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MadSeaAugust 28, 2021
After spending the entirety of last weekend with a conference room full of terfs, I couldn’t agree more. I haven’t smiled or laughed so much probably in all my life. They hate us cause they ain’t us (and never will be no matter how much they let pharma experiment on them or unethical surgeons butcher them).
eks3367August 28, 2021
I wish I could meet other terfs at conferences like this. I feel so lonely in my beliefs sometimes. Sigh
SamuraiGhostCatAugust 29, 2021
That sounds like a dream! You’re so lucky to know stunning & majestic terves in real life!!
[Deleted]August 28, 2021
How appropriate! I just recut my terf bangs! 😂
prumblepussAugust 30, 2021
I need to know what these are so I can watch for them in the wild!
Oh it's just a silly joke...TRAs seem to think that all TERFs have super short, straight-across baby bangs. So they'll often refer to them as "terf bangs" as yet another way to mock women.
Cuz, y'know, I really give a shit what some transcel keyboard warrior thinks. 💁♀️
Me too. I used to not love being a woman, I was fully on the nonbinary train before it was cool, but now that I know the most misogynistic men on earth want to be women and will never be, I couldn't be happier I have something no amount of money or power will give them. Edit: thanks terfs for showing me the way!
IrishTheFrenchieAugust 28, 2021
Me!
I can't imagine suspending disbelief indefinitely and living in a world of denial. Thanks, no thanks. I'd rather be here.
leah91August 29, 2021
Yes!! I'm a radical feminist but don't give a fuck if some delusional TRA calls me a terf, it's a badge of honor at this point.
- I'm a TERF and by me that's something great
- I am proud that my silhouette is girly
- I walk with a swift determined gait
- With my hips kind of swively and swirly
[Deleted]August 29, 2021
I know it’s not an accurate term but I’ve come to embrace it. I’ve been called a terf for any feminist statement so I’m not afraid of it anymore.
Sylvia_BernAugust 29, 2021
I love being a terf too! I embrace the term - I do exclude transwomen from female everything & I do gatekeep womanhood & I'm proud. I love being female & my female body. And I love being truthful & honest & brave & not giving a fuck about being nice & kind. Fuck them. Fuck the troons, the handmaidens, the wokebros. Viva la terven & all truthful people who stand for reality & fairness. We shall overcome!
SamuraiGhostCatAugust 29, 2021
Hell yes, sis!!!
I totally wanna make a banner that says “Viva la Terven” on it now! 😹😹
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SamuraiGhostCatAugust 29, 2021
"We were terfing out together" or "he's a big TERF like me."
🤣🤣🤣 Yes! Love when it’s used as a verb, lol. My other favorite variations are “tervery” (such as, “She committed tervery,”) terfin’ it up, surfin & terfin, etc 😂😂
Proud radical feminist! I reject the term T*rf for the same reason I refuse to be called "q'eer" because it's a slur. I am proud of standing up for truth, LGB people, women and children and for standing firm in reality and logic despite it putting me "on the wrong side of history". This is the first issue I've spoken out on that has made me truly unpopular with my friends and peers, I'm proud of myself for standing up for what's right even if it leaves me feeling alone!
T*rf and transphobe are a badge of honor at this point. Those words are less than meaningless, their outright lies. 💁🏾♀️
I reject the term terf and choose feminist instead, but I agree with every other sentiment.
I understand why some women here don’t want to embrace the term :) I still think it’s a slur of course when others use it toward us. People just use “terf” so negatively though, but I think being a terf is something to be proud of!
I just think it's not accurate. My feminism doesn't exclude women who attempt to escape womanhood.
Testicle Exclusionary Radical Feminism, anyone?
This is absolutely perfect, haha. It’s extremely frustrating how the label phrases it as “trans exclusionary” when in reality what they mean is “male exclusionary.”
Yes!!!!
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I know it’s not accurate; merf is accurate though, but by now terf is already ubiquitous.
This. "Terf" was a term invented by a TIM to describe feminism because he wanted to appropriate it, implying that there were two kinds of feminism : the "right" one, which puts women's issues on the back burner while it busies itself with the wants of men, and the "wrong" kind, which puts women first and teaches them that they can say no.
"Terf" is not just a misnomer (none of us excludes TIFs, they exclude themselves... While still benefiting from progress feminists have made), it's a useless term since it's posed in opposition to libfems... Who are simply not feminists. Feminism does not center the needs and pleasure of men. That's literally its antithesis.
I've used "terf" IRL two or three times out of practicality and I don't like it. We shouldn't make concessions for TIMs and we shouldn't let them define us, not as women, and not as feminists.