duck bastard
[pregnancy joke tw] Quick question for the other trans folk on my tl
duck bastard
trans woman posts this. would you say it's "fetishization"?
https://images.plurk.com/6ROlbMb37eRyvZ7t27aySp.jpg
Box Cat
I will say it got a giggle out of me.
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
no, not i would still have a negative reaction to it because pregnancy is my hot trigger issue. i would be uncomfortable but not for fetishization vibe reasons
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
*no but, even
duck bastard
same, but some people seem rather peeved about it, so I'm checking in on people I generally trust to be less...... internet lakjdsflsa
duck bastard
I say on my internet site
Trystan
no lie, I laughed
Trystan
seems fairly harmless to me
bbcakes
is the argument that trans women aren't allowed to joke or fantasize about pregnancy/motherhood?
duck bastard
not even that lmf. Ultimately the argument is just "I don't like it tho":
I dont like how much us transfems gets sexualized, and it makes me uncomfortable. You can make and like whatever memes you want, but keep in mind that the way this meme and MANY others are laid out as is fetishizing transfems.
duck bastard
but I wanted to see if other people I know had, like. more sensible ideas.
bbcakes
i have not seen a SINGLE one of these memes
bbcakes
made by someone who isn't transfem
bbcakes
and, more importantly, you are the first person who isn't transfem i've seen share one
bbcakes
big "you're not allowed to find men attractive, gay people" energy
duck bastard
lwkdjasfdka that's it exactly, isn't it, shit
Box Cat
Yeah, I've never seen anyone but transfemmes post these memes so ??????? sure
duck bastard
like, I'm sure there are chasers somewhere in on this, but, like. maybe trans people. should be allowed. to make sex jokes about ourselves.
Box Cat
It's a joke, Deborah, calm your tits. Basically in this situation.
ʙɪᴛᴄʜɪᴍᴡɪʟᴅ
it's gotten to the point that actual people that make jokes about themselves can't make them. and it's weird how the people making the actual harmful fucking jokes never get push back like this.
duck bastard
in more amusing news, love this response someone had to the original joke
I love when extended family who don't realize my partner is trans ask me about having kids. I just say, "Maybe, we're trying reeaaallllyyy hard like all the time...just constantly" and let everyone regret the question coming up.
nɑnɑmin
lol. yeah, I can't even figure out where fetishization comes into this???
duck bastard
I think it's literally because the joke specifies "trans" girlfriends. that's it, as far as I can tell in reading the responses
nɑnɑmin
😩
papermint tiger
I personally think it's very funny
ʙɪᴛᴄʜɪᴍᴡɪʟᴅ
'fetishization' is straight up one of those overused words on the internet that has been used so often that it's beginning to hurt the people it was meant to help.
ʙɪᴛᴄʜɪᴍᴡɪʟᴅ
just... fucking retire it for a while.
papermint tiger
I also saw a conversation that this reminds me of, it was someone saying that maybe people need to get a little desensitized to the internet. Not as bad as it was in the wild west days or anything, but those of us who had to live through these times are kind of puzzled at the weaksauce shit that makes people flip out these days
papermint tiger
Like if it's a trigger no shade, I don't mean you
papermint tiger
But the people who are 'uncomfortable'
papermint tiger
Maybe learn to be a little uncomfortable, it might help you grow. Or at least stop stressing out over harmless jokes
Whydunit
I giggled
Cookie Politics
some people are just as disgusted by the idea of trans folks being kinky and sexual as your bargain bin conservative, but instead of unpacking that they try yo make it sound progressive
Cookie Politics
and frankly, I'm over it
Cookie Politics
on a related note, found a funny tictok by a trans guy where the joke is their mom is so accepting they gave him the wrong sex talk
papermint tiger
That is lovely lmao
cassandra
LMAO that is wholesome
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