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History of Feminism

ForgoTheConsequence

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4. Referring to a Trans woman as a man makes her a bigot.

Reply to redqueen (Reply #2)

Tue May 6, 2014, 12:26 PM

May 2014

i quickly abandoned ship on those projects, and began to adopt her perspective: refusing to acknowledge transgender activists’ gender identity, saying more than once how outrageous it was, for example, that “a man be in charge of the lesbian avengers” (when in fact she was a transgender lesbian, not a man).

http://ontheblank.com/2013/01/on-the-ex-mentor-gail-dines-part-2-2/

I'm sorry that you think transphobia is ok, unfortunately for you, your form of "feminism" (as hateful against trans people as it may be) is on it's way out and a new crop of enlightened feminism is springing up.

I don't want to silence Gale Dines, she does a fine job of exposing RadFem movement as a hate group.

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Rape culture, patriarchy, pornography, and socialized acquiescence [View all] redqueen May 2014 OP

Gail Dines is a transphobic bigot. ForgoTheConsequence May 2014 #1

Stating that she thinks that reinforcing gender norms is not helpful doesnt make her a "transphobic redqueen May 2014 #2

Referring to a Trans woman as a man makes her a bigot. ForgoTheConsequence May 2014 #4

Stop lying. I don't think transphobia is OK. redqueen May 2014 #6

I disagree. ForgoTheConsequence May 2014 #8

So a good number of DUers are misogynist bigots? redqueen May 2014 #11

Anything to say? ForgoTheConsequence May 2014 #16

Oh, and using the term Radfem the way you did simply shows you know nothing about radical feminism. redqueen May 2014 #3

Yawn. ForgoTheConsequence May 2014 #5

Rad fem isn't bigoted. NuclearDem May 2014 #10

They're certainly trying to shed that image. ForgoTheConsequence May 2014 #13

While we're at it, let's get you on record. ForgoTheConsequence May 2014 #7

Oh. My. Goddess. Are you seriously trying to start this shit again? redqueen May 2014 #9

Please answer yes or no. ForgoTheConsequence May 2014 #12

People have posted stuff from MRAs and even rape apologists without anyone going all McCarthy on the redqueen May 2014 #14

Someone should have. ForgoTheConsequence May 2014 #18

WTF are you posting about? If you have a point start your own thread intaglio May 2014 #24

Wow. at the time I am writing there are only ad hominems and appeal to motive falacies... yawnmaster May 2014 #15

you noticed it, too. Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #17

Oh yeah. (and this is one further off topic)... yawnmaster May 2014 #19

Should I just delete it? redqueen May 2014 #20

No, I don't think it needs deleting. It is a worthy disucssion somewhere in here. Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #21

I barely know who Dines is. I've seen some quotes by her on porn and rape culture redqueen May 2014 #22

I understand what you are saying. I am Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #23

Socialized acquiescence. She's right about that part. Manifestor_of_Light May 2014 #25

She not a TERF ismnotwasm May 2014 #26

I'm crap with acronyms, so I had to look up TERF... Violet_Crumble May 2014 #27

I mean She doesn't appears to be a member of an TERF organization ismnotwasm May 2014 #28