A woman, no matter her background, should never be asked to prove she is a woman. It was with nearly flawless timing that, just as the national conversation around Caitlyn Jenner, transgender identities, and the definition of womanhood was building to a screaming crescendo, Netflix released the third season of Orange is the New Black. […]
Bruce (among others before him) has brought light once again to a marginalized and misunderstood group of our fellow human beings, and for that, we owe him a debt of gratitude. Bruce Jenner, 65, the gold medal decathlete from the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the famous patriarch from reality TV, is transitioning into […]
Since Eve first realized she was naked and scrambled to cover her shame with fig leaves, feminists have been divided over the question of how to return dignity and humanity to the female body. It was apparently a fraught decision for the avid bell hooks reader, but after a bit of back and forth the […]
What we learn from the media frenzy surrounding Bruce Jenner’s gender transition is not that trans lives matter, but that Jenner himself is a public spectacle whose body and identity are reasonably subject to our collective gaze. I should start with a confession: The endless speculation around the gender identity of Bruce Jenner, Keeping Up with the […]
In an era where mainstream media seems to care more about genitalia than access to healthcare, and more about misgendering than respecting identity, it is emotional to witness Laverne Cox on the cover of TIME. Last month, Twitter was abuzz as online communities gathered to vote in TIME Magazine’s “TIME 100” poll. Laverne Cox, transgender […]
