Comments on: Not Just Amanda Simpson http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2010/01/08/not-just-amanda-simpson/ helen boyd's journal of gender & trans issues Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:17:33 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Grace.Annam http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2010/01/08/not-just-amanda-simpson/comment-page-1/#comment-63081 Grace.Annam Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:37:28 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=9630#comment-63081 Thank you, Helen. I went back and forth on whether to make that point, and as I sit down to try to make it in a good way, you're there ahead of me. Grace Thank you, Helen. I went back and forth on whether to make that point, and as I sit down to try to make it in a good way, you’re there ahead of me.

Grace

]]> By: helenboyd http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2010/01/08/not-just-amanda-simpson/comment-page-1/#comment-63076 helenboyd Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:34:00 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=9630#comment-63076 I just wanted to clarify, as I've been taken to task for laying the blame on Simpson herself, that I was NOT blaming her, or even NCTE, for "sucking all the air out of the room." The attention being paid Simpson is a result of people's prurient bullshit - as demonstrated by that "joke" on Letterman - a la Julia Serano's critiques of the way trans women are portrayed in media. Much more to say, but for now, just wanted to be clear. I just wanted to clarify, as I’ve been taken to task for laying the blame on Simpson herself, that I was NOT blaming her, or even NCTE, for “sucking all the air out of the room.”

The attention being paid Simpson is a result of people’s prurient bullshit – as demonstrated by that “joke” on Letterman – a la Julia Serano’s critiques of the way trans women are portrayed in media.

Much more to say, but for now, just wanted to be clear.

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