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About That Term: Birthing People
On March 22, 2023, Executive Producer and Host of The Young Turks, Ana Kasparian tweeted the following:
…And my Twitter feed blew up. I made the mistake of replying to one of the resulting threads that my mutuals were engaging with, and I’m still getting bigots in my mentions almost a month later.
Here’s the thing. It’s the thread I just typed up in my response to the latest bigot.
(Don’t like me referring to people as bigots? People need to stop putting their bigotry out there in public for everyone to see, especially waving it in my face by specifically replying to me.)
Why Clinical Terminology isn’t Degrading
I’m a nonbinary person who got pregnant, gave birth, used a hormonal IUD as birth control and more, and recently had my uterus and ovaries removed.
In no way do the terms “women’s healthcare” include me. I’m a PERSON who gave birth, had a uterus, etc.
When I go to the eye doctor, does it degrade me for her to refer to my eyes? No. Does “eye health” or “vision care” accurately describe the services my ophthalmologist provides? Yes. Does…
