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“Folx” Please tell me this is a joke/trolling

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rodgmum · 05/12/2019 21:45

Someone on Emily Maitlis’ twitter thread is now talking about “folx” instead of folk as a respectful way to include all identities. Someone please tell me it was originally a typo and this tweeter is taking the piss. Please?????

“Folx” Please tell me this is a joke/trolling
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zanahoria · 06/12/2019 08:02

" be explicitly inclusive of transwomen and women of colour."

and it is never enough simply to include, wokery is all about explicitly including, making it loud and clear that you care about these issues more than anyone else.

nauticant · 06/12/2019 07:50

See also "Mx" and "latinx".

I assume "folx" is appropriation of language from those having low socio-economic status but with the twist of the magic gender neutral "x".

KatvonHostileExtremist · 06/12/2019 07:46

It’s a load of bolx

It’s a load of bolx

It’s a load of bolx

Repeat until you stick your head in the FWR bucket of gin

ChardonnaysDistantCousin · 06/12/2019 07:42

Why would the spelling woman not include women of colour?

What's the thinking there? Genuinely puzzled.

IToldYouIWasFreaky · 06/12/2019 07:14

Apparently, she helpfully explains, we have to spell it like that now, to be explicitly inclusive of transwomen and women of colour.

So the words "woman" doesn't include women of colour? How is that anything other than massively racist?

And what the actual fuck is wrong with just saying "people" if you mean people?!

Cascade220 · 06/12/2019 07:10

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HappyPunky · 06/12/2019 07:05

If women is a terf word can we keep it to mean women?
Then the folx can use transwomxn and transmxn

SonEtLumiere · 06/12/2019 07:00

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CodenameVillanelle · 06/12/2019 06:56

Folx is the opposite of inclusive, it refers to a subset of people who define themselves by nebulous micro gender identities. When people are talking about folx they don't mean you and me, I guarantee that.

umbel · 06/12/2019 06:55

The "womxn" thing cropped up in my feed this morning, pushed by Alexandra Grant (Keane Reeves' girlfriend) in the Independent. Apparently, she helpfully explains, we have to spell it like that now, to be explicitly inclusive of transwomen and women of colour. I may have given myself an eye-rolling injury!

"Women" is now officially a TERF word!

“Folx” Please tell me this is a joke/trolling
SpamChaudFroid · 06/12/2019 06:53

I stumbled across "xir" recently. All the young people are replacing hard consenants with the letter x. Kids eh?

ChardonnaysDistantCousin · 06/12/2019 06:45

The “womxn” thing irritates me, this a complete joke, just not funny.

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rodgmum · 06/12/2019 06:38

NotBad No, I did post in here, not AIBU. It did have a make a poll option when I created the thread and the site was very slow for me last night, so I must have accidentally clicked on the poll option when trying to post.

If “folx” takes off, I will know for sure that the world has truly gone insane.

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T0tallyFuckedUpFamily · 06/12/2019 02:00

I think that special little bundle of pretentiousness should get away to folx!

Though to be fair, the term does seem better suited to them because it sounds so much like what we want to them to do.

QuantumEntanglement · 06/12/2019 01:55

Any one else hearing Regina George’s voice in their heads?

‘Gretchen, stop trying to make folx happen - it’s not going to happen!’

smileylottie87 · 05/12/2019 23:30

The thread on her twitter feed regarding the debate on self id is an interesting read, with someone linking (I haven't had time to read it yet) to a study completed in Sweden which is a "long term follow up of transsexual persons undergoing sexual reassignment surgery" which apparently indicates that M-F retain their pre existing offending rate.

HandsOffMyRights · 05/12/2019 23:24

We could have so much fun voting on FWR...

NotBadConsidering · 05/12/2019 23:13

Was this originally in AIBU? This is the second one today where one can vote in the new AIBU style. Are trans-themed threads being corralled into FWR by MHNQ?

Butterisbest · 05/12/2019 23:08

On here, as soon as I see folk, I'm thinking troll. Folx is klaxon sounds, mega troll.

IsadoraQuagmire · 05/12/2019 23:07

Cringe!

BettyFloop · 05/12/2019 23:04

Pretentious nonsense - gets right up my nose. "Folk" is bad enough and I won't say it - folx is just fucking ridiculous. (I make it rhyme with bollocks Grin)
People covers it, surely - unless you're so super-special and above the rest of us?

Oh, yeah.....right....

LangCleg · 05/12/2019 22:37

Folx is wankery writ large.

Also: why can I vote in AIBU but not in FWR?

Creepster · 05/12/2019 22:36

They seem to think they should be the boss of all the languages and all the people who speak all the languages.

MashedSpud · 05/12/2019 22:32

It’s a load of bolx

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