Transphobic Bullying: Cracking The Egg
Added 2023-02-22 05:26:21 +0000 UTCIn this video, I share my experience of being non-consensually outed on the internet and how it has affected me. With the help of an AI language model, I discuss the harmful impact of the egg meme and its ability to force people into a one-down position. We explore the importance of consent and the dangers of outing someone without their permission. Through our conversation, I reflect on the frustration of being put in a situation where any response feels like submission to someone else's authority. Finally, we discuss the harmful stereotypes surrounding men who use female characters in video games and how we can break down those stereotypes.
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I completely agree with you on that point. Thank you for hearing me out and making this a welcoming place.
Lauren Minshull
2023-02-22 14:50:22 +0000 UTCI see I believe my issue was with the nature of its non consenuality when applied to others, but using it after the fact as a way to conceptualize one's journey makes a lot of sense. Thank you I am happy you're here.
Derrick Hoard
2023-02-22 14:31:27 +0000 UTCWhat I mean to say is that, for me at least, I look back on things I have done/said pre transition and notice that my own denial of my identity was baked into that action. For a lot of younger trans people making "egg memes" is a way of identifying that denial within themselves and using that identification to come to a place of self acceptance. A large part of coming out as trans is first coming out to yourself, so calling yourself an egg is a way of navigating those feeling. It feels safer to acknowledge your own denial of a situation before you acknowledge the situation it's self.
Lauren Minshull
2023-02-22 14:28:11 +0000 UTCHow can you self apply it, if one of the criteria is denial? I'm genuinely asking. I appreciate the conversation and discussion. Thank you for your labor and patience.
Derrick Hoard
2023-02-22 14:09:52 +0000 UTCI wish to throw in my two cents on the "egg meme" as a trans woman. There is more of a problem in the trans community with young or newly out trans fems thinking it's appropriate to take that terminology outside of trans spaces and apply it to people without consent rather than an issue with the term it's self. There's been plenty of trouble with young trans fems calling people identifying as femboys eggs for example. Using it properly it should be self applied or applied to people who you know to be comfortable with it to describe behaviours that in retrospect you now recognise as being a part of your trans identity creeping into your cis persona before you came out or even realised yourself you were trans. I know that this has been helpful to me in my own introspection and understanding my past behaviours. Also no I would not call you transphobic for saying calling someone an egg is inappropriate.
Lauren Minshull
2023-02-22 09:25:55 +0000 UTC
