identity politics really took a massive plunge once the ideology surrounding it transformed from “whats a good way to describe my identity/who im attracted to” to “what identites are valid?” (hint: it turned into all of them), which turned from ppl saying “i am a dude and i like dudes, i must be gay” to “im scared of ppl reciprocating my feelings, i must be lithrosexual (and definitely dont have anything to work through with a therapist)” its absolutely insane how “validation” has thrown people into cycles of normalizing their unhealthy habits and symptoms of trauma lol… terfs and truscum dont touch this post also eat a bag of dirt
literally and its evolved to the point that any criticism of unnecessary or even harmful identities is evil or abusive or something like .. making your fears or trauma a core part of your identity doesnt do anything but harm you in the long run bc you ignore glaring issues in favor of “validity”…. sometimes you aren’t lithrosexual you just need a therapist
