Excluded : making feminist and queer movements more inclusive / Julia Serano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Serano, Julia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism.

Gay liberation movement.

Social isolation.

Discrimination.

Physical Description:

327 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : Seal Press, [2013]

Summary:

A transformational approach to overcoming the divisions between feminist communities While many feminist and queer movements are designed to challenge sexism, they often simultaneously police gender and sexuality--sometimes just as fiercely as the straight, male-centric mainstream does. Some feminists vocally condemn other feminists because of how they dress, for their sexual partners or practices, or because they are seen as different and therefore less valued. Among LGBTQ activists, there is a long history of lesbians and gay men dismissing bisexuals, transgender people, and other gender and sexual minorities. In each case, exclusion is based on the premise that certain ways of being gendered or sexual are more legitimate, natural, or righteous than others. As a trans woman, bisexual, and femme activist, Julia Serano has spent much of the last ten years challenging various forms of exclusion within feminist and queer/LGBTQ movements. In Excluded, she chronicles many of these instances of exclusion and argues that marginalizing others often stems from a handful of assumptions that are routinely made about gender and sexuality. These false assumptions infect theories, activism, organizations, and communities--and worse, they enable people to vigorously protest certain forms of sexism while simultaneously ignoring and even perpetuating others. Serano advocates for a new approach to fighting sexism that avoids these pitfalls and offers new ways of thinking about gender, sexuality, and sexism that foster inclusivity.

Contents:

A word about words

On the outside looking in

On being a woman

Margins

Trans feminism : there's no conundrum about it

Reclaiming femininity

Three strikes and i'm out

Dating

Bisexuality and binaries revisited

How to be an ally to trans women

Performance piece

Perversion of "the personal is political"

Homogenizing versus holistic views of gender and sexuality

How double standards work

Myriad double standards

Fixed versus holistic perspectives

Expecting heterogeneity

Challenging gender entitlement

Self-examining desire and embracing ambivalence

Recognizing invalidations

Balancing acts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781580055048

1580055044

OCLC:

832289750