Here’s the thing, there’s no proof that the women who buy this shit are the ones who are offended. There’s a core group of folks who come out of the woodwork against anything vaguely pro-women or pro-choice. Which they did here. Fuck Land’s End for caving. I doubt that they even know if this is their core customer,…

Am I the only one here who’s noticed that there are at least two subgroups of trans women out there? The girly gay transwomen who have the best claim to “lady” brains* are the ones who are actually listening to radfem concerns, saying things like “we’re men with gender dysphoria, not women”, trying to come up with…

I don’t speak for all trans people but for me before I transitioned and the immediate period after I was focused mostly upon appearance. I thought, yes, I have permission now to wear this pretty outfit or makeup.

Their truth is not my truth. Their female identities are not my female identity. They haven’t traveled through the world as women and been shaped by all that this entails. They haven’t suffered through business meetings with men talking to their breasts or woken up after sex terrified they’d forgotten to take their…

Can we discuss gender essentialism and race essentialism? Both are constructs steeped in existing power structures, cultures and tradition. The idea of taking on another race identity feels wrong. Why does it feel wrong?

Some serious ageism being thrown about.

In regard to talk of vaginas being deemed “exclusionary”, here’s a good opinion piece: