There I Go Again, Thinking I Have a Basic Right to Exist in Society
There is a shockingly large contingent of Americans who believe that trans women should not have access to women-only spaces like bathrooms, locker rooms, shelters, prisons, women’s centers, lesbian...
View ArticleGender Identity as a Brain-in-a-vat
Gender critical feminists (henceforth “GCers”) are often skeptical about a concept foundational to trans theory: gender identity, the sense of whether we belong to a particular sex/gender or not....
View ArticleAutogynephilia, the Gift that Keeps on Giving
content warning: this article contains transphobic ideas and terminology … Autogynephilia is the gift that keeps on giving and by “gift” I mean “punch in the face”. Autogynephilia is the theory from...
View ArticleLet Trans Women Grow
Trans women are under intense pressure, internal and external, to perform femininity to a high level. They are seen as more “valid” in their identities the better they pass for cis women and in order...
View ArticleThere Is Nothing Universal to Say About Trans Women and Male Privilege
There has been a lot of ink spilled lately about trans women and male privilege. I have seen so many discussions recently where people ask the question “Do trans women as a whole have male privilege...
View ArticleTrans Feminism Is Real Feminism
Trans feminism sometimes gets mistaken as feminism’s little cousin, a mere side show to the Main Event: Cis Feminism i.e. feminism written by and for other cis women. On a superficial level, this seems...
View ArticleButterfly or Acorn? Becoming the Woman I Never Was
When a caterpillar wraps itself in its cocoon it completely dissolves into a goo. The butterfly emerges out of the goo. Is the butterfly the same entity as the caterpillar that existed pre-goo? Or is...
View ArticleWhy I Was Not Born In the Wrong Body
Identity is central to trans people. Or is it? When we say “I was born in the wrong body” what is this “I” being referred to? And is this identity something that exists separately from the flux of ions...
View ArticleHyper-vigilance in the Gender Machine
A Day in Gender Did that customer just “sir” me? When he said “Thanks man” would he have said that to a cis female or was that just for me? Did that person just say “dude” to me in a … Continue reading →
View ArticleBook Launch – Transgressive: A Trans Woman on Gender, Feminism, and Politics
“Taking unerring aim at the patriarchal transphobia that saturates our lives, Williams’ piercing insights and vivid personal accounts capture the heartbreak and the hope of existing in this world as...
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