Posted on 12/11/2017 11:59:14 AM PST by x1stcav
As a queer femme of color, I keep close relationships with people who go beyond allyship; theyre true accomplices in the fight against white supremacy, queerphobia, and misogyny. If youre not going to support marginalized folks, then we cant be friends, let alone date. The personal is political.
Beyond the lovely cushioning, happiness and support that we receive from our platonic relationships (which are, in all honesty, soul-feeding and essential), feminists also date! But there are questions we have to ask before we get close to someone.
The following list of questions is applicable to all relationships certainly not just cisgender, heterosexual ones:
(Excerpt) Read more at everydayfeminism.com ...
She prefers scissoring:-)
I really can’t imagine that any man would get the point where she feels the need to give this ridiculous interrogation. I doubt her relationships get past being on her knees in a bar bathroom.
I wonder if the author has ever considered that people really do think about work, or math, or engineering solutions, or that chapter of Blake they read the other night, or if they packed the bearings properly on that TR-250 they have been working on for the last couple of years...
Not for me:-)
Could be his pen name.
Interesting. She’s a real piece of work.
I’d say based on what “it” wrote the crackup happened years ago.
She should be strapped in a chair and forced to watch All in the Family reruns... LOL
Consider the source...
there is no way I’m clicking that link.
Men’s? or Women’s?
Good call.
My qualifying question to women is “Are you a deplorable?” Only yes’s will give them the honor of an invite.
Most white people are darker than she is.
What if you are an intersectional feminist and the traffic light is out?
First two questions for everyone else:
1)What is an intersectional feminist?
2)Are you one?
Queer femme of color = black homosexual.
Indeed. It certainly seems to have all the qualities he finds so endearing.
Notice I typed “It”.
I’m quite happy with my prejudices. I keep them to myself, harm no one, and have no desire to change.
TRANSLATION: “I am special, and anyone who is not me is not.”
Of course, they have to ask these questions on the ‘first date’
There will never be a second one..............
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