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Radfems have been peddling exclusionary & divisive rhetoric within the queer community since the 70s. They& #39;ve fostered anti-trans/bi/queer/ace narratives in order to weaken us & undermine the unity of the wider queer community.
Here are some receipts...
Here are some receipts...
The first image below are replies/reblogs to the & #39;hey ace exclusionist genderists post.
The second is a receipt of someone confirming they were recruited to radfem/teRF ideology via ace discourse.
The third image is a bi person noticing a link between biphobia, aphobia & teRFs
The second is a receipt of someone confirming they were recruited to radfem/teRF ideology via ace discourse.
The third image is a bi person noticing a link between biphobia, aphobia & teRFs
Radical feminist recruitment is a process. People don& #39;t go to sleep supporting trans people and wake up a full-blown TERF. Its a process. It begins for a lot of people by a radfe& #39;m finding some & #39;weak spot& #39; or & #39;chink& #39; in someone& #39;s armour where they& #39;re open to excluding ppl.
It may be bisexuals, or a subset of trans people (truscum, transmeds, enbyphobes). Increasingly it& #39;s ace/aro people. The arguments radfems push to justify their exclusion will mirror arguments teRFs use to exclude trans ppl: & #39;males/straight ppl trying to invade our safe spaces& #39;
One someone bites for one identity, the same arguments can be extended/applied to other groups: & #39;stargenders & non-binary pretenders want to fake their way in& #39;, & #39;queer is too inclusive, has become meaningless, is a slur .. queer theory is a joke .. LGB(T) is the full acronym.& #39;
Historically radfems argued that bisexual women had to & #39;pick sides& #39;. Were they on the side of their cisters or not? Men are the enemy. If you& #39;re open to sleeping wih the enemy, you& #39;re a traitor and not committed to your (radical lesbian) feminism.
Bi was treated as & #39;& #39;invalid.& #39;& #39; You& #39;re either & #39;& #39;enjoying straight privilege& #39;& #39; by & #39;& #39;choosing the other side& #39;& #39; or you& #39;re not. Which side are you on? Exclus treat aro/ace as an & #39;irrelevant identity& #39;, not inherently queer, in the same way bis were judged on & #39;& #39;who they partnered with& #39;& #39;
Rhetoric used against bi, trans and aro/ace is portable.
& #39;& #39;X is an irrelevant identity; they are really straight/enjoying straight-passing privileges; they are oppressors trying to sneak their way into our safe spaces; they are a threat; for our safety they must be excluded!& #39;& #39;
& #39;& #39;X is an irrelevant identity; they are really straight/enjoying straight-passing privileges; they are oppressors trying to sneak their way into our safe spaces; they are a threat; for our safety they must be excluded!& #39;& #39;
I am not sure whether to post examples - I may post one with names redacted - but if you search through some Tumblr blogs, you can see the radicalisation process taking hold over time....
I have screengrabs from one person who ID& #39;d as queer & pansexual, who was pro-ace inclusion. She took feminist studies, became interested in radfem, read books & met a famous radfem academic, and subseqently made posts very hostile to queer, pan & ace. Now IDs as radfem lesbian
From "aces are queer & deserve our support" and "queer has been successfully reclaimed and I never hear it used as a slur" to "Queer is a slur and an ideological plague against lesbians" in the time it took to finish reading a book and meet its author.
