Since Laura has been awol for a few months, I reached out to Ada to see if I could take over modding for this com. I know we’re fairly small but decently active so there’s not much to worry about, but I like the com so here we are.
I’m not planning on changing up anything as the banner/icon/desc all fit the vibes so they stay as is. (Maybe I’ll change the desc a bit since Laura originally wrote it in first person? idk)
If Laura comes back I’ll let her know the situation and we’ll go from there.
Love y’all!
What do you mean by that exactly? I never really read the books so I’m not sure. Like do they up and say he is trans or is it an interpretation thing where people think he’s trans? Just curious because I know in Egg culture there’s the idea that if people do or say certain things it makes them trans regardless of how they identify. I don’t agree with that idea at all, I think that the way people identify is what makes or breaks gender identity, having provisions to semantically invalidate a person’s identity doesn’t feel right at all and isn’t considerate to how the person feels.
I did watch a video which covered some of the things and gave his take on it from his perspective as a femboy but I’m not sure how complete it was, and it was 2 years old when I watched it, and I’m not 100% sure it covered everything since people say there’s apparently a lot of stuff there.
It’s up to interpretation because the author borrowed from the trans experience either knowingly or coincidentally, so felix/ferris ends up feeling trans-coded.
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Taken from here: https://transgirlmedia.wordpress.com/2018/05/28/felix-argyle-ferris-rezero/
That’s a very fair point when applied to real humans, but I don’t think people should put so much stock in fictional characters when the femboy and closeted trans girl experience are very similar. But even I know for a fact the opposite reaction to GNC feminine expressions (for example, bridget being confirmed as a trans girl and the desperate attempt to claim otherwise by a certain group of terminally online weebs) can be very aggravating, so you’re in good company.
This isn’t overly relevant to the point, but… in her book Whipping Girl, Julia Serano even goes so far as to say that the two gender identities face very similar forms of discrimination because of oppositional sexism.
Note: the passages below contain some old and outdated language that may be seen as slurs today. I promise this is merely because of how language used to describe the trans experience has changed.
I'm picking a few parts of this chapter, but if you want to read it on your own (i highly recommend you do, it's a very good perspective), it's chapter 17 "Crossdressing: Demystifying Femininity and Rethinking 'Male Privilege'"
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Note: the use of effemimania here is defined by her as “this obsession and anxiety over male expressions of femininity”
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