'Ann', not 'Mann'
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axesladeAttention GLB-This 'Mann' Coulter shit's gotta end
I haven't heard that particular slur thrown around, but I have read Political LOL's that suggested she was a transwoman or transvestite (partiuclarly one's suggesting the two are on in the same, sigh).
I did not LOL, or even snicker. It pissed me off.
As all of the comments (so far) at bilerico have noted...it's an insult to transwomen to lump Ann in with them (if she isn't trans. Who knows, she might be. Stranger things have happened), and it's also insluting to them when Ann is called that, as it says that being gender varient is a bad thing.
Um. Yeah. Now I need to go do stuff...like eat and pack (going back to school tomrorow, eek!)
ETA: From the article...
There's nothing unexpected about putting a woman down by calling her a man or masculine
I'm not sure if I've noted this here (I can never remember who I've told about this, so bear with me)...but in fifth grade (when I was 10 or 11)...I was in the Honors program, and all the other members were boys (I believe...I don't remember any other girls). Anyway. One boy, who was a year younger than me, pointed to my hair (still long, very curly-puffy...honestly a mess I'm sure)...and said it had to be a wig. Not a big deal, until he also noted that he thought I was a boy in drag.
No one else ever said this based on my hair. He was the only one who ever openly questioned my femininity. But I do remember how angry I was, how much that hurt. Even now...am I the most feminine female? No, never have been. I've never forced myself into the narrow slot. Sure, I used to be more feminine if wearing dresses makes one feminine. But...there's a reason I like the term femmeboy. I do consider myself to be far from butch. And it hurts when people think otherwise based on things like my haircut.
...yeah. Now, off to find food!
I haven't heard that particular slur thrown around, but I have read Political LOL's that suggested she was a transwoman or transvestite (partiuclarly one's suggesting the two are on in the same, sigh).
I did not LOL, or even snicker. It pissed me off.
As all of the comments (so far) at bilerico have noted...it's an insult to transwomen to lump Ann in with them (if she isn't trans. Who knows, she might be. Stranger things have happened), and it's also insluting to them when Ann is called that, as it says that being gender varient is a bad thing.
Um. Yeah. Now I need to go do stuff...like eat and pack (going back to school tomrorow, eek!)
ETA: From the article...
There's nothing unexpected about putting a woman down by calling her a man or masculine
I'm not sure if I've noted this here (I can never remember who I've told about this, so bear with me)...but in fifth grade (when I was 10 or 11)...I was in the Honors program, and all the other members were boys (I believe...I don't remember any other girls). Anyway. One boy, who was a year younger than me, pointed to my hair (still long, very curly-puffy...honestly a mess I'm sure)...and said it had to be a wig. Not a big deal, until he also noted that he thought I was a boy in drag.
No one else ever said this based on my hair. He was the only one who ever openly questioned my femininity. But I do remember how angry I was, how much that hurt. Even now...am I the most feminine female? No, never have been. I've never forced myself into the narrow slot. Sure, I used to be more feminine if wearing dresses makes one feminine. But...there's a reason I like the term femmeboy. I do consider myself to be far from butch. And it hurts when people think otherwise based on things like my haircut.
...yeah. Now, off to find food!
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on 2009-01-14 11:42 pm (UTC)