Question
A book about this submovement argues for a middle ground between essentialist and pure social constructivist views of gender and observes that aspects of homophobia arise from “oppositional sexism.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this submovement of Julia Serano’s 2007 essay collection Whipping Girl. The activist group The Menace inspired Emi Koyama’s manifesto of this submovement within queer theory.
ANSWER: transfeminism [accept transfeminist studies; prompt on feminism or radical feminism; prompt on transgender studies]
[10e] Serano’s concept of transmisogyny applies this sociological framework described by Kimberlé Crenshaw. This framework analyzes how people’s identities overlap to produce unique forms of oppression and privilege.
ANSWER: intersectionality
[10m] Serano cites this thinker’s essay “How to Bring Your Kids Up Gay” to describe forms of pathologization accompanying femininity. This queer theorist coined the term “homosocial” and wrote Epistemology of the Closet.
ANSWER: Eve Sedgwick [or Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick]
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Summary
| California | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | Y | 10 | 17.00 | 100% | 40% | 30% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 38% | 13% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Bristol | Oxford C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cambridge A | NYU C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Oxford A | Cambridge B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Cambridge C | Manchester | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| LSE | Cambridge D | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cambridge E | Imperial A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Warwick A | Durham | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Imperial B | Warwick B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sheffield | Southampton A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Oxford B | Southampton B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |