LGBTQIA+ on Sidechat | Gatekeeping queer spaces behind “have you read the theory?” is ableist, classist, and frankly anti-accessibility. Some of us are experiencing the text through vibes alone, and that’s valid.

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LGBTQIA+ 16h

Gatekeeping queer spaces behind “have you read the theory?” is ableist, classist, and frankly anti-accessibility. Some of us are experiencing the text through vibes alone, and that’s valid.

Anonymous 16h

Okay, I’m not going to fight you on gatekeeping being bad, don’t get me wrong. But in what way is it classist to ask people to read theory? There’s plenty of theory pretty freely accessible online. Ableist I understand a bit more, especially since there’s so few dyslexia-friendly options for text, but audio formats are pretty ubiquitous at this point in time, so I don’t know if the argument holds up super well?

Anonymous 12h

No one says this outside the internet

Anonymous 15h

tbh i dont even read theory

Anonymous

#1 16h

“It’s online for free” and “it’s equally accessible” aren’t the same thing. By that logic, tax law, philosophy journals, and economic papers are universally accessible too. Access isn’t just whether a PDF exists, it’s whether people can realistically engage with it.

Anonymous

OP 15h

I get your point, but how much more accessible can something be? Realistically, or even theoretically? The remaining accessibility issues are mostly translation related (from written to spoken and from English to other languages).