30 December 2010
Comment is Free
Posted by Juliet Jacques at 13:48

http://julietjacques.blogspot.com/2010/12/comment-is-free.html

My latest Transgender Journey column prompted an interesting response from @foibey, raising several issues about the ethics of the project. As this moved the discussion off topic, I suggested that we continue elsewhere: she expanded in this considerate blog post, and I'd like to respond here.

One of Phoebe's questions was 'Are you aware of the way the media encourages the public to treat trans people?' Of course: I wouldn't have taken on this project if I wasn't outraged by this, and if I didn't feel that my particular project was not the most expedient way of countering it. I feel that this blog post, from August, covers that issue. So I'll tackle what I believe to be the fundamental question. Phoebe writes: 'I am curious about what your aims are in writing ...