As well as providing a stellar example of how to sassily navigate and transform agenda-led interview questions, Judith Butler articulates a number of crucial points about the relationship between trans and feminism. My Top 10 takes...
1)There is no tension between feminism and trans. Trans rights are an intrinsic feminist issue
2)Trans exclusive radical feminism is a minority position on the fringes of feminism that does not reflect mainstream feminist thought
3)’TERF’ is just a perfectly self-explanatory term
4)Please, can TERFs just *stop* fantasising about the penis
5)There is a long history of, and a very rich future for, a trans affirmative social justice driven feminist politics
6) The definitions of ‘man’ and ‘woman’ remain works in progress
7) A feminism driven by biological essentialism works for no woman
8) Radical feminism is not inherently anti-trans
9) Its a travesty the way that some (trans exclusive) feminists are aligning themselves with the far right and evangelicalism
10) Anti-trans feminism is a product of anti-intellectual culture and right-wing media discourse.
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