ABSTRACT

Transfemininity marks a site of social upheaval, an encounter that sparks discord. Transfemininity is always otherworldly, posing trans girls and women as figures sought out for capture and eradication. In this manuscript, I elucidate the affective contours of what I describe as the spectre of the tranny, which is a technology of capture and dispossession that seeks to confirm the killability of trans women. Mirroring broader social discourses about transfemininity and trans women, the spectre of the tranny haunts the institution of higher education, shaping pedagogical realities for trans women. In this manuscript, I attend to how the spectre of the tranny attenuates pedagogical (im)possibilities for trans women faculty, particularly those who are pre-tenure and/or in contingent roles. Additionally, I gesture towards how trans(girl) sociality may provide a significant site of momentary resistance from the spectre’s haunting absent-presence.

摘要

变性标志着社会动荡的场所，这是一场引发不和的邂逅。跨性别总是超凡脱俗，将跨性别女孩和女性塑造成寻求捕获和根除的人物。在这份手稿中，我阐明了我所描述的变性幽灵的情感轮廓，这是一种旨在确认跨性别女性的可杀性的捕获和剥夺技术。反映了关于跨性别和跨性别女性的更广泛的社会话语，变性的幽灵在高等教育机构中出没，塑造了跨性别女性的教学现实。在这份手稿中，我关注变性人的幽灵如何削弱跨性别女性教师的教学（不可能）可能性，尤其是那些在职前和/或担任临时角色的人。此外，