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Whenever I think of Michfest I always remember this article i found in the library archives of an old feminist newspaper. 1980, five years after it started. It frames the festival as this glorious vanguard of feminist discussion, and of course what stood out to me, as a tranny, is the passage- "There is also a whole new language to be discovered. 'Womon-born womyn' means women who are female at birth, as opposed to transsexuals, a distinction some feminist find crucial."

And like it's just so striking to see this positioning, a "I don't particularly care, but isn't it interesting that some people do!" It's just a strange esoteric debate to them. The journalist has come down from the mountain with grand new knowledge- trans women are different from us-women. And, of course, this means it WAS a question back then! (anyone who knows their transsexual herstory already knows that of course)

This strange rhetorical move of going "You, reader, did not know this, but you should know, that some women don't think transsexuals are real women". And like what I would give to live in that rhetorical world where people have to be told we aren't real women. Because of course, trans women have always held an uneasy relationship TO feminism, always contingent on cis-women's ability to shut us out whenever they wished.

Notice too how "womon-born womyn" gets mixed together with everything else provided! Whenever someone does apologetics for the festival it's always "Well it did lots of good, and I want to celebrate that", but of course the "good" is mixed together entirely with the transphobic exclusion- the spreading and proliferation of feminist ideals meant a feminist ideals defined by trans women's exclusion.

Which is the very problem and why this conversation keeps happening- Michfest is the emblem of American lesbianism for a VERY long time. I'd like very much to be counted as a lesbian, but the icon of lesbian historiography is tied together tightly with a rejection of me. And like, that just kinda Sucks!

(Copy of the article below the cut)

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support trans people.

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the great thing about preserving kink as part of pride is that it’s the one thing that rainbow capitalism can never touch. I sincerely doubt that you’ll ever see Arby’s tweeting about forcefem anytime soon.

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“are you ok?” no but I’m funny

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notice how everyone is horny today

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wakes up one morning and finds that the objective in the topleft of my vision has been marked off. the little nagging UI element I long ago learned to tune out now reads • Become a girl ✓. I'm not entirely sure what to do. my acknowledgement seems to be enough, because it swipes away in a flash of exp. a new objective takes its place. I read through it, sigh, and start googling recipes for homemade explosives

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hey, plural folks? you're really cool. i love you. keep being you

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Bro why do you keep insisting we try to disarm this genderbending trap? We literally mapped out this whole dungeon floor we can just walk around it...

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Bro why do you keep insisting we try to disarm this genderbending trap? We literally mapped out this whole dungeon floor we can just walk around it...

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We should normalize saying 'death to America'. It should be a greeting. It should be a prayer we said everyday.

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faraday cages are so funny to me. what are we gonna do about all this dangerous radiation? let's put it in a little dog crate. and it works

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4 days until wet rat wednesday