I don’t believe that race and gender map into each other perfectly as conceptual categories. I’m in favour of abolishing the concept of race and maintaining the concepts of ethnicity and culture. But I do agree that we still need language to talk about racial categories as they currently exist and have historically existed.
"It represents the gentrification of feminism by university educated queers who care more about language than about material needs." THIS.
I was thinking about this topic a lot, reading Caliban and the Witch, and during an abortion doula training. Reproductive issues are mostly cis women's issues and that's just the truth. And, the people who work with reproductive and holistic sexual health are also mostly cis women or afab people, which makes sense. Midwives were strictly women for most of human history. Because of material needs, not language. These are complex topics and I'm grateful as always that you're writing about them.
I’m a non-binary person who has medically transitioned (top surgery, T) but i still look pretty girly to the average person. I work at a place with only women (some cis, some trans) and they’re all very cool and I’ve been letting myself enjoy being “one of the girls” lately without judgment. And it’s wonderful! It’s wonderful to be feminine and talk unguardedly and heal the part of me that felt rejected by “the girls” as a tiny kid. There’s nothing invalidating about celebrating everything I have in common with these women and letting them love me. Not every interaction in my life has to be focused on making sure my gender is perfectly “understood”, I can embrace and enjoy having my whole self respected and accepted. Kinda went on a tangent here but I really liked what you wrote and it made me remember how much I appreciate the women who surround me with love💟🥲
I don’t believe that race and gender map into each other perfectly as conceptual categories. I’m in favour of abolishing the concept of race and maintaining the concepts of ethnicity and culture. But I do agree that we still need language to talk about racial categories as they currently exist and have historically existed.
"It represents the gentrification of feminism by university educated queers who care more about language than about material needs." THIS.
I was thinking about this topic a lot, reading Caliban and the Witch, and during an abortion doula training. Reproductive issues are mostly cis women's issues and that's just the truth. And, the people who work with reproductive and holistic sexual health are also mostly cis women or afab people, which makes sense. Midwives were strictly women for most of human history. Because of material needs, not language. These are complex topics and I'm grateful as always that you're writing about them.
I’m a non-binary person who has medically transitioned (top surgery, T) but i still look pretty girly to the average person. I work at a place with only women (some cis, some trans) and they’re all very cool and I’ve been letting myself enjoy being “one of the girls” lately without judgment. And it’s wonderful! It’s wonderful to be feminine and talk unguardedly and heal the part of me that felt rejected by “the girls” as a tiny kid. There’s nothing invalidating about celebrating everything I have in common with these women and letting them love me. Not every interaction in my life has to be focused on making sure my gender is perfectly “understood”, I can embrace and enjoy having my whole self respected and accepted. Kinda went on a tangent here but I really liked what you wrote and it made me remember how much I appreciate the women who surround me with love💟🥲
Amazing thank you