queers forming polycules for mutual support instead of benefiting from generational wealth is us favoring composition over inheritance
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queers forming polycules for mutual support instead of benefiting from generational wealth is us favoring composition over inheritance
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Erin 💽✨replied to cc: [email protected] last edited by@vyr is this a repost? I've definitely seen this joke before!
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@erincandescent yep, gradually moving all my best posts over to this GtS instance for a future when i can shut down demon.social
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@erincandescent not a fellow
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Erin 💽✨replied to cc: [email protected] last edited by@vyr (hmm I guess fellow is technically gendered, it just only has very very vague connotations in my brain. It's also not a word I use very often unless I'm imitating some officious idiot so I've not much thought about it)
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@erincandescent @vyr fellow is actually technically gender-neutral! taking “fellow” in a masculine sense is like taking “comrade” in a masculine sense, or “friend”, or “peer”, or “mate”, or “buddy” — it’s based in a very particular usage that is more colloquial and doesn’t reflect the real meaning of the word(s). the societal assumption is probably something like that camaraderie is for men, while women for some reason don’t have that; their bonds or relations are seen as somehow “lesser”.
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@trwnh @erincandescent yeah no don't etymologize me. if someone calls me a fellow irl i'm going to fucking fight them, it's as gendered as "dude"
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infinite love ⴳreplied to cc: [email protected] last edited by
@vyr @erincandescent hey hey, i'm sociologizing not etymologizing! this is less to do with calling you "fellow" and more to do with fellowship in general being viewed through the lens of male homosociality moreso than female homosociality.