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a phenomenon where a creative work (e.g. a character or a song) is criticized to be stereotypical and degrading by white people, but beloved by the minority that they say they degrade
In the US, Avril Lavigne’s song “Hello Kitty” was slammed for racially stereotyping and sexualizing Japanese people, but it was received positively in Japan, since Lavigne has always publicly appreciated Japanese culture. The song is an instance of the Speedy Gonzales effect.
by the riverside September 8, 2023
Get the Speedy Gonzales effect mug.Just as Affirmative Action intends to correct for racial inequality by advantageously treating racial minorities, Affirmative Racism intends to correct for racial inequality by discriminating against the majority race (i.e. white people in most environments where Affirmative Racism occurs). Affirmative Racism is often displayed by the same people saying that you can't be racist against white people.
"It seems like there's now a fair amount of vitriol, online and offline, towards anything that white people say, make, and do. Why's that?"
"It's called Affirmative Racism, and it's a signature move of identity politicians."
"It's called Affirmative Racism, and it's a signature move of identity politicians."
by the riverside September 19, 2023
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a sane person about to be blocked and reported: “yeah, it’s fine to be cis. it’s not fine to be sleepwoking”
a sane person about to be blocked and reported: “yeah, it’s fine to be cis. it’s not fine to be sleepwoking”
by the riverside July 23, 2021
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by the riverside June 19, 2025
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It quotes the following 2015 anecdote from Mike Huckabee, a well-known anti-trans public figure:
“I wish someone told me in high school that I could have felt like a woman when it came time to take showers in PE. I’m pretty sure that I would have found my feminine side and said, ‘Coach, I think I’d rather shower with the girls today.’”
The test asks whether or not this teen version of Mike Huckabee is valid as a genderfluid trans teen.
The test forces the opposing side into an ultimatum:
1) Accept the absurd, bad-faith hypothetical as a valid trans identity, validating a transphobic comment by Mike Huckabee.
2) Admit that some standards are necessary for what constitutes a “valid” trans person, in order to exclude trolls like Mike Huckabee, thereby disproving the notion that “anyone who identifies as trans is trans”.
Named in August 2025 by Haley Halcyon (@2gd4.me on Bluesky) after she, quote unquote, “decisively won an Internet debate for the first time” using this strategy. As originally explained:
“Any #transmedicalist who finds someone who parrots the sleepwoking line ‘anyone who identifies as trans is trans’ or ‘all trans people are valid’, my advice is this:
• Apply the Genderfluid Mike Huckabee Test.
• Don’t let off when they try to deflect.
• Point out the gate they implicitly keep.”
It quotes the following 2015 anecdote from Mike Huckabee, a well-known anti-trans public figure:
“I wish someone told me in high school that I could have felt like a woman when it came time to take showers in PE. I’m pretty sure that I would have found my feminine side and said, ‘Coach, I think I’d rather shower with the girls today.’”
The test asks whether or not this teen version of Mike Huckabee is valid as a genderfluid trans teen.
The test forces the opposing side into an ultimatum:
1) Accept the absurd, bad-faith hypothetical as a valid trans identity, validating a transphobic comment by Mike Huckabee.
2) Admit that some standards are necessary for what constitutes a “valid” trans person, in order to exclude trolls like Mike Huckabee, thereby disproving the notion that “anyone who identifies as trans is trans”.
Named in August 2025 by Haley Halcyon (@2gd4.me on Bluesky) after she, quote unquote, “decisively won an Internet debate for the first time” using this strategy. As originally explained:
“Any #transmedicalist who finds someone who parrots the sleepwoking line ‘anyone who identifies as trans is trans’ or ‘all trans people are valid’, my advice is this:
• Apply the Genderfluid Mike Huckabee Test.
• Don’t let off when they try to deflect.
• Point out the gate they implicitly keep.”
Her argument for self-ID, total bodily autonomy, and zero gatekeeping was a crowdpleaser, until I hit her with the Genderfluid Mike Huckabee Test and she ragequit.
by the riverside August 9, 2025
Get the Genderfluid Mike Huckabee Test mug.A cisgender transsexual is someone who rejects the word “transgender” and/or the idea that being trans is about gender, not sex.
This seemingly contradictory label re-asserts the sex–gender duality. It asserts that a transsexual’s struggles are related to sex (i.e. gendered physical features, dysphoria, and medical transition to alleviate the dysphoria by changing the gendered physical features), not to gender (i.e. how they socialize, how they dress, how they are seen by others/society/governments).
The antonym is “transgender cissexual”, but the people who fit that description almost always reject the “accusation” of being “cissexual”, which they see as an act of invalidation of their transgender identity.
This seemingly contradictory label re-asserts the sex–gender duality. It asserts that a transsexual’s struggles are related to sex (i.e. gendered physical features, dysphoria, and medical transition to alleviate the dysphoria by changing the gendered physical features), not to gender (i.e. how they socialize, how they dress, how they are seen by others/society/governments).
The antonym is “transgender cissexual”, but the people who fit that description almost always reject the “accusation” of being “cissexual”, which they see as an act of invalidation of their transgender identity.
There’s no trans solidarity without listening to cisgender transsexuals. So shut up and let her talk.
by the riverside August 9, 2025
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“Why am I blocked by your friend on Bluesky?”
“It looks like he subscribed to a proship blocklist and it blocked you.”
“SMH”
“It looks like he subscribed to a proship blocklist and it blocked you.”
“SMH”
by the riverside October 28, 2025
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