Blessed Are the Binary Breakers
Religion & Spirituality
Avery reads more passages from Leslie Feinberg's 1996 work Transgender Warriors — this time ones that respond to the same tired arguments people have been making against the trans community for decades now. How do you respond when someone insists that women's spaces shouldn't include trans women, that drag queens make a mockery of femininity, that trans women have male privilege? Feinberg offered concise, helpful answers years ago that can help us continue the good fight today.
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Talking Points:
(0:00 - 4:30) Call for stories + introducing the topic
(4:31 - 10:14) Resisting biological essentialism when defining womanhood – "biology is not destiny"; no universal experience
(10:15 - 13:14) Masculinity isn't inherently toxic + drag queens don't make a mockery of womanhood
(13:15 - 20:23) Do trans women have male privilege? — Laverne Cox's view + Feinberg's additions
(20:24 - 25:14) Making women's spaces safe for all women — there are no high-risk groups, only high-risk behaviors
(25:15 - end) How anti-trans rhetoric harms everyone and the need for solidarity
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Blessed Are the Binary Breakers is part of the Rock Candy Podcast Network. Find more shows at www.rockcandyrecordings.com.
This show's theme song is "Aetherium" by Leah Horn. This episode also makes use of "Gold Beamer," "Can't Find," and "Lately" by Mother Hood.
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