“The reason why trans* rights within the feminist fight are considered a ‘conundrum’ or a ‘debate’ is because there are some very loud people with some very strong misunderstandings about how gender based oppression works in real life. These people see a penis and think ‘rape,’ instead of ‘complicated.’ They see a uterus and think “universal experience.’”
- Allison Moon, Trans Women Included: Feminism and Trans Intersections (via transfeminism)
July 17th, 2012
"The reason why trans* rights within the feminist fight are considered a ‘conundrum’ or a ‘debate’ is…"
September 25th, 2010
Against Essentialism
Think of the other ways we diagnose communities, assuming their characteristics come from within, rather than as a response to the larger organism.