gwen: thinking about the weird situation where we've pretty much only got pluralphobic comments from progressives, since progressive communities are the only place we even remotely consider being "out" right now. interesting dynamic where the roots of a reactionary backlash start *within the left*

gwen: pluralphobia very closely mirrors transphobia a lot of the time, and I think the similarity is illustrative. both sometimes produce this reaction where the target is excluded from their identity by an over-medicalised definition, then attacked for "cosplaying as" the *real* marginalised people

i rarely think about this but yeah you’re right