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, September 8, 2016

Julia update: new writings, upcoming events, & Patreon!

So yesterday I sent out my latest email update. In it, I discuss: 1) new articles 2) Patreon 3) upcoming events 4) consider bringing me...

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Detransition, Desistance, and Disinformation (a follow up)

If you aren't aware of it already, last week I published an essay called Detransition, Desistance, and Disinformation: A Guide for Under...

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Activism, Language, and Differences of Opinion (a compilation of essays)

[note: The essays compiled here were written between 2012–2016. My more recent writings on these and related topics are collected in Call-...

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Introducing Kat Cataclysm (aka, my fiction)

My most recent email update came out a couple weeks ago - you can read it here . (& to get future updates, please sign up for my email l...

Thursday, May 5, 2016

The Antioch Review Publishes Transphobic Article; Here's What Happens Next

So this has been a big story on my social media feed today. For those not in the know, here is a summary of what happened: 1) The academic...

Moving Beyond the Cisgender Actor/Transgender Character Meme

Earlier this week I published a new piece on Medium entitled Expanding Trans Media Representation: Why Transgender Actors Should Be Cast in...

Monday, April 25, 2016

Excerpt from Whipping Girl Second Edition

As some of you may have heard, the Second Edition of my first book, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of F...

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Touring with Sister Spit!

Hey folks, starting tomorrow (aka, Friday) I will be on tour with the legendary spoken word troupe Sister Spit ! Other artists include Jezeb...

Monday, March 7, 2016

Whipping Girl Second Edition is out this week!

The second edition of my first book, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity , is officially relea...

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Julia update: Whipping Girl 2nd edition, Sister Spit 2016, future releases, and more!

So yesterday I sent out my latest email update . In it, I discuss: 1) Whipping Girl 2nd edition is here! 2) March 2016 tour dates (includ...

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

placing Ken Zucker's clinic in historical context

Note added March 28, 2021: Five years after it was published, this post is receiving renewed attention in the wake of Jesse Singal's rec...

Thursday, January 7, 2016

I’m discontinuing comments on my blog. Here’s why...

So as the title plainly states, I plan to deactivate the comments section of my blog posts moving forward. (Previously posted comments will...

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Julia update: new books for 2016!

So yesterday I sent out my latest email update . In it, I discuss: 1) Whipping Girl 2nd edition to be released in March 2016! 2) my 3rd b...

Michelle Goldberg's relentless anti-trans bias

People are asking me to respond to the latest Michelle Goldberg article , wherein she paints transgender activism as this horrible activist ...

Monday, November 16, 2015

Critiquing the "Political Correctness Run Amok" Meme (yet again)

For those of you who may have missed it, last week I wrote another article critiquing the recent and increasing trend of anti-"politica...

Friday, September 11, 2015

Julia Serano on Judith Butler

Note added in 2021: In the years subsequent to this essay being published, Judith Butler has come out as nonbinary and now uses they/them p...

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

consider bringing Julia Serano out to your college 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...

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Regarding Trans* and Transgenderism

Last year, in the second half of my piece A Personal History of the “T-word” (and some more general reflections on language and activism) ,...

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Regarding "Political Correctness" (my first post on Medium)

Those of you who have read my book Excluded (particularly the last chapter, "Balancing Acts") know that I have long been concerne...

Monday, July 13, 2015

The real "autogynephilia deniers"

Note: updated links and additional entries were added to this post in October, 2019. A more thorough review of autogynephilia theory and the...

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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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