Whipping Girl

Whipping Girl
AuthorJulia Serano
LanguageEnglish
SubjectTransfeminism
Published2007 (Seal Press)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages408 (first edition)
ISBN1580051545
OCLC81252738

Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity is a 2007 book by the gender theorist, biologist, and writer Julia Serano.[1] The book is a transfeminist manifesto that makes the case that transphobia is rooted in sexism and that transgender activism is a feminist movement.[2][3] The second edition of the book was published in March 2016.[4]

  1. ^ Halberstam, Jack (5 Jul 2023). "Toward a Trans* Feminism". Boston Review. Retrieved 5 Jan 2024.
  2. ^ "Nonfiction review". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  3. ^ Foster, Julie (2007-06-17). "Transsexual finds sexism in feminism". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  4. ^ Talusan, Meredith (6 March 2016). "The Lasting Transgender Legacy Of Julia Serano's "Whipping Girl"". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 11 March 2016.