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Open Call for Pitches & Questions: Being Trans on the Job Market (Issue #1)

Trans people & our loved ones are not okay—in, with, and because of academic philosophy. #beingtransinphilosophy tells these stories firsthand. https://being.transinphilosophy.org
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Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20) @being.transinphilosophy.org · 5d
CALL FOR PITCHES! Our Spring 2026 edition “the #1 issue: the job market” needs you. See the full CFP on our website. The theme is the job market and the content is however you all need and want to engage with that 💥
call for pitches & questions! For the spring 2026 edition of being trans in philosophy called “#1 issue: the job market”. Submit pitches & questions by Dec 20th to our website: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Reflections, news, opinions, interviews, analyses, announcements, poetry, fiction, humor, cartoons, memes, drawings, tips & resources. Surprise us! We’re not going anywhere, sorry
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floresophize.bsky.social
The extremely rad editors of @being.transinphilosophy.org have put out a call for pitches for the next edition of their zine! They are also hosting cool events at the Eastern and Pacific meetings of the APA (details on the website). being.transinphilosophy.org/cfp/
Open Call for Pitches & Questions – The #1 Issue: The Job Market | Being Trans in Philosophy: A Zine
We are inviting pitches and questions for Being Trans on the Job Market, a follow-up issue of the zine. Submit by December 20, 2025!
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November 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
being.transinphilosophy.org
CALL FOR PITCHES! Our Spring 2026 edition “the #1 issue: the job market” needs you. See the full CFP on our website. The theme is the job market and the content is however you all need and want to engage with that 💥
call for pitches & questions! For the spring 2026 edition of being trans in philosophy called “#1 issue: the job market”. Submit pitches & questions by Dec 20th to our website: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Reflections, news, opinions, interviews, analyses, announcements, poetry, fiction, humor, cartoons, memes, drawings, tips & resources. Surprise us! We’re not going anywhere, sorry
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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wiley.pink
anyway, for more on why philosophy is the primary academic field legitimizing the anti-trans backlash in the anglosphere, check out the great zine by the folks at @being.transinphilosophy.org

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September 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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wiley.pink
for some reason analytic philosophers still think it's acceptable to opine about gender while ignoring the last 75 years of research in the philosophy of gender
peligrietzer.bsky.social Peli Grietzer @peligrietzer.bsky.social · Sep 19
This is virulently anti-trans: not simply arguing that there's a reasonably natural concept of transition-independent biological sex (fine) but also that there is no reasonably natural biological or social concept whose extensions is trans and cis women dailynous.com/2025/09/19/p...
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September 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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not.dingherself.com
got @autoanon.bsky.social ’s new release in the mail (in physical form no less)!! still working my way through it so will have more to share, but this is the kind of texts I wish I could’ve held in my hands when I was figuring things out, and I really can’t wait to see how Naomi’s story unfolds 🫶
Cover of Auto Anon’s Reverse Tomboy: A Novel, photographed against the background of a backyard. The back cover, which reads: Naomi Soloveitchik has taken the first steps towards the womanhood she hopes to embody but does not yet understand what that means for her relationships to friends, lovers, and her own body. She wrestles with the more masculinized womanhood she aspires to, asking herself if it is possible for a trans woman to be a tomboy. In addition to the central story, also included is a small collection of poems and a brief essay on trans femme butch identity. "Sweet, poignant, and achingly honest, Reverse Tomboy is a gorgeously-sketched portrait of trans loneliness and pleasure." - GRETCHEN FELKER-MARTIN "An extremely personable writing voice, with moments of various joy - overwhelming joy, a stopping joy, a we-must-sit-in-this-joy — cut against usual romantic woes and the sense a fuller life, a social life, can lead to total ease, the opportunity to be newly still. Allusive and sweet and insightful with no caricature bogeymen or manufactured hand-wringing necessary, as AA brings an incredible millesimal fineness to bear on the Bildungsroman to fill out its every nook and cranny instead. In turns light as Hemingway and as funny and sharp as Torrey Peters, Reverse Tomboy is a remarkably brisk and exacting novel of small and sure steps toward grace in the garden of untamed harmony that is made by trans people alive and well in the public sphere." - BENJAMIN C. DUGDALE "Reverse Tomboy offers an intimate exploration of the lives of trans people today. Following in the footsteps of Leslie Feinberg's Stone Butch Blues and Imogen Binnie's Nevada, Auto Anon shares a semi-autobiographical narrative of how one becomes oneself. Wedged in the intersection of trans literature and philosophy, readers won't be able to put down the hilariously scathing — and satisfying — critique of the gender roles our society still clings to." - ELI ERLICK
August 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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feministphilosophy.bsky.social
A reminder that we love this zine, in case you somehow haven’t read it yet!
being.transinphilosophy.org Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20) @being.transinphilosophy.org · Jul 6
did you hear that you could read and print Being Trans in Philosophy today?! seriously, like woahhh!! being.transinphilosophy.org

the zine @diversityread.bsky.social 10th anniversary conference (happy bday!!) by @nonamename.bsky.social, SF pride @not.dingherself.com, & SPP @willow-starr.bsky.social
Phot of the Trans in Philosophy zine spotted on a table at the Diversity Reading List 10th Anniversary conference, under the conference program booklet. Photo of co-editor Ding holding the zine, with a yellow cover, in front of four flying Pride flags at the San Francisco civic center plaza. Photo of a dozen copies of the Being Trans in Philosophy zine on a circular table, in different colors arranged to create a trans pride, at the society for philosophy and psychology conference. Photo of Maximiliana and co-editor Willow posing with copies of the zine. Maximiliana's shirt says “Black Trans Lives Matter.”
July 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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we’re so excited to read Reverse Tomboy from cover to cover!! find the pre-order link in the comments!
autoanon.bsky.social Autogyniphiles Anonymous @autoanon.bsky.social · Jul 13
omg!!!! It’s official, I’ve told instagram!!! I’m so nervous!!! I’m so used to sharing my theory behind this veil of anonymity…putting out this book feels so much more raw and nerve wracking!!! Please give it a read 💕
July 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
being.transinphilosophy.org
did you hear that you could read and print Being Trans in Philosophy today?! seriously, like woahhh!! being.transinphilosophy.org

the zine @diversityread.bsky.social 10th anniversary conference (happy bday!!) by @nonamename.bsky.social, SF pride @not.dingherself.com, & SPP @willow-starr.bsky.social
Phot of the Trans in Philosophy zine spotted on a table at the Diversity Reading List 10th Anniversary conference, under the conference program booklet. Photo of co-editor Ding holding the zine, with a yellow cover, in front of four flying Pride flags at the San Francisco civic center plaza. Photo of a dozen copies of the Being Trans in Philosophy zine on a circular table, in different colors arranged to create a trans pride, at the society for philosophy and psychology conference. Photo of Maximiliana and co-editor Willow posing with copies of the zine. Maximiliana's shirt says “Black Trans Lives Matter.”
July 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
being.transinphilosophy.org
A grammar lesson, from our zine launched last week 🧑‍🏫
Photo of a page from the Being Trans in Philosophy zine, showing a “grammar lesson” under a gender-neutral sign and the text “they (singular)”: ‘They’ is versatile! In its singular use, it can be used to refer to a person (or thing) without the needless trappings of grammatical gender. For example: “I saw someone at the march. They had a sign that said ‘All my homies hate ICE.’” BUT, when it’s in the mood, ‘they’ can switch to a plural meaning, for example: “I saw two women kissing at the march. They had shirts on that said ‘I love it when girls.’” This latest example also illustrates the distinction between grammatical gender and social gender: ‘they’ refers to two women (social gender) but is gender-neutral (grammatical gender). Some novices in gender and language make the mistake of believing that grammatical gender refers to some Real Gender or even... SEX. But all my homies know that’s silly.
June 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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diversityread.bsky.social
A must read - share widely, print it for your departments, etc. We'll have physical copies printed at our #DRLAnniversaryConference.
being.transinphilosophy.org Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20) @being.transinphilosophy.org · Jun 17
Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org

#beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy
Being Trans in Philosophy issue #0 release. Subtitle: download, make your own. Url: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Image of 5 zines arranged in the trans pride colors, stacked on top of well-known trans books. Title: ‘welcome to the WTF.” Image of a biohazard symbol overlayed on a world map with lines radiating from the center of the symbol, and the spires of the biohazard symbol are impinging on two scared trans symbols. A very long list of anti-trans events since 2021 portraying the looming threats to trans life from violence, media, and governmental disenfranchisement. Footer text: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A list of contributors with each name on a black badge over a purple splatter. The names are: Imogen Sullivan, Erin Beeghly, Ray Briggs, Anonymous, autogyniphiles_anonymous, Emmie Malone, Kelly Potter, Elin McCready, Penny Haulotte, Amy Marvin, Alex Adamson, Perry Zurn, Emil Eva Rosina, and Maximiliana Rifkin. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A block of white text on a stippled purple star background reads: “being trans i not a controversial idea. it’s a lived reality.” Under the text appears a black and white image of a feminine eye.
June 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
being.transinphilosophy.org
Your friendly reminder of exactly how centrist ‘just asking questions’ does harm. Cosplaying curiosity for attention comes with a death toll for trans people.
miriam.blacksky.app Christmas Miriam 🎄 @miriam.blacksky.app · Jun 18
The NYT was cited in the Supreme Court ruling used to strip trans people of healthcare. This is EXACTLY WHY the “just asking questions” crowd of centrist edgelord journalists are dangerous. They launder transphobia through faux neutral “debate” and act like it’s intellectual curiosity
June 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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willow-starr.bsky.social
Supporting trans kids is so easy when you’re in their actual life. The bullies in the White House and Supreme Court think the State should be used to destroy them instead. Fuck them. We will find ways to support them anyway ✨
being.transinphilosophy.org Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20) @being.transinphilosophy.org · May 24
“When [my tween] socially transitioned in the second grade, years ago now, other kids in the class didn’t blink an eye. Zero bullying. Now bullies run the show—in dominant online spaces in our discipline, in our state legislature, in the U.S. government.” @beegs1.bsky.social #beingtransinphilosophy
black text in typewriter font on white background, as a sneak peek of the Being Trans in Philosophy zine, forthcoming in June 2025: Talia Mae Bettcher talks about the WTF of existence—where up becomes down and down becomes up. I can't begin to say how much this captures my experience as a parent of a trans kid right now. My tween is kind, funny, talented, ambitious. He is a shining light that cheers me up every single day. I don't know how anyone could find fault with him, could look into his eyes and see him as anything but authentic, as deserving of love and respect for who he really is. text continues: When he socially transitioned in the second grade, years ago now, other kids in the class didn't blink an eye. Zero bullying. Now bullies run the show—in dominant online spaces in our discipline, in our state legislature, in the U.S. government. State law bars kids like him from playing sports. It is illegal for him to use the bathroom associated with his gender identity at school. Just last month, my kid lost access to gender-affirming healthcare at our local hospital. text continues: Still, my child is thriving. Our community is there for us. Each morning that we wake up, go about our day, feels like an act of resistance. Increasingly I find myself staring out the window of my office in the philosophy department, gorgeous mountains rising in the background, crying. It's a lot: sitting with the cruelty, the uncertainty of how far persecution will go, what to do.
June 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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New zine!
Being Trans in Philosophy
Trans people and our loved ones are not okay—in, with, and because of academic philosophy. Being Trans in Philosophy is a zine collecting first-personal accounts of what it’s actually like to be trans...
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June 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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notalegalrecord.net
i follow a listserv for trans librarians where i learned about this zine: Being Trans in Philosophy. being an ex-academic philosopher and being quite aware of the transphobia that pervades academic philosophy, i am eager to read it. free to all.
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Being Trans in Philosophy
Trans people and our loved ones are not okay—in, with, and because of academic philosophy. Being Trans in Philosophy is a zine collecting first-personal accounts of what it’s actually like to be trans...
being.transinphilosophy.org
June 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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scribetrans.bsky.social
I've been harassed and sexualized by students and on campus, was drawn into wildly transphobic discussions by random colleagues, people assuming my relation to my genitals and just putting it out there, and am confronted with awkward silence when talking about transphobic harrassement and barriers
June 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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scribetrans.bsky.social
I am lucky to have one of the more accepting academic environments in critical theory, but even they were an absolute disgrace when dealing with trans students criticizing an obviously transphobic seminar
being.transinphilosophy.org Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20) @being.transinphilosophy.org · Jun 17
Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org

#beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy
Being Trans in Philosophy issue #0 release. Subtitle: download, make your own. Url: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Image of 5 zines arranged in the trans pride colors, stacked on top of well-known trans books. Title: ‘welcome to the WTF.” Image of a biohazard symbol overlayed on a world map with lines radiating from the center of the symbol, and the spires of the biohazard symbol are impinging on two scared trans symbols. A very long list of anti-trans events since 2021 portraying the looming threats to trans life from violence, media, and governmental disenfranchisement. Footer text: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A list of contributors with each name on a black badge over a purple splatter. The names are: Imogen Sullivan, Erin Beeghly, Ray Briggs, Anonymous, autogyniphiles_anonymous, Emmie Malone, Kelly Potter, Elin McCready, Penny Haulotte, Amy Marvin, Alex Adamson, Perry Zurn, Emil Eva Rosina, and Maximiliana Rifkin. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A block of white text on a stippled purple star background reads: “being trans i not a controversial idea. it’s a lived reality.” Under the text appears a black and white image of a feminine eye.
June 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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kmdoublev.bsky.social
I think it's super cool when philosophers use creative formats to share their expertise and engage the public on serious social justice issues. Check it out!
being.transinphilosophy.org Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20) @being.transinphilosophy.org · Jun 17
Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org

#beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy
Being Trans in Philosophy issue #0 release. Subtitle: download, make your own. Url: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Image of 5 zines arranged in the trans pride colors, stacked on top of well-known trans books. Title: ‘welcome to the WTF.” Image of a biohazard symbol overlayed on a world map with lines radiating from the center of the symbol, and the spires of the biohazard symbol are impinging on two scared trans symbols. A very long list of anti-trans events since 2021 portraying the looming threats to trans life from violence, media, and governmental disenfranchisement. Footer text: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A list of contributors with each name on a black badge over a purple splatter. The names are: Imogen Sullivan, Erin Beeghly, Ray Briggs, Anonymous, autogyniphiles_anonymous, Emmie Malone, Kelly Potter, Elin McCready, Penny Haulotte, Amy Marvin, Alex Adamson, Perry Zurn, Emil Eva Rosina, and Maximiliana Rifkin. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A block of white text on a stippled purple star background reads: “being trans i not a controversial idea. it’s a lived reality.” Under the text appears a black and white image of a feminine eye.
June 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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feministphilosophy.bsky.social
This is a must-read for anyone invested in the health of the discipline of philosophy and its institutions
being.transinphilosophy.org Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20) @being.transinphilosophy.org · Jun 17
Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org

#beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy
Being Trans in Philosophy issue #0 release. Subtitle: download, make your own. Url: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Image of 5 zines arranged in the trans pride colors, stacked on top of well-known trans books. Title: ‘welcome to the WTF.” Image of a biohazard symbol overlayed on a world map with lines radiating from the center of the symbol, and the spires of the biohazard symbol are impinging on two scared trans symbols. A very long list of anti-trans events since 2021 portraying the looming threats to trans life from violence, media, and governmental disenfranchisement. Footer text: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A list of contributors with each name on a black badge over a purple splatter. The names are: Imogen Sullivan, Erin Beeghly, Ray Briggs, Anonymous, autogyniphiles_anonymous, Emmie Malone, Kelly Potter, Elin McCready, Penny Haulotte, Amy Marvin, Alex Adamson, Perry Zurn, Emil Eva Rosina, and Maximiliana Rifkin. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A block of white text on a stippled purple star background reads: “being trans i not a controversial idea. it’s a lived reality.” Under the text appears a black and white image of a feminine eye.
June 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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janedryden.bsky.social
Yay! So glad this is out.
being.transinphilosophy.org Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20) @being.transinphilosophy.org · Jun 17
Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org

#beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy
Being Trans in Philosophy issue #0 release. Subtitle: download, make your own. Url: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Image of 5 zines arranged in the trans pride colors, stacked on top of well-known trans books. Title: ‘welcome to the WTF.” Image of a biohazard symbol overlayed on a world map with lines radiating from the center of the symbol, and the spires of the biohazard symbol are impinging on two scared trans symbols. A very long list of anti-trans events since 2021 portraying the looming threats to trans life from violence, media, and governmental disenfranchisement. Footer text: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A list of contributors with each name on a black badge over a purple splatter. The names are: Imogen Sullivan, Erin Beeghly, Ray Briggs, Anonymous, autogyniphiles_anonymous, Emmie Malone, Kelly Potter, Elin McCready, Penny Haulotte, Amy Marvin, Alex Adamson, Perry Zurn, Emil Eva Rosina, and Maximiliana Rifkin. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A block of white text on a stippled purple star background reads: “being trans i not a controversial idea. it’s a lived reality.” Under the text appears a black and white image of a feminine eye.
June 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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beegs1.bsky.social
New, gorgeous zine out today! Being trans in philosophy. Read & share.
being.transinphilosophy.org Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20) @being.transinphilosophy.org · Jun 17
Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org

#beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy
Being Trans in Philosophy issue #0 release. Subtitle: download, make your own. Url: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Image of 5 zines arranged in the trans pride colors, stacked on top of well-known trans books. Title: ‘welcome to the WTF.” Image of a biohazard symbol overlayed on a world map with lines radiating from the center of the symbol, and the spires of the biohazard symbol are impinging on two scared trans symbols. A very long list of anti-trans events since 2021 portraying the looming threats to trans life from violence, media, and governmental disenfranchisement. Footer text: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A list of contributors with each name on a black badge over a purple splatter. The names are: Imogen Sullivan, Erin Beeghly, Ray Briggs, Anonymous, autogyniphiles_anonymous, Emmie Malone, Kelly Potter, Elin McCready, Penny Haulotte, Amy Marvin, Alex Adamson, Perry Zurn, Emil Eva Rosina, and Maximiliana Rifkin. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A block of white text on a stippled purple star background reads: “being trans i not a controversial idea. it’s a lived reality.” Under the text appears a black and white image of a feminine eye.
June 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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hypv.bsky.social
note how many of the contributers, especially the grad students, are anonymous
being.transinphilosophy.org Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20) @being.transinphilosophy.org · Jun 17
Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org

#beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy
Being Trans in Philosophy issue #0 release. Subtitle: download, make your own. Url: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Image of 5 zines arranged in the trans pride colors, stacked on top of well-known trans books. Title: ‘welcome to the WTF.” Image of a biohazard symbol overlayed on a world map with lines radiating from the center of the symbol, and the spires of the biohazard symbol are impinging on two scared trans symbols. A very long list of anti-trans events since 2021 portraying the looming threats to trans life from violence, media, and governmental disenfranchisement. Footer text: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A list of contributors with each name on a black badge over a purple splatter. The names are: Imogen Sullivan, Erin Beeghly, Ray Briggs, Anonymous, autogyniphiles_anonymous, Emmie Malone, Kelly Potter, Elin McCready, Penny Haulotte, Amy Marvin, Alex Adamson, Perry Zurn, Emil Eva Rosina, and Maximiliana Rifkin. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A block of white text on a stippled purple star background reads: “being trans i not a controversial idea. it’s a lived reality.” Under the text appears a black and white image of a feminine eye.
June 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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emmiemalone.bsky.social
I’m honored to have been been included alongside so many amazingly talented and thoughtful authors! The pieces in this zine are beautiful and tragic and powerful. They are also urgent and I would encourage you to read and share widely, especially if you are working in philosophy.
being.transinphilosophy.org Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20) @being.transinphilosophy.org · Jun 17
Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org

#beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy
Being Trans in Philosophy issue #0 release. Subtitle: download, make your own. Url: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Image of 5 zines arranged in the trans pride colors, stacked on top of well-known trans books. Title: ‘welcome to the WTF.” Image of a biohazard symbol overlayed on a world map with lines radiating from the center of the symbol, and the spires of the biohazard symbol are impinging on two scared trans symbols. A very long list of anti-trans events since 2021 portraying the looming threats to trans life from violence, media, and governmental disenfranchisement. Footer text: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A list of contributors with each name on a black badge over a purple splatter. The names are: Imogen Sullivan, Erin Beeghly, Ray Briggs, Anonymous, autogyniphiles_anonymous, Emmie Malone, Kelly Potter, Elin McCready, Penny Haulotte, Amy Marvin, Alex Adamson, Perry Zurn, Emil Eva Rosina, and Maximiliana Rifkin. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A block of white text on a stippled purple star background reads: “being trans i not a controversial idea. it’s a lived reality.” Under the text appears a black and white image of a feminine eye.
June 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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perryzurn.bsky.social
Excited to see this out! And honored to be a part of the project. Much love to @being.transinphilosophy.org for the vision, creativity, and honesty behind this.
being.transinphilosophy.org Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20) @being.transinphilosophy.org · Jun 17
Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org

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Being Trans in Philosophy issue #0 release. Subtitle: download, make your own. Url: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Image of 5 zines arranged in the trans pride colors, stacked on top of well-known trans books. Title: ‘welcome to the WTF.” Image of a biohazard symbol overlayed on a world map with lines radiating from the center of the symbol, and the spires of the biohazard symbol are impinging on two scared trans symbols. A very long list of anti-trans events since 2021 portraying the looming threats to trans life from violence, media, and governmental disenfranchisement. Footer text: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A list of contributors with each name on a black badge over a purple splatter. The names are: Imogen Sullivan, Erin Beeghly, Ray Briggs, Anonymous, autogyniphiles_anonymous, Emmie Malone, Kelly Potter, Elin McCready, Penny Haulotte, Amy Marvin, Alex Adamson, Perry Zurn, Emil Eva Rosina, and Maximiliana Rifkin. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A block of white text on a stippled purple star background reads: “being trans i not a controversial idea. it’s a lived reality.” Under the text appears a black and white image of a feminine eye.
June 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Reposted by Being Trans in Philosophy: Inviting Pitches/Questions (Dec 20)
emmiemalone.bsky.social
Here is my contribution to @being.transinphilosophy.org! Thank you to @not.dingherself.com and @willow-starr.bsky.social for putting this zine together!
A passage, written by Emmie Malone, from the zine Being Trans in Philosophy, Issue #0. It is taken from page 20. It is passage 1/3. It reads: “The bulk of my experience being trans in philosophy happens at one of three levels. Pirst, there are the would-be allies. They would be allies if a crisis were to come, but like the doctor in Benigni's Life is Beautiful, they are simply unable to ever see a crisis as present at hand, to hear you speak plainly and understand what you mean. So much of the experience of being trans in philosophy mirrors daily life as a trans person in this regard. It involves well-meaning cis people encouraging you by saying that the political realities you have just told them have come to pass hopefully won't come to pass. Trans life is the life of Wittgenstein's lions, one's words forever falling deadborn from the mouth. The would-be ally cannot recognize harm, or panic, or dread as they are brought into the world, they can only understand it as a tragedy. The apparent choice we are left with 1s to be understood as a lesson of history or to let our struggle be as wild and unintelligible as lions running free from the zoo.” A passage, written by Emmie Malone, from the zine Being Trans in Philosophy, Issue #0. It is taken from page 20. It is passage 2/3. It reads: “Beyond this is the experience of walking on eggshells. The sad truth is that we must be mindful to manage every interaction. You see, while they would not consciously think the thought or say the words, to many of my colleagues I have functionally not been a person first, but a walking TV news chyron, an invitation for others to think and talk about the ‘transgender issue.’ If you are lucky this conversation will involve you but 1t often does not. If you are very lucky you will get to educate or at least enter into dialogue, but you quickly realize that 1s seldom your role. Instead, you are merely there to sit and nod and look for points of agreement and, perhaps, gentle ways to push them in the right direction as they delineate the precise ways in which your rights and the rights of your community should differ from theirs. That 1s, you are there to launder their opinion on the ‘transgender issue.’ If you do this, you will be rewarded with their approval as ‘one of the good ones’ and they will quickly turn the conversation to the meta level, about how great it 1s when people can talk about ‘this stuff.’ The secret of this conversation, for which you will be punished, is that you are actually one of the bad ones, if not the worst one. Yet, institutional forces, power structures, and professional norms prevent you from responding appropriately as a complete and moral person. If not that then it will be the sober recognition that many of our colleagues are quite visibly only one mismanaged…” A passage, written by Emmie Malone, from the zine Being Trans in Philosophy, Issue #0. It is taken from page 21. It is passage 3/3. It reads: “interaction away from quitting the field to join the much more lucrative professional transphobe circuit. You are always at threat to be the inciting incident in their popular op-ed deta1ling their burgeoning transphobia are. The punishment, of course, is the personal and emotional toll of being ever vigilante in balancing the moral injury of complicity in laundering these views and demeaning your character and, on the other hand, introducing the world to the next great public transphobe and 1ts consequences. Finally, there 1s the fact that academic philosophy does function as the most significant minor league farm system for professional transphobia, that it is seemingly determined to render 1tself the handmaid of this particular political project, and that contemporary analytic philosophy is the academic discipline which has done more to promote the cause of state-sponsored transphobia than any other field in history. What is the APA to a trans man? What is the Dewey Lecture to mean to the trans woman when it means sitting shoulder to shoulder with the brain trust of the current regime's assault on the rights, healthcare, history, and basic dignity of trans people across the country. Being present secures you professional niceties as 1t does then, but in honest I would rather my colleagues just call me a tranny to my face and let me go home to a safe environment with access to healthcare and political recognition. To celebrate the field 1s, plainly, to diminish your self. Of course, it should not be surprising, philosophy has always had its collaborators. But even the Mitläufer of Freiburg was left digging ditches in the end. Accordingly, we might ask, like Cineas did to Pyrrhus, why some in our profession don't just save them themselves the trouble and go dig ditches now instead.”
June 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
being.transinphilosophy.org
Issue #0 of Being Trans in Philosophy zine is out now! “We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way”. Download & print ur own 🖨️. being.transinphilosophy.org

#beingtransinphilosophy #trans #philosophy #gender #feminism #zine #diy
Being Trans in Philosophy issue #0 release. Subtitle: download, make your own. Url: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Image of 5 zines arranged in the trans pride colors, stacked on top of well-known trans books. Title: ‘welcome to the WTF.” Image of a biohazard symbol overlayed on a world map with lines radiating from the center of the symbol, and the spires of the biohazard symbol are impinging on two scared trans symbols. A very long list of anti-trans events since 2021 portraying the looming threats to trans life from violence, media, and governmental disenfranchisement. Footer text: https://being.transinphilosophy.org. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A list of contributors with each name on a black badge over a purple splatter. The names are: Imogen Sullivan, Erin Beeghly, Ray Briggs, Anonymous, autogyniphiles_anonymous, Emmie Malone, Kelly Potter, Elin McCready, Penny Haulotte, Amy Marvin, Alex Adamson, Perry Zurn, Emil Eva Rosina, and Maximiliana Rifkin. Text header: issue #0, june 2025, https://being.transinphilosophy.org, our stories, “we are not trans in a theoretical way”. A block of white text on a stippled purple star background reads: “being trans i not a controversial idea. it’s a lived reality.” Under the text appears a black and white image of a feminine eye.
June 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM