Is Gender Only a Construct, Hierarchy, or Political Condition?
A Few Thoughts After Last Week’s Kerfuffle
Last week, I was involved in a kerfuffle on Bluesky that got kind of heated (as kerfuffles often do). After it was over, my initial impulse was to just let it pass. But people are still talking about it online. And over the weekend, when I attended a trans-themed event, multiple people were asking me about it. Of course, some people are curious about the personal drama, which I hope to largely avoid here. Some may be inclined to dismiss all this as “infighting” during a time (an incoming GOP trifecta here in the U.S.) when we should all be banding together.
But at the heart of the argument is an important question regarding the best framework for feminism and trans people’s position within the movement. This is something that I’ve written about at great length, especially in my second book Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive (which people tend to be less familiar with). So here, I will revisit my thoughts on this matter.
But first, with regards to the kerfuffle, here’s what happened to the best of my recollection: Moira Donegan — a cis feminist writer who I don’t know personally, but I’ve followed on social media and have read her writings on occasion — penned a Bluesky post reacting to a…
