Tags: two-type taxonomy
Status: draft
-I had occasion to sing a little song at a party recently, whereupon a trans woman who was present immediately asked if I was gay. (I'm not.) When talking with her later (mentioning that our mutual friend had been trying to convince me that I was trans—which kind of backfired, incidentally,)
+I had occasion to sing a little song at a party recently, whereupon a trans woman who was present—let's call her "Karen"—immediately asked if I was gay. (I'm not.) When talking with her later, mentioning that our mutual friend had been trying to convince me that I was trans (which kind of backfired, incidentally, but that's another story), she stressed that anyone who sung like me had to be either gay or a trans woman.
-People on the androphilic MtF spectrum tend to have naturally feminine vocal mannerisms; people on the autogynephilic spectrum have a natrual incentive to fake it. (And I _do_ fake it.) With neither the inclination nor the incentive, normal straight men _don't sing like me_, and
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+Later, another friend who had been present for the latter exchange and I agreed that this was bizarre—like, that's not what those words mean! Gay men are men who are attracted to men; trans women were males who decided to transition.
+
+
+But _we were wrong_ and _Karen was right_. People on the androphilic MtF spectrum tend to have naturally feminine vocal mannerisms; people on the autogynephilic spectrum have a natrual incentive to fake it. (And I _do_ fake it.) With neither the inclination nor the incentive, normal straight men _don't sing like me_, and Karen was _exactly right_ to pick up on this, even
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+Title: Editorial Process
+Date: 2016-11-05 21:38
+Category: fiction
+Tags: cathartic, epistolary
+Status: draft
+
+**To**: Brian Goodheart <_bgoodheart@ucxx.edu_\>
+**From**: Emma T. Saotome-Westlake <_etsaotome-westlake@ucxx.edu_\>
+**Subject**: re: viewer feedback?
+
+What do you think of my new "introduction to evolutionary biology" primer?
+
+**Attachment**: evo_primer.pdf
+
+\-\-\-\-
+
+**To**: Emma T. Saotome-Westlake <_etsaotome-westlake@ucxx.edu_\>
+**From**: Brian Goodheart <_bgoodheart@ucxx.edu_\>
+**Subject**: Re: re: viewer feedback?
+
+Emma, some of the language here is _really_ problematic. A woman with your history shouldn't need to be reminded of this.
+
+\-\-\-\-
+
+```
+etsw@UntrueThought$ sed -i 's/ female / a.f.a.b. /g' evo_primer.tex
+etsw@UntrueThought$ sed -i 's/ male / a.m.a.b. /g' evo_primer.tex
+etsw@UntrueThought$ git commit -m 'capitulate to SJW morons'
+etsw@UntrueThought$ pdflatex evo_primer.tex
+```
+
+\-\-\-\-
+
+**To**: Brian Goodheart <_bgoodheart@ucxx.edu_\>
+**From**: Emma T. Saotome-Westlake <_etsaotome-westlake@ucxx.edu_\>
+**Subject**: Re: re: viewer feedback?
+
+... better?
+
+**Attachment**: evo_primer-2.pdf
+
+\-\-\-\-
+
+**To**: Emma T. Saotome-Westlake <_etsaotome-westlake@ucxx.edu_\>
+**From**: Brian Goodheart <_bgoodheart@ucxx.edu_\>
+**Subject**: Re: Re: re: viewer feedback?
+
+Much better!