So a friend of mine is starting a monthly Women's Dance Event. She made a Facebook page for it and guess what? Everyone jumped in demanding her to define "woman" and who is welcome. She was pretty much forced to clarify that it's for anyone who identifies as a woman. .Here is how she said it: ( Keep in mind she is a young nursing mother with 5 children who has recently moved and now has to move again because of moldy home, shit landlord, she doesn't sit around reading gender critical or queer theory,etc) " In response to questions of gender naming and this Women Only dance~ this is a dance created especially and exclusively for people who identify as women. ❤️ALL women are welcome.❤️ This is inclusive of some people, and not of others, because it is a sacred space deliberately created for women"
OK. Next come the non-binaries asking if they are welcome. So, if someone is "non binary and trans masc" are they welcome? My friend, the organizer didn't respond at first, but several other women stepped up with their Kool-Aid mustaches to pontificate.
I stepped in with the softest kid-gloves to clarify a few things. Blah blah blah I am so very tired of being diplomatic. I was accused of over-intellectualizing and many assumptions were expressed out of the blue. Today I was given the intersectionality prop , virtue signal. I'm furious and I just so happened upon this video and it made me feel much better.
Thank you for letting me vent