Naming the Real Monsters

March 25, 2013 ·

trans-monster

At the New Statesman, Juliet Jacques with one of the best, distilled and concise pieces I’ve seen setting out point-by-point who the media monsters are and the evil that they perpetrate; here is but one:

2. Transphobia cuts across left/liberal and conservative media

Transphobia in left/liberal media tends to come, still, from this radical feminist perspective, tending to attack trans people as a category. Conservative pundits seem to focus more on isolating trans people in apparently “public” roles, undermining their identities by exposing details about their pre-transitional lives. I won’t link to individual examples, butTrans Media Watch’s initial submission to the Leveson Inquiry (pdf) provides plenty of evidence.

The media ’monstering’ of trans people…

where Rupert Murdoch and radphlegms look (and sound) a lot alike.

[alert type=”info”]Cross-posted from ENDA Blog 2[/alert]
Next Post

50,000 Deaths

Technology on the Social and Ethical Aspects of Transsexual Surgery By Janice G. Raymond Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Women's Studies Hampshire College/University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts June, 1980 Note: If you're looking for the article that proves that…
Read
Previous Post

Logic Be Damned: MMA Fighter Fallon Fox and the PC Conspiracy

The MMA world has been a-buzz after learning that MMA fighter Fallon Fox is trans. A popular site for all things MMA recently posted an article that was quite good. The author sought out the informed opinion of experts and the resulting article…
Read
Random Post

Ask Matt: What is My Sexual Identity?

A reader writes: “I am having issues determining my sexual identity since transition from female to male. Dating and having a relationship are things I consciously took off the table while I was in the early stages of transition. It…
Read
Random Post

We need storytellers who are not cisgender men: why David Marcus’ views are misguided and misinformed

In his latest piece for TheFederalist, arts writer David Marcus takes on what he believes to be a great injustice: the inclusion of trans people in a list of playwrights developed to demonstrate that perspectives beyond those of men actually…
Read
Random Post

TYFA on National Geographic

This just in from Kim Pearson over at TransYouth Family Allies: I hope you all will remember to tune in tonight and invite your friends over to watch with you. Also forward the invitation to everyone you know please. This…
Read
Random Post

The Towlenut Gallery

Even when The Towle has a reasonable post on a trans issue – here, the Cemia Acoff murder – one can count on the Chorus du Transphobique to show what the entitled really believe that they have the right to…
Read
  1. I really cannot believe anything this woman says I’ve seen her lie like a rug and that’s the truth

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.