Yo, this was so refreshing to read! I was thinking about writing something similar about this blog post but I saw that the writer had removed it by themselves already. I really like the term "Self-Anthropology". In my head I used the term "Folk Sociology" when thinking about the type of thing the blogpost in question – and similar stuff all over queer and leftist social – are doing. It's a really simplistic, wholly vibes-based attempt at identifying groups of "types of people" and explaining societal ills or intra-community conflicts by the relation of these "types of people". It's a super reductive and always politically reactionary and destructive thing but it's also perfect for social media because it plays into peoples pre-existing bigotries, insecurities and resentments. The "trender" bs which the blog post is nothing but renaming is basically the trans equivalent of incel rhetoric for resentful cishet guys and radfem bs for cis girlies. Thanks for your post!
Hey, thanks for your comment! I think you’re spot on, and folk sociology is a great term to describe it. I wish I had been kinder in this post, since I think I understand where this person is coming from, at least emotionally. Whom amongst us hasn’t laundered our intra-communal resentments through our politics and posted that shit to social media once or twice? In that sense, I guess this is a real wwjd situation because if were her and she were me, I’d want her to make the post I did if I made the post she did but I would also want her to be nicer to me so 🤔¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 🥳
Yo, this was so refreshing to read! I was thinking about writing something similar about this blog post but I saw that the writer had removed it by themselves already. I really like the term "Self-Anthropology". In my head I used the term "Folk Sociology" when thinking about the type of thing the blogpost in question – and similar stuff all over queer and leftist social – are doing. It's a really simplistic, wholly vibes-based attempt at identifying groups of "types of people" and explaining societal ills or intra-community conflicts by the relation of these "types of people". It's a super reductive and always politically reactionary and destructive thing but it's also perfect for social media because it plays into peoples pre-existing bigotries, insecurities and resentments. The "trender" bs which the blog post is nothing but renaming is basically the trans equivalent of incel rhetoric for resentful cishet guys and radfem bs for cis girlies. Thanks for your post!
Hey, thanks for your comment! I think you’re spot on, and folk sociology is a great term to describe it. I wish I had been kinder in this post, since I think I understand where this person is coming from, at least emotionally. Whom amongst us hasn’t laundered our intra-communal resentments through our politics and posted that shit to social media once or twice? In that sense, I guess this is a real wwjd situation because if were her and she were me, I’d want her to make the post I did if I made the post she did but I would also want her to be nicer to me so 🤔¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 🥳
"Whom amongst us hasn’t laundered our intra-communal resentments through our politics and posted that shit to social media once or twice?" Soo true!