http://www.faultline.org/place/pinolecreek/archives/002733.html
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Jennifer, indeed, I agree!

piny, a particular incident crystallized the cartoon in my head and it came out of listening to women of color who are down with the trans cause talk about ftms. I will go out on a limb here and say that the ftms exhibiting the behavior reflected in the cartoon seem to a one to have been newly on hormones.

Still, I think the cartoon reflects an overwhelming piece of white privilege. By this I mean that among white ftms (usually former lesbians) and I include myself in this group, we are primarily concerned with how our gender changes but rarely examing how our race impacts the ways in which we understand gender.

As one lesbian of color put it, “I just chalk it up to you guys being former white lesbians.”

Jennifer speaks the truth about where we work. A seemingly liberal college town in the midwest, where, when pushed, white liberals let their privilege out all too quickly.

(Jay, please correct me if I am putting words in your mouth, but since we work at the same place…’nuff said. )

I have in the past noticed and aired similarities between isolation and tokenism on the basis of race and trans identity/history, but I try not to _equate_ the two positions, never mind forgotting the existence of the former.