08 Wednesday Feb 2017
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Journalist Moya Sarner interviewed a detransitioning woman, who remained anonymous, who reports transitioning without considering beforehand the reasons why she was uncomfortable with her female bo…
Source: Guardian article: “I regret transitioning”
08 Wednesday Feb 2017
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The British Medical Association has recently issued some guidelines discouraging their own staff to call pregnant women “mothers” in order to not offend the transgender community. We wi…
Source: “Mother” is NOT a dirty word !
15 Monday Feb 2016
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I don’t know a lot about US politics, but what Carol Christ says here resonates for me. On watching media reports from far away here in Australia, I didn’t think I could be supporting Hilary Clinton for her militaristic position, something I have found cause for concern for many years. And yet my doubt has also been about trust in a militaristic media; were they representing her accurately? Pacifism informs my radical lesbian feminism so I found Carol Christ’s words here affirming.
In the past week, founder of Ms. Magazine Gloria Steinem, whom I have always greatly admired, stated that young women are supporting Bernie Sanders because his campaign is where the boys are. She has since recanted the comment, but I suspect she still believes that feminists ought to be supporting Hillary. I have written Gloria an open letter.
Dear Gloria,
Like you, I am no longer a young woman. Like you, I am a lifelong feminist activist. But, unlike you, I am not supporting Hillary Clinton. I am supporting Bernie Sanders because of–not in spite of–my feminist principles. I came into the feminist movement through the antiwar, antipoverty, and civil rights movements. My feminism cannot be reduced to the single issue of women’s rights. I believe that feminism can and must be intersectional and inclusive of issues of class and race. For me it must also include an analysis…
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