Oh my gosh Express just came by the UW undergraduate library and gave away free stuff!!! https://awoo.space/media/FVY_EczCWuRiwP9WsOk https://awoo.space/media/lpgByXmSydJ8C3cAtXg
I guess I’m just a little disappointed he went for the most obvious joke in the book instead of doing something clever.
I'm a college student, and my family is already in an income challenged situation. If you see me with nice things or at a convention it's because somebody was generous enough to pay for that. Usually, a partner.
like i've gotten comments from people assuming I have tons of money because I have a nice phone. I don't have tons of money. My bank account has $14 to it right now.
real talk don't suspect that if trans people don't give gifts back it's because they're ungrateful. Some of us don't have our own incomes or have such low incomes that we literally cannot afford to buy you anything back. some of us have alternative income arrangements with partners, some of us have mountains of transition related debt, etc.
and in general if you give someone a gift, you shouldn't be creating an expectation of getting something back. that's why it's called a gift.
And secondly: how fucking dare you use nonhuman identity as a cudgel with which to do so. How fucking dare you. Not in my name.
Racism is a very real problem in the furry fandom and trying to shut out critiques of it only makes the fandom look bad as well as weakens it.
And don't think we don't see past this shit. The same people saying this are people who mock furry lifestyling and nonhuman identities. You're only concerned now because you think you can use those as a shield against critiques of racism in the fandom.
Hey everyone saying "fandom > race" needs to shut the hell up. Stop using the fandom and non human identities to deflect POC critiques of the fandom's racism.
Alexandria Christina Leal
ACL - She/They, Engineer, UW Foster Alumna. Enby Femme 🦊🐺 - Trans, Feminist, Plural. Opinions = mine. 🥰 @QuestForTori, and more <3