Comments on: Transgender Day of Rememberance 2009 http://www.gendersaurusrex.com/2009/11/transgender-day-of-rememberance-2009/ chomping gender normativity Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:15:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Huck http://www.gendersaurusrex.com/2009/11/transgender-day-of-rememberance-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1941 Huck Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:59:43 +0000 http://www.gendersaurusrex.com/?p=581#comment-1941 "I would simply urge against an aversion to everyone who uses the phrase, as many eminent feminist theorists (esp from South Asia in my experience) use it quite liberally to distinguish their feminist ideologies from mainstream Western/white/colonialist ones." Good point! Noted. <3 “I would simply urge against an aversion to everyone who uses the phrase, as many eminent feminist theorists (esp from South Asia in my experience) use it quite liberally to distinguish their feminist ideologies from mainstream Western/white/colonialist ones.”

Good point! Noted. <3

]]> By: Samia http://www.gendersaurusrex.com/2009/11/transgender-day-of-rememberance-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1939 Samia Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:56:22 +0000 http://www.gendersaurusrex.com/?p=581#comment-1939 I can understand that. I would simply urge against an aversion to everyone who uses the phrase, as many eminent feminist theorists (esp from South Asia in my experience) use it quite liberally to distinguish their feminist ideologies from mainstream Western/white/colonialist ones. It can be kind of weird to hear it, though, especially speaking as someone who's kind of railed against this kind of categorizing for a large part of my life. :) I can understand that. I would simply urge against an aversion to everyone who uses the phrase, as many eminent feminist theorists (esp from South Asia in my experience) use it quite liberally to distinguish their feminist ideologies from mainstream Western/white/colonialist ones. It can be kind of weird to hear it, though, especially speaking as someone who’s kind of railed against this kind of categorizing for a large part of my life. :)

]]> By: Huck http://www.gendersaurusrex.com/2009/11/transgender-day-of-rememberance-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1938 Huck Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:46:47 +0000 http://www.gendersaurusrex.com/?p=581#comment-1938 @Samia My resistance to "third world country" is less based on race and moreso rooted in the fact that I don't like how our government views itself as above other countries for reasons of 1) race 2) economics 3) political relations. Similarly, I don't like the term "Middle East" because it implies that that particular region is middle of the Orient and east of the New World. I just avoid the terms all together if possible, but sometimes it's hard to get around. @Samia My resistance to “third world country” is less based on race and moreso rooted in the fact that I don’t like how our government views itself as above other countries for reasons of 1) race 2) economics 3) political relations. Similarly, I don’t like the term “Middle East” because it implies that that particular region is middle of the Orient and east of the New World. I just avoid the terms all together if possible, but sometimes it’s hard to get around.

]]> By: Samia http://www.gendersaurusrex.com/2009/11/transgender-day-of-rememberance-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1937 Samia Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:36:03 +0000 http://www.gendersaurusrex.com/?p=581#comment-1937 I understand you're not comfortable with the term "third world country;" however this term is used by many PoC feminists who would say they practice or adhere to third world feminism(s). I can see how the phrase, when used by white people in the West, can sometimes rub people the wrong way. I understand you’re not comfortable with the term “third world country;” however this term is used by many PoC feminists who would say they practice or adhere to third world feminism(s). I can see how the phrase, when used by white people in the West, can sometimes rub people the wrong way.

]]> By: Samia http://www.gendersaurusrex.com/2009/11/transgender-day-of-rememberance-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1935 Samia Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:27:24 +0000 http://www.gendersaurusrex.com/?p=581#comment-1935 This is an interesting post...man, we need to hang out sometime soon. This is an interesting post…man, we need to hang out sometime soon.

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