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In late 2019, a social media trend dubbed "POV you're a TERF in my mentions" started, in which trans activists would pose with a weapon (baseball bat, sword, machete, or the like), sometimes preparing to strike or showing them mid-strike, taken as a [[Wikipedia:Point-of-view shot|point-of-view (POV) shot]] and captioned with the phrase "POV you're a TERF in my mentions" or variations thereof.<ref name=pov-terf/> The pictures are supposed to represent the point-of-view (POV) of a "TERF" being assaulted by the depicted person. In other words, women called "TERF" who look at the pictures are supposed to imagine themselves being violently assaulted. | In late 2019, a social media trend dubbed "POV you're a TERF in my mentions" started, in which trans activists would pose with a weapon (baseball bat, sword, machete, or the like), sometimes preparing to strike or showing them mid-strike, taken as a [[Wikipedia:Point-of-view shot|point-of-view (POV) shot]] and captioned with the phrase "POV you're a TERF in my mentions" or variations thereof.<ref name=pov-terf/> The pictures are supposed to represent the point-of-view (POV) of a "TERF" being assaulted by the depicted person. In other words, women called "TERF" who look at the pictures are supposed to imagine themselves being violently assaulted. | ||
In May 2020, a blog post was published on Medium.com equating so-called TERFs with Nazis in a credible-sounding tone and explaining how various methods such as infiltration, censorship, property damage, and physical violence should be used against them.<ref name=medium-izaguirre/> The account posting the article was suspended from Medium.com on the same day and the content re-uploaded on WordPress soon after.<ref name=wp-izaguirre/> | |||
=== Real-life vandalism, harassment, and assaults === | === Real-life vandalism, harassment, and assaults === | ||
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=== External links === | === External links === | ||
* [https:// | * [https://www.feministcurrent.com/2017/09/21/terf-isnt-slur-hate-speech/ TERF isn't just a slur, it's hate speech | Feminist Current] | ||
* [https://www.feministcurrent.com/tag/terf/ TERF Archives | Feminist Current] | * [https://www.feministcurrent.com/tag/terf/ TERF Archives | Feminist Current] | ||
* [https://speakupforwomen.nz/dont-call-women-terfs/ Don't Call Women 'Terfs' | Speak Up for Women NZ] | * [https://speakupforwomen.nz/dont-call-women-terfs/ Don't Call Women 'Terfs' | Speak Up for Women NZ] | ||
* [https://medium.com/@amydyess83/terf-is-hate-speech-and-its-time-to-condemn-it-6efc897ce407 TERF Is Hate Speech and It’s Time to Condemn It] | * [https://medium.com/@amydyess83/terf-is-hate-speech-and-its-time-to-condemn-it-6efc897ce407 TERF Is Hate Speech and It’s Time to Condemn It] | ||
* [https://terfisaslur.com/ terfisaslur.com - Documenting the abuse, harassment and misogyny of transgender identity politics] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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|date=October 6, 2019 | |date=October 6, 2019 | ||
|website=radfemrebecca.wordpress.com | |website=radfemrebecca.wordpress.com | ||
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|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527135844/https://medium.com/@laura.izaguirre/resisting-terfs-and-transforming-their-organizations-95cd21714fc8 | |||
|title=Resisting TERF's and Transforming Their Organizations (Archived from Medium.com) | |||
|author=Laura Izaguirre | |||
|date=May 26, 2020 | |||
|website=Medium.com | |||
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{{cite web | |||
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528035805/https://queeratxlaura.wordpress.com/2020/05/27/resisting-terfs-and-transforming-their-organizations/ | |||
|title=Resisting TERF's and Transforming Their Organizations (Archived from WordPress.com) | |||
|author=Laura Izaguirre | |||
|date=May 28, 2020 | |||
|website=WordPress | |||
}} | }} | ||
</ref> | </ref> | ||