I hate how the trans community has claimed Mulan

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[–]kwallio 47 insightful - 2 fun47 insightful - 1 fun48 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

Also all the historical transing, like Joan of Arc? Come on. Also I saw a post on Tumblr that called Toph trans-masc, like give it a rest she was quite clearly a GIRL.

[–]NDG 45 insightful - 2 fun45 insightful - 1 fun46 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Joan of Arc has been a kickass role model for Catholic girls for centuries - she’s like every Catholic school girl’s favorite saint. TRAs trying to co-opt Joan of Arc is infuriating to me.

[–]Feather 25 insightful - 2 fun25 insightful - 1 fun26 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I was raised Catholic. Joan was my confirmation name, and I wasn't the only one.

(For non-Catholics: when you are deemed old enough to fully accept the church's teachings, you go through a confirmation ceremony to symbolize your transition into that stage. In many forms of Catholicism, you choose a new "religious" name. It isn't something people will actually call you, but it symbolizes how you define your relation to the religion as you move forward in life.)

[–]questioningtw 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I read a book about Joan of Arc that was so good. She has been a symbol for so many things from feminism to revolutions. She was not trans and people saw her as fulfilling this weird prophecy where France would be saved by a maiden. She also didn't really do much fighting and was more of a strategist and actually took on a fairly feminine role. These people should pick up a book sometime instead of being: i want Joan of Arc to be a man so she is!!!!

[–]fijupanda 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

so they went after Joan of Arc... that's it, now they're on my permanent shitlist forever.

[–]questioningtw 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Florence Nightengale and Amelia Earhart have gotten called transgender too. Oh and Kathrine Hepburn and Willa Cather. See it is totally ok for them to do this because trans men have no role models! Why can't you just admire them as the women they are? You can't twist reality into what you want.

[–]Shinjin_Nana 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

They went after Hatshepsut too, because she portrayed herself as male to fit in with the 'kingly' nature of ancient egyptian royal power.

[–]kwallio 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Things like this really make me irritated - the fake beard etc that Hatshepsut wore were marks of power, not being trans. They really like to ignore all cultural context don't they.

[–]Shinjin_Nana 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

TRAs like to make stuff up on the fly and rewrite history and biology to their whim. Material reality is not their friend.