Not A Feminist By Birth Or Biology
I’ve been over at Feministing all day, writing responses to “You learn something new every day.” The post is a response to The BBC’s recent coverage of a debate with Julie Bindel. Julie believes that…
Tag: gender
Woman’s Space To Hate With Heart
Things I learn from the radical feminist blogosphere: -” Male-to-female transsexuality/transgender is really about men’s rights. It has nothing to do with feminism. As such, as feminists, just as we oppose men’s rights, in general,…
Taking The Tyranny Out Of The Y
With the ongoing battles between radical feminists and transgender bloggers, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what it means to be transgender. Radical feminists, in the vein of Andrea Dworkin‘s dream of an…
Radical Feminist Christ
Until someone puts actual empirical data along side radical feminist doctrine, I refuse to call it a theory. It isn’t a theory, it’s a religion. And it’s about as believable as there being a man…
Little Ole’ Bigot
A southern, right-wing, anti-abortion, Dominionist bigot recently wrote this post denouncing Joanne Nemecek for supporting her spouse in transition. I’m not sure she’ll actually let it out of moderation (sooooo typical of right wingnut blogs),…
Soap Transition Support
In the past I’ve written posts supporting the “All My Children” transgender character Zoey/Zarf (here and here). Recently, Zoey (the soap character) took part in a support group with real transgender people. Simply amazing. I’m…
Where Did I Leave My Crow Bar?
The Journal of Lesbian Studies is calling for submissions to the upcoming “Lesbians and Body Image” issue. One of the questions really caught my eye: ” What differentiates body image situations where it is seen…