#TERF cries herself to sleep after reading the @merriamwebster definition of "female."

Thread: But, let's see if this definition is consistent with actualRADICAL FEMINISMand maybe we can understand why TERFs are neither radical nor feminist.

What did Andrea Dworkin have to say about it?

Here's a hint: she said the TERF bible --Raymond's TS Empire--was BS and that she was pro-trans.

How about the architect of radical feminist law, Catharine MacKinnon? What does she have to say about it?

Here's a hint: The very first legal case she took was to help a trans woman in prison.

When TERFs tried to ostracize trans women from San Francisco, what did that iconic radical feminist collective, Lesbian Tide have to say about it?

Here's a hint: they said trans women were welcome with them, the radical feminists of the Lesbian Tide.

#FunFact: the militant radical feminist collective, Cell16 popularized non-binary pronouns in the early 1970s.

How did the radical feminists Dworkin and Monique Wittig view sex? Was it a reductive essentialist definition rooted in 5th-grade biology, or was it rooted in a materialist analysis that binds the fate of all women together?

How did actual radical feminists feel about TERFs sidetracking feminism?

Here's a hint: they mocked it.

Here's a quick review of the similarities and differences between radical feminism, trans feminism, and the sex essentialism TERFs assert to be feminism.