• FfaerieOxide@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    a retcon the Wazowskis

    No one called them “The Wachowskis” before they were outed, no one calls them “The Wachowski Sisters” now.

    Fucked I tell you, because I remember distinctly how excessively that other inaccurate name for them was bandied about.

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      11 months ago

      This might be out of hate, for sure.

      Is there a chance it’s just… for no reason?

      I see the sisters here being praised by the mainstream press:

      …and on Wiki, where they’re carefully following their defensible-though-arguable deadname policy, referred to as the parent commenter did.

      I see why you’re suspicious! Wouldn’t it be grand if it’s happenstance? (I can dream right?)

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        11 months ago

        Is there a chance it’s just… for no reason?

        Sure, but being neutral in the face of oppression is taking the oppressors’ side, and why I stressed above the importance of flagrantly referring to them as Sisters.

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      11 months ago

      Part of it is that they didn’t transition at the same time, so The Wachowskis was appropriate for a period of time.

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        11 months ago

        And now that they have they should be called “…Sisters” for one unit of time and one unit of intensity more than they were called "The Wachowski [wrong name]s.

        I remember back in the day, they were call the wrong name alot.

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          11 months ago

          I agree. I just don’t think most people stopped and thought about it since Wachowskis is still technically valid. This discussion is a start.

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            11 months ago

            still technically valid.

            As is calling almost anybody “they”, but you can still feel when it’s said as a way to avoid saying “she”.

            Unfortunately in addition to the ignorant you mentioned there are also those who want to avoid making waves with the above group. In many ways they are worse than the outright hateful and why I feel it’s so important to pointedly say, “…Sisters” and start a fight avoiding is more harmful than having.