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Survivor Discourse: A Transman's #MeToo Story
M arilyn Frye (1983, p. 4) uses the metaphor of a birdcage to illustrate oppression. The framework suggests that saying “me too” may be a hopeful chirp, though without promise of a key to open the cage. I apply that metaphor to sexual violence. Since the online # MeToo campaign began in 2006, survivor discourse has become a focus of feminist theory. Narratives of sexual violence express both trauma and collective resistance. Yet, as Alcoff and Serisier remind us, the power to

Aaron Kimberly
Oct 127 min read
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