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Title: Gender diversity: A Transsexual Woman's view of Sexism
Post by: Natasha on November 19, 2008, 05:28:28 PM
Gender diversity: A Transsexual Woman's view of Sexism

http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/11/18/02856.html (http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/11/18/02856.html)
Debbie Rasmussen
11/18/2008


The rising visibility of trans, intersex, and genderqueer movements has led feminists—and, to a lesser extent, the rest of the world—to an increasing awareness that m and f are only the beginning of the story of gender identity. With the release of Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity, Julia Serano offers a perspective sorely needed, but up until now rarely heard: a transfeminine critique of both feminist and mainstream understandings of gender.

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