Both. You see, I carry a lot of history within me. So, I am including some experience that is quite... dated.
But, the changes that will need to take place are generational. I would attempt the semi schism only because trans women deserve to be appreciated and honored for our distinct struggles, and feminism has been an abysmally poor steward of our lives.
Beyond that, I do think we need to develop our own stories, our own culture, and our own mode of thought wrt feminist thinking. Anything else will simply erase vital parts of us, and the strain of having to wear somebody else's cultural hand me downs to describe our lives is too much. I know it is for me, some other folks may be just hunky dory with using the colonizer's language to conduct their business and their lives.
But, I am more than a generation removed from you, so, I am not at all sure my way is the way to go. Most of these questions will end up for you to decide, rather than I. My experiences have dissuaded me from even seeking the experiences you describe out, since if I haven't had them in my decades of searching by now, I am unlikely to find them now.
The possibilities of my generation are going to be eclipsed by the ones for your, and that is a good and necessary thing.
Re: This is pretty much on target
But, the changes that will need to take place are generational.
I would attempt the semi schism only because trans women deserve to be appreciated and honored for our distinct struggles, and feminism has been an abysmally poor steward of our lives.
Beyond that, I do think we need to develop our own stories, our own culture, and our own mode of thought wrt feminist thinking. Anything else will simply erase vital parts of us, and the strain of having to wear somebody else's cultural hand me downs to describe our lives is too much. I know it is for me, some other folks may be just hunky dory with using the colonizer's language to conduct their business and their lives.
But, I am more than a generation removed from you, so, I am not at all sure my way is the way to go. Most of these questions will end up for you to decide, rather than I. My experiences have dissuaded me from even seeking the experiences you describe out, since if I haven't had them in my decades of searching by now, I am unlikely to find them now.
The possibilities of my generation are going to be eclipsed by the ones for your, and that is a good and necessary thing.