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Apr 1, 2021

We Don’t Need Visibility, We Need Solidarity

Yesterday was Transgender Day of Visibility. This is a day that I have very mixed feelings about, as do many other trans women. TDOV was started in 2009 by Rachel Crandall as an attempt to set aside a day to celebrate and acknowledge the lives of trans people. Prior to…

LGBT

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We Don’t Need Visibility, We Need Solidarity
We Don’t Need Visibility, We Need Solidarity
LGBT

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Jan 31, 2020

Abolish The Standards of Care, Respect Transgender Agency

The standards of care are an outdated relic and reflect a bigoted view of trans people. It is time to get rid of them. During much of my transition I have had the luck of being able to attain care that followed a more or less informed consent model. In…

LGBT

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Abolish The Standards of Care, Respect Transgender Agency
Abolish The Standards of Care, Respect Transgender Agency
LGBT

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Nov 23, 2018

On Women As A Class: Materialist Feminism and Mass Struggle

The relationship between gender and capital is complex, but a materialist approach to both requires us to recognize the centrality of proletarian revolution for the liberation of women. — Historically, the relationship between feminism and Marxism has frequently been characterized by tension. While Marxism has sketched out a profound vision of human liberation, feminists have often been skeptical of this vision’s inattentiveness to gendered oppression. Likewise, Marxists have often feared that an overemphasis on gender would distract from the…

Politics

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On Women As A Class: Materialist Feminism and Mass Struggle
On Women As A Class: Materialist Feminism and Mass Struggle
Politics

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Nov 4, 2018

How Contrapoints Misunderstands Gender

The theory of gender that emerges from Contrapoints’ videos offers us an eclectic mix of contradictory theories, and fails to give us a systemic theory of gender that can inform feminist strategy. — If you are at all invested in the baffling world of online trans discourse, you have almost certainly by now encountered controversy about one of the online left’s most prominent public trans intellectuals: Contrapoints. For those who are not familiar, Contrapoints is a popular trans Youtuber (285k followers at the…

Transgender

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How Contrapoints Misunderstands Gender
How Contrapoints Misunderstands Gender
Transgender

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Oct 13, 2018

Brief Thoughts on Non-Voters

Originally from a facebook post, but copied to medium to allow easier archiving and access. — Non-voters are the largest voting demographic in the United States. Liberal arrogance assumes that this is because they have no been properly motivated, that no one has adequately enlightened them to the importance of exercising their voting rights. What if, on the other hand, we assumed not that we know…

Politics

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Politics

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Sep 27, 2018

The University Is Not Our Friend

For communists in the United States, it is time that we analyze the ways the University has attempted to control the narrative around Marxist theory, and its time we push back. — Communists have always had a complicated relationship with theory. On the one hand, communists have historically struggled around developing a correct theoretical line. We have not condemned theory as simply irrelevant, but have instead argued that theory has to inform our actions. Marx devoted his life to the theoretical development…

Politics

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The University Is Not Our Friend
The University Is Not Our Friend
Politics

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Aug 5, 2018

In America, Civic Nationalism is White Nationalism

Civic pride for a nation founded and maintained through white supremacy is white pride. Political violence in the name of civic nationalism is white supremacist violence. We have to stop mincing words. — On August 4th, 2018, thousands of protesters amassed on the streets of Portland, Oregon to defend their city from a group of outside agitators. A month before, Patriot Prayer and the Proud Boys had showed up and severely injured several anti-racist and antifascist protesters. …

Confederate Flag

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In America, Civic Nationalism is White Nationalism
In America, Civic Nationalism is White Nationalism
Confederate Flag

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Jul 12, 2018

Marxism and Trans Liberation

The only path forward for trans liberation is the abolition of capitalism and the development of socialism. Its time for trans people to acknowledge this, and its time for Marxists to make it safe for us to organize with them. — This week I had to get my hormones for the first time on a new insurance plan. Because the US has a privatized healthcare industry where insurance is largely predicated on employment, this is an experience many other trans women have had as well. After navigating the bureaucratic nightmare of…

Transgender

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Marxism and Trans Liberation
Marxism and Trans Liberation
Transgender

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May 24, 2018

Liberalism Is In A State of Crisis: Why?

Perhaps it is in bad taste to respond to a book review as if it is a treatise, but sometimes someone writes a book review that correctly diagnoses a problem not just with the text reviewed, but with culture writ large. …

Politics

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Liberalism Is In A State of Crisis: Why?
Liberalism Is In A State of Crisis: Why?
Politics

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May 17, 2018

Rethinking Lesbian Feminism

Trans feminism and lesbian feminism are often understood to exist in opposition to one another, but there are important lessons they can teach each other if they are willing to engage in dialogue. — The story goes something like this: Lesbian Feminism has been losing relevance for over a decade now. Ideas like compulsory heterosexuality, political lesbianism, and lesbianism as a revolutionary approach to feminism are now all met with substantial hostility. Younger feminists are concerned wary of stringently defined identity and prefer more…

Feminism

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Rethinking Lesbian Feminism
Rethinking Lesbian Feminism
Feminism

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