From da7d95083fcea117538062f4aed797322d64d768 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake" Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2016 22:14:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] draft "Editorial Process", edits to draft of "Chromatic Key" --- content/drafts/chromatic-key.md | 7 +++-- content/drafts/editorial-process.md | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 content/drafts/editorial-process.md diff --git a/content/drafts/chromatic-key.md b/content/drafts/chromatic-key.md index 1a76087..2271046 100644 --- a/content/drafts/chromatic-key.md +++ b/content/drafts/chromatic-key.md @@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Category: commentary 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 \ No newline at end of file +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 \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/drafts/editorial-process.md b/content/drafts/editorial-process.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b88b8d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/drafts/editorial-process.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +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! -- 2.17.1