Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-02-24
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 119
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Dr. Julia Serano discussed Whipping Girl by Julia Serano, Gender Trouble by Judith Butler, Sexed Up by Julia Serano, Outspoken by Julia Serano, and The Transsexual Empire by Janice G. Raymond.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Whipping Girl
Whipping Girl by Julia Serano is a foundational feminist text that examines transmisogyny, the intersection of trans issues and traditional sexism, and the cultural policing of femininity.
Discussed“And the book, this is something that a lot of times people who pick up the book now in like the 2020s don't necessarily realize is that nobody was reading anything about trans people outside of feminists and LGBTQ plus communities.”
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Gender Trouble
Gender Trouble by Judith Butler is a foundational work of feminist and queer theory that challenges traditional assumptions about sex, gender, and identity.
Discussed“So in in kind of I was writing the book in the mid 2000s and so the 1990s is when um Judith Butler publishes Gender Trouble which Butler never said all genders performance or all genders drag.”
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Sexed Up
Discussed“And that was not only a huge part of uh Whipping Girl, but that's become a part of a lot of my other books, like incl um how society sexualizes us and how we can fight back.”
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Outspoken
Outspoken by Julia Serano is a collection of essays and writings exploring transgender identity, feminism, and cultural perceptions of gender.
Discussed“Um, it appears in my book outspoken. forget the complete title right now which is but um the reason why I bring that up is so sometimes what happens is that when people learn about cis sexism”
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The Transsexual Empire
The Transsexual Empire by Janice G.
Discussed“And this is one of the things that you know weapon girl for example there are a lot of bad ideas about trans people that had been circling lading for a long time especially with the culmination of Janice Raymond's book the transsexual empire in the 19 late 1970s 1979 I think”
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Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“She is the author of many books including Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive, Sexed Up: How Society Sexualizes Us and How We Can Fight Back.”
“She is the author of many books including Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive, Sexed Up: How Society Sexualizes Us and How We Can Fight Back.”
“Outspoken, a decade of transgender activism and trans feminism. And most famously, Whipping Girl, a new edition of which is coming out in March.”
“Outspoken, a decade of transgender activism and trans feminism. And most famously, Whipping Girl, a new edition of which is coming out in March.”
“But what isn't toxic is the new third edition of Whipping Girl coming out in March, which you can ask your local bookstore to pre-order now. And yeah, join us tomorrow for our discussion with Dr. Serrano of the anatomy of moral panics.”
“I am happy to be here once again with Garrison [music] Davis and Dr. Julia Serrano, the author of, among many other works, a new edition of Whipping Girl coming out in March.”
“This is my book. Uh Kachita Streets. I mean, if somebody Oh, and you know, and this has happened before. There have been folks, you know, iconic class.”