Years ago, in a twitter dm, I asked you to take a look at who your work was siding with, and whether half a million trans women were worth your energy. From reading your substack, I'm guessing I didn't have a grasp of who you truly were, and for that, I apologize. I am, however, glad to see that you've grown on this subject. We've all, trans women and non-trans women, been manipulated into a stupid fracas and while we were distracted they stole the Supreme Court and took aware bodily autonomy -- a right you and I both hold sacred. I don't give a damn if a cis lesbian won't date me because she's not required to date anyone and doesn't need to give me an excuse. I don't give a damn if you accept me as a woman as long as you don't make your opinion my problem. You could call me a Dame Edna impersonator for all it matters. I worry about myself but I worry about my cisgender daughter not being able to choose when or if she has a kid much more. We both know what it is to live in hostile country, so why are we making it so hard on each other?
thank you for this. i am a younger man and started reading radfems in early 2010s. it is crazy that so little has changed. i have missed your writing and the dozens of other outspoken blogs, that were active often so briefly and then often deleted completely (glosswatch, firewomon, rootveg, bmgnedra, secretlyradical, hypotaxis) i look forward to any more writing.
Years ago, in a twitter dm, I asked you to take a look at who your work was siding with, and whether half a million trans women were worth your energy. From reading your substack, I'm guessing I didn't have a grasp of who you truly were, and for that, I apologize. I am, however, glad to see that you've grown on this subject. We've all, trans women and non-trans women, been manipulated into a stupid fracas and while we were distracted they stole the Supreme Court and took aware bodily autonomy -- a right you and I both hold sacred. I don't give a damn if a cis lesbian won't date me because she's not required to date anyone and doesn't need to give me an excuse. I don't give a damn if you accept me as a woman as long as you don't make your opinion my problem. You could call me a Dame Edna impersonator for all it matters. I worry about myself but I worry about my cisgender daughter not being able to choose when or if she has a kid much more. We both know what it is to live in hostile country, so why are we making it so hard on each other?
thank you for this. i am a younger man and started reading radfems in early 2010s. it is crazy that so little has changed. i have missed your writing and the dozens of other outspoken blogs, that were active often so briefly and then often deleted completely (glosswatch, firewomon, rootveg, bmgnedra, secretlyradical, hypotaxis) i look forward to any more writing.