One of the interesting things about any faith-based subculture is the specific cultic language invented to express the identity and shared experiences of adherents.-GallusMag - 2/21/11
Clearly GallusMag is completely unfamiliar with the incoherent scribblings of Mary Daly, pioneering voice of transphobic feminism, and one of FCM's favourite authors. Compared to Daly, the language used to describe trans experiences are downright mundane. Take for example this quote from just her introduction to her work Quintessence:
My Voyage into The Fourth Spiral Galaxy of ‘Outercourse’ brought me to the point of Dis-covering yet an Other Galaxy. As a consequence of my arrival in an Expanding Now/Present, the Way Opened for me to Leap into an Expanding Here/Presence. Moving more deeply into the Background Realms, I was ready to begin Spiraling into The Fifth Spiral GalaxyYou see all those needlessly capitalized words?
Each.
And.
Every.
One.
is a word or phrase with a meaning devised exclusively by her and typically only vaguely defined at a single instance in her prior works. Many radfems these days adopt some of her words and reinvention of the english language with hardly a second thought.
In fact, feminism is drowning in words and ideas invented and reconstructed by them. Patriarchy, Kyriarchy, rape culture, womyn, dudely, (en)pornulated, and many gender-neutral pronouns are uniquely feminist (re)inventions, just to name a few. Hell, the word "feminism" itself was a neologism. Its no wonder most people find it inaccessible.
This is not to say it is necessarily a bad thing to revise language to describe your experiences, but if you accuse us of being a "faith-based subculture" with "cultic language," you are best suited considering how that criticism might apply to yourself.
Hi there, interesting post. I like and agree with some (rad)feminism, but see holes and limitations in it too. Some things make total sense, while other things make my brain bleed.
ReplyDeleteAlso, LOL@another post of yours where you said:
"I am saddened that there are not really any other transphobic radfems focusing on FTMs.
This is really an untapped well of glorious idiocy."
Dirt is a one of a kind! I do quite like her writing style, and she's nothing if not dedicated, even when she makes no sense and/or contradicts herself.