last week there was a lot of "young men" & "crisis of masculinity" Discourse™, so since I'm gradually uploading some of my old slam poems to YouTube, I figured I'd release "Barrette Manifesto", which later became a chapter of my first book #WhippingGirl...
youtu.be/auEs_fVvmoU

It's getting much too chilly outside, considering it's still August. Only +13 today. 😞 But a mug of #tea might assist in a bit of #reading in the fresh air... #whippinggirl by @juliaserano.bsky.social is captivating!

...my writings page also includes links to my 5 books! I'm best known for my first book #WhippingGirl which coined "trans-misogyny" & helped popularize cis terminology. now in 3rd edition with a brand-new Afterword on trans youth & the current anti-trans moral panic:
juliaserano.com/whippinggirl...

I've been meaning to read this book but it's been recommended to me by every transfem friend i have who's knowledgeable on the subject:
transreads.org/whippinggirl/

If you're a cis person who wants to be supportive of trans rights but feel clueless about where to start, I recommend #WhippingGirl as a 101 intro text. Very easy to read but detailed enough to educate.

I read it a decade ago, and lent my copy around to other cis queers in my local activist group.

...this passage is from the new Afterword to #WhippingGirl 3rd edition that chronicles the invention of "transgender social contagion" on anti-trans parent websites in 2016: juliaserano.medium.com/whipping-gir...

On that note, everyone should read...

Caitlin's Lovejoy Trap essay: www.liberalcurrents.com/the-lovejoy-...

Julia's Whipping Girl: www.juliaserano.com/whippinggirl... (read 3rd edition)

Jack's Free to Be: www.jackturban.com/free-to-be

...and the day before that, I was on the podcast It Could Happen Here! we talked about the forthcoming 3rd edition of #WhippingGirl and "its wide ranging impact on how we think and talk about trans people"...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

...finally Outspoken: juliaserano.com/outspoken.html
includes my early slam poems, pieces originally slated for #WhippingGirl, essays on transmisogyny, femininity, DSM & pathologization, cis terminology, trans/queer appropriation, plus this online trans glossary: www.juliaserano.com/terminology....

it was a coordinated backlash, as I describe in this timeline and links therein: juliaserano.blogspot.com/2019/02/orig...
I further delve into how this coordinated backlash came together in the Afterword I wrote for the 3rd edition of my book Whipping Girl: juliaserano.com/whippinggirl...

Carrot in her training Arc! :D

#bunny #rabbit #fanart #bdsm #bdsmfetish #bondage #bondagefetish #candle #candlewax #carrot #hotwax #onepiece #wax #1girl #onepieceanime #onepiecefanart #drippingwax #tideup #carrotonepiece #whippinggirl #pussyspreading #whippingbondage

The word you're looking for is transmisogyny.
transreads.org/whippinggirl/

transreads.org/whippinggirl/

it's about how and why cis society treats trans women the way it does

I read it right before I came out, and I'm reading the new edition now because I'm making my Boomer Lady book club at the library where I work read it, just to see how they react

If you want to better understand my perspective, here's some works that kind of get at my "they will always see us as a faggot no matter what" perspective:

www.juliaserano.com/whippinggirl...

taliabhattwrites.substack.com/p/the-third-...

www.jezebel.com/the-subjecti...

...second, consider picking up a copy of the new 3rd edition of #WhippingGirl! (out now, details in link) I will have more WG3 interviews coming soon – feel free to reach out if you're a media outlet or creator...
juliaserano.medium.com/whipping-gir...

Julia Serano's "Whipping Girl" explores sexism from her perspective as a transgender woman. While I learned a great deal about transgender issues from this book, she also provides unique insights about discrimination against women generally. www.juliaserano.com/whippinggirl...