{"id":1453,"date":"2025-09-29T23:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T03:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2025-09-29T23:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T03:30:32","slug":"loving-on-the-runspeaking-in-tonguestransgender-historyintertwined-causes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/2025\/09\/29\/loving-on-the-runspeaking-in-tonguestransgender-historyintertwined-causes\/","title":{"rendered":"Loving on the Run+Speaking in Tongues+Transgender History=intertwined causes!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Cherr\u00ede Moraga\u2019s poem, \u201cLoving on the Run,\u201d I was drawn to the speaker\u2019s \u201cimproper\u201d grammar and use of syntax to build an identity for herself. The speaker ends every \u201c-ing\u201d word with \u201c-in,\u201d like \u201ctalkin\u201d instead of \u201ctalking\u201d (19). This colloquial way of speaking highlights the speaker\u2019s refusal to conform to oppressive societal expectations. This dedication to her identity, illustrated by her dialect, is a token of her authenticity and proves to her audience that she doesn\u2019t owe anyone assimilation. Exploring and embracing authenticity is a motif that appears consistently in the readings for this class. Moraga\u2019s linguistic authenticity connects with that of Gloria Anzald\u00faa’s in “Speaking in Toungues: A Letter To 3rd World Women Writers” as they both implement Spanish words and phrases throughout their writing to highlight their heritage and identity. This changes the scope of the audience for both works. Anzald\u00faa achieves this by addressing her audience directly as the receptors of a letter to \u201cmujeres de color,\u201d (165).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cherr\u00ede Moraga also emphasizes the danger of comparing or \u201cranking\u201d oppressions when discussing the treatment of minority groups (44). She compared herself\u2014a white-passing lesbian\u2014and her sister\u2014who\u2019s black\u2014getting a beating on the street for their respective abnormalities in the eyes of \u201cthe Man.\u201d Moraga declares, \u201cWe\u2019re both getting beaten any way you look at it,\u201d (44).\u00a0This connection among marginalized communities rings true throughout our readings and I connected with it specifically in Susan Stryker\u2019s novel, <\/span>Transgender History <\/span><\/i>where she discusses the connection between prejudice against transgender people and disabled people. Society governs people\u2019s bodies and if the powers that be decide you are \u201cenfreaked,\u201d then you are subject to scrutiny regardless of whatever marginalized group you are a part of (xii). I found this very interesting because both physical disabilities and transness are often outwardly apparent to society, while Moraga\u2019s lesbianism may not be immediately recognizable. This highlights the varying effects of different people living their most authentic lives. I think this idea of the connection between minority groups is incredibly important for activists to remember when speaking out for any cause and it can unite several causes for a more impactful result.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Cherr\u00ede Moraga\u2019s poem, \u201cLoving on the Run,\u201d I was drawn to the speaker\u2019s \u201cimproper\u201d grammar and use of syntax to build an identity for herself. The speaker ends every \u201c-ing\u201d word with \u201c-in,\u201d like \u201ctalkin\u201d instead of \u201ctalking\u201d (19). This colloquial way of speaking highlights the speaker\u2019s refusal to conform to oppressive societal expectations. … Continue reading Loving on the Run+Speaking in Tongues+Transgender History=intertwined causes!!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5703,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344663],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5703"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1454,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions\/1454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}