Animator. Director. Artist. Scapegoat.
Corinna, my friend and podcast co-host, is a man to me. I don’t think it’s because I’ve been using sex-based pronouns for him, as I do for everyone. He does pass; the majority of people read him as female. When I first saw him in a video, I thought, “he passes, he’s cute.” And once … Continue reading “He-ing Corinna”
Panel: Does Sex Matter? Gender Identity vs. Material Reality Saturday, March 23rd, 3-5pmUrbana Free Library, Lewis Auditorium (downstairs)210 W. Green Street, Urbana IL 61801 A transwoman, a detransitioner, and a radical feminist walk into a Library…. Speaking from different perspectives on modern gender identity politics, these three panelists agree that all people broadly deserve civil rights … Continue reading “REMINDER: This is TODAY, March 23rd!”
Saturday, March 23rd, 3-5pm Urbana Free Library, Lewis Auditorium (downstairs) 210 W. Green Street, Urbana IL 61801 A transwoman, a detransitioner, and a radical feminist walk into a Library…. Speaking from different perspectives on modern gender identity politics, these three panelists agree that all people broadly deserve civil rights protections. But should gender identity replace sex … Continue reading “Panel: Does Sex Matter? Gender Identity vs. Material Reality”
Saturday, March 23rd, 3-5pm Urbana Free Library, Lewis Auditorium (downstairs) 210 W. Green Street, Urbana IL 61801 A transwoman, a detransitioner, and a radical feminist walk into a Library…. Speaking from different perspectives on modern gender identity politics, these three panelists agree that all people broadly deserve civil rights protections. But should gender identity replace … Continue reading “Panel: Does Sex Matter? Gender Identity vs. Material Reality”
Some of the most maladaptive social behaviors I see seem to indicate deep human longings for religion and/or magic. Here’s something I wrote about religion in December. It’s weird. You don’t have to agree. Religion is like a fungus: seemingly toxic, but an essential part of an ecosystem we don’t understand. Culture is alive. Just … Continue reading “Essay: Religion is Like a Fungus”
Last week I posted on fecebook “If a person has a penis he’s a man,” which led to my widespread denunciation as a “transphobe.” I’ve written about this before, and anyone paying attention should know better, but I nonetheless commented this: No matter how many times I state that I have trans friends, was standing … Continue reading “Gender Colonialism”