Back in the comments over here, we have quite a doozy of a comment that warrants a more detailed response, because there are underlying assumptions and beliefs that are encompassed that range from misguided to flat out wrong. Wow – where to begin with this? Let’s start with long
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The Cracked Crystal Ball II: When An Argument Starts From A False Premise …
This essay came up on my Twitter feed this morning. Titled “In Defence of Gender“, it’s a lengthy piece of writing which attempts to justify taking a “both sides” approach to the current uproar over transgender rights – or perhaps I should say, inclusion of transgender women in society –
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Counter-Punch: Paul Street now a Far Right Reactionary TERF
Counterpunch is a alternative news site that I’ve followed for many years. I have often picked up on an essay that I found there and added my critique or opinion on the matter. Recently I critiqued a piece that was – ideologically speaking – over the top and I had
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Untangling Sex
The discourse around transgender people often breaks into two sides screaming at each other, one arguing that 'gender is a social construct', and the other stamping their feet and yelling that such an argument denies the biological realities of women. Both positions are correct from certain perspectives, but the "biological"
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The RPOJ – Feminism Does Not Have to Be Trans-Exclusionary – Actually, it does.
The RPOJ comes for thee. Greetings fellow blog travellers, today we have a special treat as we get to look through the looking glass of the misogyny that masquerades as queer theory. Hypocritical, obtuse, with a generous side of bloviation make for a prime field day for the RPOJ. Let’s
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Radical Feminism Versus Reality
The New Yorker decided to publish an exposé about the ongoing war of words between Transsexual Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs) and transsexuals. Sadly, the author spent most of their time talking about what TERFs have written about transsexuals and failed entirely to present the transsexual side of the discussion in
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