Whipping Girl av Julia Serano

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<p><b>Newly revised and updated, this classic manifesto is "a foundational text for anyone hoping to understand transgender politics and culture in the U.S. today" (NPR)</b><br><br><b>*Named as one of 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of All Time by <i>Ms.</i> Magazine*</b><br><br>A landmark of trans and feminist nonfiction, <i>Whipping Girl</i> is Julia Serano''s indispensable account of what it means to be a transgender woman in a world that consistently derides and belittles anything feminine. In a series of incisive essays, Serano draws on gender theory, her training as a biologist, her career in queer activism, and her own experiences before and after her gender transition to examine the deep connections between sexism and transphobia. She coins the term <i>transmisogyny </i>to describe the specific discrimination trans women face-and she shows how, in a world where masculinity is seen as unquestionably superior to femininity, transgender women''s very existence becomes a threat to the e