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Title: Op-ed: Who Cares If Ann Coulter Looks Trans?
Post by: Shana A on October 30, 2012, 10:29:16 AM
Post by: Shana A on October 30, 2012, 10:29:16 AM
Op-ed: Who Cares If Ann Coulter Looks Trans?
The National Center for Transgender Equality's director of communications tells us why he has Ann Coulter's back even if she doesn't have his.
BY Vincent Paolo Villano
October 30 2012 8:00 AM ET
http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2012/10/30/slam-ann-coulter-looks-trans-wrong (http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2012/10/30/slam-ann-coulter-looks-trans-wrong)
No, I'm not defending Ann Coulter's egregious use of the r word in a tweet about President Obama. As usual, she was wrong. But equally wrong was the slew of responses calling Ann Coulter a "->-bleeped-<-," "->-bleeped-<-," and "cross-dresser." Some even poked fun at her Adam's apple. My parents taught me that two wrongs don't make a right. And Ann Coulter has done a lot wrong. However, these reactions, aiming to silence Ann Coulter, only furthered the marginalization of women and transgender people.
Women have Adam's apples too. Saying that Ann Coulter's Adam's apple makes her transgender just doesn't make any sense. But the more sinister harm here is the thought that her appearance somehow makes her less worthy of respect. Images in advertising contort women's bodies in ways that render them unable to be seen or heard. And images like these support the idea that women should only speak when they're called on, a perspective that has had a real impact on women. A new study by the American Association of University Women found that full-time working women still earn only 82% of what male peers earn. And so when people aim to silence Ann Coulter because of how she looks, they only help drive women's inequality.
Judgments against Ann Coulter because of how she looks are also an attack on transgender people.
The National Center for Transgender Equality's director of communications tells us why he has Ann Coulter's back even if she doesn't have his.
BY Vincent Paolo Villano
October 30 2012 8:00 AM ET
http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2012/10/30/slam-ann-coulter-looks-trans-wrong (http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2012/10/30/slam-ann-coulter-looks-trans-wrong)
No, I'm not defending Ann Coulter's egregious use of the r word in a tweet about President Obama. As usual, she was wrong. But equally wrong was the slew of responses calling Ann Coulter a "->-bleeped-<-," "->-bleeped-<-," and "cross-dresser." Some even poked fun at her Adam's apple. My parents taught me that two wrongs don't make a right. And Ann Coulter has done a lot wrong. However, these reactions, aiming to silence Ann Coulter, only furthered the marginalization of women and transgender people.
Women have Adam's apples too. Saying that Ann Coulter's Adam's apple makes her transgender just doesn't make any sense. But the more sinister harm here is the thought that her appearance somehow makes her less worthy of respect. Images in advertising contort women's bodies in ways that render them unable to be seen or heard. And images like these support the idea that women should only speak when they're called on, a perspective that has had a real impact on women. A new study by the American Association of University Women found that full-time working women still earn only 82% of what male peers earn. And so when people aim to silence Ann Coulter because of how she looks, they only help drive women's inequality.
Judgments against Ann Coulter because of how she looks are also an attack on transgender people.
Title: Re: Op-ed: Who Cares If Ann Coulter Looks Trans?
Post by: Snowpaw on October 30, 2012, 10:35:17 AM
Post by: Snowpaw on October 30, 2012, 10:35:17 AM
Yeah I am not a fan of hers, I do believe in freedom of speech so I "recognize" she has the right to spit our her evil and then go home and wrap her wings around her in a cocoon while she sleeps hanging from the rafters....(hey it's funny! that's how you pick at her not the trans jokes! I am just playing :O ) but still I cringe every time i see a story about her I just know the "->-bleeped-<- jokes" are coming >_<
Title: Re: Op-ed: Who Cares If Ann Coulter Looks Trans?
Post by: MaidofOrleans on October 30, 2012, 10:43:07 AM
Post by: MaidofOrleans on October 30, 2012, 10:43:07 AM
Yes, I think we all hate the idea that our identity is often used as an insult.
Title: Re: Op-ed: Who Cares If Ann Coulter Looks Trans?
Post by: Ave on October 30, 2012, 10:45:09 AM
Post by: Ave on October 30, 2012, 10:45:09 AM
I find her funny, I think it's all pretty much an act she's putting on to sell books.
Can cis women get tracheal shaves though? O.O
Can cis women get tracheal shaves though? O.O
Title: Re: Op-ed: Who Cares If Ann Coulter Looks Trans?
Post by: Nicolette on October 30, 2012, 10:57:53 AM
Post by: Nicolette on October 30, 2012, 10:57:53 AM
Having a negative IQ does not make one a ->-bleeped-<-! I'm glad I live in the UK. Fewer nutters abound.