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[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I feel like I shouldn't have to say it, but I'm far from a prude, and this makes my skin crawl to read. This is just so off-putting that words cannot express it. Lesbians are whole women with whole relationships with one another. Dividing things up this way is unnatural, inaccurate, and harmful. Even if the content itself were relatable. Which it's not. This was not put together by and is not being validated by any female who's actually ever been in a relationship with another female. These are the thoughts of porn and anime-addicted men/boys and the impressionable women/girls that they influence who lack their own experience to know better.

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It grosses me out to the extreme, too. And makes me so angry. Like what the actual fuck. The "lesbian" communities on Reddit are just filled with stereotype after stereotype, and creepy fetishization to the max. And no one seems to notice or care. Well-- it seems like no one notices or cares, but what's actually happening is that anyone who disagrees in the slightest gets instantly-banned. r/actuallesbians is the perfect example of what "identity tourism" looks like in the wild.

This was not put together by and is not being validated by any female who's actually ever been in a relationship with another female. These are the thoughts of porn and anime-addicted men/boys and the impressionable women/girls that they influence who lack their own experience to know better.

Yup. Exactly. There were even one or two lesbian women pushing back on it in the comments. Wonder how long it'll be til they get banned for wrongthink. It's so depressing. - Which is why I almost never look at AL anymore. But I was linked to a meme there earlier and saw that post recommended, and felt like it was too fitting to not post.