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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Can't we reclaim "TERF"?

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expatmatt78 · 23/02/2018 05:53

Kind of just lighthearted in a non lighthearted peak trans way!
I'm very new to all this (we're talking weeks but it didn't take me long to get up there with you) but have fallen down the rabbit hole most nights this week til 2am reading reading reading mostly in total disbelief . I've even joined Twitter. When I first reached peak trans I felt very disheartened but now I see there ARE voices out there that are just as loud and more people like me are deciding that "coming out" as a TERF is probably worth the agro because if we don't speak up then we lose.

TERF seems to be used exclusively by TRAs as a slur. But I see on Twitter so many publicly claiming the label.
When I first came on here I had to ask what all the acronyms meant and I see many others doing the same.
So I thought it might be quite entertaining to change the meaning when newbies like me come on board and ask so that it stops being a slur and starts being a self identifying (ironic!) term like "feminism"

So I'll have a go. How about Totally Excellent Realistic Female?
Or
Tenacious Eager Recalcitrant Faction?
Anyone else?

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Missingstreetlife · 24/02/2018 10:22

It is true that Emily and christabel Pankhurst only wanted votes for middle class women like themselves. This year is aniversary of votes for older women, tagged onto votes for all men. Previously only landowning men, but had to extend as war made it unthinkable to die for your country without vote!
Sylvia Pankhurst was revolutionary feminist, worked for universal suffrage and better conditions for working people. She fell out with her mother and sister, who wanted to retain privileges for their class. Votes for all women came later, and equality not yet

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