Whipping Girl

writer, performer and activist Julia Serano's blog! most posts will focus on gender & sexuality; trans, queer & feminist politics; music & performance; and other stuff that interests or concerns me. find out more about my various creative endeavors at juliaserano.com

Thursday, June 7, 2012

The Biggest Quake: New thinking on the San Francisco AIDS epidemic

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Laura Jane Grace and coming out as trans in the public eye

So about once every year or two, somebody comes out as trans in a rather high profile way. Two years ago it was Chaz Bono. Before that there...

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Justice for Brandy

So a few days ago, a trans woman of color was murdered in my neighborhood, just a few blocks from my apartment. There has been scant media c...

Thursday, April 19, 2012

my Ms. Magazine blog article on Trans Feminism

So some of you may already be aware of this, but yesterday my article " Trans Feminism: There’s No Conundrum About It " appeared o...

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

julia update April 2012!

in this julia update: 1) Girl Talk 2012 videos! 2) upcoming San Francisco shows!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Trans-misogyny primer

[Subsequent Note: This primer now appears as a chapter in my third book Outspoken: A Decade of Transgender Activism and Trans Feminism . For...

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Julia @ Southern Oregon University!

So on April 5th I will be speaking at Southern Oregon University on the topic of Intersections of Feminism, Queer and Trans Politics. A Face...

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Come to the "Girl Talk" pre-show mixer Thursday @ 6pm!

Hey " Girl Talk: A Trans & Cis Woman Dialogue " ticket holders: We (the co-curators of Girl Talk) are throwing a mixer just ...

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Girl Talk tickets selling like hotcakes!!!

Hey folks, a quick reminder to purchase your tickets for Girl Talk 2012: a Trans & Cis Woman Dialogue *as soon as possible*, as over hal...

Thursday, February 16, 2012

ways to pass time when you have pneumonia...

sleep. eat, or not eat. (mostly the latter.) fondly reminisce about oxygen. make up lots jokes along the lines of “Oh my god I can *no...

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

announcing Girl Talk 2012: a Trans & Cis Woman Dialogue

Hey folks, so over the weekend the official Girl Talk 2012: a Trans & Cis Woman Dialogue details were announced! Here is the official Fa...

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Upcoming queer trans women & cis women events!

First, SF Bay Area folks, save the date: On Thursday, March 29th, me & my co-curators Gina de Vries and Elena Rose will be presenting th...

Femme conference call for submissions

Hi folks, just figured I would pass this along, as some folks who follow my blog might be interested. It is a press release from the Femme 2...

Monday, January 2, 2012

Adjustments (a 2011 personal retrospective)

Happy new year everyone! So back in the early fall of 2010, I set a goal for myself: I promised myself that I would finish writing my (cur...

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Ten years ago today...

So I have been a bit lax with regards to blogging lately. After a bunch of September and October posts, I became swamped with a number of ou...

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

julia events update november 2011

Hi folks, I hope this update finds you well! So like I said in my last update, I have a veritable slew of events (both SF Bay Area & o...

Monday, October 17, 2011

two upcoming events!

hi all, for those interested in catching my readings, performances and/or presentations, you may be in luck, as I have two out-of-town colle...

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Seeking quotes from queer women who partner with trans women and/or cis men

As a bisexual femme-identified trans woman, I have long been interested in (and concerned by) how the borders of queer women’s communities ...

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

My adventures in sexology (plus a Call for Submissions!)

My life has taken a number of interesting turns over the last ten years. And I am not talking about my transition here - if you would have t...

Monday, September 26, 2011

WPATH releases new Standards of Care

Over the weekend I received an email from the group TransActive that announced the WPATH (aka, the World Professional Association for Trans...

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About Me

-julia: Julia Serano is an Oakland, California-based writer, performer, speaker, and biologist. She is the author of the recent book "Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive" (Seal Press, 2013). Her first book "Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity" (Seal Press, 2007) has been used as teaching materials in gender studies, queer studies, social studies, human sexuality and psychology courses across North America.

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