if you don't need female only space, that's fine, and obviously those spaces are not for you. But you don't get to decide if other women are allowed to have female-only spaces or not.

You should see trans activism on tumblr. They derail every discussion about women's biology with arguments such as "not all women have vaginas/uteri" and "not all people who get pregnant identify as women". Now you have pro-choice blogs talking about "people with uteri" because trans activists act like "woman" is a…

Honestly, I think a lot of the pushback we see when it comes to including trans women and women-only spaces is that there is always that vocal group (are they a minority? I would hope so, but I don't know) that derails EVERYTHING. You can't say vagina. You can't talk about periods. Mentioning having two X chromosomes…

Well, the organizers of this festival have decided that you are in fact "the other". Rightly or wrongly. This is a matter of subjective opinion. The only things I know about this gathering is what I've read about it on these web sites, but apparently, they are pretty adamant that they want their definition of "womyn"…

Having a vagina, clitoris, vulva, and a uterus/womb means one will face a particular set of oppressions in life, based on this anatomy (influenced of course by one's specific region and society). See: forced pregnancy and delivery, forced sterilization, forced transvaginal ultrasounds, forced breastfeeding, FGM,…

"The problem is that MichFest purports to celebrate the very things that I am in dire need of being able to celebrate."

I don't know, your replies to other readers were a little dismissive.

Women are still oppressed, we are still entitled to events just for women. Male privilege applies in some ways and mostly doesn't to mtf folks. The point is, just because they transitioned, does not mean they should be included in the gender binary. They are different. It's just a separate category - male-bodied…

I don't think it's special, but being biologically female often lends itself to being more easily recognizable as such and that, right there, invites a unique kind of attention. From day 1, you are treated as less, as something to be visually valued. I'm not trans, but some acquaintances of mine are. I respect who…

I was looking forward to an interesting/refreshing take on this, hopefully including MWF's history and the history of women-only spaces and their inceptions. I was expecting to read a bit about identity development in both sexual minority women and trans women and how this relates to women-only spaces. Instead, I read…

What? Really? How about the experience of (and fear of) pregnancy? The vulnerability, terror and power of being able to give birth to children. The power it gives you and the power it takes away. Even women who don't give birth to children are deeply affected by their ability to do so. Even women who can't have…

What you're missing is that trans feminists and intersectional feminist are casually tossing out DECADES of feminist thought about sex and gender. Many radical feminists see trans women as yet another example of people with dicks demanding access to their spaces, telling them they know their shit better than they do,…

I'm not talking about the individual. Is the issue here that male-bodied people who transitioned in to a female life want access to events solely meant for female-bodied people who chose to live life as female? Because that's silly. Guess what? Having male anatomy at birth gives you a profoundly different set of…

Trans women aren't women like women born with female anatomy are. They don't experience the same things. They are a different category and women who were born female still need their own spaces. I don't understand all this trans sympathy in the place of maintaining spaces just for women or for the gay/lesbian…

Real reason? The military wants us to look "feminine" when in our dress uniforms, which are issued to us with skirts and heels. And yes, at certain events you are required to wear the skirt and heels instead of the pants.

It could be because men keep doing those things. Maybe you should stop telling us how we should feel about it and go tell them to stop it. "I'm assuming where some of that attitude is coming from." It's actually all contingent on shared experience that we don't instigate, but is instead, directed at us. Every day. So…

Oh my god, we spend our entire lives in the majority-male-dominated world. We already know all about your perspective because it's ALREADY THE MAIN PERSPECTIVE.

It's specific to the entire internet. It's specific to the world. The reason it's a fallacy to paint the "we all suffer equally" picture over the reality is because the reality is a gendered problem. If you count rape and sexual assault as being under the umbrella of "violence" (which it is, indubitably) then women…

why is he sad? didn't he know that sex with(out) a condom could lead to pregnancy?

I think she probably does because she even did her own makeup for the royal wedding. I don't mind her bland style, and she has great Breck girl hair BUT...