Seems like a lot of the asserted “failure to cut reality at its joints” is about trans people before they have started transitioning or before they pass.
I nominate the term “aspiring woman” for people who are biologically male, perceived as men, but who desire to be perceived as women. (That’s what I used to call myself, but people were confused why I didn’t just call myself a woman, so instead I resorted to various long winded explanations, and then various inaccurate nonbinary labels that required a tumblr account or university education to understand, and people were still confused, and then I gave up and just identified as a woman.)
Much like “aspiring rationalist” the term is technically correct while still vibes-implying that you are sorta the thing you aspire to but sorta not, or not yet at least.
Seems like a lot of the asserted “failure to cut reality at its joints” is about trans people before they have started transitioning or before they pass.
I nominate the term “aspiring woman” for people who are biologically male, perceived as men, but who desire to be perceived as women. (That’s what I used to call myself, but people were confused why I didn’t just call myself a woman, so instead I resorted to various long winded explanations, and then various inaccurate nonbinary labels that required a tumblr account or university education to understand, and people were still confused, and then I gave up and just identified as a woman.)
Much like “aspiring rationalist” the term is technically correct while still vibes-implying that you are sorta the thing you aspire to but sorta not, or not yet at least.
>and people were still confused, and then I gave up and just identified as a woman
D: i know those feels. that’s kinda where i am lately. (except man instead of woman)