It was a VERY specific term, as much about naming a kind of radical feminist thought as about naming a kind of transphobia.
Then eventually it came to mean “any transphobic feminist”. Then “any transphobic woman”. Then “any transphobe who gestures towards protecting women”. Then eventually just…
Pretty Great Machine
Any other oldheads every pause and stare in absolute awe at how far the word “TERF” has drifted from its original meaning? That people will now even apply it to neoliberal centrists and shit? Even conservative men?
What is even the point of the word when it basically just means “transphobe”?