I know that a lot of feminist fears about the trans movement have been, "Wait, we never got to the part where we focus on women! We tried for a minute, but we don't want to lose the category all of a sudden. We haven't heard yet from the females with children called mothers, we haven't heard yet from all these groups!" On the one hand I'm very sympathetic to that, but the category of Women or Mothers, any of these categories, are on shifting sands and always have been.
I feel excited in that I think boys born to feminists have a leg up. At least, the ones I've met seem like they do. There's something really vital ab… - Maggie Nelson
I feel excited in that I think boys born to feminists have a leg up. At least, the ones I've met seem like they do. There's something really vital ab…
- Maggie Nelson
In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of. - Maggie Nelson
In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.
Our kids just aren't living in the same generation, and if they're not introduced to gender identity as a problem, they won't internalize them as a p… - Maggie Nelson
Our kids just aren't living in the same generation, and if they're not introduced to gender identity as a problem, they won't internalize them as a p…
I have been trying, for some time now, to find dignity in my loneliness. I have been finding this hard to do. It is easier, of course, to find dignit… - Maggie Nelson
I have been trying, for some time now, to find dignity in my loneliness. I have been finding this hard to do. It is easier, of course, to find dignit…
Whenever you get involved with talking about rights, you're talking about being a citizen. You're talking about being a citizen in capitalism; you're… - Maggie Nelson
Whenever you get involved with talking about rights, you're talking about being a citizen. You're talking about being a citizen in capitalism; you're…
I love language. It doesn't bother me that its effects are partial. To me that is very sanity-producing. It would be weird if the effects of language… - Maggie Nelson
I love language. It doesn't bother me that its effects are partial. To me that is very sanity-producing. It would be weird if the effects of language…
For to wish to forget how much you loved someone-- and then, to actually forget-- can feel, at times, like the slaughter of a beautiful bird who chos… - Maggie Nelson
For to wish to forget how much you loved someone-- and then, to actually forget-- can feel, at times, like the slaughter of a beautiful bird who chos…
I don't think there's any formula for what makes great art. - Maggie Nelson
I don't think there's any formula for what makes great art.
Is it exciting to have a codified identity, which then gets a codified set of rights and recognitions and visibility? Are we supposed to take it from… - Maggie Nelson
Is it exciting to have a codified identity, which then gets a codified set of rights and recognitions and visibility? Are we supposed to take it from…
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