Playing Nice Here With Radical Feminists
Ya know, maybe it’s because I’ve read every goddamn post on the radical feminists take on transgenderism, but I’m pissed. I won’t denigrate this blog with my rant. If you want to read it, it’s here. I’ve read the following posts: Any Excuse to Denigrate Lipstick 275 comments Queer Dewd Layeth The Bitchslap Down For Sex-Positive Feminism Twisty Goes to Camp: A Very Special Episode 96 comments Okay. 316 Are Feminists Allowed to Be Partnered with Transmen and Transwomen? 310 comments 2007, toe gingerly dipped in blogosphere: oprah, mental patient’s makeup, which fem to choose, briton’s beer Well, we have an update 159 Diving into the Wreck (as it were) 20 Did I miss the party? 3 Other People Say Things I Missed 8 Just Thought I’d Put Up a Post About This Bullshit 23 Saving the world can be glamourous. One more bitchy note before I put on my
The Source Summary reproduces the first 150 words of the source article unless a Collective editor has explicitly locked a replacement.
Why this article may matter
Community significance
“Playing Nice Here With Radical Feminists” 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 2007 at Transadvocate.com, “Playing Nice Here With Radical Feminists” 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
No dominant policy frame was detected in “Playing Nice Here With Radical Feminists.” Its policy relevance, when present, is therefore likely indirect: the article’s treatment of feminism and gender politics may shape later arguments about institutions or public practice rather than proposing a specific rule.
Ranked themes and framings
Rank 1 is the dominant inferred theme or framing. Parent labels identify broader theme families; the relationship key beneath the diagram explains the line styles used for hierarchy, same-family relationships, overlap, and separate-but-related themes.
Themes
- 1Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict100%
- 2Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community30%
- 3Healthcare and medicineTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life20%
Academic framing
- 1100%
Editorial function
Source topics
- Separate but related themes
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How “Feminism and gender politics” appears across the Collective corpus
This article appeared 6 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.
Relative presence by year
Peak year indexed to 100Presence by member publication
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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Documented circulation and reception
1 source-held reference records an early link or citation; the documented sources span 1 domain. The dated evidence currently falls in 2007. These observations describe circulation and reuse; they do not assign cultural worth or evaluate the communities, arguments, or people discussed.
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Dated source evidence currently stored by the CollectiveSick of This Yet? at Transadvocate Blog
[...] It was New Years Eve when I got the but when I learned of this post, and I’ve spent the last 13 days digging around the radfem blogosphere reading all the posts that sprouted from that initial post. One post in particular caught my…
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