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Top TransAdvocate Stories of 2013

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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.

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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

  1. 1
    Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
    100%
  2. 2
    Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    93%
  3. 3
    Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
    49%
  4. 4
    Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
    44%
  5. 5
    Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    37%
  6. 6
    Violence, safety, and dehumanizationTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
    32%

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Relationship among the ranked article themes The central circle is the primary theme. Line styles are defined in the relationship key below the diagram. Feminism and gender politics to Transgender identity and history: Overlapping theme
Transgender identity and history
Feminism and gender politics to Media, rhetoric, and discourse: Separate but related
Media, rhetoric, and discourse
Feminism and gender politics to Education and youth: Separate but related
Education and youth
Feminism and gender politics to Family and relationships: Separate but related
Family and relationships
Feminism and gender politics to Violence, safety, and dehumanization: Related theme in the same family
Violence, safety, and dehumanization
Feminism and gender politicsRank 1
Relationship key
  • Overlapping themes
  • Separate but related themes
  • Related theme in the same family
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This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2013).

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Article authors

Author profiles and related researchers

Guest

57 publications · 87 inbound sources/citations

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Cristan Williams

319 publications · 3,580 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.

Admin

98 publications · 0 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.

Cristan Williams

143 publications · 714 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.

Mari

6 publications · 80 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.

Autumn Sandeen

57 publications · 89 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.

Gwen Smith

15 publications · 0 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.

Related authors are calculated from co-authorship, shared themes and framings, and citation relationships in the registered corpus. This does not imply a personal or institutional association.

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