I think the opposed concepts of "appropriation" and "appreciation" are overused, often reactionary, and almost always undertheorized in contemporary discourse and belie problematic essentalist beliefs.
That said, taking something and using it without seriously engaging with its contextual situation -- or seeming like you're not, which shakes out to the same thing -- is at the root of most situations where someone takes offense and calls something appropriative. If you don't mean to cause offense but also want to keep doing the offensive action--using a particular pronoun because you think it's cute--its worth thinking about why you are doing this and trying to communicate those reasons. This is the kind of thing that people mean when they talk about equity versus equality.
Yeah, I'm going through my inbox replies, would you rather I not respond?
Do you think that there is no reality where people vie for "most left", especially here. Spending a week arguing over forcing all users to add pronouns is about the most fitting action for that label. Steering that towards somehow being about jews is very weird I hope you understand.
The sub lost a lot of its actual dirtbag-ness with this site. Too much performative sensitivity toward groups that aren't being oppressed here.
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I think the opposed concepts of "appropriation" and "appreciation" are overused, often reactionary, and almost always undertheorized in contemporary discourse and belie problematic essentalist beliefs.
That said, taking something and using it without seriously engaging with its contextual situation -- or seeming like you're not, which shakes out to the same thing -- is at the root of most situations where someone takes offense and calls something appropriative. If you don't mean to cause offense but also want to keep doing the offensive action--using a particular pronoun because you think it's cute--its worth thinking about why you are doing this and trying to communicate those reasons. This is the kind of thing that people mean when they talk about equity versus equality.
Just a thought!
Yes, only the worst moderators from the Discord became admins here. All the well adjusted people left after what a shitshow it was.
Which bodes well for the site.
Hope you read this @Beatnik
I'm sorry he treated you that way, Rachel. All I've seen from you has been good, you're cool.
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Who the fuck made this about jews lady
Give me a yikes
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Gee bud, if I were the type of person to be using anti-semitic dogwhistles I would have stayed on Reddit.
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Yeah, I'm going through my inbox replies, would you rather I not respond?
Do you think that there is no reality where people vie for "most left", especially here. Spending a week arguing over forcing all users to add pronouns is about the most fitting action for that label. Steering that towards somehow being about jews is very weird I hope you understand.
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