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ResourceGC Resource: The Classics
It's been a little while since the last update (July 2024) so here goes.
From time to time, posters ask for GC reading suggestions, especially background material and explainers. Here's a list of bookmarked favorites ("classics" is tongue-in-cheek as most of these items are relatively new, but they're frequently cited in GC circles).
Please add any additional favorites in the comments, including books, and feel free to link to this post at will. Videos and podcast episodes are fine as well.
Note: Some of these items will be NSFW based on subject matter. Please use your discretion when following links.
The Classics
"A Meaningful Transition?" by Julia Long https://uncommongroundmedia.com/a-meaningful-transition-julia-long/ , https://archive.ph/2020.08.01-111213/https://uncommongroundmedia.com/a-meaningful-transition-julia-long/
"Is Drag Misogynistic?" by M. K. Fain https://4w.pub/is-drag-misogynistic/ , https://archive.ph/zhjxg
"How Pornography Forged the Trans Movement" by Genevieve Gluck https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/08/16/how-pornography-forged-the-trans-movement/ , https://archive.ph/QI9FC
"'Cis' Coined by '
Davina Anne Gabriel and the Origin of the Term "Transphobia" https://xxamazons.org/davina-anne-gabriel/ , https://archive.ph/G4vTD
"Trans Flag Creator Worked at a Porn Shop While 'Transitioning' to a 'Lesbian'" by Genevieve Gluck https://genevievegluck.substack.com/p/trans-flag-creator-worked-at-a-porn?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2 , https://archive.ph/9WSLQ
"I'm Credited with Having Coined the Word 'Terf'. Here's How it Happened" by Viv Smythe https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/29/im-credited-with-having-coined-the-acronym-terf-heres-how-it-happened , https://archive.ph/2XhD8
"The Rainbow Reich, Part I: Transgender Ideology and Totalitarianism" by Dr. Em https://uncommongroundmedia.com/the-rainbow-reich-transgender-ideology-and-totalitarianism-part-i/ , https://archive.ph/8LhZH
"The Rainbow Reich, Part II: Academia, No-Platforming, Silencing of Women" by Dr. Em https://uncommongroundmedia.com/the-rainbow-reich-part-ii-academia-no-platforming-silencing-of-women/ , https://archive.ph/W8ebl
"The Trojan Unicorn: Queer Theory and
"The Trojan Unicorn: Queer Theory and
"The Trojan Unicorn: Queer Theory and
"The Trojan Unicorn: Queer Theory and
"What Was Happening Before ‘Just Be Nice Feminism’? Part I: Early Rumblings, 1970 – 1971" by Dr. Em https://uncommongroundmedia.com/just-be-nice-feminism-part-i/ , https://archive.ph/U4Mia
"What Was Happening Before ‘Just Be Nice Feminism’? Part II: Beth Elliot, 1972" by Dr. Em https://uncommongroundmedia.com/what-was-happening-before-just-be-nice-feminism-part-ii-beth-elliot-1972/ , https://archive.ph/LlPnz
"What Was Happening Before ‘Just Be Nice Feminism’? Part III: West Coast Lesbian Conference, 1973" by Dr. Em https://uncommongroundmedia.com/what-was-happening-before-just-be-nice-feminism-part-iii-west-coast-lesbian-conference-1973/ , https://archive.ph/NMhH0
"What Was Happening Before ‘Just Be Nice Feminism’? Part IV: The Gutter Dykes, 1973" by Dr. Em https://uncommongroundmedia.com/what-was-happening-before-just-be-nice-feminism-part-iv-the-gutter-dykes-1973/ , https://archive.ph/6mEKB
"What Was Happening Before ‘Just be nice feminism’? Part V: Beth Elliott’s Response" by Dr. Em https://uncommongroundmedia.com/what-was-happening-before-just-be-nice-feminism-part-v-beth-elliotts-response/ , https://archive.ph/2PITB
"What Was Happening Before ‘Just be nice feminism’? Part VI: Pride Parade 1972" by Dr. Em https://uncommongroundmedia.com/what-was-happening-before-just-be-nice-feminism-part-vi-pride-parade-1972/ , https://archive.ph/pk4gS
"What Was Happening Before ‘Just be nice feminism’? Part VII: Pride Parade 1973" by Dr. Em https://uncommongroundmedia.com/what-was-happening-before-just-be-nice-feminism-part-vii-pride-parade-1973/ , https://archive.ph/b6u1A
"Sexist History at the Heart of the ‘Science’ on Transsexualism, Part I: Benjamin, Ihlenfeld, Money & Ehrhardt" by Dr. Em https://uncommongroundmedia.com/sexist-science-transsexualism-part-i-benjamin-ihlenfeld-money-ehrhardt/ , https://archive.ph/4DeXA
"Sexist History at the Heart of the ‘Science’ on Transsexualism, Part II: Robert Stoller, True Trans" by Dr. Em https://uncommongroundmedia.com/robert-stoller-true-trans/ , https://archive.ph/U0gTV
"Marsha P. Johnson was a Gay Man and Not a Transwoman. His Own Words." by Maple Syrup https://youtu.be/oKfFClUQ3Ns?feature=shared https://archive.org/details/marsha-p.-johnson-on-his-own-words-im-a-boy
"The Trans Takeover of Womanhood -- 100 Years of Madness" by Mr. Menno https://youtu.be/iM_VlChiDQY?feature=shared
"Pronouns are Rohypnol" by Barra Kerr https://fairplayforwomen.com/pronouns/ , https://archive.ph/Isb9u
"The New Backlash" by Susan Hawthorne https://thenewbacklash.blogspot.com/?m=1 , https://archive.ph/IbIKh
"The Elephant In The Room" by Sue Donym (via Linehan) https://grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/the-elephant-in-the-room , https://archive.ph/rrNrN
"Critically Examining the Doctrine of Gender Identity" by Rebecca Riley-Cooper https://youtu.be/QPVNxYkawao?feature=shared
"The Impotance of Language when Talking about Transgenderism" by Julia Long https://youtu.be/MlwKCfB5FVs?feature=shared
"WOLF Encyclopedia of Bad Gender Arguments" https://womensliberationfront.org/encyclopedia-of-bad-gender-arguments , https://archive.ph/LavmG
"What ‘Because of Sex’ Really Means" by Garrett Epps (paywalled, but archived) https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/what-because-of-sex-really-means/613099/ , https://archive.ph/OFGti
"A New Way to Be Mad" by Carl Elliott (paywalled, but archived) https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/12/a-new-way-to-be-mad/304671/ , https://archive.ph/OsvZ6
"Biology is Not Bigotry" by Jerry A. Coyne https://freethoughtnow.org/biology-is-not-bigotry/ (original link, article deleted by Free Thought Now) , https://web.archive.org/web/20241227095242/
"On the Staniland Question" by William A. Ferguson https://williamaferguson.substack.com/p/on-the-staniland-question , https://archive.ph/WTC3X
"Anime and Gender Ideology" by Social Justice Wizard (via Linehan) https://grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/anime-and-gender-ideology , https://archive.ph/nmkGx
"Five Geek Social Fallacies" by Michael Suileabhain-Wilson https://plausiblydeniable.com/five-geek-social-fallacies/ , https://archive.ph/c2edS
“These Chains That Have No Name: Interview with Trans Widows Voices” by Donovan Cleckley https://www.womenarehuman.com/these-chains-that-have-no-name-interview-with-trans-widows-voices/ , https://archive.ph/35EMC
Children of Transitioners (Blog) https://childrenoftransitioners.org/ , https://archive.ph/Ytx4T
"Conservative Men in Conservative Dresses" by Amy Bloom https://childrenoftransitioners.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/consmenconsdresses-2-2.pdf , https://archive.ph/BTDSE
"Behind the Looking Glass" by Vaishnavi Sundar https://youtu.be/Frffv2sB8zE?feature=shared
"Domestic Abuse Related to Late-Transitioning Partners [AGP Males and Domestic Abuse], Part I: Coercive Control" by Dr. Em https://uncommongroundmedia.com/domestic-abuse-related-to-late-transitioning-partners-part-i-coercive-control/ , https://archive.ph/5JAAF
"Domestic Abuse Related to Late-Transitioning Partners [AGP Males and Domestic Abuse], Part II: Gaslighting & Patterns of Behaviour by Dr. Em https://uncommongroundmedia.com/domestic-abuse-related-to-late-transitioning-partners-part-ii-gaslighting-patterns-of-behaviour/ , https://archive.ph/VaZLy
"AGP Males and Domestic Abuse, Part III: Sexual Abuse" by Dr. Em https://uncommongroundmedia.com/agp-males-domestic-abuse-part-iii-sexual-abuse/ , https://archive.ph/hY4db
"AGP Males and Domestic Abuse, Part IV: Sissyfication and Submissive ‘Women’" by Dr. Em https://uncommongroundmedia.com/agp-males-and-domestic-abuse-part-iv-sissyfication-and-submissive-women/ , https://archive.ph/wlof4
"No Prisoners: Women and Children are Casualties in the Uncompromising Campaign Waged by Trans Activists" by Sandra Pertot https://www.genderclinicnews.com/p/no-prisoners , https://archive.ph/RYCLh
Radfem Hub Archives https://radicalhubarchives.wordpress.com/radical-perspectives-lots-of-links/#trans , https://archive.ph/UY5nJ
Ovarit List of Gender Critical Feminist Organizations/Groups https://ovarit.com/o/Activism/1819/list-of-gender-critical-feminist-organizations-groups
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ETA: Providing archived links where available. Whoever put in so much work getting these archived, thank you!
Sorry
Men in dresses will never NOT be ridiculous and funny. Especially your pervy friend
And I don’t see the insult to women, though I do see your intent to do so
Putting on women’s clothing just highlights how uncouth, ungraceful, un-everything that men are as compared to women. Even Janet Reno, who they joked looked like a man, looked professional and capable in a dress
It’s why women look good in mens or women’s clothing
In Tina Fey's memoir, she talked about how SNL's tendency to do this took big parts away from the few female cast members they used to have. You could have a female cast member do an actually accurate and funny impression, and she'd lose out to the guy not even putting effort into it.
The thing is, I think it could be funny sometimes. But a lot of the time it just felt so sexist. And that's not even what he cares about.
I don't know, Ricky Gervais and Dave Chappelle seem to be doing just fine...
Would it be gauche to call him a “beta cuck”?
Lmaooo! 😃😍
This is fucking hilarious..you did a terrific job!
Let's spread it far and wide!!
If he was really sorry, he'd apologize to Janet Reno's family instead of groveling to a bunch of drag queens who were never the butt of the joke
Exactly. To be honest, I do think he was making fun of men in dresses as well as ugly women. I don't believe he harbours a special hatred towards women that he's acting on. I just don't think he really cares. Like most people, he believes on a deep, semi-conscious level, that men deserve more kindness, compassion and attention than men and are "more human." It isn't malice-based on his part, at least I don't think so. He just doesn't care enough about women as complete human beings for it to matter to him if it doesn't affect men he cares about and whose feelings he cares about.