“TERF” is a Misnomer, but it’s Not a Slur

Regardless of your damage, you can afford empathy.

Ariadne Schulz

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Pictured: Femininity, evidently. (Photo by Cederic Vandenberghe on Unsplash)

What I wanted to write was a funny vignette about cloaked figures standing ominously in forests. But no. No. We can’t have fun here. We have to talk about TERFs. So, for those of you who were not here for JK Rowling and the Gynaecology of Bigotry or whatever that episode was, TERF stands for “Trans…

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Ariadne Schulz

Doctor of Palaeopathology, rage-prone optimist, stealth berserker, opera enthusiast, and insatiable consumer of academic journals.