Woman with blue hair isn't getting enough attention: changes name & pronouns, then loses blue checkmark on twitter. Whining ensues.

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[–]Datachost 19 insightful - 9 fun19 insightful - 8 fun20 insightful - 9 fun -  (0 children)

Most people were very accepting of their transition

Transition to what? You haven't fucking done anything besides going by a nickname and dying your hair.

This is exactly the same shit as that mid distance runner saying "Well nobody seems to have a problem with me competing in races". Yeah, no shit, that's because you're a woman competing in women's races. Your having short hair and saying you occasionally wake up feeling like one of the dudes doesn't give you a competitive advantage.

[–]LtGreenCo 16 insightful - 5 fun16 insightful - 4 fun17 insightful - 5 fun -  (8 children)

When teenagers do the blue hair non-binary thing, it's cringe but I can forgive it a little since teenagers are generally dumb.

But when adults do this there's no excuse. Grow the fuck up.

[–]jet199 11 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

BPDs are emotionally retarded.

One of the definitions of being cluster b is being stuck at a younger emotional age than you are. She isn't going to grow up at this point, just get more annoying.

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

Is that not true of the other clusters?

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Not really.

Cluster A is things like schizophrenia which is caused more by illness or genetics.

Cluster C is things like anxiety or OCPD which are fear based.

[–]Datachost 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

there's no excuse.

There is an excuse, it's just that excuse is shameless self promotion. That's all it boils down to, I wasn't surprised to read she's a travel/kids writer.

And that's what a lot of this boils down to, along with the cancelling on the other end. It's nothing to do with virtue and everything to do with trying to make up for a lack of talent by tearing down the competition. There was a case here recently of one of the presenters on a Channel 4 show trying to cancel another artist in their field (ceramics). And whilst their forms might have been a bit simplistic, the artwork on the pieces was pretty appealing. I then compared it to the attempted canceller and theirs was shit. Misshapen bullshit for the sake of being misshapen. It's untalented people trying to tear down the talented using any chink in the armour they can find (no doubt if I ever make it big someone's going to be using that usage of chink as a reason why I don't deserve success).

Or that Problem With Apu documentary. The guy's an unfunny hack, who was blatantly gunning for the role. Guess that one really backfired on him, huh?

[–]JerzyZulawski 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

"If The Simpsons had included no South Asian characters, everyone would have been on their case for being non-inclusive. If they had included him, but made him non-stereotypical, say a basketball player or a butcher, everyone would have complained about him being whitewashed. If they had included him as an unsympathetic character, everyone would have called them racist. If they had tried to bring out all the nuances of the South Asian immigrant experience by including a multitude of South Asian characters from different walks of life, they would have been accused of cultural appropriation. So they included a nice, rounded character everyone likes and quite a few identify with, and WHAT have they done wrong exactly?" - Indian filmmaker Gulserene Dastur, on Twitter

"As I see it, there are two primary products that second generation Indian American comedians sell - the ridiculousness of their parents' 'culture' (arranged marriage and 'my son, the doctor' are the commonest tropes); and the racism of white Americans. It is not hard to see why these two lowest hanging fruits are plucked all the time. [...] What Kondabulu has done is nothing new. He picked almost the most identifiable Indian project possible in the US. And he plugged into the market for identity-based outrage." - Professor Sanjoy Chakravorty, author of "Indians In America", to BBC News

"I like Apu [...] The controversy about the stereotyping is classist snobbery - Indians in America don't want to be reminded of a certain kind of immigrant from their country - the shop keepers, the taxi drivers, the burger flippers. They would rather project only Silicon Valley successes, the Wall Street players and the Ivy League products, with the proper accents, people they meet for dinner - by itself a stereotype. The millions of Apus in America, the salt-of-the-earth types, with their less 'posh' accents, are an inconvenience to that self-image of this small group of Indian-Americans." - Sidharth Bhatia, Editor, thewire.in, to BBC News

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

What's funny is the Simpsons actually did an episode on that last one. Sanjay's son/Apu's nephew Jamshed comes back to town having earned a business degree (don't question the continuity of him somehow having grown up while everyone else stayed the same age) and says he now goes by Jay. Throughout the episode he frequently finds Apu embarrassing saying he's performing the role of a stereotype, when really that's just who Apu is.

And really all the episodes which featured Apu were pretty culturally sensitive and did touch on issues that first generation immigrants, especially first generation South Asians would face

[–]Haylstorm 6 insightful - 5 fun6 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

With kids it's like the ones that were all "it's not a phase mom!" on being emo or a vampire or w/e.

At least teens usually grow out of it.

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

So many of them are like, “well I felt like this since I was a kid!!”

OK so your parents neglected the shit out of you, failed to notice you were in distress from puberty hormones racing through you, and now that distress is deeply-seeded in your subconscious and you’re looking in the totally wrong direction to alleviate it

[–]ElectricSheep 9 insightful - 4 fun9 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Exactly the kind of person I would expect to care about twitter

[–]Femaleisnthateful 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

These people have no identity and no marketability outside of social media.

[–]hfxB0oyADon't piss on my head & tell me it's raining. 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Ecch. This chick is late 30's, post-wall, still talking with an uptone in her voice at the end of sentences. Blue and purple hair, lesbian shave on the side and unwashed comb-over on top. Looks like a case of trying to relive the high school persona you never got to have because you were too boring or autistic when you were a teenager. Pro tip: it's far less endearing when you go through your 'phase' as a middle aged woman.

[–]hfxB0oyADon't piss on my head & tell me it's raining. 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh and a shout out to the guy at 00:49 in the video. I hope he gets an invite to join that Poison cover band he's obviously auditioning for.

[–]Adventurous_Ad6212 4 insightful - 8 fun4 insightful - 7 fun5 insightful - 8 fun -  (1 child)

Listen you Big gulps. The problematic ostracization you are routinely committing in order to perpetuate the cis heteronormative neurotypical bioessentialistic patriarchies narrative so that you can actively destroy marginalized communities and violently oppress minorities on your quest to commit the literal genocide of queer ideology. Do you think this is a joke?, how do you not see the impact that not allowing people to change their entire identity on a whim might cause in society?. Clearly twitter is at fault for not understanding that existence and identity is on a spectrum. sometimes you might identify as a man, woman or even a non corporeal form. And twitter needs to understand that. They cannot be allowed to take my check mark away just because my entire identity changes on a whim!. This is deeply disturbing and transphobic. And its all the white devils fault. just like how the evil white devils took away the freedom of strong independent nonbinary Africans and forced them into not only slavery but also into rigid hierarchies of societal and gender roles that forced a desynergization of the paradigm in order to subversively silence dissent in the most overtly covert way possible.

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

You xir, are well on your way to a sociology degree right there. That field of study gives you the skill set to advocate for change by analyzing the interdependency of global cultures.

[–]Q-Continuum-kin 5 insightful - 5 fun5 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

“I wanted something that was more gender-neutral, that was still fairly close to Sarah,” they said. Sawler gave permission for Global to use their former name, also known as a deadname, in this story.

It's amazing that it's come to this point that despite quoting the person they still are terrified of using the person's original name.

[–]Femaleisnthateful 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yep, this is exactly the kind of insipid shit I expect from Global News. It's like they're trying to rival the CBC in kissing genderspecials' asses.

I'm sick of seeing these bluehairs refer to their experiences as 'coming out'. Such an insult to the historic abuses faced by gays and lesbians. What actual persecution to they face? No one is treating them differently; they're the ones demanding exceptional treatment and considering the lack thereof 'bigotry'.

A few points raised in this article:

“Especially for people that aren’t cishet white guys, for anybody that works in media … we face a lot of harassment on Twitter. “When you’re operating on the internet, you want to be viewed as who you are. You want your Twitter handle to reflect who you are. You don’t want to be reminded of this name that doesn’t feel connected or real to you,”

These statements are contradictory. Personally, I value my anonymity on the internet. I don't want to reveal personal details about myself and I don't want people making assumptions about me based on (presumed) characteristics. Pick a lane.

“You very much want to be reflected in the world around you and Twitter is a part of that.” No. Twitter's not a real place. Get outside and touch grass.

I do enjoy witnessing the purity spiralling in Woke media platforms. Twitter is as deferential to trans as they can be, and it's not good enough.

[–]clownworlddropout 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I assume there must be some memo somewhere that says they need to do X amount of LGBeTc stories a month or something because this isn't news.

And why aren't they interviewing the people who are supposedly losing their checkmarks over changing their name due to marriage? If that's actually happening then that's a much larger story.

[–]LyingSpirit472 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And why aren't they interviewing the people who are supposedly losing their checkmarks over changing their name due to marriage? If that's actually happening then that's a much larger story.

Shit, it's actually a bit of a problem in some subsections of fame: Pro wrestling is very social media friendly, and kayfabe traditionally demands that once you have a new character (often renamed by WWE), you must live your life as that character 24/7. A wrestler gets their Twitter [and it's mandatory] from WWE, gets a blue check...but if they're fired or given a new role, the blue check mark is gone.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

A Nova Scotia writer who lost their Twitter verification after changing their name to align with their gender identity says the situation has revealed gaps in the social media website’s policies.

I hate "singular they" so much. It's such a clumsy, egotistical hack. I'm even starting to hate the words "they" and "them" in any context.

[–]KlariNoX 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Twitter just verified her again 10 minutes ago

[–]SneakyBishop[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

No longer a pleb; hope It is happy.

[–]LordoftheFliesAmeri-kin 2.0. Pronouns: MegaWhite/SuperStraight/UltraPatriarchy 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Until the next opportunity for outrage comes along.

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

Huh. Twitter isn't woke enough.

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

While it was not a legal name change,...

Full stop: GTFO, 'thing'. If you won't play by society's rules, don't expect their protections either.

[–]1-800-FUCKOFF 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

to live as the person that I feel like I am.

This whole idea is so batshit. Everyone is acting as if that's always been a right that people have... That you can impose your vision of yourself onto others and that they have to abide by it. That your own will to be what you want to be, even if it stems entirely from your imagination and is not at all grounded in our shared, observable reality, trumps everyone's senses and parsing of what they see/feel when they interact with you...

Back in my days... A whole 15 years ago... You had to put in the work to be an interesting person with skills, ideas, etc. because everyone understood that your own view of yourself may not line up with how others perceive you. The idea that in some countries, a man with a beard and lipstick wearing a wig and a dress would be able to get someone arrested for refusing to parktake in the weird fantasy that they're a woman would have been laughed at. I really don't know how the right to police how others perceive you became a thing.

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

A Nova Scotia writer who lost their Twitter verification after changing their name to align with their gender identity says the situation has revealed gaps in the social media website’s policies.

The policy seems fine, you changed your name. You're no longer verified. You verified under 1 name and are now using a different name. Did you legally change it with your city / state? If not then you're going by a nickname, unverifiable.

To me, the blue check policy is working as intended, you're just a whiny cunt.

[–]filbs111 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The account is "verified" to mitigate the problem of people pretending to be famous people by using their names. If you change your name to something that isn't well known, then what's the point in it being "verified"? Get famous with the new name, and you can get "verified" again.

[–]GreenScreen 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

“Changing my name was both easier and harder than I expected,” they said.

I imagined this (pathetically contradictory) sentence being uttered by several voices from it's mouth, Exorcist style. Or perhaps followed by "I am Legion, for we are many."

[–]Dirkpytt 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Of course someone like this happens to be from my province