hayzulhay OP t1_irwo8rj wrote on October 11, 2022 at 4:30 PM

Reply to comment by Disastrous_Use_7353 in The hidden transphobia in "The Art of Being Normal" by hayzulhay

It could well be that that's how she sees that trans experience, and I don't think she was being intentionally transphobic by any means. I think she had very good intentions with writing the book that I appreciate, although it might not have been clear in my review. All I'm trying to do is point out that the book spreads many ideas that - usually unintentionally - harm the trans community. People may relate to points that I don't, even points that I spoke against in my review, and that's completely valid. I don't think the author's transphobia was malicious or intentional, just misinformed, and I think the misinformation is important to point out.

FuckTerfsAndFascists t1_iryuvyi wrote on October 12, 2022 at 1:33 AM

You should post this in r/lgbt

I honestly think you'll get a much more nuanced response there than here.

Edit: I say as a member. I meant it like, come talk about it with your peers, you'll get better responses than the random assortment of people who have and haven't read the book on here. Not like go away. Lol. Sorry just realized how this comment might sound.

mongreldogchild t1_irzq0zn wrote on October 12, 2022 at 6:38 AM

Agreed. The majority of reddit is going to be represented by cis het men (as women are underrepresented as a whole and queer people are a much smaller population) whose opinions on this topic aren't really going to be that helpful or nuanced (as a generality). A conversation is probably going to be very unproductive when a baseline of understanding isn't necessarily going to be there.