2026-10-10 11:16 UTC
@KatyElphinstone@mas.to @isisevrinen@mastodon.chasalin.nl
Mmmh I don't think the criteria should be the use, as much as the level at which a label is applied.
My fear is not with label per-se, but with "identity label".
If you label me "black-haired person" is harmless. It's just a well-defined and precise information tool.
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@Kir@mastodon.uno 2026-10-10 11:16
@KatyElphinstone@mas.to @isisevrinen@mastodon.chasalin.nl Identity labels bring with them a very wide and ill-defined expectation of a lot of aspect and highly limit how the others and yourself are able to be/express/understand yourself. It's an "epistemological cage". If I'm labeled as a "neuroatypical person", thing are different. It can be liberatory, because it's better than being seen as stupid, freak, lazy, asshole for being different than the "normal-labeled" ones. It's a better cage, but still a cage. 2/2