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I suspect it was flagged by left-thinking people. I'd flag it if I could: in the second paragraph the author conflates transgender people with postgenderists ca
by justinpombrio 10y ago
I suspect it was flagged by left-thinking people. I'd flag it if I could: in the second paragraph the author conflates transgender people with postgenderists calling for the abolition of gender. None of the trans people I know believe anything like that. It's possible there's some subtle argument that's going over my head, but either way this article seems like poorly grounded flamewar fodder.
- eximius 10y agoI think he was saying that transgenderists don't take things to the full logical conclusion of postgenderism. Not that I agree with that in any way, I just think its more representative of his claim.
- jessaustin 10y agoHaha, every line is a point, when viewed sideways. The reactionary "whew I've made it in now close the bathroom door" position you ascribe to certain "T" people wouldn't be shared by all that many "Q" folk, although it is of a piece with some "G" voices elsewhere in this thread. There is a natural tension in any political coalition, between those who join for ethical reasons and those who are primarily self-interested (and, one supposes, those for whom the whole movement is only a political tool). Do we see some fraying around the edges? Perhaps TFA is flamewar fodder, but that says more about this forum than about TFA itself, which when taken on its own terms is interesting and imaginative.
- justinpombrio 10y ago> The reactionary "whew I've made it in now close the bathroom door" position you ascribe to certain "T" people To be clear, I only ascribed a lack of uniform belief in "a voluntary abolition of gender, rendered possible by recent scientific progress in biotechnology and reproductive technologies", and thought it strange that the author assumed that trans people shared this vision.