tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828823099864315938.post6053836790016678403..comments2023-10-12T16:08:14.017+01:00Comments on Lashings of Ginger Beer Time Blog: Quite Unusually Interesting Literary Taxonomy, Bestiary And Glossary, or, what's in a nameAnnalyticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06402598855200483948noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828823099864315938.post-85759275766213871332012-09-11T18:07:18.233+01:002012-09-11T18:07:18.233+01:00I'm in the second round of complaints, and gea...I'm in the second round of complaints, and gearing up to sue ;)kaberetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00402345225500407088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828823099864315938.post-13855403602588753462012-09-11T11:01:12.435+01:002012-09-11T11:01:12.435+01:00Loved this post. Speaks to a lot of my underlying ...Loved this post. Speaks to a lot of my underlying worries about identity and labels and boxes even when applied to myself, let alone to other people. I don't really have much to add, but I wanted to say that that psychiatrist sounds DREADFUL. I don't want to put words in your mouth (or feelings in your mind), but I know if someone said that about me I would feel nothing but white hot rage. A "well-rehearsed narrative"? Patronising, erasing, paternalistic, assumptive, arrogant ... seriously, the list of negative adjectives is never-ending! Olliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15812865772654663502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828823099864315938.post-30619312017253990452012-09-09T18:57:49.305+01:002012-09-09T18:57:49.305+01:00A friend, fyre@livejournal, was having difficulty ...A friend, fyre@livejournal, was having difficulty commenting and asked me to leave the below on their behalf:<br /><br /><i>Why use LGBT*? Why not just *? It's time we (the worldwide community as a whole) started encompassing everyone... Because, really, we've all been there, questioning at some point. Even my homophobic father admitted to what he called "worrisome feelings" when he was a pre-teen/teen.<br /><br />I would be very proud, I think, to be a *... It would also lend a sense of much-needed humility to the community, once people started realizing that perhaps _everyone_ is - to some degree - just like them.</i>kaberetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00402345225500407088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828823099864315938.post-50264611141114908802012-09-08T05:13:34.773+01:002012-09-08T05:13:34.773+01:00Interesting post. I had not heard of GSM as an acr...Interesting post. I had not heard of GSM as an acronym for something other than phones before, and I think I like it. I've also seen QUILTBAG? which splits out the questioning to the question mark. But yes, after a while, the alphabet soup can get a little silly...<br /><br />As for tea and pronouns: I prefer female pronouns ("she", "her"), although I'm comfortable with "they" pronouns being used in my direction... and I generally don't prefer tea at all, although I do make the occasional exception.Stellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828823099864315938.post-74411762435126427022012-09-07T17:00:23.888+01:002012-09-07T17:00:23.888+01:00I totally agree that there are massive problems wi...I totally agree that there are massive problems with out-group usage of "queer" as a noun rather than an adjective (same as nouning any other descriptor historically applied to oppressed groups!).<br /><br />As a genderqueer person, I'm pretty happy applying "queer" to all parts of my identity, but as you say I'm super-aware that that's not a thing that's comfortable for everyone. Particularly when it comes to including trans* people, one of the things I've been gently pushing within Lashings is using "straight and cis" - I guess as part of making another facet of privilege more obvious to audience members who might not necessarily consider that aspect?<br /><br />I hadn't seen GSRM before - thank you for introducing me to it!<br /><br />And I'm so glad you enjoyed the post :-)kaberetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00402345225500407088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828823099864315938.post-23900035697479766262012-09-07T16:42:07.954+01:002012-09-07T16:42:07.954+01:00Personally, I'm all in favour of 'queer...Personally, I'm all in favour of 'queer' being used wherever LGBT would traditionally be used. However, as it has been used as oppressive language, it does feel slightly problematic when the terminology is used in certain ways by straight¹ people. I have no problem with straight people saying 'queer community', 'queer liberation', but hearing 'you queers' and other such things from straight people would put me on edge. So I can definitely see why people would prefer a neologism (usually in the form of an acronym).<br /><br />I've heard people say that 'GSRM' ('R' for romantic) is more inclusive, though a counter-argument would be that now we're just forming an acronym by adding letters for categories of categories.<br /><br />Wonderful post, as always.<br /><br />¹I feel that 'queer' includes trans* people and I use 'straight' to mean precisely the opposite of 'queer'. However, I know there are some transsexuals who positively identify as 'straight' so this usage may confuse issues.Princess Jetbeardnoreply@blogger.com