canonball
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Recents Comments from canonball
- Re: folks who don't like to be labeled cisgender. What I'm hearing is that being called cisgender is icky because it puts a label on your that you didn't choose. I want you to think, though, about WHO calls you
(posted to cis as an academic term) - word.
(posted to cis as an academic term) - I don't care if the average straight white male uses it or not. I care that the (this) community that is supposed to be fighting for gender oppression is rejecting not just trans terms but the trans community.
(posted to cis as an academic term) - I really wish you would explain to me why you see cisgender as jargon. The point of this post was to say that cisgender=academic word is another way of saying trans people and their words/cultures/lives/bodies are too difficult to understand.
(posted to cis as an academic term) - You are amazing.
(posted to Ask Professor Foxy: Transitioning and Changing Sexuality)
Responses to Comments from canonball
- I am saying that the focus on breasts is ridiculous. If it wasn't for the patriarchy's obsession for objectifying women's bodies and judging which ones were more desirable to them then women wouldn't feel the need to boast about how (posted to Ask Professor Foxy: Transitioning and Changing Sexuality)
- I hadn't actually thought of that, thanks. I don't really think that the comments on boobs was derailing all that much though. Society's focus on boobs being a signifier of "femaleness" is hurtful to transpeople and to cispeople who don't (posted to Ask Professor Foxy: Transitioning and Changing Sexuality)
- They wouldn't be off-topic if the original post was about trans in general, stereotypes facing trans people, or the implications of breasts to trans women. But they're off-topic when the original post was about how to be sexual when you're (posted to Ask Professor Foxy: Transitioning and Changing Sexuality)
- I don't really agree with your idea that breasts are only a highly focused part of the body becuase of the emphasis men put on them. First of all, lesbians like boobs to, lets not forget...also, when I dress, and (posted to Ask Professor Foxy: Transitioning and Changing Sexuality)
- You know, I'd just like to make a comment about how "esoteric" cis is as a term. I was talking to a friend of mine about how him using the term "Shemale" to refer to a transgendered friend of (posted to cis as an academic term)
