Intro to the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series
About a decade ago, the feminist community came up with the term Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF) as a way to halt the default colonization of […]
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How “Feminism and gender politics” appears across the Collective corpus
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- Transadvocate.com178
- The TERFs97
- Cristan’s Research3
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- Transgender identity and history178
- Community and organizing132
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization90
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse79
- Culture, identity, and representation63
- Law and civil rights61
- Education and youth46
- History, archives, and memory45
- Healthcare and medicine41
- Science, evidence, and expertise35
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- Interpretive analysis128
- Historical analysis78
- Critical theory55
- Media and discourse analysis50
- Clinical and medical analysis45
- Psychological analysis45
- Qualitative and interview research22
- Ethical analysis20
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- Public accommodations and facilities40
- Civil rights and anti-discrimination27
- Criminal justice and public safety22
- Research ethics and data governance14
- Housing and social services9
- Education policy8
- Labor and employment policy7
- Elections and democratic governance6
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Available scholarly citations plus verified non-scholarly sourcesTERFism as an Obsessive Sadistic Fetish: Part VI of the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series
Introduction: 8/11/14
Critical of “Gender Critical:” Part V of the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series
Introduction: 8/11/14
Contextualizing the Body: Part II of the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series
Introduction: 8/11/14
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