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In August of 1966, a riot broke out at Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District when a transgender woman reportedly threw a cup of coffee in the face of her arresting officer (Stryker, 2008, p. 151). This historic moment of resistance took place at the “intersection of several broad issues that continue to be of concern today … [including] discriminatory policing practices in minority communities” (p. 152). Transgender women, gender non-conforming people

How often do you actually sit down and think about the technology you use everyday? I certainly never used to. I would watch TV, flip through Instagram, and mindlessly scroll TikTok without a care in the world. Sarah Ahmed is a feminist philosopher and activist whose feminist / social justice killjoy framework is greatly concerned with our capacity to notice the world around us, to recognize and call out injustice, and to engage in the world more critically and joyfully as a

What are TERFs? Well, let’s start with what a TERF is NOT . A TERF is not someone who believes in full equality for all people. A “non-radical” feminist will believe that all people, no matter their sex, gender, sexual orientation, race, or ethnicity should have equal rights. Feminists believe that all people should be allowed in all spaces. A TERF does not believe this. TERF stands for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist. A TERF believes strongly in biology regarding se

Normally, one would think that TERFs (trans-exclusionary radical feminists) and tradwives would be completely different, but that is not the case! TERFs and tradwives are actually quite similar in their beliefs. Tradwives, the same as TERFs, believe in gender binary. This means that both groups believe that there are only two “genders” (or sexes as they refer to them) and that your biology determines which gender/sex you are. Additionally, both TERFs and tradwives believe