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A review by stevia333k
Burn the Binary!: Selected Writings on the Politics of Trans, Genderqueer and Nonbinary by Riki Anne Wilchins
5.0
I want to actually give this book 4 stars, but it made the point repeatedly that "good x/bad x is anti-x" plus it articulated a lot of what I went thru as a trans kid who took the NC of GNC quite seriously. For me treating TGNC as separate terms based on whether it's reflexive -se or transitive -le, is important. The TSER gender unicorn is amazing.
But to put my notes here: it seems back in Riki's day they didn't focus so much on consent & autonomy. They focused more on what do all of these victims have in common as opposed to asking why do attackers attack. So was it more victim blamey? Sure, but they were working with what they had. Getting that framework however will be important for dealing with the policing problems.
Also regarding policing problems, Part 2 had a lot of essays that hit home. Like I was triggered into grief & panic attacks because I had lived this. I was one of those kids like that 2012 Kindergartener but my parents & schools were unsupportive. They blamed my gender on the TV & my sister, so that sense of vanguard was griefy but I sure got hope from that back in 2013ish so.
I'll edit this perhaps later, but yeah, even though we have a generation gap, this was helpful & healing like being at a support group talking with trans people.
But to put my notes here: it seems back in Riki's day they didn't focus so much on consent & autonomy. They focused more on what do all of these victims have in common as opposed to asking why do attackers attack. So was it more victim blamey? Sure, but they were working with what they had. Getting that framework however will be important for dealing with the policing problems.
Also regarding policing problems, Part 2 had a lot of essays that hit home. Like I was triggered into grief & panic attacks because I had lived this. I was one of those kids like that 2012 Kindergartener but my parents & schools were unsupportive. They blamed my gender on the TV & my sister, so that sense of vanguard was griefy but I sure got hope from that back in 2013ish so.
I'll edit this perhaps later, but yeah, even though we have a generation gap, this was helpful & healing like being at a support group talking with trans people.