I PROMISED I WAS ONLY GONNA TALK ABOUT GOOD THINGS AND WITCHCRAFT DONT MAKE ME NOT DO THAT
Literally just had someone DM us how white is a slur.
I can't even right now.
WHAT DID I JUST SAY
@spiderrobotpig O.o I don't really like using "white" for myself, but it's _not_ a slur. Good grief!
@melindrea We can't even
It's ridiculous
@melindrea Yeah, and even a low level of melanin doesn't guarantee you're white (light skinned black folks, Irish people, Jewish people, etc etc)
@spiderrobotpig As I said. "fluid".
@melindrea Yeah exactly.
Sorry we do that haha
@spiderrobotpig Don't apologise, since you exemplified the fluidity and ... well, social-construction-ness of whiteness well =)
and it's so nice to have enough space to not need to birdstorm ones thoughts! I mean, i don't have that much thoughts right now (mind mush--at work!) but ... still nice =)
@melindrea Yah definitely :3 its like 3 1/2 tweets which is neat
@spiderrobotpig And most of the times, my thoughts won't need more than 3 tweets. I just lose the plot if they're longer =)
@melindrea That makes sense haha
@spiderrobotpig Exactly.
My main complaints about it has to do with how … fluid a concept it is, and how often it's used in ways that suggest I should feel kinship with people who I have nothing in common with except for a similar (low) level of melanin.