A process of dehumanisation

Jun 25th, 2021 | By Ophelia Benson
Category: Notes and Comment Blog

Glinner points out that the “heehee look at us threatening violence” cover of Trans Studies Quarterly – this one –

The cover of an “academic” journal. I kid you not. Someone probably thought this was “edgy”. It’s not edgy, but it is revealing. This is what #nodebate looks like. pic.twitter.com/R4qku3mgef

— Colin Wight (@colwight) June 25, 2021

– is just the latest in a long series. He includes 4 that we’ve all seen many times. There are many many more. Remember these at the San Francisco public library?

Hur hur. Isn’t it interesting that they do this and we don’t yet we’re constantly accused of violence and oppression?

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5 Responses to “A process of dehumanisation”

• #1

  maddog1129

  June 25, 2021 at 5:34 pm

  Upside down universe. Ultimate DARVO. I have no idea why this is not crystal clear to everyone. And why it wasn’t slapped down — hard — at the start.
• #2

  Sastra

  June 26, 2021 at 6:46 am

  I’m trying to figure out if there could conceivably be some other message here other than “kill the terfs” or “correct pronouns WILL be used.” What’s the context? Does it illustrate a particular article? A monthly theme? “Why street gang members are so often transgender in the closet.” “Trans On Trans Violence: a problem in search of a solution.” “Halloween Issue! Scary Costume Ideas!”

  Doesn’t seem likely. Probably more like “Fighting Back Against Transphobia: Time to Defend Our Existence.”
• #3

  Ophelia Benson

  June 26, 2021 at 7:00 am

  Mayyyybe trying to echo imagery like this?

  

  Except that it doesn’t, but maybe they’re thinking it does.
• #4

  Sastra

  June 27, 2021 at 3:17 pm

  I’m late on this, but just found a description of what’s inside this journal:

  https://saidit.net/s/GenderCritical/comments/8224/if_you_feminism_doesnt_include_transwomen_you/tyn1

  Philosopher here: I went through this the other day. Couple of observations.

  Firstly it’s a paid journal – most of the stuff is behind a paywall (presumably none of the cash goes to the academics who write this drivel though)

  Second, some of the article titles are fucking hillarious. “De/Colonizing Hijra” by Dr. Claire Pamment (A white person and professor of Theatre :p ) or “Challenging Queer Metronormativity: The Case of Southern Trans Masculinity” by Z. Zane McNeill a self described enbie, neurodiverse, animal activist and scholar…

  Third, went through the free article “Decolonizing Trans/Gender Studies?: Teaching Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Times of the Rise of the Global Right” by Alyosxa Tudor Lecturer in Gender Studies at University of London (who – based on the jawline – I’m pretty sure is just a bloke). It made a couple of claims about us. He claims that he will “analyze attacks on trans people and gender studies by transphobic feminists who call themselves “gender-critical” or “radical feminist” and show how transphobic feminists are aligned with masculinist anti-gender and far-right anti-immigration rhetoric. “…

  This is the sort of shallow drivel that passes for a professor at a major university. It’s a disgrace to the university, to academia, and to the philosophical community.
• #5

  Ophelia Benson

  June 27, 2021 at 3:35 pm

  Oh, thanks, that’s a good find.