Once More Unto The Breach
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Maddie
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November 10, 2009
Further to my last entry, Elana is continuing to fight a good fight on Feministing with this post. I seriously doubt I will comment, I’m not even sure I want to read the comments that much once it gets going. But kudos, Elana, for a very, very, pertinent and well made point. And for continuing to be prepared to fight that amount of transphobic bigotry.
[Update - 11/11/09]
Since posting gossip analysis about a popular US television programme is clearly more important to the Feministing editors, than, ya know, actually saying anything or doing anything other than completely killing trans subjects through comment asphixiation, I’d say they clearly aren’t serious enough about trans issues. Meh, sadly not really much of a surprise.
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It seems that feministing has started a new policy where any post regarding transgender issues are being moderated, meaning that every individual comment has to be approved before it goes up. It has helped quite a bit, though it hasn’t fixed the problem entirely.
Of course, the feministing staff haven’t actually said anything about why they are doing this.
So I’ve gathered, Elana. I think at this point it is this lack of a statement that is becoming the biggest issue for me. If they know there is a problem, why are thay saying nothing, still?