The book Cunt by Inga Muscio is a good example of this - the second edition, specifically. The original text of the book is interesting, but it was written at a time when trans issues weren't really being discussed at all in feminist circles, and so the book was unintentionally really exclusionary towards trans woman. In the second edition of the book, the text is expanded to include an addendum Inga added years later, about trans inclusion in the feminist movement and how fucked shit like the MWMF was.
Similarly - you've read War In The Neighborhood, yes? I found it really interesting how Tobocman's view of women's issues within the anarchist/activist/squatters communities is somewhat dismissive and minimizing (not intentionally, but still - his view basically amounts to, "Oh, well, I know that's wrong but it's not worth really getting involved in", especially when the women ask him to back them up at the ABC squat), until the story about Joan and her abusive ex towards the end, when domestic violence actually affects someone close to him. After that, he's more attentive to instances of sexism within his community, and the women in his comics are portrayed with more sympathy than they are earlier. (This kind of evolution takes place all throughout War In The Neighborhood, but especially in regards to Tobocman's views of the women around him.)
Both got me to look at the books as a whole in an entirely new light, although they weren't so much plot points as they were indicative of the authors' evolving sympathies and politics.
I'm not sure if that counts at all, or if that's anything like what you're looking for.
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Date: 2009-07-23 11:00 pm (UTC)The book Cunt by Inga Muscio is a good example of this - the second edition, specifically. The original text of the book is interesting, but it was written at a time when trans issues weren't really being discussed at all in feminist circles, and so the book was unintentionally really exclusionary towards trans woman. In the second edition of the book, the text is expanded to include an addendum Inga added years later, about trans inclusion in the feminist movement and how fucked shit like the MWMF was.
Similarly - you've read War In The Neighborhood, yes? I found it really interesting how Tobocman's view of women's issues within the anarchist/activist/squatters communities is somewhat dismissive and minimizing (not intentionally, but still - his view basically amounts to, "Oh, well, I know that's wrong but it's not worth really getting involved in", especially when the women ask him to back them up at the ABC squat), until the story about Joan and her abusive ex towards the end, when domestic violence actually affects someone close to him. After that, he's more attentive to instances of sexism within his community, and the women in his comics are portrayed with more sympathy than they are earlier. (This kind of evolution takes place all throughout War In The Neighborhood, but especially in regards to Tobocman's views of the women around him.)
Both got me to look at the books as a whole in an entirely new light, although they weren't so much plot points as they were indicative of the authors' evolving sympathies and politics.
I'm not sure if that counts at all, or if that's anything like what you're looking for.