Heteronormativity

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"...as if it's requesting I identify as something that I don't do." That's a bit ironic coming from an atheist. But, yeah, the LGBTWTFBBQ umbrella grows bigger all the time (according to Wikipedia, I would be "queer" by some definitions, which is news to me). I think the lesson is not to take all these labels so seriously.

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)18:33, 1 December 2011

I thought the atheist thing would come up. In my defence there I don't really identify as one, not as such. I use it for the sake of convenience, a quick and dirty linguistic category for when I need to convey something like "what religion are you?" - well, I'd probably actually reply "none" to that specific question. But I don't identify as one in a positive sense if pushed for what I actually believe. I certainly don't treat it as a precise category that defines me.

Though you are spot-on with the map and territory stuff. Though labeling itself can be problematic. Even if you do accept that you can't take labels too seriously, the connotations are still there when they're used.

This is where I think others differ, and might take the labels too seriously. What I said there wasn't ironic "for an atheist", but ironic for "someone who identifies as one proudly", you know like someone who would have a red A for... ah shit.

Scarlet A.pngbomination18:53, 1 December 2011

Careful now, you're getting all post-moderny.

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)18:59, 1 December 2011

Isn't that one of the whole cores of things like 'atheism", and in fact (if you ask the right gay people) the lable "gay"; at one and the same time it defines you as something, and defines you against something "better".

Pink mowse.pngGodotAround, around, around, around, over, and under and through19:04, 1 December 2011
 

Po-mo? No! Francis.gif

Scarlet A.pngsshole20:52, 1 December 2011

Join the forces of darkness. The decor alone is worth it.

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)21:30, 1 December 2011