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Laurie Essig
Laurie Essig
Apr 21, 2017 · 4 min read

My Child is a Tomboy, Trans, Cis… Okay a Child

Yesterday’s New York Time’s saw the publication of “My Daughter Is Not Transgender. She’s a Tomboy” by Lisa Selin Davis. In the piece, Davis argues that her daughter is not trans, but rather a masculine-identifying girl, one who prefers shaggy…

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Laurie Essig
Laurie Essig
Jul 24 · 3 min read

Thank You Bernie. Now Good-Bye.

In 2015, I was all in for Bernie Sanders. I gave him money, bought tee shirts with his bespectacled visage on them, I went…

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Laurie Essig
Laurie Essig
May 9, 2017 · 4 min read

When to Scream STFU

Several recent controversies have me thinking about the rules of free speech vs. symbolic violence in academe. Let me take three recent ones since I find myself taking radically different stands on all of them:

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Laurie Essig
Laurie Essig
Feb 23, 2017 · 3 min read

A Urinary Tranifesto: A Response to President Golden Showers

Some Background:

A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING OUR BATHROOMS.

Yesterday President He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named reversed the most basic protection of trans students: the right to pee.

Laurie Essig
Laurie Essig
Jan 25, 2017 · 3 min read

We got a lot of work to do. It doesn’t involve punching Nazis upside the head.

Like a lot of people, I was part of the huge crowds in Washington, DC this weekend. And, like a lot of people, I didn’t just go to the Women’s March, but participated in protesting the…

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