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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by whateveracct on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @03:56PM (#27609311)
> Feminists (TERFs)

One note: Nobody self-identifies as a TERF. Or at least not originally (I'm sure in Internet ire people do it ironically by now.) It's mostly a label used to crush nuanced conversation.

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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by 9wzYQbTYsAIc on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:14PM (#27610463)
Interesting to compare that with WASP.
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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by joshbert on Thursday June 24, 2021 @12:26AM (#27613986)
I disagree, those labels have many aims, none of which are good and most of which seem to be a form of ending conversations before any meaningful conclusion is reached.
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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by ska on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:06PM (#27609483)
> Or at least not originally

I've heard it was the other way around, i.e. it started off as a self identification for a niche group which people started to reject once it begun to be used pejoratively.

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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by raffraffraff on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:11PM (#27609561)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/29/im-cre...
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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by ska on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:14PM (#27609624)
Interesting, thanks! Although I supposed it doesn't really speak to whether it was initially embraced (by the identified niche group) before being rejected.
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