👇🏻Please read these words. Please hear them. Please sit with them. Please invite others to do the same. Trans Studies, Trans Linguistics, ALx, Trans [Insert your field name here] may not pin itself down by design, but these are our very specialized fields. [1/4]
https://twitter.com/kirbyconrod/status/1335721681126449153
We have been here, doing this work for a very long time. Many since before trans studies was a readable name. I (dare I say like most in trans studies) want to see our field(s) grow. We want to be welcoming spaces to people who are joining us in this work in earnest. [2/4]
We also need you to do the homework before you come to class. Our bibliographies, websites, & lists are our study guides. You can make mistakes, we all make mistakes. The best of our field is the loving critiques that many of us very intentionally engage in. [3/4]
As I watch the number of my mutuals re-tweeting and liking Kirby's post continue to climb, with the same energy that I felt in reading the OP I can only think: Perhaps this is our first loving critique for you. 🙏🏻 [4/4]
This feels related:
https://twitter.com/GenderBen/status/1336127226409086976?s=20
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