Acid Horizon The Spectral Woman with Ciara Cremin
Jan 20, 2026
Ciara Cremin, an insightful author and theorist specializing in femininity and trans studies, shares her radical thoughts on gender in her new book. She discusses how femininity transcends biological binaries, linking care to potential communist futures. Cremin critiques the masculine as a universal norm while positioning femininity as the unrepresentable Other. She also explores the ethics of femininity, the idea of trans negativity, and the aesthetic aspects of communism, painting a transformative vision for liberation beyond traditional gender constructs.
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Femininity As Radical Unrepresentable Force
- Femininity functions as an unconscious force that both subordinates and threatens the masculine order.
- Ciara Cremin argues femininity exceeds representation and can drive the abolition of gender toward communism.
Andro-Realism Limits Political Imagination
- Andro-realism imagines the selfish, phallic subject as the only possible human type, blocking alternative social horizons.
- Negating andro-realism requires cultivating a feminine libidinal economy compatible with communal life.
Trans Negativity As Political Negation
- Trans negativity leans into dysphoria as a disruptive refusal of linguistic positivization of gender.
- Cremin claims trans femininity destabilizes 'woman' and can negate masculine identity, enabling abolition of gender.
