http://www.metafilter.com/tags/westminsterskeptics Posts tagged with 'westminsterskeptics' at MetaFilter. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:42:54 -0800 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:42:54 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/108943/If%2Dmale%2Dand%2Dfemale%2Dwere%2Dno%2Dlonger%2Dtrue%2Dthen%2Dwhat%2Dwas <a href="http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2011/10/03/westminster-skeptics-juliet-jacques-thinking-critically-about-transgender-issues/">Thinking critically about transgender issues</a>, a podcast by <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/juliet-jacques">Juliet Jacques</a>, author of the Guardian's <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/27/transgender-journey-public-spaces">Transgender Journey</a> series. <blockquote>The emergence of gender variant people, practices and identities following the publication of Magnus Hirschfeld’s Transvestites (1909) and the inter-war invention of sex reassignment technologies posed considerable challenges to conservative, socialist, feminist and gay/lesbian politics: if 'male' and 'female' were no longer true, then what was?</blockquote> Part of the <a href="http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/category/wsitp/">Westminster Skeptics</a> podcast series. (<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/westminster-skeptics/id376877328">iTunes link</a>, choose the podcast dated October 3 2011.) tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.108943 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:42:54 -0800 guardian history julietjacques podcast thepoddelusion trans transgender transsexual uk westminsterskeptics westskep ArmyOfKittens