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   Cat Hicks (grimalkina@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 12:19:37 JST Cat Hicks

   It's amazing what people assume you aren't just because they know one of your identities. Intersectional thinking can save lives kids

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     or, you know, your PERFORMANCE of the identity that other people will perceive better than what you might actually hold as the identity

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     one time when I was a startup cofounder I was the only woman at a founder happy hour and someone mentioned my wife and a guy exclaimed, not with any intended unkindness I think but still as a somewhat sad expression of their unconscious beliefs -- "oh my god, THAT'S a surprise" and I said, "Yeah, well, I'm not usually gay HERE"