And Even More
Just a quick addition today! I’m all ranted out for the moment, lucky people you.
So, a nonpology around the original incident that caused this has appeared. That’s my opinion of it anyway. For a more detailed and angry response than I can currently muster, my personal favorite so far is geopunk’s.
And also, if you want a very well written, non ranting explanation of how othering works and how the cis~ words fit into destabilising this, then I really highly recommend this one. It’s quite excellent and has easy to understand tables and examples. There is even less excuse left now!
[EDIT] There is a very interesting and generally well tempered debate going on in the comments of the apology post, it must be said.
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I’m not as loud as I think I am — thank you for calling my essay well written, and for linking to it; I was startled by the “non ranting” label, because the whole time I was writing it I worried that I was ranting too much. (I’d better get my rant-guage calibrated. I may be overcautious.)
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Most welcome, I really enjoyed both the manner and the accesible way you dealt with the subject. I think ranting is always hard to self calibrate!