The legacies of trans-exclusive feminism (aka why are you angry?)

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The legacies of trans-exclusive feminism (aka why are you angry?)
Questioning Transphobia
08 January, 2010


http://questioningtransphobia.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/the-legacies-of-trans-exclusive-feminism-aka-why-are-you-angry/


cross posted at Hoyden About Town in a slightly different form

Having read over the various obituaries for Mary Daly the past couple days, I've found myself more and more angry at the various defences marshaled in her defence (of the decent posts, I recommend Sady's one at Tiger Beatdown).  And it's not that these have necessary been uncritical (though some have), but that what I see is a debate largely amongst cis people, one that centres cis feelings, thoughts, politics.  I mean, if Daly raised your consciousness, mazel tov, but some of us have some rather justifiable anger left around for her.  Cos yeah, I've read as much of Gyn/ecology as I could tolerate, and it sucked, and I frankly mistrust anyone who likes that book.

But for me, this isn't just an anger about Daly, this is about the legacies of second wave feminism—and more, pertinently, the way its effects linger in the present.