Cissexism in Radical Publications

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For all you folks involved in radical activism, I wanted to point out some egregious nonsense recently published in the most recent Slingshot Collective newspaper. You might want to give this a read before purchasing a 2013 Slingshot Organizer or subscribing to the newspaper.

( Cut for lots and lots of cissexism, and a fair bit of sarcasm in response. )

I know this kind of cissexism pops up everywhere and it's often better to just ignore it. But considering this came from a publication that carries weight in lots of anti-oppressive spaces, I think it's worth being aware of.

Dysphoria felt as presence or absence?

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I was just wondering how different people experience different aspects of bodily dysphoria: as the presence of something you don't want or the absence of something you do want, or both or neither?

For example, I definitely felt dysphoric about the presence of breasts, rather than the absence of a male chest. Whereas my dysphoria about my general body shape (hips and shoulders etc) is not felt as particularly a presence or an absence, but just wanting it different.

I know that sometimes ignorant people imagine mtf lower surgery as "Getting it chopped off", as if female genitalia is simply the absence of a penis, and this intersects with sexism in that often women are seen as men with missing bits. It's a conversation I've been having with a few people, and I'd like to hear some other views on it.