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Transphobic Tropes #4 – “My Theories Are More Important Than Your Experience”

Started by Natasha, August 10, 2008, 12:27:37 PM

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August 10, 2008, 12:27:37 PM
Transphobic Tropes #4 – "My Theories Are More Important Than Your Experience"

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I had a half-written post about de-humanisation, but a lot of people have covered this rather well, so I think I'll hold it back for another time. It'll come in handy again, believe. Like most of these tropes, most of the examples I'll use are about trans women, I really should write some more FtM specific ones.

What I want to talk about this time is how trans people are positioned outside of discourse, and our thoughts, motivations and desires are ventriloquised by an array of "experts," including feminists and queer theorists of all stripes.
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