you know how there's tech debt. we need a concept of rhetorical debt. rhetorical debt is when activists use a rhetorical strategy ("born this way" rhetoric re: queerness, for example) to achieve a short-term goal (gay marriage and its associated legal benefits) which ultimately causes unforeseen long-term problems (queer people get really into categorization and also astrology)
- she/her, they/them, sie/sie/ir, ask
dyke, poetess, games writer, &cet.
wow! this lesbian can pierce space and time!
if you can see this,
you have permission to message me on discord
