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Jan 14, 2022Liked by Eliza Mondegreen

The New York Times, the so-called "Paper of Record," FINALLY dips an oh-so-cautious toe in hosting debate on the gender identity wars. Have their executive editors finally realized that ignoring / deplatforming critics of gender identity while publishing a myriad of gushing propaganda pieces supporting the self-ID movement and prominent "transitioners" is completely destroying their legitimacy as a respected news outlet?

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by Eliza Mondegreen

It feels like there's a small crack in the facade, and light is beginning to stream in. It's a mighty small crack so far, though.

The comments on this piece - as well as on the two pieces WaPo ran on Lia Thomas - show that even among liberals, there's a lot of skepticism regarding youth transition and sports.

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Jan 14, 2022Liked by Eliza Mondegreen

These comments give me hope.

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Jan 15, 2022·edited Jan 15, 2022Liked by Eliza Mondegreen

Is this a new wave of speaking out? Has this been going on for a while? I can't be sure, but I read this, and it is such a relief. If I may explain myself…

Until about a week ago, while in quarantine, I was afraid to engage with gender-critical thinking. I fear losing beloved friends. I saw the outrage on Twitter when Rowling published her essay. I refrained from looking; I was afraid. On reflection, I believe now that I was afraid of having the opinion that caused that outrage. I was left alone to think, even fearing talking to my partner, who holds no strong opinions on the matter.

Finally I talked aloud. My mind was a whirlwind. I was bombarded with the mottos and my own doubts. The cognitive dissonance drove me to vocal panic in front of her—twice.

I decided after the second time that I should look. I watched videos from a ‘non-binary transfeminine’ Instagram user. I was grateful, because I looked up what on God's Earth that could mean; and that lead to more reading.

I read Pink News' reports on Rowling's essay, admittedly a bad place. I followed hyperlinks through three articles till I arrived at a link to her essay. I read the essay.

That last hyperlink was like a portal between two continents. The news reports retarded the character of the essay to the point of being unrecognisable. The essay was sensible. It was fine. What was all that fuss?

I've had my head in books and articles for the last week. I feel like a corset around my mind has been broken.

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"On reflection, I believe now that I was afraid of having the opinion that caused that outrage." -- I remember feeling like this several years ago where I was like, I have a bad feeling about this and if I look into it it will cause problems.

"That last hyperlink was like a portal between two continents." - great expression

Anyway, welcome!

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frightening

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