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31 January, 201710 January, 2017

Send nudes: PETA, misogyny, and animal welfare

A flock of sheep.
Posted in animals, gender by s.e. smith

The misogyny behind PETA’s publicity stunts is on painful display when you see who is allowed to wear clothes and who is not.

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28 January, 201714 December, 2016

On gender essentialism and magic in western canon

A silhouette of a witch on a broomstick crossing the moon.
Posted in gender, pop culture by s.e. smith

In western canon, magic falls out along very familiar lines, and they are deeply gender essentialist in nature. Who does magic, why, and how is often dictated by perceived gender.

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5 January, 20175 January, 2017

Where are the media opportunities for underrepresented people?

A stack of newspapers.
Posted in gender, media by s.e. smith

People demanding to know where the underrepresented people in media are should get familiar with the labyrinthine process of hiring and promotions in the world of media.

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29 December, 20163 November, 2016

Voter ID laws highlight another problem — navigating the government while trans

Blue lights at night.
Posted in gender, politics by s.e. smith

Think voter ID laws are bullshit? So do I, and it gets worse for trans people — being caught on the voter ID wave is a reminder of the larger difficulties when it comes to getting accurate identification.

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22 October, 201625 August, 2016

Stranger Things craftily subverted a classic female archetype

Actor Winona Ryder with a fistful of Christmas lights.
Posted in gender, pop culture, television by s.e. smith

In Stranger Things, the hysterical, crazed, desperate mother turns out to be the most leveleheaded of the adults around her, in a brilliant subversion of pop cultural and social tropes.

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28 September, 201613 July, 2016

No, nonbinary people are not ruining everything

A crowd at a trans rights rally.
Posted in gender by s.e. smith

Some are claiming that the push for nonbinary and otherwise gender nonconforming visibility is harming trans people, but that argument doesn’t quite hold water.

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24 September, 201620 September, 2016

If Jeffrey Tambor cares so much about trans talent, he’d give back that Emmy

Actor Jeffrey Tambor at an event.
Posted in gender, pop culture by s.e. smith

Jeffrey Tambor just won his second Emmy for Leading Actor in a Transphobic Role, and he claims to care a ton about trans talent, but not enough to give up that golden statuette.

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21 September, 201620 September, 2016

It’s time to leave the Benjamin Standards behind

A row of stepping stones in a lake.
Posted in gender by s.e. smith

Our reliance on the WPATH standards of care for transgender health is outdated and harmful for both trans people and the world at large. It’s time for a new look at the way we treat transition.

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8 September, 201621 June, 2016

Washington teachers take on gender education

Students in a classroom. One, a dark-skinned student with wavy hair, is raising a hand excitedly.
Posted in gender by s.e. smith

Teachers in Washington State will be taking on gender in their sexual education classes, over outcry from conservatives.

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1 September, 2016

Nonbinary femmes, the second

A person wearing a blue layered skirt.
Posted in gender by s.e. smith

Readers ask why a popular post on nonbinary femmes doesn’t cover every single aspect of nonbinary femme identity. I answer.

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