Top TransAdvocate Stories of 2013
The TransAdvocate joins other media outlets in celebrating that most hallowed of Holiday traditions: The Top 2013 List. What follows is a look back of the most popular and most evocative stories we published in 2013. Most Fascinated: Published on February 25, 2013, Matt Kailey wrote Why Do Trans People Make Me Uncomfortable? Misogyny lies behind these concepts. The unwarranted devaluation of women and the feminine, along with the unwarranted elevation of men and the masculine, lies behind these concepts. Runner up: Julia Serano’s MAAB Mentality, published on March 7, 2013. Most Amused: Published on September 30, 2013, the TransAdvocate featured Rebecca Cohen’s awesome Miss Gender: How to spot a TERF. Runner up: Cristan Williams’ Popular TERF front group is fake, published on November 15, 2013. Most Sad: Published on July 18, 2013, Kat Haché (AKA, Papier Haché) wrote I Am The Transsexual Your Boyfriend Wants to Be With: On
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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“Top TransAdvocate Stories of 2013” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to feminism and gender politics, while also engaging transgender identity and history. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
Historical significance
As a publication record from 2013 at Transadvocate.com, “Top TransAdvocate Stories of 2013” provides dated evidence of how feminism and gender politics was being argued in relation to transgender identity and history. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.
Policy significance
The article’s strongest policy connection is public accommodations and facilities. It links that institutional frame to feminism and gender politics and transgender identity and history, making it potentially useful for tracing how an argument moves from description or history into law, regulation, administration, or public practice.
Ranked themes and framings
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Themes
- 1Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict100%
- 2Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community93%
- 3Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication49%
- 4Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life44%
- 5Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community37%
- 6Violence, safety, and dehumanizationTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict32%
Academic framing
- 1100%
Policy framing
- 1100%
Editorial function
Source topics
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How “Feminism and gender politics” appears across the Collective corpus
This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2013).
Relative presence by year
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Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Transgender identity and history198
- Community and organizing165
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization117
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse80
- Law and civil rights74
- Culture, identity, and representation73
- Education and youth58
- Healthcare and medicine55
- History, archives, and memory44
- Science, evidence, and expertise37
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