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Naming the Real Monsters

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Source Summary

At the New Statesman, Juliet Jacques with one of the best, distilled and concise pieces I’ve seen setting out point-by-point who the media monsters are and the evil that they perpetrate; here is but one: 2. Transphobia cuts across left/liberal and conservative media Transphobia in left/liberal media tends to come, still, from this radical feminist perspective, tending to attack trans people as a category. Conservative pundits seem to focus more on isolating trans people in apparently “public” roles, undermining their identities by exposing details about their pre-transitional lives. I won’t link to individual examples, butTrans Media Watch’s initial submission to the Leveson Inquiry (pdf) provides plenty of evidence. The media ’monstering’ of trans people… where Rupert Murdoch and radphlegms look (and sound) a lot alike. Cross-posted from ENDA Blog 2

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Why this article may matter

Community significance

“Naming the Real Monsters” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to media, rhetoric, and discourse, 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, “Naming the Real Monsters” provides dated evidence of how media, rhetoric, and discourse 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 “Naming the Real Monsters.” Its policy relevance, when present, is therefore likely indirect: the article’s treatment of media, rhetoric, and discourse may shape later arguments about institutions or public practice rather than proposing a specific rule.

Content analysis

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Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
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Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
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Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
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Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
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Granular comparative context

How “Media, rhetoric, and discourse” appears across the Collective corpus

This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2013).

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5 source-held references record early links or citations; the documented sources span 1 domain. The dated evidence currently falls in 2013. These observations describe circulation and reuse; they do not assign cultural worth or evaluate the communities, arguments, or people discussed.

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Documented references over time

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5 2013

Reference retained by the source publicationSource-publication recordProvider-confirmed

@TransgenderHULK

@TransgenderHULK · twitter.com · March 25, 2013

@fourthandfirst #TRANSGENDER HULK KNOWS TWO EXAMPLES OF WHAT BEING MONSTER IS: http://t.co/p6dZOFLwoK ; http://t.co/juiHrC06hF

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@Eshto

@Eshto · twitter.com · March 25, 2013

RT @AutumnSandeen: Via @transadvocate: Naming the Real Monsters http://t.co/SibAhFSe96 #trans #lgbtqia

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Autumn Sandeen (@AutumnSandeen)

Autumn Sandeen (@AutumnSandeen) · twitter.com · March 25, 2013

Via @transadvocate: Naming the Real Monsters http://t.co/SibAhFSe96 #trans #lgbtqia

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Jemima101 (@itsjustahobby)

Jemima101 (@itsjustahobby) · twitter.com · March 25, 2013

Naming the Real Monsters: http://t.co/dUBDZYrmxS love the term radphlegm!

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transadvocate (@transadvocate)

transadvocate (@transadvocate) · twitter.com · March 25, 2013

Naming the Real Monsters: http://t.co/6tlMX8GZ0b #trans

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Kat

59 publications · 25 inbound sources/citations