Why TERFs Misunderstand "The Handmaid's Tale"
Added 2021-05-07 18:00:05 +0000 UTCThe Handmaid's Tale seems like it's perfect for a TERF reading, but often, TERFs misinterpret what the show is actually about.
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indeed, it's very hard to empathize with someone who actively villfiies you. And I by no means blame anyone who can't, you shouldn'tt have to empathize with an abuser. I just do cause it's who I am, but I understand not, and it's by no means healthy for me when I do it.
Jessie Earl
2021-05-10 05:05:47 +0000 UTCThank you. I love the costumes haha
Jessie Earl
2021-05-10 05:04:57 +0000 UTCWelp. That was a grim watch. I decidedly did not watch the show, and won't, as I know perfectly well what it would do to my mental health. Even the short snippets in this video are disturbing enough. That said, I agree with the point that abuse against TERFs is, while emotionally understandable in a way, at the very least not good activism. Though it is hard for me to really empathise with TERFs in a sense, as I literally cannot understand them, and I have yet to see a gender crit to not argue in bad faith. The mental gymnastics involved in constantly willfully misinterpreting everything trans people say about their lives remind me of a religious cult more than a political movement. To TERFs it seems to be a version of the gnostic battle of light versus dark, with trans women the very embodiment of pure evil, in some ways worse than cis men. So yes, I try very hard not to de-humanise TERFs, but it's hard to actually empathise with someone who so violently de-humanises oneself.
Hannah F.
2021-05-08 06:45:17 +0000 UTCThat was hard for me to get thru, thank you for taking this on. Also your costume was awesome.
ben hengst
2021-05-08 04:24:17 +0000 UTCYUP!
Jessie Earl
2021-05-08 00:53:54 +0000 UTCDear heavens, they should get t-shirts with that on it
Jessie Earl
2021-05-08 00:53:38 +0000 UTCAndrew, I think you got it right, but would add "...but often TERFs *purposely* misinterpret..."
2021-05-07 23:55:15 +0000 UTC"...but often TERFs misinterpret..." could be the their official Motto.
Andrew Michael
2021-05-07 20:11:14 +0000 UTC
