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Shiri Eisner

Gender: Non binary - Genderqueer (she/they)

Sexuality: Bisexual

DOB: Born 1983

Ethnicity: Mizrahi Jewish

Nationality: Israeli

Occupation: Activist, writer

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Bisexuality and transgender also share a complex experience of passing (both voluntary and coercive). In order to survive, members of both these groups are obliged to pass as something they are not—cisgender or monosexual. People who do wish to be recognizable as trans or bi are often coercively passed off as cis or mono anyway. The price of both these things is the erasure of those particular identities from the knowledge and experience of everyday life. People who do pass as trans or bi (intentionally or not) are then forced to deal with the consequences in the form of social policing, discrimination, and other forms of violence. Despite the severe oppression that each group suffers, it has also been a custom—especially in queer communities—to accuse trans and bi people of seeking straight privilege. Bisexuals have been accused of wanting to lead heteronormative lives while enjoying the side benefits of queer sex or communities. Trans people have been accused of actually being gay men and lesbians who change their genders in order to become straight and avoid homophobic oppression. In addition, transgender men in particular have been accused of seeking male privilege, changing their gender as a cowardly act of internalized misogyny. Trans women have been accused of seeking the “side benefits” of femininity while maintaining their “male privilege.” Note that all of these points of view necessitate actively cisgendering and monosexualizing trans and bi people: assuming that all people in both groups are actually monosexual (gay or lesbian), and that the genders we’ve been assigned at birth determine who and what we are.

Shiri Eisner - Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution (2013), pp. 241-242

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International Bisexuality Research Conference

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 Now I know what I'll be doing this weekend: watching all the sessions I wasn't able to attend during the live conference.

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today’s pride recommendations are:

fiction: aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe by benjamin alire saenz

“a lyrical novel about family and friendship from critically acclaimed author benjamin alire sáenz. aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. when the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. but as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship--the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. and it is through this friendship that ari and dante will learn the most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be.” - description taken from goodreads  

non-fiction: bi: notes for a bisexual revolution by shiri eisner 

“this book is essential reading for any bisexual person and anyone who wants to understand the bi people in their life. bi takes a comprehensive look at bisexual politics, from biphobia and monosexism to feminism and trans issues. eisner tackles topics like bisexual stereotypes, accusations that bisexuality “reinforces the gender binary” and otherwise contributes to the dominant social order, myths about bisexuality (like it doesn’t exist or that everyone is really bi), the fact that bi men are deemed gay and bi women are deemed straight, the issue of bi people being accused of having heterosexual privilege and more! reading ‘bi’ changed my life as a bi person.” - description taken from autostraddle.com

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JOMP Book Photo Challenge || April 4 || This Is So Important: Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution by Shiri Eisner

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Bisexuality, Feminism, and Women: three of my favorite things ♀️

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Monosexism is Real, We Just Don’t Understand It

Two years ago, I was introduced to a term that quickly found its way into my vocabulary. I’ve used this term in discussions, in my 101 classes, and in various critiques about society. Last year I u…

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"The idea that bisexuals are indiscriminate about their choice of partners also echoes society’s anxiety about subversion of cissexist norms. It is often said that “a bisexual is the kind of person who can reach down someone’s pants and be happy with whatever they find.” This emphasizes the fact that we can never actually know what’s “down” anyone’s “pants.” This marks bisexuals as “accomplices” to transgender and genderqueer people, and it connects bisexuality and transgender as two intertwining ideas, both of which deviate society’s rules about normative gender and its enforcement."

Shiri Eisner, Bi : Notes for a Bisexual Revolution (2013)