I had two job interviews today. If I get either one of them it’d be better pay for better hours than the job I have now.

I fucking crushed both interviews, and y’know what?

Being heartbroken over a girl that threw me away is fucking stupid I’m confident in my odds of getting either job and I’m just going to keep winning I’ve been back on my head meds, back on my hormones I’m just gonna keep getting myself right and she’s gonna see that I’m a great woman and a catch while she just keeps bedrotting and she’s gonna see she fucked up letting me go

I’ve worked so hard on getting back to being myself since we moved to this shit hole town in April and all she’s done is bedrot and I’m not letting it hold me back anymore

  • Hildegard (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I didn’t mean to start fires either, it’s just I often see the term reclaiming misused.

    I wasn’t personally offended by the post. The term is in common enough usage it didn’t read as a slur to me until comments brought it to my attention.

    I agree there is some nuance here. On the scale of slurs it’s pretty squarely on the low end as far as I am concerned. If that statement is acceptable in this community, I’d much rather it be due to the context of the situation rather than some logic that concludes a slur is not a slur. Cruel words are sometimes spoken in anger. Tough times are rarely kind and eloquent times. There is some room for course language on ocasion.

    You did bring up some very good points around that word, and how its usage is more or less acceptable based on gender, and the transphobia that can reveal. I value your perspective too! 🙂