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  • noun Plural form of radfem.

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Examples

  • For me, though, the whole anti-trans vitriol and hate speech that certain radfems seem to think is acceptable has served only to leave me feeling very uneasy about aligning myself with the feminist movement.

    Trans 101 2008

  • So if a long-established national organisation can solve the problem without even missing a beat, then why are certain radfems unwilling to at least try this approach themselves, to see if it might even work for them, too?

    Space: the final frontier 2008

  • For sure, the eugenicists are going to love this – as are certain radfems of my acquaintance;)

    Genetic link to gender identity? 2008

  • I didn’t talk at all about “radicals” in my post; although obviously many of the folks I criticize self-identify as radfems, I don’t know if all of them do or not.

    Responding To The Feminist Anti-Transsexual Arguments 2007

  • Ironically, it happens to be the one where I was discussing an incident where some self-described "radfems" were trying to set themselves up as the authority about what black people look like.

    My Private Casbah 2008

  • It has to do with the fact that onliine discussions of sex work typically take place in the context of the “feminist blogosphere”, and admitting one is a “john” opens you to all manner of attack, and not just from the self-described radfems.

    Relevancy of Client Status « Bound, Not Gagged 2010

  • What I am referring to is online communities, and those conversations (other than those that take place in specifically sex-worker friendly spaces) are often dominated by either radfems or conservative “abolitionist” types.

    Relevancy of Client Status « Bound, Not Gagged 2010

  • Does the fact that I am not “transgressing gender” mean that I am “reifying the gender binary”? and how exactly is this not just repeating the same trope that trans-exclusive radfems throw at trans women?

    Gender activism begins with gender rage 2009

  • And what is this we here about “progressive law enforcement” that radfems talk about?

    State of Arizona Commits Negligent Homicide Against Sex Worker « Bound, Not Gagged 2009

  • Most radfems have never talked to real live transwomyn, they have been sold a bill of goods.

    An open letter to cis feminists 2008

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