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Disregard and danger: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and the voices of trans (and cis) African feminists
The Sociological Review ( IF 2.743 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 , DOI: 10.1177/0038026120934695
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In March of 2017, best-selling Nigerian author and feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in an interview with Britain’s Channel 4, was asked whether being a trans woman makes one any less of a ‘real woman?’ In the clip, which went viral shortly thereafter, Adichie responded by saying ‘When people talk about, “Are trans women women?” my feeling is trans women are trans women.’ Echoing the essentialist, predominantly white Global Northern, feminist politics of trans-exclusionary feminists (TERFs), by implying that trans women are not ‘real’ women because, as she assumes, they benefited from male privilege, Adichie set off a social media maelstrom. The publicised responses to her comments largely came from feminists and trans women in the Global North, and though many trans people from the African continent responded, with hashtags such as #ChimamandaKilledME, very few of these received any attention. As the hashtag suggests, for trans people living on the African continent, given the general lack of recourse to rights, Adichie’s words as an African writer carry considerable weight. Given this, the absence of media attention is curious. This article offers a recentring, by focusing on those voices, maligned in the broader debate – trans people from the African continent. I argue that while Adichie might be stumbling over the questions that lie at the heart of TERF politics (what does it mean to be a woman? and does it matter how a person arrives at being a woman?), trans women on the African continent have been busy reconstituting the terms of the terrain.

中文翻译:

漠视和危险:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 和跨(和顺)非洲女权主义者的声音

2017 年 3 月,畅销的尼日利亚作家兼女权主义者 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 在接受英国第 4 频道采访时被问及作为跨性别女性是否会降低“真正的女性”的身份?在此后不久传播开来的视频片段中,阿迪奇回应说:“当人们谈论“跨性别女性是女性吗?” 我的感觉是跨性别女人就是跨性别女人。Adichie 通过暗示跨性别女性不是“真正的”女性,因为正如她所假设的那样,她们受益于男性特权,从而呼应了本质主义者,主要是白人全球北方的跨性别女权主义者 (TERF) 的女权主义政治,掀起了一场社交媒体漩涡. 对她评论的公开回应主要来自全球北方的女权主义者和跨性别女性,尽管来自非洲大陆的许多跨性别人士做出了回应,使用#ChimamandaKilledME 之类的主题标签,其中很少有人受到关注。正如标签所暗示的那样,对于生活在非洲大陆的跨性别者来说,鉴于普遍缺乏对权利的追索权,阿迪奇作为非洲作家的话具有相当大的分量。鉴于此,媒体关注的缺失令人好奇。本文通过关注那些在更广泛的辩论中受到诽谤的声音——来自非洲大陆的跨性别者——提供了一个新的线索。我认为,虽然 Adichie 可能在 TERF 政治的核心问题上磕磕绊绊(成为女人意味着什么?一个人如何成为女人有关系吗?),非洲大陆的跨性别女性一直忙于重构地形的条款。对于生活在非洲大陆的跨性别者来说,鉴于普遍缺乏诉诸权利,阿迪奇作为非洲作家的话具有相当大的分量。鉴于此,媒体关注的缺失令人好奇。本文通过关注那些在更广泛的辩论中受到诽谤的声音——来自非洲大陆的跨性别者——提供了一个新的线索。我认为,虽然 Adichie 可能在 TERF 政治的核心问题上磕磕绊绊(成为女人意味着什么?一个人如何成为女人有关系吗?),非洲大陆的跨性别女性一直忙于重构地形的条款。对于生活在非洲大陆的跨性别者来说,鉴于普遍缺乏诉诸权利,阿迪奇作为非洲作家的话具有相当大的分量。鉴于此,媒体关注的缺失令人好奇。本文通过关注那些在更广泛的辩论中受到诽谤的声音——来自非洲大陆的跨性别者——提供了一个新的线索。我认为,虽然 Adichie 可能在 TERF 政治的核心问题上磕磕绊绊(成为女人意味着什么?一个人如何成为女人有关系吗?),非洲大陆的跨性别女性一直忙于重构地形的条款。通过关注那些在更广泛的辩论中受到诽谤的声音——来自非洲大陆的跨性别者。我认为,虽然 Adichie 可能在 TERF 政治的核心问题上磕磕绊绊(成为女人意味着什么?一个人如何成为女人有关系吗?),非洲大陆的跨性别女性一直忙于重构地形的条款。通过关注那些在更广泛的辩论中受到诽谤的声音——来自非洲大陆的跨性别者。我认为,虽然 Adichie 可能在 TERF 政治的核心问题上磕磕绊绊(成为女人意味着什么?一个人如何成为女人有关系吗?),非洲大陆的跨性别女性一直忙于重构地形的条款。
更新日期:2020-07-01
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