A review of Boys Don’t Cry: “In the film, Brandon is accurately shown as being a lesbian who is uncomfortable with her biological sex. Boys Don’t Cry shows a realistic issue with Brandon lying to Lana about actually being a woman.” I don’t know where to start….
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Erika Turner Woah.11 hours ago · Like -
Skylar Seward ???11 hours ago · Like -
Elise Hendrick ”a lesbian who is uncomfortable with her biological sex” – ummm, wouldn’t that just be a rather long and awkward way to say “a straight trans man”?10 hours ago · Like ·
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Katrina Rose Janice Raymond is taking your class?10 hours ago · Like · 2 -
Castelia Dannae Mercer Woah. No idea where to start either. I wish it was appropriate (or even at all helpful) to just write “NO” across the paper and hand it back. I just… no.8 hours ago · Like · 3 -
Kaden Taylor Ouch. That just hurts, in so many offensive ways.7 hours ago · Like -
Arden Eli Hill failure (refusal) to understand! sigh7 hours ago · Like -
Arden Eli Hill On a redemptive? note. Your student’s view was once my own when I was a 17yr old dyke. In retrospect, it was my internalized transphobia and difficulty existing as a queer woman (duh cause I’m a trans/GQ guy!) that gave me such a warped perspective. Perhaps a “we use the words/pronouns people use as a sign of respect” and a “you can discuss how the movie portrays Brandon vs how he described himself” conversation will help along with an opportunity to re-vision.7 hours ago · Like
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You think I just don't understand, but I don't believe you. 
Time to start building the female Maginot Line.
Teena Brandon = Coercively Assigned Trans
Biologically assigned sex is a misnomer to some degree. One isn’t assigned a biological sex which implies changing it. One is a biological sex or has an intersex condition. However we are assigned a gender. And it seems that in this case a gender has been assigned. Hooray *eyeroll*
I would think that taking a (portion of a) student’s paper and posting it on your FB in order to ridicule them/their ideas would be at the very least a screaming breech of ethics.
(Interestingly, I had a prof belittle one of my papers in much the same way: Tell me what I want to hear, NOT what YOU think you stupid bitch. At least it was in the privacy of her office and not all over the fucking internet – am I supposed to feel lucky now???)
Trans are fond of baptizing dead people as trans, much like the Mormons.
It’s extremely unprofessional to mock your students on the internet. I’d be terribly hurt and embarrassed to see my teacher gossipping about my work on Facebook! Too bad it’s too late in the semester for the student to drop the class.
Did it ever occur to you, Ruby, that Teena was in love with a girl; had NO exposure to Lesbian/gay culture or community, and like many of us in those days in isolation–ME, for one–thought that meant she had to be a boy? Just wasn’t up with the most current terminology–whaich changes from day to day in the academic world–and this student reviewer was EXACTLY RIGHT?
Who is the bigot, here–sounds like it’s YOU. YOU.
Sincerely
Kitty Barber
pardon the spelling of ‘which.’
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1997/01/13/1997_01_13_044_TNY_CARDS_000376564
Yes, revisionism.
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