Seeing on Twitter the attacks on Jesse Singal is how I ended up reading some of his articles trying to figure out what was "wrong" with his work. I couldn't find anything. Then I started following him. Then I saw the attacks on Katie Herzog. Still a normie, at first I assumed she must have done something wrong. Then I started listening to their podcast. I was bored with the trans stuff, but they were funny. Well, long story short, before long I went down the rabbit holes--Heterodorx (I have long taught Nina Paley's work in my college classes) blew my mind. Now I spend way too much time on the "trans stuff" because I see it *all* differently now. Although I still listen to BARpod as soon as it drops, I do wish Jesse would be able to stop endorsing TRA's basic assumptions (that there are such people as trans children, etc.). I understand it's because he's trying to straddle a difficult position. Your assessment here is spot on.
Seeing on Twitter the attacks on Jesse Singal is how I ended up reading some of his articles trying to figure out what was "wrong" with his work. I couldn't find anything. Then I started following him. Then I saw the attacks on Katie Herzog. Still a normie, at first I assumed she must have done something wrong. Then I started listening to their podcast. I was bored with the trans stuff, but they were funny. Well, long story short, before long I went down the rabbit holes--Heterodorx (I have long taught Nina Paley's work in my college classes) blew my mind. Now I spend way too much time on the "trans stuff" because I see it *all* differently now. Although I still listen to BARpod as soon as it drops, I do wish Jesse would be able to stop endorsing TRA's basic assumptions (that there are such people as trans children, etc.). I understand it's because he's trying to straddle a difficult position. Your assessment here is spot on.