Blog # 28: Taking on the Femi-Fascists
By transmeditations
http://transmeditations.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/blog-28-taking-on-the-femi-fascists/Feminism is a revolutionary movement dedicated to ending oppression of all sorts, especially sex and gender oppression. It is very sad and pathetic, indeed, that some have twisted this understanding of feminist theory and praxis into an excuse to further oppression against other people, especially the trans community. The trans community is a community under siege. And this is not me trying to play the "victim card." It is based on an increasing set of empirical evidence. That people who position themselves on the left would devote so much time and energy to hating on and disrespecting such a small, vulnerable group as the trans community is inexcusable.
Since the conference last weekend, I have been trying to heal and to process. It has not been easy, but I have received some very kind words from some very awesome people, both in person and on-line. Like most unfortunate things that happen to us in life, I have decided that I need to see this as a learning opportunity, and as a chance to speak truth to power. The "radical" feminism that I have been hit with is, to me, a phony feminism that does nothing to transform the actual status quo; it simply seeks to reverse the power structure and utilize the methods of the patriarchy in the construction of that ideological vision.
