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When I was younger (muuuuuuuch younger), the Autism Moms(TM) and their like were very big on "don't say you're depressed, say you have depression, because you wouldn't say that you are cancer!"
And I'm thinking about that and laughing about applying that to my other identities.
I'm not trans, I have transgenderism!
I'm not bi, I have biness!
I'm not mixed race, I have... uhhhh... racial variation in my ancestry!
And some more that don't apply to me...
You're not pregnant, you have a fetus growing inside of you!
You're not a woman, you are in possession of a female gender!
You're not poor, you laaaaaack mooooooney!
...I mean, for all I know, someone really has said these things. That would make me pretty depressed.
And I'm thinking about that and laughing about applying that to my other identities.
I'm not trans, I have transgenderism!
I'm not bi, I have biness!
I'm not mixed race, I have... uhhhh... racial variation in my ancestry!
And some more that don't apply to me...
You're not pregnant, you have a fetus growing inside of you!
You're not a woman, you are in possession of a female gender!
You're not poor, you laaaaaack mooooooney!
...I mean, for all I know, someone really has said these things. That would make me pretty depressed.