Comments on: Transphobic Assault on a Woman in Queens http://thecurvature.com/2009/07/11/transphobic-assault-on-a-woman-in-queens/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:28:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cara http://thecurvature.com/2009/07/11/transphobic-assault-on-a-woman-in-queens/#comment-13052 Cara Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:03:25 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=5894#comment-13052 Indeed, Fi, but I'm sure that if called on that, the writer would come up with some kind of bullshit loophole. The point really isn't about a huge attachment to the idea of a woman being a person with a uterus, but about drawing arbitrary standards that always keep trans women out of their version of the category of woman. Indeed, Fi, but I’m sure that if called on that, the writer would come up with some kind of bullshit loophole. The point really isn’t about a huge attachment to the idea of a woman being a person with a uterus, but about drawing arbitrary standards that always keep trans women out of their version of the category of woman.

]]> By: Fi http://thecurvature.com/2009/07/11/transphobic-assault-on-a-woman-in-queens/#comment-13051 Fi Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:19:28 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=5894#comment-13051 One person makes the comment that without a uterus and ovaries, she is a man with no plumbing. By that reasoning, a woman with ovarian cancer who got them removed is not a woman? What an ass. The entire comment section makes me sick. One person makes the comment that without a uterus and ovaries, she is a man with no plumbing. By that reasoning, a woman with ovarian cancer who got them removed is not a woman? What an ass.

The entire comment section makes me sick.

]]> By: Femmostroppo Reader – July 13, 2009 — Hoyden About Town http://thecurvature.com/2009/07/11/transphobic-assault-on-a-woman-in-queens/#comment-13050 Femmostroppo Reader – July 13, 2009 — Hoyden About Town Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:49:58 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=5894#comment-13050 [...] Transphobic Assault on a Woman in Queens [...] [...] Transphobic Assault on a Woman in Queens [...]

]]> By: SunlessNick http://thecurvature.com/2009/07/11/transphobic-assault-on-a-woman-in-queens/#comment-13046 SunlessNick Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:43:20 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=5894#comment-13046 <em>the collective cis response</em> And getting all "Heavens to Betsy" when called on it. the collective cis response

And getting all “Heavens to Betsy” when called on it.

]]> By: queen emily http://thecurvature.com/2009/07/11/transphobic-assault-on-a-woman-in-queens/#comment-13042 queen emily Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:57:39 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=5894#comment-13042 'Tis almost always the way - the collective cis response to transphobic violence is to repeat the same ideas that lead to the violence in the first place, legitimizing it after the fact. You're right, the amazing thing in this story is that she reported the assault in the first place, and that the police took her seriously. *That* fills me with confidence, regardless of the predictable transphobic backlash. ‘Tis almost always the way – the collective cis response to transphobic violence is to repeat the same ideas that lead to the violence in the first place, legitimizing it after the fact.

You’re right, the amazing thing in this story is that she reported the assault in the first place, and that the police took her seriously. *That* fills me with confidence, regardless of the predictable transphobic backlash.

]]> By: Kristjan Wager http://thecurvature.com/2009/07/11/transphobic-assault-on-a-woman-in-queens/#comment-13038 Kristjan Wager Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:43:58 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=5894#comment-13038 Those comments over at the article are deeply disturbing. Those comments over at the article are deeply disturbing.

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