"Valid" feels a lot like when someone says "sure," i.e. they don't sound sure, so using "valid" often feels actually invalidating. It's the progressive circles equivalent to when your parents tell you, "That's interesting," or, "We'll see." All it does is fill space.
I think people enjoy 'validity' because telling someone they're 'valid' costs nothing and is significantly easier and more convenient than actually supporting them or fighting for their rights. It's performative in the original sense--professing one's support without having to do anything else.
a 🧵 of video essays to watch over the weekend:
BRAND NEW VIDEO ESSAY: "Celebrity, Sublebrity & Parasocial Relationships (a feminist analysis)" explores the underappreciated parallels that exist between parasocial/celebrity experiences & the street harassment women often face – pls like & share! youtu.be/ujZFxOkzcZU
YouTube video by Julia Serano
Before the blog went live, I read ALMOST all of the most successful and acclaimed novels by transfemmes. But there’s one glaring outlier missing from my repertoire. I’ve been procrastinating on it since literally 2022, but not anymore. That book is Manhunt by @scumbelievable.bsky.social 👀
The next post I'm sharing is on how the accusation of "male anger" against transfems & trans women in feminist spaces is nothing but transmisogyny, consistent with how past feminisms excluded marginalized women (e.g. racialized, queer, & intersex). Read here: nicobailey.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...
After months of research and painstakingly connecting the threads of transmisogyny theory, queer activism, and field-wide epistemic injustice, I would like to present "The Third Sex": my treatise on a third-world transfeminism. Read: tinyurl.com/59kzm98k
I came across an outdated guide on image grid sizing crop/proportions for bsky earlier, and I felt it was important to create an updated version! Please use this new guide instead!
The "trans athlete debate" is not really about sports or fairness, but about getting a legal precedent deeming trans women to be men under the law that can be extended to other areas of our lives.
I'll try to share one daily until this account stops looking like a ghost town. Stay tuned :3