It always mildly annoys me when people dismiss social justice and personal identity work as things that only happen on Tumblr.
Like, no they happen in the real world too. Tumblr is both reflective of that and the cause of real world change. Personal pronouns exist outside of this site. If we all made it a habit to be considerate that way, it would become the norm.
I didn’t mean to say that no one says it in the real world but people don’t just ask people what their pronouns are.
I know you didn’t. And unfortunately, you weren’t the only person in my notes saying “ it is a tumblr thing!!!” and I’m like “nooo stop I just explained”. But I’m not explaining to them, I just blocked them.
People don’t ask on a wide enough scale but I think one day, with enough awareness, people will break the habit.
