Naming the Real Monsters
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.
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Themes
- 1Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication100%
- 2Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community60%
- 3Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict50%
- 4Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication30%
Academic framing
- 1100%
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How “Media, rhetoric, and discourse” appears across the Collective corpus
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