OPINION: I was a woke activist but fake feminists just canceled me for speaking this truth
Kara Dansky and Lierre Keith discuss why they, self-described 'radical feminists,' support Republicans' bill that would ban transgender women from competing against females.Fifteen years ago, I was living in a queer commune and calling myself"Sebastian." I spent hours on message boards angrily defending the queer theory belief that"gender" is a"performance.
My thoughtcrime? Saying in public that humans can’t change sex, and that performing gender surgery on kids is"butchery." Within the worldview I’d adopted, every form of commitment, stability, and structure felt oppressive. I wanted a world completely without power and authority. I tried to create that world and live authentically in it.
Above all I should not be expected to limit myself to being a mom. The feminists of the"having it all" era taught me that doing so would be evidence of my oppression—or maybe just my lack of ambition. To be"just a mom" was a kind of failure.After my daughter was born, though, I realized it wasn’t that simple. First, I learned that"independence" and"freedom" don’t really compute when you’re pregnant.
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