I’m sorry this happened to you. I am hopeful that the tide is turning. In my 60 years alive, I have never witnessed anything more astonishing, socially, than the sudden prevalence of gender ideology and the prohibition on any exploration or discussion of the topic.
Thanks, Lisa. I knew this was happening, but it really picked up steam in the middle of the '10s'. Astonishing, as you say. Lots of money behind it. Pritzger, Stryker, Soros, are some of the names. Same people who promote harm reduction, and safe supply, and medical transition. Strange and troubling.
Interesting stuff Erin. I'm sorry you had to experience a somewhat Kafka-esque series of events in your wrokplace.
I welcome any chance to find out more about the feminist position regarding transexuality, particularly as it regards the safety (or perception of safety) of non-trans women seeking shelter after escaping an abusive domicile.
Wjhat happened to you was a travesty, and I understand why you did not go public at the time. However I think it is not quite fair to say no feminists offered you support, when they could not have known what was happening to you. Are you referring to immediate colleagues in the department, who called themselves feminists and knew you were being dismissed for criticizing genderism?
Not colleagues, no. Some of them were sympathetic, but they were in the same boat as I was. They couldn't speak, though some of them invited me to talk to their classes. No, I mean feminists with whom I had worked and organized in the community. I get why, kind of. For some, they were fighting their own battles, and there seemed a much more punitive climate then. They had to focus on protecting themselves. Many changed their minds, too. Individually some did offer some sympathy. Overall I remember feeling quite lonely.
2016 was early on this stuff, for sure: thanks for reminding me, I find I often forget. Not early on the Janice Raymond / Sheila Jeffreys timeline, but I know that for me it was sometime in 2015 that I went from “TWAW” to “oh crap, the radfems are right about this”. I had started paying attention to the issue in 2010 and my education on feminist issues had been entirely liberal feminist “normie”. Even so, I knew I didn’t think porn was harmless fun nor that sex work was just work, but I repeated Haraway’s stupid line about “I’d rather be a cyborg than a goddess” and was too naive to understand how dishonest was the dichotomy she was setting up there.
You were brave and had your antennae atwiddle early. I can imagine it was lonely as heck.
Kafka-esque indeed!!
I really didn't have a future in the academy. Though I enjoyed many aspects of it. There was a lot of weirdness to navigate. Oh well.
I’m sorry this happened to you. I am hopeful that the tide is turning. In my 60 years alive, I have never witnessed anything more astonishing, socially, than the sudden prevalence of gender ideology and the prohibition on any exploration or discussion of the topic.
Thanks, Lisa. I knew this was happening, but it really picked up steam in the middle of the '10s'. Astonishing, as you say. Lots of money behind it. Pritzger, Stryker, Soros, are some of the names. Same people who promote harm reduction, and safe supply, and medical transition. Strange and troubling.
BTW, I also think the tide is turning. I do worry about an over- correction, but we're not there yet
Interesting stuff Erin. I'm sorry you had to experience a somewhat Kafka-esque series of events in your wrokplace.
I welcome any chance to find out more about the feminist position regarding transexuality, particularly as it regards the safety (or perception of safety) of non-trans women seeking shelter after escaping an abusive domicile.
Admin are a bunch of spineless dickheads nowadays.
Wjhat happened to you was a travesty, and I understand why you did not go public at the time. However I think it is not quite fair to say no feminists offered you support, when they could not have known what was happening to you. Are you referring to immediate colleagues in the department, who called themselves feminists and knew you were being dismissed for criticizing genderism?
Not colleagues, no. Some of them were sympathetic, but they were in the same boat as I was. They couldn't speak, though some of them invited me to talk to their classes. No, I mean feminists with whom I had worked and organized in the community. I get why, kind of. For some, they were fighting their own battles, and there seemed a much more punitive climate then. They had to focus on protecting themselves. Many changed their minds, too. Individually some did offer some sympathy. Overall I remember feeling quite lonely.
2016 was early on this stuff, for sure: thanks for reminding me, I find I often forget. Not early on the Janice Raymond / Sheila Jeffreys timeline, but I know that for me it was sometime in 2015 that I went from “TWAW” to “oh crap, the radfems are right about this”. I had started paying attention to the issue in 2010 and my education on feminist issues had been entirely liberal feminist “normie”. Even so, I knew I didn’t think porn was harmless fun nor that sex work was just work, but I repeated Haraway’s stupid line about “I’d rather be a cyborg than a goddess” and was too naive to understand how dishonest was the dichotomy she was setting up there.
You were brave and had your antennae atwiddle early. I can imagine it was lonely as heck.