religion and souls, not science
They’re arguing about religion and souls, not science
TERFs about to get mad at “TRAs” for creative copy protection https://www.twitter.com/OtterSeaborne/status/1280091373178195969
Yep! And that’s why they keep trying to cloak their bullshit in sciencey-sounding words. Just like creationists https://www.twitter.com/AnarchistAuthor/status/1280091252990435330
