Book Problems/Rant: At Her Feet by Rebekah Weatherspoon
***DO NOT PROCEED IF EASILY TRIGGERED BY BIOLOGICAL SEX, FEMALE ANATOMY, NONE PREFERRED PRONOUNS, AND LESBOPHOBIA***
This is my initial reaction to reading a paragraph with a transgender woman in it, and her reaction to someone having a problem with her:
“Whatever. Fuck Liz. She’s just jealous of my hot Asian cock,’ Gloria says, grabbing her crotch in a vulgar gesture. “maybe I’ll ask Sage if she wants to suck it.”
This is in reaction with a lesbian having voiced her opinion of being uncomfortable with a man, even in a dress, being at the party. Keep in mind, this is a party for females only (supposedly), most of who are lesbians (or so I assume sense the partners they are all with are women). I don’t care that the transwoman has had top surgery and now has boobs, that doesn’t make him female. It doesn’t even make him female if he has bottom surgery as well. (not getting into that on this post)
***(if this is upsetting to you, I advice you stop reading now, and unfollow)***
Oh and it gets worse, no one, and I mean No One calls Gloria (transwoman) out on his threat. It’s actually seen as a joke, and than Suzy, fucken Suzy the main character, jokes about it ‘violating the rules’ for the party. Not how it would violate a person’s personal space, be seen as harassment, and sexual assault. None of that is addressed, it’s simply brushed off to the side, that (again I say) literal violence was hinted at, and how Gloria was so out of line with his reaction to someone not liking him.
‘oh you don’t like what I have between my legs, and that I am in a female space only, well let me just pull my dick out, wave it in your face, and then tell you to suck it.’
How was this allowed to be put into Any book, And be ok? Even the characters are ok with it. They don’t realize how messed up that is. I just–I’m having a hard time finding words for my disbelief.
And now let’s move onto what Holly said,
“Bizzy showed me the invitation. It said all female-identified persons,…” You can not identify as female. What transwomen and transmen can do, is identify with the patriarchies’ gender ideas of what a man and woman is. Being, pink=girl, blue=boy. Or Masculinity=lack of emotions, being worthy only by physical strength, aggression, dominance, and so on. Femininity=how well you are sexually objectified (my dad was nice enough to point this out), nurturing, how subservient you are, and so on. (small examples because I do not want to get too deep into this if I don’t have to, mostly here to make my point, and get out.)
Anyways, that’s it for now, rant over. Unfollow if you disagree, any anon hate will simply be deleted.