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How to Effectively Invalidate Marginalized People

Submitted by Jack Molay on 3 April, 2014 - 10:33
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Many people seek comfort in strict  stereotypes, and they do their best to police others who do not share their prejudices.

A very efficient way of forcing others to adhere to whatever is considered "self-evident" in a society is to negate or invalidate the lives of those who fall outside these norms.These tactics are used against women, people from other cultures, the disabled, homosexuals and  transgender.

Mastering the Art of Letting Gender Go

Submitted by anonymous on 20 September, 2012 - 11:37
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Would you, as a father, wear a dress so that your 5-year-old son felt less embarrassed about doing so?

If you’ve been online at any point in the past few weeks, then you probably know that I’m referring to the German dad who did just that for his little boy. The kid preferred wearing dresses and skirts when they were living in the liberal big city, but started to feel uncomfortable after moving to a smaller, more religious, more conservative community. So when he started to consider opting out of his fashion choices, his father decided instead to encourage him to be himself – by donning the dresses, too.

Then there’s the more mixed (and, apparently, untrue) rumor that Jay-Z had decided to stop calling women “bitches” after his daughter was born. On the one hand, he would have been giving up an abominably sexist male behavior. On the other, it would ostensibly have been done to protect his little baby girl – a very gendered response.

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Submitted by Fatma Emam on 26 April, 2012 - 09:07
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    • Trans and feminism - some thoughts on the collisions

    Submitted by anonymous on 26 April, 2012 - 05:57
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    I hope this doesn't tread on too many toes.  It's just some thoughts that had been echoing around in my head.

    Koman Ditches Planned Parenthood, Abandons Poor Women

    Submitted by anonymous on 5 February, 2012 - 06:00
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    Note: Koman has apologized and taken back their recent threat. But the fight is not over, and I have a follow up piece brewing. Until then, enjoy!

    For those of you that do not know me, I think Planned Parenthood is awesome. But a lot of people out there do not share that opinion. They think that since a tiny portion of what Planned Parenthood does is related to helping women that need legal abortions, that PP should be burned to the ground and the fire victims left unmourned. I think those assholes should go to whatever hell they believe in, and let the rest of us live our lives as we see fit.

    Recently, these wicked forces have been pressuring the Susan G. Koman for the Cure Foundation. NPR breaks some of it down here. The Washington Post has some news here. Now, many have valid issues with the Koman Foundation, and  we are not going to debate those here and now. But overall, what they are doing is a Good Thing (TM). Until now. Now they are leaving poor and rural and black and brown women to fend for themselves else they face the PR Monster of the Forced Birth advocates. (No, I will not call them "pro life" because they only care about control of the uterus, not promoting life.)

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    Here There Be Dragons

    Submitted by Renee In Mich on 8 May, 2011 - 18:59
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    There was a big kerfuffle last week - perhaps you heard - where a prominent online feminist, perturbed over a call out about what her blog does and doesn’t cover, suggested it was responsibility of

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    Call For Papers: Transgender Feminism

    Submitted by arvan on 28 April, 2011 - 09:33
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    (h/t bird of paradox)
    MP an online feminist jourmal
    llhinkle@academinist.org

    MP: Transgendered (Fall issue) – Deadline August 31, 2011

    Can there be a multi-gendered feminism?  MP journal seeks submissions that explore the many facets of transgendered feminism.  How do transgendered people experience, embrace, reject, or practice feminism?  What is the role of feminism within queer studies?  What is the role of feminism for those who occupy the interstice between male and female?  Is gender performance feminist?  MP Journal welcomes academic papers, book reviews, and other well-written inquiries on the subject of transgendered feminisms. International submissions are encouraged.

    Submissions may be in any accepted academic format such as MLA, APA, Legal Bluebook, Chicago Style but must be consistent throughout and thoroughly and carefully edited.  Please send the submission, a 50 word bio, and a CV before midnight August 31, 2011 to llhinkle@academinist.org

    cfp categories: 
    african-american
    american
    cultural_studies_and_historical_approaches
    ecocriticism_and_environmental_studies
    eighteenth_century
    ethnicity_and_national_identity
    film_and_television
    gender_studies_and_sexuality
    interdisciplinary
    journals_and_collections_of_essays
    modernist studies
    popular_culture
    postcolonial
    romantic
    science_and_culture
    theory
    twentieth_century_and_beyond
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    Meet me at WisCon #35

    Submitted by arvan on 27 April, 2011 - 13:05
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    I wll be attending WisCon #35 this May 26-30. I  will be there with my family, enjoying the con.  I would love to meet any readers, bloggers, lurkers, writers and other Internet-folk at the show. 

    Please contact me via twitter or email if you would like to grab a coffee or socialize. 

    - arvan

    Unfeminist First

    Submitted by anonymous on 14 April, 2011 - 14:45
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    Hello, I'm Thursday, the other half of Weekday Blues. Today I'll be talking about bullying in social justice, seeing as I experienced prolonged harassment on the Tumblogosphere recently. Trigger warnings apply accordingly.

     

    It takes a tremendous amount of courage for a marginalised person to say something is X-ist. To talk about the structure that kicks them to the ground and walks on them. & a person who stands up does not derive any grotesque pleasure from the callout: it's neither enjoyable, nor entertaining. They rightfully fear retribution.

     

    This is even more the case when the person walking on you has a feminist card.

     

    This is nothing new: there is bullying in social justice. I've experienced quite a bit of it myself, & so have people I'm close to.

     

    Every time I speak, someone twists my voice.

     

    Every time my voice is strangled, I must bear the brunt of their denial. Though we are all working for the same ideal so I must bear my burden in patience, no? That in itself is victim-blaming.

     

    This is only going to happen again, and again, and again, and again. & again.

     

    Every "bugger off" I have snapped in frustration is not without reason: the amount of time we spend fighting "allies" is ridiculous. It is exhausting. It results in worse cultural paranoia.

     

    The various kyriarchal structures are not something to be debated. They are established fact. They need to be engaged with critically & worked through without privileged guilt because marginalised people don't need you giving yourself kudos for doing what a decent human being should have been doing in the first place.

     

    There is that constant pressure of "needing to take sides" when there are no real sides. Because you know what? It's a continuum. Everyone screws up. It's how you deal with being wrong. & people with feminist cards hate being wrong. It's somehow worse than the apocalypse itself. Yes, some people are more guilty than others, but all are responsible. 

    Cis-Sexism From the Inside

    Submitted by anonymous on 31 March, 2011 - 22:35
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    Cross Posted From MyFeminisms

     

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