Feldspar
Whoopsie! I am a Lesbian and just thought
Last edited Sun Dec 11, 2011, 11:55 AM USA/ET - Edit history (2)
that everybody was hip to the fact that *queer* has been reclaimed by LGBT crowd. My bad.
My point was simply that Females are NOT a minority group like MRAs, Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Trans*people; females are The 51%.
And I for one am tired of being treated like some ghetto-ized special interest group when I belong to the majority class.
Iverglas goes on to say this:
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Feldspar appeared to be a woman-identified lesbian. This might put her at odds with the LBGT-identified women we have heard from in the past.
I think that perspective is one that should be explored here. I think that is the issue raised in the post hidden in this thread. I also think Feldspar was not the most adept at posting coherently, let alone non-confrontationally, of course.
Okay, three things: Evidently a minority group can claim or un-claim words at will. That said, if they claimed the word "fork" what would we then call a pronged eating utensil since we would no longer be able to ask for one without being accused of gay bashing. At what point did they decide to NOT claim "queer" since queer studies have been part of the college landscape for a couple of decades?
How dare she take away my second class citizen status! Who the hell does she think she is? Just because we're 51% of the population doesn't mean we aren't oppressed! I just got a brand new Coach wallet knock off to carry my new 2012 victim card.
Lastly, and perhaps most confusing: if feldspar is a woman-identified lesbian does than mean there's such a thing as a man-identified lesbian and what the heck would that look like?
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