Clearly, there is something at play here that incentivizes (usually white) people to degender us as a form of disciplining, which cannot be attributed to "your non-whiteness makes people actually see you as a man". The essay goes into detail on what's really happening here, but the issue remains.
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The logic being that wanting to "live up to Eurocentric beauty standards" is bad.
Except the people doing it think they're making a very progressive point instead of just ... stating a straightforwardly racist belief!
Do I actually need to spell out to people why asserting that "wanting to be seen as a woman is racist" is a completely absurd, borderline nonsensical, downright AI-generated conclusion to arrive at from these premises?
Because I assure you that cis and trans woc alike want this too.
We ought to push back against the *degendering*, not say "Yes, these features mean you're not as much of a woman, and that's fine!"
Just ... what
But wanting to be legible as a woman isn't racist!!
Please do not tell trans women that wanting to transition is inherently imperialist or colonial or whatever buzzword you think sounds good!