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Gender

Neither Cis nor TERF

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For radical feminists, gender is understood as not merely a subjective internal sense of self; patriarchal gender norms are a product of culture, imposed on people and limiting everyone’s humanity.      by Robert Jensen / Feminist Current I am routinely described as cisgender (defined as people whose internal sense of gender identity matches their biological … Continue reading Neither Cis nor TERF →
Gender

The Art of Avoiding Definitions: A Review of “Trans*: A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variability”

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“Trans*: A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variability” aims to clarify, but succeeds only in highlighting the lack of clarity which dominates transgender theory.      by Robert Jensen / Feminist Current “Let me define the terms, and I’ll win any debate,” a friend told me years ago, an insight I’ve seen confirmed many times … Continue reading The Art of Avoiding Definitions: A Review of “Trans*: A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variability” →
Human Supremacy

Life Without Limits: The Delusions of Technological Fundamentalism

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Featured image: Real freedom is not found in the quest to escape limits but in deepening our understanding of our place in a world with limits. EATCUTE / GETTY IMAGES     by Robert Jensen In a routinely delusional world, what is the most dangerous delusion? Living in the United States, I’m tempted to focus on the … Continue reading Life Without Limits: The Delusions of Technological Fundamentalism →
White Supremacy

When Will the United States Transcend White Supremacy?

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Featured image:  majka czapski/flickr/cc      by Robert Jensen / Common Dreams Now that the violence in Charlottesville has forced “white supremacy” into our political vocabulary, let’s ask an uncomfortable question: “When will the United States transcend white supremacy?” My question isn’t, “What should we do about the overt white supremacists who, emboldened by Trumpism’s success, … Continue reading When Will the United States Transcend White Supremacy? →
Rape Culture, Repression at Home

Professor Watchlist fails in reasoned argument

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     by Robert Jensen From a “critique” of my work on the latest Professor Watchlist, I learned that I’m a threat to my students for contending that we won’t end men’s violence against women “if we do not address the toxic notions about masculinity in patriarchy … rooted in control, conquest, aggression.” That quote … Continue reading Professor Watchlist fails in reasoned argument →
Gender

Some Basic Propositions about Sex, Gender, and Patriarchy

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New Books Highlight the Debate between Radical Feminism and Transgender Movement      by Robert Jensen Within feminism there has been for decades an often divisive debate about transgenderism. With increasing mainstream news media and pop culture attention focused on the issue, understanding that feminist debate is more important than ever. Two new feminist books … Continue reading Some Basic Propositions about Sex, Gender, and Patriarchy →
Gender

Is The Ideology Of The Transgender Movement Open To Debate?

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By Robert Jensen / Voice Male Magazine A few weeks after I had published online a critique of the ideology of the trans movement, I was at lunch with a friend who has long been part of various movements for racial, economic, and gender justice and works as a diversity coordinator at a nearby university. The meeting … Continue reading Is The Ideology Of The Transgender Movement Open To Debate? →
Gender, Rape Culture

Robert Jensen: Feminism Unheeded

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Robert Jensen / Nation of Change For the past year, the media have been full of discussions of the endemic sexual violence in the contemporary United States, while at the same time pop culture has been celebrating the new visibility of the transgender movement. Both of these cases — which many take to be feminist … Continue reading Robert Jensen: Feminism Unheeded →
Gender, Women & Radical Feminism

Deep Green Resistance In Support of Robert Jensen

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Deep Green Resistance condemns in the strongest possible terms the decision of Monkeywrench Books in Austin, Texas to cut ties with activist Robert Jensen. Robert has received a massive amount of criticism recently for his article “Some Basic Propositions About Sex, Gender and Patriarchy”, in which he makes public his support for women. That so … Continue reading Deep Green Resistance In Support of Robert Jensen →
The Problem: Civilization, Culture of Resistance, Strategy & Analysis

The Future Must Be Green, Red, Black and Female

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The human species must acknowledge that any future that allows us to retain our humanity will jettison capitalism, patriarchy and white supremacy – and be based on an ecological worldview, says Jensen. (These remarks were prepared for a private conference on sustainability, where the participants critiqued corporate farming, “big ag,” and “big pharma” and industrialized … Continue reading The Future Must Be Green, Red, Black and Female →