Nov 15, 2020The ACLU, Censorship and Semantic ContagionEarlier this year, to much ongoing controversy, Abigail Shrier published the book “Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters”, in which she takes a critical look at the rise in recent years specifically of young girls identifying as the opposite sex. For example, in the UK, the Tavistock Gender…Gender7 min read
Jun 18, 2020Fact Checking a Widely Shared Rebuttal of J.K. Rowling (pt 4)If you missed it, part 3 is here. Yes, that’s because it represents the exact same phenomenon. There is a lot that can be said about incels, men’s rights activists, and Trump, but a good reference point is GamerGate, which started in 2014.12 min read
Jun 17, 2020Fact Checking a Widely Shared Rebuttal of J.K. Rowling (pt 3)In case you missed it part 2 is here. I have been ploughing through this thread on and off for several days now, going over the points made and trying to engage with them as fairly and in as much detail as I am able. …Jk Rowling13 min read
Jun 14, 2020Fact Checking a Widely Shared Rebuttal of J.K. Rowling (pt 2)If you haven’t already, see part 1 for background: Response to Andrew Carter re: J.K. Rowling (pt 1) At 5:06pm on June 10, J.K. Rowling published the following piece, which was clearly the culmination of years of…medium.com So I continue to plough through this, and before proceeding I want to make it absolutely clear — this is not intended as a straightforward rebuttal. I have no intention of saying “I’m right and this is the definitive truth”.Jk Rowling21 min read
Jun 11, 2020Fact Checking a Widely Shared Rebuttal of J.K. Rowling (pt 1)At 5:06pm on June 10, J.K. Rowling published the following piece, which was clearly the culmination of years of considering and agonising privately over her position on the issue of sex-based rights in the UK. https://www.jkrowling.com/answers/ At 7:46pm on June 10, Andrew Carter started the following thread in response, and…Jk Rowling16 min read
Jun 10, 2020A response to “Why What JK Rowling Said is Transphobic” by Katy MontgomerieOriginal piece here: Why what JK Rowling said is transphobic Sex is real and doesn’t contradict trans rights in the slightest, so why do people like JKR pose it as such?medium.com Katy opens by insisting that it is absurd to say sex exists, since “nobody” disputes it. I am a trans woman who knows hundreds of trans people and who is very active in the community, and I’ve never heard any trans person or expert say or imply…Gender10 min read
Jun 2, 2020The male exclusion at the heart of the gender debateSo much of the current mess with sex and gender is the fault of men, but I don’t know that I’ve ever seen men try to solve it, other than by finding increasingly convoluted justifications for demanding that women make room for them. I’ve spent the last few years becoming…Gender3 min read
Dec 22, 2019Compelled Belief and Intelligent DesignSo, as an illustration of the impact of the Maya Forstater ruling, I have taken the relevant part of the judgement — the judge’s reason for ruling her belief “unprotected” - and edited it down to refer to “intelligent design” instead of gender identity. Perhaps this will highlight for some…4 min read
Dec 22, 2019A Summary of the Maya Forstater JudgementIt has been a wild few days, and the impact of this judgement is still sinking in. Despite lots of noise, I haven’t seen many quick summaries of the salient points, so I thought I’d collect together some thoughts I have put out. The TL;DR: Woman loses her job for…5 min read
