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Working a comprehensive listing of what is under the “queer” umbrella:

Queer:

own Doc Martens

drinks prosecco

makes jewelry w snakes on it

half-ass Wiccan

rolls own cigs

purple everything

pleather

went to Burning Man

burlesque community supporter
Queer umbrella, cont.:

celeb girl/boy crush (see also: gay 4 the unattainable)

goth

24 years old & drinks Scotch

Bowie fan

not afraid to skinny dip

can bullshit way through giving a Tarot reading

owns a Bedazzler

septum piercing

used to be super into hooping

corset snob
Queer umbrella, cont. 2:

>4 unrelated roommates

rly emotional about Pokémon Go

Fuck you, mom & dad

Rainbow tutu/suspenders for Pride

magnanimous when drunk

trendy baker

taxidermy-curious

dgaf about posting Game of Thrones spoilers

bearded dragon parent

Sailor Moon 4ever
Queer umbrella, cont.3:

upside-down text tattoo

drag bingo-goer

funemployed

Catholic as aesthetic, not religion

True crime addict

amateur psychiatrist

cross-stitches sweary patterns

❤️Betty White & Jeff Goldblum ❤️

Like, a LOT of Adderall

Halloween wedding
The damndest thing about making this list is how much it makes me miss my wacky pseudo-gay friends. They’re ridiculous, and I loved them, and I’m not welcome around them anymore. You can be a lot of things to hang with the Q crowd, but not GC. Never, ever that.
Shall we continue?

Q umbrella, cont.4:

landlord issues

loves animals, wears fur

enamel pins

likes the word “fancy” (US only)

failed attempt at home composting

art nouveau (deco in a pinch)

momento mori

busker

chain mail

probably moving to Pacific Northwest
Q umbrella, cont.5:

dating a dj

polyamorous (I mean, ofc)

helps bf with guyliner

learned 4 ukulele chords in 2008

makes weird art with doll and/or bicycle parts

never misses grownup prom

“here’s my CashApp!”

middle child

vintage luggage

DEEPLY closeted Twilight fan
Q umbrella, cont.6:

trust fund anarchist

adult onesies in public

has spirit animal (but doesn’t say “spirit animal” anymore, bc problematic)

507 FICO score

disciple of Amanda Palmer

can properly launder LED apparel & accessories

kills plants; judges your parenting
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We don’t talk enough about how much of today’s gender and sexuality rhetoric originated in the kink community. That was where I first encountered AGPs, sapiosexuals, pansexuals, non-gay top/bottom IDs, so much more.

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I’ve been playing with a thought experiment.

“A _________ is anyone who says they are one.”

We know that “woman” has become an acceptable word to complete this sentence. Many say the same for “lesbian.”

What other significant labels do we award people so casually?
I couldn’t come up with many. Most social labels have SOME required criteria.

It still astonishes me how little importance is being assigned the category “woman.”
I mean, it was only quite recently that I felt I could claim the label “writer.” I write, so I get that one.

I’m a mother because I have children.

I have a degree and a license that entitle me to my professional label.

But I’m a woman... because I say I am?
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I get this. This feels like a good time to talk a little about how I personally handle group-think pressure when it comes up in GC/radfem forums.

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