"Cooking with Trannies" Debuts on YouTube

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• 1.

  Comment by alan on March 15, 2009 11:17am:

  and here i thought a trannie was an automotive part.
  
  am i ever not ready for this.
  
  alan
• 2.

  Comment by benjamin on March 15, 2009 12:27pm:

  holy shit, that tranny is fine!
• 3.

  Comment by eatingconsciously [www] on March 15, 2009 5:25pm:

  I'm confused...
• 4.

  Comment by fiercefemme on March 15, 2009 8:02pm:

  Awesome - two of my favorite things (veganism and trannies) in one place! I'll definitely be spreading the word about this.
• 5.

  Comment by Robyn on March 15, 2009 8:22pm:

  Ha! Loved it....tranny.
• 6.

  Comment by Karen S on March 16, 2009 10:23am:

  Um, tranny is still a pejorative.
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  Comment by Jason Das [www] on March 17, 2009 12:16am:

  Yeah, I'm confused too--they're still shaped like balls, just cause they're not meat. Also, what happened at the end? I totally saw them put the BALLS in that pot.
  
  (p.s.: I really want the correct singular spelling to be "trannie," like hippie, yuppie, etc.)
• 8.

  Comment by Emelye Waldherr on March 18, 2009 12:06pm:

  umm, huh, yeah. OK.
  
  I know there's a debate in certain circles about the use of the word, "trannie" and how reclaiming it from those who hate them is a good thing and I still cringe, I mean not just inside, I visibly cringe when I hear a cissexual person repeatedly call a trans person "tranny" as in, "you go that, tranny?" etc. I personally find it demeaning and condescending. I mean, jeez, the guy's name is Trent, why don't you call him that? He's gay, why didn't you ask him, "You got that, faggot?" (Yeah, for some of us, "tranny" hurts THAT much!)
  
  I assume the dialog was written with humor as its intent. I appreciate the video's attempt to educate about the differences between sexual orientation and gender identity. The whole thing absolutely falls flat on its face as far as I'm concerned, however, because of the flippant use of this term that so many trans people still find painful and demeaning.
• 9.

  Comment by Louche on March 18, 2009 6:28pm:

  That really made no sense and wasn't funny. Would you ever talk to anyone and call them "homo" or "hetero" over and over again in place of their name? "Hi, hetero. Here's how you cook, hetero!" "Why, thank you, homo. What's next, homo?" What the bloodyhell is going on here?
• 10.

  Comment by KC on March 21, 2009 2:46pm:

  aw, this video sounded like it was going to be way more awesome than it was. the way she says "have you ever peeled a clove of garlic, tranny?" just sounds hella creepy and awkward : I guess she means well, but she's going way overboard with the reclaiming.
• 11.

  Comment by abc on March 26, 2009 1:07am:

  unbelievably rude
• 12.

  Comment by benjamin on March 31, 2009 11:17am:

  here is Susan Stryker, an trans woman, historian, and author of numerous highly acclaimed articles and books using the word "tranny." the entire thing is amazing, but you may want to begin at 4:15.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl4r6HZNnfY
  
  benjamin.
• 13.

  Comment by Emelye Waldherr on April 22, 2009 1:36pm:

  Ms Striker is a trans woman and gets a pass for using that word. If it's to be reclaimed, that reclamation is a trans person's job.