#trans liberalism

[haymarketvtubestuff]

Natalie Contrapoints Wynn you did not just tell on yourself

To quote a source, Natalie Wynn is well on her way to becoming the next Brianna Wu. And that is an insult.

[pissedoffdickroach]

Genuinely and honestly super glad that a bunch of rich/posh YouTube/podcasters are coming out as trans, glad they are happy and getting support, glad for them. They just don’t get to pretend to be the voice or face of a movement and they have got to stop nicking shit from people and thinking their political contributions are any more meaningful and necessary than the stuff John Oliver does. Just because there’s a lack of representation doesn’t mean my standards are lowered .

[radicaltransfeminismzine]

Radical Transfeminism Conference Stream 2015

Conference on Radical Transfeminism 26/27 June 2015 Hosted by London Conference on Critical Thought - University College London Anthropology department, 14 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW Against a backdrop of social gains made by mainstream LGBT movements, the reality of trans* lives (particular for transpersons of colour) continues to be one of material and social struggle, against poverty, deprivation and violence. While inclusion in existing structures, whether they be social initiatives or current feminisms, is often the focus of the discussion, this stream looks to radicalise the transperspective. This redistribution of emphasis from inclusion in existing centres to the possibility of elaboration from the limits outward, will give the will create the terrain for alliances, strategies, and politics. We propose to look at points of divergence instead of inclusion, both as means to build practices of solidarity, as well as highlight differences of perspective. By emphasising trans* as an open-ended category without a core, a potential radicalisation of perspective and action, as opposed to erasure, is actualised. The stream aims to address the social, material and political necessity of transfeminism as a radical and potentially revolutionary sphere of thought and praxis. It will address the importance of a transfeminist critique of the limitations of liberal transgender politics that are being rapidly and unquestioningly taken up across the world. It specifically looks to extend transfeminisms beyond rights discourses, and formulate critiques as evolving practices and theories. Friday 26 June 9:30-11:00 (Room 128) 1. The End Times of a Failed Political Myth - openingspanel Mijke van der Drift - The Myth of Rights: the politics of normalisation in the long night of neoliberalism Chryssy Hunter - The failed political myth of equality through law Nat Raha - trans liberalism, street transvestite action revolutionaries, capital rites: towards a queer marxist transfeminism. Friday 26 June 13:45-15:15 (Room 130) 2. Panel: Radical Transfeminist Activism Mylo Lewis-Norman - Trans* generational sharing as a form of resistance to normalisation Andy Misandry - I Have No Photo For You - liberal feminism, Germany's Next Topmodel and why it doesn't get better Raju Rage - Reclaiming Radical Transfeminism: Time-Travelling Trans* Politics In Neoliberal Times Respondent: Sasha Padziarei Chair: Mijke van der Drift Friday 26 June 19:30 (at The Field, New Cross, 385 Queens Road, London SE14 5HD) Poetry Reading and Film Screening UK Premieres of 'i was born to make you happy' (dir. Frederik Müller, Germany, 51 minutes); and 'Escaping into common places having gothic adventures in the neoclassical and other eras. Or: my life is framed by you' (dirs Mijke van der Drift & Alex Reuter, Netherlands 2014, 6 minutes). Poetry from Verity Spott.  Saturday 27 June 13:30 - 16:30 (Rooms 132/131) Panels will happen with a small break in between 3. Roundtable: Radical Transfeminism in Communities Ellis Suzanna Slack - Sexworker transfeminisms Pum Kommattam - Marginalization within supposedly safe spaces – About the necessity of understanding intersectionality and practicing solidarity in trans*feminist queer communities Audrey de Virion & Frankie Hall - The growth and formalisation of radical trans and queer support networks in Brighton, UK Chair: Chryssy Hunter 4. Panel: Theories of Radical Transfeminism Charlotte Gage - Reproducing ‘states of injury’ on trans* bodies: How does Wendy Brown’s concept help to think through the idea of a ‘wounded attachment’ to the female body in feminism? Barbara Neukirchinger - What can Critical Theory and Poststructuralism offer to Gender and Disability in the Light of Transfeminism? Andi Sitwell - The politics of gender variance: a queer materialist critique of identity Chair: Nat Raha