GIRLS OWN THE VOID: Trans Women, Alienation, and Metastability (Patreon)

Girls Own the Void: Trans Women, Alienation, and Metastability

How do you feel safe in a life that can end at any moment, for no reason? Help some trans women today: Taking What We Need, a community group that funds trans women's living expenses: https://gofund.me/ed53d920 Help a trans woman get surgery: https://gofund.me/6f30c158 Margaux's transition fund: https://gofund.me/aa0767a8 Help trans woman fund surgery: https://gofund.me/230d8426 Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/lily_lxndr Twitter: https://twitter.com/lily_lxndr Sources & further reading: False vacuum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_vacuum_decay "The Hardest Part of Getting My Tubes Tied Was Making Doctors Take Me Seriously": https://www.vice.com/en/article/xwzexq/the-hardest-part-of-getting-my-tubes-tied-was-making-doctors-take-me-seriously Ray Blanchard: https://quillette.com/2019/11/06/what-is-autogynephilia-an-interview-with-dr-ray-blanchard/ Trans employment/poverty stats: https://theconversation.com/what-the-supreme-courts-decision-on-lgbt-employment-discrimination-will-mean-for-transgender-americans-140878 Trans suicide attempt rate: https://www.transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/resources/NTDS_Report.pdf "4 Ways That Call-Out Culture Fails Trans Women (And Therefore, All of Us)": https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/10/call-out-culture-fails-trans-women/ 0:00 The false vacuum 5:37 A role to fill 9:40 (Mis)constructing womanhood 15:41 Why are we so vulnerable? 18:29 Coercion & violence 21:16 Traumatic relationship to conflict 25:44 The true vacuum