This is a really great dissection of Patir's work and the intersections of imperial zionism and white cis feminism. But I am slightly confused and disappointed by your pithy comment the 'ideology of transgenderism'. Trans people are under grave threat right now and the policing of gender performance and people's bodies is directly tied to the rise in fascism and oppressive governments. Maybe I misread it, but transgenderism is a dog whistle term for transphobic beliefs. Can I ask why you would make that comment in an otherwise nuanced and thought through essay?
Hi! Thanks for your comment. Maybe it doesn't come through in the sentence but I was trying to make a joke about why so many of my trans friends are jewish. Kind of repurposing the word that anti-trans people use to describe us.
This is a really great dissection of Patir's work and the intersections of imperial zionism and white cis feminism. But I am slightly confused and disappointed by your pithy comment the 'ideology of transgenderism'. Trans people are under grave threat right now and the policing of gender performance and people's bodies is directly tied to the rise in fascism and oppressive governments. Maybe I misread it, but transgenderism is a dog whistle term for transphobic beliefs. Can I ask why you would make that comment in an otherwise nuanced and thought through essay?
Hi! Thanks for your comment. Maybe it doesn't come through in the sentence but I was trying to make a joke about why so many of my trans friends are jewish. Kind of repurposing the word that anti-trans people use to describe us.
Thanks for clarifying! I thought that might be the case with the rest of the piece but it just jarred me.