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They’ve Got Form (Part I)

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Source Summary

Regarding the recent brouhaha over Julie Burchill’s recent article in the Observer, republished (and then taken down) on the Guardian website, and re-re-published at her request in the Telegraph, an article referring to Trans people as “Shims” and “She-males”, “Dicks in chick’s clothing” etc… The Guardian said it best, the last time this happened. Or rather, one of the last times – it happened again and again afterwards too. On January 31 the Guardian’s Weekend magazine published the first of two articles by the lesbian feminist Julie Bindel, written in the place recently vacated by Julie Burchill…. Ms Nixon was referred to as “she” in quotation marks…. Further into the piece there was a reference to Kwik-Fit sex changes, and the injunction to “think about a world inhabited just by transsexuals. It would look like the set of Grease.” The column concluded: “To go back to my five men and

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Why this article may matter

Community significance

“They’ve Got Form (Part I)” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to transgender identity and history, while also engaging feminism and gender politics. 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, “They’ve Got Form (Part I)” provides dated evidence of how transgender identity and history was being argued in relation to feminism and gender politics. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

Policy significance

“They’ve Got Form (Part I)” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with transgender identity and history. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for feminism and gender politics.

Content analysis

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Themes

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Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
100%
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Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
53%

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Interpretive analysis
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Granular comparative context

How “Transgender identity and history” 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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11 2005

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90 2007

64 2008

47 2009

14 2010

130 2011

112 2012

241 2013

119 2014

28 2015

17 2016

40 2017

39 2018

15 2019

1 2020

4 2021

2 2024

1 2025

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Zoe

8 publications · 1 inbound sources/citations

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Cristan Williams

561 publications · 3,236 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Healthcare and medicine, Transgender identity and history, Education and youth.