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By: FWD/Forward » Gender presentation, disability and intersections

FWD/Forward » Gender presentation, disability and intersections — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:02:23 +0000

[...] cripchick’s on gender and disability: our bodies are objects that are not supposed to belong to us and by recognizing our genders, it [...]

By: Feminism that doesn’t advance women is no feminism at all. « Zero at the Bone

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:38:51 +0000

[...] thing. It’s as though gender and disability never interact. Not only does this contribute to the notion of PWD being never gendered and never sexual, but it’s a neat little crystalisation of the [...]

By: ElenaLisvato

ElenaLisvato — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:16:51 +0000

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By: Liz

Liz — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:15:36 +0000

I love this post! Thank you! I was just trying to come up with some explanation of why/how I’ve swung more to the butchy side when using a wheelchair and femmier when not and I was unable to explain. This is super helpful. Still thinking and eventually I’ll post & link back.

By: Sophia K

Sophia K — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:38:31 +0000

Also, I have to quote a friend here because I think it’s apt -”I wish my femininity were so taken for granted by the world that I could start worrying about how to fuck with it.” I’m concerned with interrogating the need to assert one’s femininity or masculinity as “subversive” or “queered.”

By: Sophia K

Sophia K — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:34:20 +0000

My disabilities are less visible than the fact that I am trans and chub. I once found solace in queer femme identity but I have been alienated to (literally) the point of tears by the amount of appropriation, tokenism, and exotification of trans people, experiences, and bodies in [cissexual] femme discourse, including the podcast linked above, the Femme Sharks, etc. Now, I have no idea where I fit beyond “queer woman.” I mostly pass as cissexual and sometimes as straight, sometimes not. But lately, I’ve also been giving the finger to passing, in a sense. I wear big v-necks and unpadded bras, I let my belly and my small boobs and my moderate shoulders show for what they are, and all I know is that it’s really validating when people who are attracted to me seem to Get It.