A belief in Third Wave intersectionality is not a mandatory part of Feminism.
There are valid criticisms of Third Wave intersectionality that aren’t racist or “white feminist.”
Not everyone who does not incorporate queer theory and trans ideology into Feminism is automatically a “white feminist” or is practicing “white feminism.” The trans movement’s co-opting of intersectionality is not something that Feminists are obligated to support. It’s fine to oppose it. Opposing the trans movement’s misuse of intersectionality does not make you a racist or someone who is pro-white feminism despite the insistence of Third Wave genderists/queer/trans activists that intersectionality MUST include an acceptance of the cis/trans binary and a centering of male[-born/bodied] transgender and male[-born/bodied] transsexual people and their misogynistic trans politics. Female-Only Feminism/Radical Feminism is a completely valid form of Feminism and isn’t racist or “white feminist” for not supporting trans activism’s science-denialism, male-inclusivity, and misogynistic gender politics.
Signed, A Black Lesbian tired of Third Wave woman-hating gender politics.
Some resources to help Third Wave intersectional genderists wake up:
The True Definition of Intersectionality (hint: It’s not trans-inclusive): “The concept of political intersectionality highlights the fact that women of color are situated within at least two subordinated groups that frequently pursue conflicting political agendas…Among the most troubling political consequences of the failure of antiracist and feminist discourses to address the intersections of race and gender is the fact that, to the extent they can forward the interest of “people of color” and “women” respectively, one analysis often implicitly denies the validity of the other. The failure of feminism to interrogate race means that the resistance strategies of feminism will often replicate and reinforce the subordination of people of color, and the failure of antiracism to interrogate patriarchy means that antiracism will frequently reproduce the subordination of women. These mutual elisions present a particularly difficult political dilemma for women of color. Adopting either analysis constitutes a denial of a fundamental dimension of our subordination and precludes the development of a political discourse that more fully empowers women of color.” (emphasis added) Kimberle Crenshaw, Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color (1993), pp. 1251-1252
Brain sex does not exist
A Critique of the Brain-Sex Theory of Transsexualism (2007) By Anne A. Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D.
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference, book by Cordelia Fine, 2011
Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences, book by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young, 2010
4thWaveNow: “It ain’t a liberation movement.”
Liberation Collective: “Leaving Liberal Feminism” by Kate Leigh
PurpleSageFem: “On leaving the trans cult.”
Social Determinism Versus the Essentialism of “Cis Privilege” Theory
By Elizabeth Hungerford: “A feminist critique of cisgender.”
By Elizabeth Hungerford: “Socialization Matters: Why “Identity Libertarianism” is Failed Politics.”
By Elizabeth Hungerford: “Pro-choice means pro-female, regardless of identity. #profemaleprochoice.”
By Elizabeth Hungerford: “A Gender Critical Response to: A Statement of Trans-Inclusive Feminism and Womanism”
By Noanodyne: “There is No T in Lesbian.”
By rainsinger (Guest Post by Dragon Dyke): “My slogan will be intersectional but my trans agenda will be bull shit.”
By genderslayer: “Transfeminism : What does it have to do with Feminism?”
“It’s time for trans women to step away from feminism.”
By Sheila Jeffreys: “Gender Hurts” [Full PDF Download]
If you say you’re against rape culture then you should also be against “The Cotton Ceiling”
What I believe about sex and gender: part 6, by Rebecca Reilly-Cooper, More Radical With Age, 2015
Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF): Liberal vs. Radical Feminism on gender, in a nutshell.
Deep Green Resistance slides (DGR): LibFem vs. RadFem views on Gender
Graphic: The striking similarities between trans activism/politics and Men’s Rights Activism (transMRAs and/or MRAs in Drag)
DGR video presentation and transcript: “End of Gender: Revolution, Not Reform” by Rachel Ivey
PeakTransMoment’s Tumblog (Women and girls share their stories of having enough of the misogyny of trans activists and their regressive, anti-feminist, anti-female politics).
