Over the years there's been a major shift in how the internet works. More and more, big platforms like Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook (to a lesser extent now) and Instagram (to name a few) have become the primary way we share, create and connect with each other. In decades gone by, we still had big platforms (think MySpace or Friendster), but they existed more alongside the federated internet: blogs and personal websites.
So just moments after I open my eyes yesterday on Wednesday morning, I read that headline... I felt my stomach drop, as I try to understand what this means for me, as a trans person. Reading all the headlines about it being a "victory for women's rights", that it "brings clarity to the issue of gendered spaces" was all the more infuriating. Especially given that this is not a victory for women's rights and brings no such clarity to this so called "debate". But yet another normal day on Terf Island, huh?
Back in the "golden era" of Minecraft, between the days of alpha and pre adventure update, the experience of playing Minecraft was much more barebones. We had very few blocks, very few color palettes to work with, and we certainly didnt have villagers, villages, the end or enchantments to worry about. Instead of having that specific block to ornate your building with, you had to get creative with other blocks to create details and interest in your builds. The content of Minecraft back then was much more approachable, it didn't feel like an ocean of stuff to use and catch up with. It also felt like your world was your untouched canvas with no shrines or prebuilt structures touching it: your world was your story to create.
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Just a late 20s
transfemme with a passion for academia, science, politics and coding.
