Keep it simple

Here is a good example of how to say complex things in very simple, everyday language. She gets right to the bottom line in gender oppression: sexism is the source. Homophobia. Transphobia. Are all varieties of sexism. A common concept in all gender theory.

Paisley Currah, a CUNY professor of political science, does a similar job of simplifying and demystifying difficult ideas about gender in his book Transgender Rights, which unfortunately appears to be out of print. Currah actually makes the theories of Judith Butler, Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida comprehensible. Elegant and eloquent.

Watch on, read on, gothlings!