A few days ago I read an article entitled “Is Cis A Dis? And other aircastles to the storm..” by the blogger over at Femmeessay. The article was a good analysis of whether or not “cis” is an offensive term or not (I think it is important to know that the writer is cis).
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A good friend of mine, Samia, made a post on her blog in where she explores some ideas that fall under trans-feminism. I was attempting to make a comment, but it got too long, so I have to post it here. Please go read her entry before reading on.
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I’ll respond to portions of your post [...]
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KRXQ Update : UC Davis Health Systems renounces association with the Rob Arnie & Dawn Show. Also, tomorrow is when the radio station will make their public announcement on their morning show. You can listen to it tomorrow morning, on their website at 7:30AM Pacific Coast Time.
First Hate Comment on My Site [...]
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I have been on a hiatus from blogging lately because most of my time has been spent working on my undergraduate directed study. I wanted to post the introduction portion of my paper here so that anyone who is interested in reading it can contact me for a full copy.
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Writing By Us, For Us, [...]
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Go check it out! The last section still needs to be completed, but will be soon Thanks for all the help everyone!
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Thanks to all of you who are reading, have been reading, or once read this blog! I appreciate every one of you. Seriously.
Two questions though…
1. What’s your favorite thing on this site? Is it when I talk about my personal gender experiences? The resources page? Or something else?
2. What would you like to see done [...]
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Most of those who are friends with trans people will think that this post will be pretty common sense. However, I feel like it is necessary to write about.
Never start statements with “I love [enter trans person's name here], but—” and then say something incredibly transphobic. Especially when the said trans person is not [...]
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YouTube has revolutionized the way American Sign Language (ASL) has continued to develop. Transgender terminology in ASL has been typically somewhat transphobic. Thus, this video popped up. It’s not subtitled, but discusses some possible alternative signs for words like “transgender”, “e”, “t”, and more. If I get a chance later, I will transcribe it for [...]
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The following is a wonderful article written to explain the intersection of transphobia and misogyny (transmisogyny). It was taken from No Designation and can be found here .
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This is a topic that has been vital to my understanding of the world over the past few years, but it’s still relatively unknown outside certain [...]
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First, watch this video. It’s long, but worth it.
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Interesting how this video is funny in some was, terrible in others, and yet so very accurate. It has kind of stuck with me all day. Thoughts?
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