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

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

julia update april 2013

hello, here is a quick update regarding some upcoming presentations and performances that I will be doing:

Monday, March 18, 2013

upcoming Julia college/university appearances!

Hello! Here is a quickie message about some upcoming out of town presentations I will be doing over the next month:

Thursday, March 7, 2013

FAAB-mentality

[A revamped version of this essay now appears as a chapter in my third book Outspoken: A Decade of Transgender Activism and Trans Feminism ]...

Monday, January 14, 2013

I'll be giving a presentation tomorrow (1-15-13) at Stanford Universiy

Hey folks, for those who are (relatively) local, I will be giving a presentation at Stanford University tomorrow (Jan. 15th)! It is a varian...

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Follow up on DSM-still-considers-trans-folks-"disordered" post

First, thanks to everyone re-tweeted, re-posted, shared links, and commented on my Trans people still “disordered” according to latest DSM ...

Monday, December 3, 2012

Trans people still “disordered” according to latest DSM

[This essay has recently been revamped (with additional material!) as a chapter in my third book Outspoken: A Decade of Transgender Activi...

Monday, November 19, 2012

Bisexuality and Binaries Revisited

[note added 8-1-13: The following piece will be included in my next book, Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive , w...

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

julia update November 2012

hey folks! just a quick update about a flurry of upcoming events I have! 1) San Francisco reading Wednesday (tomorrow/today) November 7th....

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Making Feminist, Queer and Trans Movements More Genuinely Inclusive

Hello! So news about this upcoming event (a reading I am giving) has been getting around on Facebook. But for those who haven't seen it,...

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Thoughts on the election and “Romnesia”

So it probably won’t surprise too many people that I will be voting for Obama in this year’s election. Like a lot of progressive...

Saturday, September 22, 2012

julia update September 2012

in this update: 1) consider bringing julia out to your campus! 2) julia will be speaking/performing in Peterborough, Ontario next weekend...

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

consider bringing Julia Serano out to your campus!

So a new academic year has begun, and as always, I am looking forward to having the opportunity to speak/perform at various colleges & u...

Friday, July 27, 2012

going to Dore Alley Street Fair? consider volunteering on behalf of Girl Talk!

So as many of you know, I am one of the co-curators of the recurring show Girl Talk: A Trans and Cis Woman Dialogue . I just received the fo...

Monday, July 16, 2012

videos of Biggest Quake: New thinking on the San Francisco AIDS epidemic

So as I mentioned in a previous blog post , last month I had the honor of reading in Kirk Read's show Biggest Quake: New thinking on the...

Sunday, July 1, 2012

the Fully Functional Cabaret!

Happy Sunday! I just wanted to let folks know about what looks to be a *spectacular* show taking place in San Francisco next weekend. It...

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!

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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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