Clik here to view.
On reality, gender and empathy
Yesterday Paris Lees wrote a blog post on Avery Edison, a trans woman who was being held in a man’s prison in Canada. In it, she described “a culture that punishes difference, blames victims and lacks...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beauty and the cis
Most women hate their bodies. This is one of those boring facts that everyone knows and no one bothers to change. We half-heartedly order women to “love themselves” and “embrace their curves.” We...
View ArticleClik here to view.
9 reasons why “cis” isn’t working
So yes, I’m writing another – another – post on the word “cis”. Everybody quake in fear! But I’ve had so many useful comments, which have given me so much food for thought, that I’d like to get them...
View ArticleClik here to view.
So gender isn’t a binary. And?
In response to yesterday’s post I have received a lot of well-meaning messages informing me that “gender is not a binary”. This is, I assume, to disabuse me of the foolish notion that there’s only...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Glamour, trans politics and the outrageous idea that adult human females...
It was the free eyeliner that did it. After over a year of avoidance I caved in and bought a copy of Glamour and yes, it’s as rubbish as it ever was (but “hey, it’s okay if your new sandals require...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Narrating female oppression, or, Does it matter whether Harriet Capon was trans?
This morning @FeministPics tweeted a newspaper report on the fascinating story of Harriet Capon, who spent two years presenting as a boy. When asked to explain herself, Capon claimed her motivations...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The right way for women to disappear
I’ve never been comfortable with the idea that once you have anorexia, you never quite recover from it. It sounds too fatalistic, too hopeless and yet at the same time too self-indulgent. I am 40 years...
View Article
