Recently I came across an interesting story in my newsfeed. It seems Sir Richard Branson, of Virgin Air lost a wager to Air Asia Group […]
Tag: misogyny
What They Call “Womyn-Only” Space is Really Cisgender-Only Space
One of the things that has irked me about the renewed “debates” about women-only space is that the defenders of “womyn-born-womyn” (WBW) policies keep utilizing […]
When Ticked Off Gay Men Attack: Misogyny As A Knife
Last week when I posted Tribeca Film Festival Promotes Exploitation of Transgender People, I never thought that the call to action would cause controversy within […]
Privileged and Pretty Equals Success
This morning I received an email talking about a website called “The Pink Butterfly Network”. It claims to be a knockoff of Lynn Conway’s Transsexual […]
Science and Ideology: The Blanchard-Bailey-Lawrence Model of Transsexuality
By Élise Hendrick (reprinted with permission) Autogynaephiles, Homosexuals, and Fabricators: The Blanchard-Bailey-Lawrence Taxonomy of Trans Women I. A Hypothetical Let us suppose that someone claimed […]
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 […]
Randi Rhodes’ Transphobic Moment
Listening to “progressive radio,” you don’t really hear to many examples of out and out transphobia. Listening to Randi Rhodes on Air America Radio I […]
You Pretty Little Housewife
“Mayor Pat Gerard says she doesn’t believe Stanton will have any problems when he walks in wearing a dress, lipstick and heels.” – Mike Deeson […]
I Ain’t Got No-Body
(I wrote this post a while ago, but forgot to put it up.) Call it synchronicity or blind luck, but at times multiple posts converge […]