ive been reading a book that basically explains how so-called “brain differences” between the genders is the result of gendered socialization and not the cause of it. i honestly expected the book to be very cis-centric but its actually the opposite, the author stresses that testimony from trans ppl is actually indispensable because we’ve, in a sense, “lived both experiences”
more cis feminists should have this mindset
one of the first examples that she uses to introduce her point about how perception by others can shape a person’s performance actually uses a trans woman. it explains that as a certain trans woman became to be seen as a woman more and more frequently, the ppl arond her eventually started viewing her as being ill equipped for tasks that they did not bother her about pre-transition. eventually she even found herself underperforming in these tasks herself.
whats the name of the book
Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine
I knew it was this book before I’d finished reading the first two lines. Honestly this book is indispensible if you want to debunk any gender determinism people claim is science. I can’t recommend it enough.
She’s written a new one! It won the Royal Society prize for science book of the year, and it’s called Testosterone Rex, and it is excellent.
(Bonus: it’s making old white men really really mad.)
(Bonus bonus: I am myself a neuroscientist, and the old white men mentioned above – who are not – could not have missed the point harder if they’d actively tried. Which. Maybe?)
Cordelia Fine’s books are amazing!
As a trans neruobiologist her books have pretty much put into words what myself and other trans people have been pointing out for ages.
I got a chance to hear her speak about her latest book; Testosterone Rex at the start of the year at my uni, which was just as amazing as her books are.
Etiqueta: book rec
Hey why is no one on here talking about Dread Nation?
You know, the zombie YA book that just came out, the one where the Civil War was interrupted by the dead rising, the one with the amazing black girl lead and a host of incredible black supporting characters, it’s got disabled rep and bi rep and what could definitely be read as ace rep, you get to watch two girls become allies and friends, it’s so intense I literally could not put it down, and it uses the horror elements to really examine racism and colonialism, as opposed to using the speculative element to gloss over them like a lot of historical horror or fantasy tends to do. It talks about residential schools, too, which is the first time I’ve seen them even mentioned in a book not written by a First Nations person, tbh.
Y’all, you need to go pick up this book.
It has a message that transcends time, multiple messages on immigration, racism, ignorance, intolerance, sexism, sexuality, I cna go on. It has a rich, colorful and historically accurate setting. It does not ignore the complex layers of history present from the technologically advanced eastern cities, to the western frontier, to fur trappers in the north.
Please read this beautiful book!
Read Dread Nation!
More reasons! I could talk about this book all day!
Also every minor character you see is given depth and care! Gosh I love it.
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