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I have to say that one of the most _personally_ offensive things I have seen from anti-inclusion bigots (who try to soften/make cute their abject bigotry by calling themselves 'exclus' like they're some sort of cutesy fandom instead of vile community-splitting bigots)...
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... is their co-opting of the term 'battleaxe bi'.
For those of you who don't know, "Battleaxe Bi" was created by @foxflightstudio and initially posted on Tumblr on April 12, 2018. It was part of the Orientation Armory series.
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For those of you who don't know, "Battleaxe Bi" was created by @foxflightstudio and initially posted on Tumblr on April 12, 2018. It was part of the Orientation Armory series.
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You can find the original post here:
https://foxflightstudios.tumblr.com/post/172873229556/the-second-weapon-from-my-orientation-armory
This term has been co-opted to refer to... I don't even know, some sort of 'I hate people who I don't think are the right kind of queer' nonsense.
And that is, frankly, PERSONALLY offensive to me as an artist.
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https://foxflightstudios.tumblr.com/post/172873229556/the-second-weapon-from-my-orientation-armory
This term has been co-opted to refer to... I don't even know, some sort of 'I hate people who I don't think are the right kind of queer' nonsense.
And that is, frankly, PERSONALLY offensive to me as an artist.
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Taking the beautiful, and EXPRESSLY INCLUSIVE art of an artist -- whose message of 'WE FIGHT AS ONE' is a central part of the Orientation Armory -- and trying to turn it into a message of exclusion and hate?
That's gross. That's offensive.
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https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/WE-FIGHT-AS-ONE-by-foxflight/34870212.NL9AC
That's gross. That's offensive.
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https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/WE-FIGHT-AS-ONE-by-foxflight/34870212.NL9AC
And if you don't know that they've been trying to co-opt beautiful inclusive art and turn it into something nasty?
Now you know. And you know now that they didn't 'invent' that phrase for themselves.
They stole it.
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Now you know. And you know now that they didn't 'invent' that phrase for themselves.
They stole it.
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My (queer, non-binary, bi) spouse wears a Battleaxe Bi pin on their battle jacket. They love the imagery, and we were backers on the Kickstarter BECAUSE they loved that. (Also I had a trident but it broke twice :( )
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As an artist, I can't think of anything grosser or more offensive than someone taking an inclusive message I worked hard to bring into the world and perverting it.
Just in case you thought they have any respect for anything, the anti-inclusion bigots absolutely do not.
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Just in case you thought they have any respect for anything, the anti-inclusion bigots absolutely do not.
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