"Magnet for assholes who want to say stupid bullshit."




* Plus all the usual stuff about transitioning and gender not being considered valid by society
ext_28673: (Clear-Eyed Lesbian Gaze)

From: [identity profile] lisaquestions.livejournal.com


I'd put a Judith Butler quote here about how womanhood is multiplicity, but I can't find it.

From: [identity profile] fall-of-sophia.livejournal.com


don't forget to keep all of the constructs like "womanhood" at safe distance with quotation marks.

From: [identity profile] dashingdeviant.livejournal.com


Also, use intentionally nigh-incomprehensible writing, and say it's a revolutionary action.

From: [identity profile] dashingdeviant.livejournal.com


I like her ideas, but I think her writing style is counterproductive - I feel like Serano's critique of her work is a critique of the common misinterpretation of Butler's work, and I'm not sure if that was intentional or not. In any case, I think misinterpretation of Butler, partially caused by Butler's writing style, fuels transexualphobia in queer/trans communities.
ext_28673: (Toph Rawr)

From: [identity profile] lisaquestions.livejournal.com


Not just queer/trans communities, but some feminists would use the back of a milk carton to justify that.

From: [identity profile] dashingdeviant.livejournal.com


Yes, definitely. I've also seen feminists who wouldn't normally touch Butler use her to justify transphobia (actually, I think we've all seen that).
ext_28673: (Default)

From: [identity profile] lisaquestions.livejournal.com


Hell, I've seen one use the Book of Genesis. They'll do anything, those wacky radfems.
ext_28673: (Clear-Eyed Lesbian Gaze)

From: [identity profile] lisaquestions.livejournal.com


I do laugh when I see bullshit like that, but it's still bullshit aimed at people like me, at saying my life shouldn't be what it is.

ext_28673: (Toph Rawr)

From: [identity profile] lisaquestions.livejournal.com


Walt Whitman?

Think of womanhood and you to be a woman;
The creation is womanhood
Have I not said that womanhood involves all?
Have I not told how the universe has nothing better than
the best womanhood?

From: [identity profile] bruceb.livejournal.com


For some reason, when I run into the kindred phenomenon for my crud, I keep thinking of some (pardon the goofiness of the visuals) Paul Simon lyrics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKcse3kCBso):

It was in the early morning hours
When I fell into a phone call.
Believing I had supernatural powers
I slammed into a brick wall,
I said hey, is this my problem?,
Is this my fault?,
If that's the way it's going to be
I'm going to call the whole thing to a halt


That delightfully weary aggrieved way he says "Is this my problem? Is this my fault?" captures so much of the experience.

Maybe the oppressed of the world need a group deal on self-heating branding irons that say BRANDED BY A SUBJECT, NOT AN OBJECT.

From: [identity profile] eclexia.livejournal.com


Oh my god, extra buckets of win to you for the Paul Simon quote, especially off of Graceland. I do think you chose the wrong song.

Slip sliding away, slip sliding away.
You know, the closer your destination the more
your slip sliding away.

I know a woman, became a wife
These are the very words she uses to describe her life.
She said, "A good day
Ain't got no rain,"
She said, "A bad day I sit in bed,
And think of things that might have been."

From: [identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com


Given what you get if you google on the word, also:' magnet for stupid arseholes who want to READ (or look at) bullshit!
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