Recommendations Diverse Books Tag – Memoirs! 23 Jun 20161 Jul 2017 I got a little overzealous when the tag first came to me, I wanted to two. One with memoirs and one with superheroes, but I was down one superhero. Okay,…
Feminist Commentary… Quote of the Week – from Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano 8 Jun 20167 Jun 2016 Today, while it is generally considered to be offensive or prejudiced to openly discriminate against someone for being female, discriminating against someone’s femininity is still considered fair game.
Feminist Commentary… Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano 2 Jan 201616 Mar 2016 I've been trying to think for days of a professional and interesting way to write about this book, but I've been failing. Badly. I've actually written four posts on it and am…
Non-fiction… Quote of the Week – from Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano 16 Dec 201516 Dec 2015 However, such change will not come by managing the way we “do” our own gender, but by dismantling our own gender entitlement. If we truly want to bring an end…
Gender… Quote of the Week – from Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano 9 Dec 20159 Dec 2015 Once we start thinking about gender as being socially exaggerated (rather than socially constructed), we can finally tackle the issue of sexism in our society without having to dismiss or…
Feminist Commentary… Quote of the Week – from Whipping Girl: A Transexual Woman in Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano 2 Dec 20152 Dec 2015 After all, while most people assume that women are naturally feminine, they also (rather hypocritically) require them to spend an hour or two each day putting on their faces and…
