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OED defines Astroturfing as: "the deceptive practice of presenting an orchestrated marketing or public relations campaign in the guise of unsolicited comments from members of the public."

Cristan Williams · Opinion

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My Exchange with the Southern Poverty Law Center

  • May 14, 2013

  The trans community has asked itself recently why the supposed watchdog of extremist hate-groups – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) – has historically given Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs) a pass. I wondered too and[...]

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Cristan Williams · Featured

12

The TERF Appropriation of the Trans Day of Remembrance

  • May 13, 2013

A TERF hate-tracking site recently raised a warning that Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF) leaders are attempting to appropriate the Trans Day of Remembrance: Cathy Brennan, contributor to the Radfem2013 conference, has sunk[...]

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Cristan Williams · Featured

6

What Hate Looks Like

  • April 29, 2013

Raymond Buys was sent to an infamous right-wing training camp for effeminate boys. “I sent my son on this course to make him a better man, to give him a better future…”[...]

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Cristan Williams · History

1

Phyllis Frye: Lifetime Achievement Award

  • April 28, 2013

America’s first out trans judge Phyllis Frye (she was the first out trans judge to be sworn in, in America) just recently won the Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was given at[...]

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Cristan Williams · Featured · Opinion

8

Revisiting ‘the fallacy of cis privilege, again.’

  • April 27, 2013

I’ve noticed that TERFs tend to lie. Like, a lot. As in, metric tons of BS. TERFs far and wide are currently gnashing their collective teeth over the reality that[...]

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Cristan Williams · Opinion

3

TransAdvocate Polling Results

  • April 26, 2013

Last month we asked TAers how they felt about non-binary expressions of gender. One of the favorite RadFem (TERF) memes they like to propagate is that trans folk are the embodiment of the patriarchy since[...]

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EFF

Cristan Williams · History · Opinion

2

Einstein’s Fabulous Footwear

  • April 23, 2013

  No, it’s not ‘shopped. From what I’ve been able to gather, Einstein didn’t value clothing norms; he instead wore what felt comfortable. It’s well known that he hated wearing[...]

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freespeech

Cristan Williams · Featured

16

[UPDATED] #RadFem2013 Lies, London Irish Centre Truth + a Preview of Sheila Jeffreys’ New TERF Book!

  • April 23, 2013

For the second year in a row, the RadFem hate conference  has been booted from their venue. For the second year in a row, the RadFem hate leadership is claiming to be[...]

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Cristan Williams · Featured

15

Reality Check: Fallon Fox and the Transgender Advantage

  • April 13, 2013

Those in her corner cite studies that show that testosterone production is diminished by several years of estrogen therapy, while adversaries contend that those studies are flawed, and that she[...]

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Cristan Williams · Opinion

6

Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival

  • April 9, 2013

Most of the Womyn that come to fest really don’t care whether you’re straight or not as long as your not trans. – D.M., Festival Supporter, July 4, 2012 It’s[...]

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