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WCDT: 2323-2327 (19-23 November 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Just Karen:
--- Quote from: StevenC on 19 Nov 2012, 09:12 ---the * is used in a lot of contexts as a placeholder. Like when you put into your computer search *.jpg it will show you all files that end in .jpg. In this context it means that it encompasses all different trans folk.
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Wildcard, not placeholder. Same difference, I suppose, except that a placeholder is waiting for one thing while a wildcard means all of the above. Back in the DOS days you could use ? as a replacement for a single character or * as a "take everything to this point and find all the matches".
Transgender is an umbrella term; it includes transvestite, crossdresser, transsexual of either variety, genderfluid, genderqueer, and probably a few other variants I'm not thinking of. To simplify it when you are referring to the category, trans* is generally acceptable.
Uniquitous:
Heh, given the mirror-image nature of Clinton and Claire, it would be humorous if Clinton was also trans, just headed in the other direction.
idontunderstand:
It would be humorous in a kind of Laurel and Hardy way which wouldn't suit the comic, tho.
Really brave of Claire to just tell Marten like that. Makes me wonder who else knows at this point. Atta, girl.
muffin_of_chaos:
I have a hard time understanding gender issues.
I have a hard time understanding why anyone would make gender an important aspect in their identity or lifestyle.
But that's part of my privilege, I'm aware.
Right now, comic-wise, I'm just curious if any of the characters will react negatively to Claire, if she were to come out to the others. I can't really see it. I think that if no one tries to have a dialogue about it, if it's just sort of accepted and only subtly touched upon over time, it might be a wasted opportunity. Only because of Jeph's rather large and somewhat mainstream audience.
Uniquitous:
--- Quote from: idontunderstand on 19 Nov 2012, 09:34 ---It would be humorous in a kind of Laurel and Hardy way which wouldn't suit the comic, tho.
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Yeah, you're probably right. Marten handled it right, anyway. My reaction to being told such things is generally "So...?" People are people. Subdividing ourselves into tribes identified by words or acronyms only serves to reinforce the us-versus-not-us narrative.
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