diff --git a/gophertag b/gophertag new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b1aaeb0 --- /dev/null +++ b/gophertag @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Androgyne of the Archeart, phlog edition diff --git a/queer_etymology_enby/gophertag b/queer_etymology_enby/gophertag new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1801d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/queer_etymology_enby/gophertag @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Queer Etymology: Enby \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/queer_etymology_enby/queer_etymology_enby.txt b/queer_etymology_enby/queer_etymology_enby.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ce5c3fc --- /dev/null +++ b/queer_etymology_enby/queer_etymology_enby.txt @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +This post was initially published on Androgyne of the Archeart on +16 December 2019 and republished on 20 September 2020. It can be found on the +web at https://blog.sixy.name/2020/09/20/queer-etymology-enby/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +There's a lot of misinformation about various LGBT/Queer terms, especially when +it comes to neologisms coined on social media where the origin may not be well- +documented. For this post, I'm going to address the etymology of the word 'enby' +and the misconceptions around it. + +The context of this post is that within the last few months I have become aware +of discussions around the term 'enby' and the initialism it is derived from: NB. +Due to NB being an initialism also used in discussions of race to mean non- +Black, some people of color have asked that people not use the initialism to +mean nonbinary. A lot of people in these discussions have made the claim that +the word 'enby' was coined by nonbinary people of color as an alternative to the +initialism. This claim is false in all respects. + +This September 2013 post[1], originally from Tumblr user revolutionator[note] is +the origin of the term + +> i wish there was an nb equivalent to words like boys and girls +> +> nb +> +> enby +> +> enbies + +'Enby' is literally just intended as a nonbinary equivalent to 'boy' and 'girl', +and the discussion of initialism collision with 'non-Black' came years later as +far as I can tell. And as many nonbinary people have brought up, the term can be +quite infantilizing [see 2021 addendum] and should not be used for people who +don't use it for themself. + +As for the other part of the false claim, that it was coined by a person of +color, I'll let this (partially redacted for privacy on a locked account) +screenshot of the coiner's Twitter profile say all that needs to be said about +that: + +[twitter.png] +[Image description] +Screenshot of someone's Twitter bio that says: +vector/nonbin/29/white. coined "enby" lol. love ghosts and my friends. +[japanese text not able to be copypasted from image]. nb lesbian married2cat. +im british i just live in america +[End image description] + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Note: The link is to a Wayback archive of a reblog by Tumblr user faunmoss from +6 years ago as of this writing in 2019. The original post itself is on a blog +that Vector last posted to in 2015, with a large string of numbers as the +current username and behind the post-2018 NSFW filter, which breaks links to +direct posts outside the mobile app. Reblogging to drafts from mobile and +checking the timestamp with Xkit shows the OP was posted on 10 September 2013: + +[tumblr.png] +[Image description] +Screenshot of the quoted revolutionator post. The displayed username is +02348294832908091 and the timestamp says it was posted on September 10th 2013 +[End image description] + +[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20191201064221/https://faunmoss.tumblr.com/post/61760779664/revolutionator-i-wish-there-was-an-nb + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +2021 Addendum: A couple years later, I'm not really happy with how I phrased +this. While 'enby' can be infantilizing, it's no more so than the words it was +coined as an analogue of (i.e. 'boy' and 'girl'). \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/queer_etymology_enby/tumblr.png b/queer_etymology_enby/tumblr.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3820235 Binary files /dev/null and b/queer_etymology_enby/tumblr.png differ diff --git a/queer_etymology_enby/twitter.png b/queer_etymology_enby/twitter.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..960eb5d Binary files /dev/null and b/queer_etymology_enby/twitter.png differ