tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276054919111369007.post93770769966626320..comments2023-11-03T03:54:36.007-07:00Comments on The Alchemist's Closet: Queer Words (An Advanced Degree in Queerology)zeraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17032274476748969498noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276054919111369007.post-52900968329059771932012-11-22T21:17:38.033-08:002012-11-22T21:17:38.033-08:00I'm comfortable with my loved ones and friends...I'm comfortable with my loved ones and friends, and yes, they do have my back. I'm surprised that you ask. Perhaps you mean established groups of folks of some kind? That is less certain, although I prefer to think the best. <br /><br />I'm comfortable in lots of places -- in nature, with my wonderful friends. Often with my family.Dylanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08384808936260774088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276054919111369007.post-55727171792178078142012-11-22T17:25:41.526-08:002012-11-22T17:25:41.526-08:00Do you think there's a place where people real...Do you think there's a place where people really have your back?! Maybe some working class genderqueer enclave...There seemed to be more accesible pockets of lesbian women like this in the 80's...but then gender got all weird and codified. Are you ever comfortable anywhereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276054919111369007.post-53126959632743155122012-11-21T17:54:35.938-08:002012-11-21T17:54:35.938-08:00I've been attacked online by other trans folk ...I've been attacked online by other trans folk who assigned me to the role of oppressor for having the 'wrong' ideas and words -- and left me very confused and deeply saddened.<br /><br />As for secret languages, I have not so much! And I'm stone butch almost 100% so I haven't ever renamed parts of my body so that I can share them with a partner. I've rarely had trans Dylanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08384808936260774088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276054919111369007.post-48788769318137811282012-11-21T17:26:04.916-08:002012-11-21T17:26:04.916-08:00have you also created a secret language with loved...have you also created a secret language with loved ones?! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276054919111369007.post-26872622965127850682012-11-21T17:09:13.292-08:002012-11-21T17:09:13.292-08:00Also... your experiences sound really tough. I'...Also... your experiences sound really tough. I've had similar. It's so hard to be attacked by the one group of people you imagine are supposed to have your back even when the world is cruel. *hug*<br />Dylanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08384808936260774088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276054919111369007.post-60062643632887508912012-11-21T17:06:29.695-08:002012-11-21T17:06:29.695-08:00My tendency is to think that there's something...My tendency is to think that there's something at least a little wrong with insisting that there's no room for 101-type conversations. It's logical that a group shouldn't want to spend it's time educating outsiders on basic stuff, absolutely. <br /><br />But educating insiders who are simply newcomers on basic stuff --occasionally, when it comes up-- is a different story. WhenDylanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08384808936260774088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276054919111369007.post-29103512877944698612012-11-21T17:04:00.838-08:002012-11-21T17:04:00.838-08:00that seemed to be the process!
that seemed to be the process!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276054919111369007.post-68671078601930939592012-11-21T17:01:07.055-08:002012-11-21T17:01:07.055-08:00Thanks for your response... The CAMAB/AMAB/other v...Thanks for your response... The CAMAB/AMAB/other variations acronyms I feel are especially confusing, partly because they seem to be in flux right now. I see different variants all the time, and rarely is an explanation appended. I've started guessing at them-- the terms are too unstable, new, changeable to be easily searched up on the internet.<br /><br />I like the idea of "arbitrarilyDylanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08384808936260774088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276054919111369007.post-35419894499650072292012-11-21T16:50:15.193-08:002012-11-21T16:50:15.193-08:00Theres a lot of things about such communities that...Theres a lot of things about such communities that I find interesting.<br /><br />one of the most illogical things is:<br />1. They have an established moral code about what is acceptable language and what is unacceptable language, and they get extremely pissed off if you break the rules.<br />2. theyre arguing about this code all the time<br />3. so its almost as if they arent actually unified, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276054919111369007.post-86664045958325280852012-11-21T16:07:40.368-08:002012-11-21T16:07:40.368-08:00I always feel so stuck between current & compe...I always feel so stuck between current & competing ideologies. I can remember logging in to live journal and being called transphobic because I dared to ask what cisgendered meant...70+ educate yourself posts=awful.<br />Because Brie is non-college & I'm acadmentia we've had to create a strange and secret language...chock full of things like Eve's plums...outer ovaries, tick Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com