I feel like I highly underestimated how dumb humans are and how smart Aabria Iyengar is
My dumbass really thought that it'd be impossible to describe things or concepts in such a way that would only work in an animal framework, and not immediately be like oh yeah that's just [insert thing]
Because Aabria found a fucking genius way of communicating and describing things in such a way that truly translates the absolute mystery and scariness of the world in the eyes of an animal. Like truly feeling the core of scared humility that's at the heart of an animal just trying to survive and understand the world.
Because yeah there is a reason we have words for everything, and that there's always a way to present a concept in a way that it seems alien to you, even if it's something you encounter every day.
Which is really fucking hard mind you, so I'm just really impressed that she made me confused about wtf a hazmat suit is
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"this extremely femme character would be better if she was butch" you can put as many disclaimers as you like on that but it will never stop reading to me as real women don't wear dresses style misogyny
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yeah people overstate the differences between afab and amab people and even forget intersex ppl exist. Some women have a lot of testosterone, some men don't. And then when someone has medically transitioned, the 'differences' become even less visible. It's such a non issue because people are vastly different regardless of gender which can make them better at a sport.
discrimination based on assignment at birth ends up hurting everyone else too because everyone is now looked at under a microscope. this often affects women of color because racism has determined what ideal femininity is and that means woc are targeted. (also because people are more worried about amab people in women's sports so women's sports are more affected by this)
in conclusion gender is literally just a thing that conservatives are being annoying abt and i just wanna watch good footy.
Yup.
The thing is also that for a situation to occur where a trans woman competes as a pro athlete the stars literally need to align.
In basically every major sport you can't just pick it up at 22 and become world class. Like let's look at the fear conservatives are putting out there. They think that any 'man' who is pretending to be trans can just walk into a women's football match and dominate. Like what?
To be a pro athlete you need so much more than just speed and strength, not to mention that the differences are already huge. Players like Anouk Dekker play someone like Mana Iwabuchi. Anouk is 30cm taller than Mana and i'm pretty sure Anouk could crush Mana's bones with her thighs. That is considered fair play because hey, everyone has different qualities. But a trans person joining that squabble is completely out of the question because omg that would be unfair.
The fact that this unit of a woman could smash a lot of guys into the ground is of course an unheard of fact in conservative circles because she is just a girl.
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Look you saying to me that its weird shipping the 15yo teenager with the 30s dude, i hear you. You are absolutely right.
BUT
The whole "it's his niece" argument is so shitty to me like just stop watching the show then idk what do tell you, it's the targaryens!!! Unfortunately, healthy family standards went out of the window a long time ago
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