no some of them looked way better than me! haaha

Quote from: UCBerkeleyPostop on November 18, 2012, 04:59:18 PM
I don't write novels although I would like to. This would be a historiographical account and what I have in mind would be unlike anything ever written. Not to denigrate anyone but if the people at the trans forum can get anything published, I sure can.

And without looking it up, how many MtF transsexual historians can you name?

I just did a search of the entire UC library system and I did not see any historical accounts of ->-bleeped-<-. I would concentrate on 1800s to present, my area of expertise. It would historical with a lot of feminist theory. I really want to rip that Raymond person.

Look, i do not want to get in a "cat fight," so I am going to try to be as delicate as possible:


You really do not know the credentials or lack thereof of people in this forum. You are bit presumptions, you have not graduate yet. An yes, your university is great but that is all. It is not the University who makes the scholar, it is the other way around.

As far as "transsexual historians" and feminism goes, the concept is not new at  all, Susan O'Neal Stryker (a tg person) and Leslie Feinberg (a lesbian) have published some seminal work on this area, the Transgender History, Present and Future
(Transgender History, Seal Press, 2008.Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman, eds. Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation, Seal Press, 2010.) and "Transgender warriors," respectively. This is just to mention a few.

Even in you own backyard there is a transwoman, Dr. Julia Serrano, who has published some pretty avant work on Feminism and ->-bleeped-<- (Whipping Girl).  http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=422636241&targetid=profile

Finally, so yeah,  please go ahead and write your book, persue your dream, keep that high self-steem, but a little bit of modesty may go a long way my dear Young Jedi

Susan Stryker was in her backyard too for a long time, Cal grad (Stanford Post-Doc), LGBT History Center in SF for a long time - I think she is in Arizona now teaching.

Well, I happened to be at the Tom Waddell clinic in San Francisco a while ago and a transgirl friend that was also there was having a heated discussion with another transgirl who was overly concerned about her facial surgeries, its all she could talk about, my friend was intent on trying to show this other gal how beautiful she already was and that she didn't need facial surgery, that she should be more focused about her personality and how she carries on about her daily life.

What would make me female is not my body anyways but my heart and mind and soul. I think we just get too wrapped up on appearance instead of paying attention to our emotions.

Quote from: Shawn Sunshine on November 20, 2012, 09:59:15 AM
What would make me female is not my body anyways but my heart and mind and soul. I think we just get too wrapped up on appearance instead of paying attention to our emotions.

Depends on the person I guess. I feel like the only thing about me that is female is my body. My heart and mind have little to do with gender. And I'm fairly sure I don't have a soul.

My emotions were pretty unhappy with the previous form of my body. That's why I transitioned. Why would I physically alter myself if it WASN'T about appearance? If it's your heart and mind and soul that are female, what does it matter what the container looks like? Why bother with hormones or surgery or makeup or clothing or electrolysis or laser or hairstyles or...?

My point here is not to say that I don't want a female body, no instead it is to remind myself and others that people have had it worse in the past and we should be thankful for the strides of our ancestors or we would not have anything today. Oh and yes today is Transgender Remembrance day!

Let us take a moment to pray for those who were murdered and abused and those who fought the good fight before us. Pray for the families of transfolk who have lost their love ones.