#trans people aren't saying sex doesn't exist we just don't make it our whole fucking personality

[hadeantaiga]

Sex-based oppression exists.

Gender-based oppression exists.

There radfems, that wasn't fucking hard.

Weirdly, I'm still trans though...

And a man.

Huh.

#radfems act like they're the only ones who know sex exists #trans people aren't saying sex doesn't exist we just don't make it our whole fucking personality #we also don't think sex is immutable or permanent and we don't think your personality is predetermined by your chromosomes #fucking weirdos #anti terf #anti radfem #intersectional feminism

[rjalker]

Let me fucking put it this way:

If Julia Serano posted her essays online for anyone to read at any time, instead of in a physical book you have to spend real money that you could be spending on food (Yes I am bitter and I will fucking be bitter for the rest of my fucking life) on before you can read it, her essays would be rightfully torn to fucking shreds for how happily racist, exorsexist, homophobic, and yes, transandrophobic they are. Not to mention that she contradicts her own fucking arguments constantly.

Here's some fucking examples. These were supposed to be bullet points but I am fucking incapable of not expanding.

A) She says gay men and lesbians aren't actually oppressed for their same gender attraction, they're just oppressed for being gendernonconforming! (because apparently masculine gay men and feminine lesbians don't exist!! Or if they do, well, by her logic then they aren't oppressed at all!!!!!!!!)

B) She says butch and gender nonconforming women are treated better by our society and have privilege over traditionally feminine women who wear dresses and makeup. (But didn't she just say lesbians are only oppressed for being gender nonconfoming? Why yes! She did! So now she's arguing that they're priveleged!!!!)

C) (Accidentally listed this twice but I do not give a single shit.) She says gay people aren't actually oppressed for their same gender attraction, they're just oppressed for being gender nonconforming. Despite her literally just saying that gender nonconfirming women are privileged over traditionally feminine women. "But that doesn't make any sense!" You're probably thinking!! And you're right!!! It's almost like it's complete fucking homophobic and misogynistic bullshit!!!

D) She says trans men are privileged over trans women because they're always treated and viewed as women. Yes, read that again. Trans men re privileged for being misgendered and treated as women, even though they're men. Even though her Whole Fucking Argument is that people perceived as feminine are always more oppressed than people perceived as masculine. She is once again arguing that the people she's saying are the most oppressed are magically privileged...for being oppressed. Huh. It's almost like that makes no fucking sense at all!

E) Oh and it gets better, and by better I mean worse. She then goes on to argue that trans men are privileged for always being seen as men, for being treated as men, and never having any trouble passing and always having their masculinity respected and revered and never mocked or derided, and saying they don't need to have surgery to pass, because everyone is assumed to be male unless stated otherwise, so everyone always genders trans men correctly!!!! Did she ask any trans men about this? No! Is she quoting from a trans man who said this? No! Is she literally just pulling shit out of her own ass to downplay and dismiss and literally lie about the oppression trans men face so that she can make the argument that trans women are more oppressed in every way??? You bet your ass she is!!!

F) She says nonbinary and multigender people are Actually™ just binary trans, but don't want to admit it, because they want to feel superior to trans women -- oh I'm sorry, I mean transsexuals, but you'll forgive me for getting the two mixed up, since she does all but state that trans women are the only true and real transsexuals™. You heard it here, folks! Nonbinary people aren't actually nonbinary, we just want to feel superior to trans women! Why does she come to this conclusion? Because she identified as nonbinary before she identified as a trans women and apparently had a superiority complex, and has now decided that if she was a bigot while she identified as nonbinary, that means all nonbinary people actually secretly hate trans women and just refuse to admit to their "unconscious sex" to feel superior!!!! Because she thinks being trans is a game and you can win it by being better than everyone else!!!

G) She says the only reason the white western gender binary is so prevalent is because it's the most natural system out there. If it weren't true, then it wouldn't be so far spread!!! Because I guess colonization didn't happen and isn't still literally happening, as far as she's concerned. No, no, it's not like white people literally committed genocide and are continuing to do so against cultures that didn't line up with what the colonizers viewed as natural!!! /s It's totally just normal and natural that most people are either 100% male or 100% female, this can't POSSIBLY have anything to do with transphobia and people being violently punished for being in any way gender nonconforming -- oh wait, she thinks being GNC makes you priveleged, doesn't she? Or does she? Who the fuck knows??? Not her, that's for fucking sure, considering she contradicts herself every other minute, depending on which statement will make trans women seem more oppressed than everyone else no matter what!!!! And so much fucking more!!!

If you want to read Whipping Girl, for yourself, fucking pirate it. Do not spend fucking money buying a physical copy when you could instead, Oh I don't fucking know, buy food, or pay your fucking rent, or buy a new pair of shoes sine yours are fucking falling apart. Pirate this fucking shit.

If you read this book and you, too, fucking agree with all her bigotry, then go the fuck ahead and pay her your hard earned cash for a physical copy. But not fucking before.

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TLDR:

Julia Serano is a bigot who thinks (yes, all at the same time) :

Gay people are not oppressed for their same-gender attraction, only for being gender nonconforming

Gender nonconforming women are privileged over feminine women

Trans men are privileged for being viewed and treated as women

Trans men are privileged for being viewed and treated as men

Nonbinary people are actually binary trans but refuse to admit it

Nonbinary people only identify as such so they can feel superior to trans women in particular

The white western gender binary is only so pervasive *because* it's the most natural and right - not because of genocide, or transphobia, or anything like that

No, I am not joking. Read Whipping Girl and see for yourself. But do not fucking spend money on it.

#Whipping Girl #Julia Serano #discussion of transphobia #discussion of exorsexism #discussion of misogyny #discussion of homophobia #discussion of mispergeny #discussion of treiphobia #discussion of transandrophobia #trans #transgender #nonbinary #long post #tldr included