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Transphobia and Miscegenation – Won’t Somebody Think of the (Cis-gendered) Children

September 29, 2014February 7, 2019

My first ever op-ed was published in the Minneapolis/ St. Paul Star Tribune. It was in 2006 and on the use of medieval rhetoric to talk about modern problems in the Middle East, a situation that continues today. Over the weekend, the Star Tribune published this full-page ad raising the worst kind of fear-mongering about transgendered … Continue ReadingTransphobia and Miscegenation – Won’t Somebody Think of the (Cis-gendered) Children

Disclaimers and Stereotypes

July 24, 2014February 7, 2019

I’m interested in disclaimers in comedy, as well as offensive language and its permutations more generally (see here and here). In general, I argue that the speaker doesn’t get to control whether or not something is offensive. The speaker only controls whether or not he/she cares. Right now, I’ve got a piece working on comedy, disability, … Continue ReadingDisclaimers and Stereotypes