Thread by @alicegoldfuss, it's very uncomfortable that I will check a troll's bio for pronouns [...]

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alicegoldfuss

it& #39;s very uncomfortable that I will check a troll& #39;s bio for pronouns before telling them off but a whole section of my followers slaps "they/them" on me without a second thought

what bothers me is the _confidence_

these people are SO SURE they know my pronouns that they never check

is it the way I look? the way I tweet? the topics I tweet about? my sense of humor? my avatar?

being called they/them makes me feel ugly, unwanted, abandoned, cast out into the cold. it makes me feel like my history and experiences don& #39;t matter. it makes me feel like a weird alien, sorted into the Other bin. it makes me feel like I& #39;m not a person.

the thing about gender is there is gender identity, gender expression, AND personal preferences

people can identify other than how you think they appear

I am pragmatic and efficient

I see no significant upside to changing my pronouns

my pronouns don& #39;t prevent me from dressing or acting how I want, and changing them won& #39;t improve society& #39;s treatment of me

I have always had these pronouns and they are what I know

and I don& #39;t care if I& #39;m the most genderqueer nonbinary nightmare fey on this whole damn website

my pronouns are she/her

learn them

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