litchyn's reviews
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I couldn't continue reading once I read the transphobia introduced in the "Trickster" chapter (what a choice). I thought the author made some valid and nuanced points, particularly when touching on trans-women and cis-women's different experiences of womanhood and femininity. Unfortunately, she then quickly pivoted into TERF territory, lamenting that "both sides of the debate aren't being respected" and uncritically criticising trans-rights activists for "abusing women" for making transphobic statements. The authors turns to false and misleading science to support transphobia ("XX and XY chromosomes") and upholds statements that have been put forward by TERFS for no purpose other than to delegitimise transfolk (e.g. "people cannot literally change sex"). The author seems to lack critical thinking in this area and it was very disappointing, especially as she'd previously spoken about the diverse experiences of womanhood (e.g. with and without periods, with and without motherhood, and yes, with and without sex organs). 
Before this chapter I had the sense that this book was coloured by the author's unrecognised privileges, and this irrevocably cemented my view.