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By Nian Hu • 6 years ago

Scarlett Johansson embodies everything that’s wrong with mainstream feminism

Last week, in a perfect reminder of how problematic mainstream feminism can be, it was announced that Scarlett Johansson will play Dante “Tex” Gill, a real-life transgender man in the 1970s who ran a string of massage parlors in Pittsburgh, in the upcoming film “Rub & Tug.” This latest casting decision has sparked massive outrage, with people pointing out that it’s “problematic for Johansson, a cisgender woman, to portray Gill on screen” and that it has “never been ethically or politically justifiable for cisgender people to play trans roles.”

Last week, in a perfect reminder of how problematic mainstream feminism can be, it was announced that Scarlett Johansson will play Dante “Tex” Gill, a real-life transgender ...
By Juliana Britto Schwartz • 8 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

All 11 Nobel Peace Prizes this year went to men.

The number of trans people killed in 2016 has now surpassed last year’s count. 22 people have been killed, a number which does not include killings that were not reported or people who were misgendered.

All 11 Nobel Peace Prizes this year went to men.

The number of trans people killed in 2016 has now surpassed last year’s count. 22 people have been killed, a number which does not include killings ...

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By Cat Fitzpatrick • 8 years ago

Trans Activists, Don’t Throw Mad People Under The Bus!

Ed. note: This post was originally published on the Community site.

This article was written in collaboration with mad pride activist and SSHRC postdoctoral fellow Jijian Voronka.

Recently, the Canadian Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto shut down its Child Youth and Family Gender Identity Clinic (GIC), fired its head, the prestigious and highly controversial Dr. Kenneth Zucker, and removed him from his post as Psychologist-in-Chief of CAMH.

Ed. note: This post was originally published on the Community site.

This article was written in collaboration with mad pride activist and SSHRC postdoctoral fellow Jijian Voronka.

Recently, the Canadian Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto ...

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By Juliana Britto Schwartz • 8 years ago

At least 48 transgender women killed in Brazil in January

At least 48 trans women have murdered in Brazil in the first month of 2016, Globo reports. “These are scary numbers,” Glória Crystal, the assistant secretary of NGO Livre Orientação Sexual (Free Sexual Orientation) told Globo in an interview about two recent murders in the south of the country. 

At least 48 trans women have murdered in Brazil in the first month of 2016, Globo reports. “These are scary numbers,” Glória Crystal, the assistant secretary of NGO Livre Orientação Sexual (Free Sexual Orientation) told Globo ...
By Courtney Baxter • 10 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

“Most of us [twentysomething women] aren’t scrambling to lock down boyfriends by age 25 — we’re busy building our careers.”

A lengthy but important read on the relationship between “dick culture” and “rape culture”.

Why I don’t do Christmas.

On defending (and critiquing) Beyonce: “She’s not a perfect feminist (none of us are), she still has a way to go (most of us do), but she is certainly a feminist.”

THEM, the first trans* literary journal, debuts:  “I would like THEM to be a place where that narrative can be upset—whether by exploring other stories or contextualizing the familiar ones.”

“Most of us [twentysomething women] aren’t scrambling to lock down boyfriends by age 25 — we’re busy building our careers.”

A lengthy but important read on the relationship between “dick culture” and “rape culture”.

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By Maya Dusenbery • 11 years ago

Watch now: Mychal talking about DJ Mister Cee

Don’t miss our own Mychal on HuffPost Live in a few a minutes discussing the DJ Mister Cee “scandal” with Feministing favorites Laverne Cox, Janet Mock, and Mark Anthony Neal. For background, read Janet’s excellent piece on the subject first.

Don’t miss our own Mychal on HuffPost Live in a few a minutes discussing the DJ Mister Cee “scandal” with Feministing favorites Laverne Cox, Janet Mock, and Mark Anthony Neal. For background, ...

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