Entering the archive of second‐wave trans feminist print culture: the journal of male feminism

Cousens, Emily (2023) Entering the archive of second‐wave trans feminist print culture: the journal of male feminism. Gender and History. ISSN 0953-5233

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Abstract

Common stories of second-wave feminism equate the period either explicitly or by reference to its presumed biological essentialism, with trans-exclusionary feminism. This article deep-dives into issues published between 1977 and 1979 of the Journal of Male Feminism, an underground newsletter for a predominantly North American-based male-to-female (M-T-F) cross-dressing community. It argues that these texts contain a rich set of theoretical resources and nuanced perspectives on sex and gender developed by trans people in the 1970s and therefore deserve to be read as part of an expanded canon of second-wave feminism.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14680424
Additional Information:	© 2023 The Author(s).
Divisions:	Media and Communications
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary History H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	16 May 2023 23:26
Last Modified:	19 Dec 2024 00:50
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/119209

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