If you happen to be in Michigan, you should totally come out to this event! Serano is fabulous transgender writer / activist -- I'm sure she will have some very smart things to say!
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The University of Michigan Queer Studies Workshop presents:
"Transsexual and Trans Feminine Perspectives on Sexism"
A talk by Julia Serano, University of California, Berkeley.
Friday April 4th, 2008
3:00 PM, 2239 Lane Hall
Free and open to all. Light refreshments will be served.
Julia Serano is a writer, performer, trans activist, and biologist, and the author of the book, "Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity" (Seal Press, 2007), a collection of personal essays that examines the ways in which misogyny frames popular stereotypes and assumptions about transsexual women.
This event is sponsored by the University of Michigan Women's Studies department, The Institute for Research on Women and Gender, and the Lesbian-Gay-Queer Research Initiative.
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Julia Serano will also be performing spoken word with Creative Writing M.F.A. candidate Randa Jarrar at the ShAut Cabaret on Thursday April 3rd at 8pm, 325 Braun Ct. $5 admission. A portion of the proceeds will to go Camp Trans.
