Gotta say, I like that first article, because not only does it list what facebook/icon changes can't/don't do, but also points out how they do contribute to changing attitudes.
The second article mostly made me angry because the writer was being dismissive of my and implicitly all heteronormative folks who participated, but mostly because dickhead was trying to tell me how I felt and why I changed my icon.*
The number of comments telling the writer to go to hell cheered me immensely for how they accurately covered my feelings/reactions whilst simultaneously helping quiet that little whisper in the back of the head that suggests maybe you are just that shallow.
(*) But hey, it's not all bad, that instinctive "You patronising fuckwit" made me realise just a tiny, tiny fraction of how terrible being mansplained to much feel like. Really must try harder to never do that to anyone.
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The second article mostly made me angry because the writer was being dismissive of my and implicitly all heteronormative folks who participated, but mostly because dickhead was trying to tell me how I felt and why I changed my icon.*
The number of comments telling the writer to go to hell cheered me immensely for how they accurately covered my feelings/reactions whilst simultaneously helping quiet that little whisper in the back of the head that suggests maybe you are just that shallow.
(*) But hey, it's not all bad, that instinctive "You patronising fuckwit" made me realise just a tiny, tiny fraction of how terrible being mansplained to much feel like. Really must try harder to never do that to anyone.