Step back from the well
Justin Weinberg of Daily Nous was on it promptly:
Richard Marshall, who has conducted astonishingly rich interviews with hundreds of philosophers for 3:AM Magazine, has resigned from the publication over its editor’s decision to remove one of his interviews from public view.
He quotes Leiter then shares some tweets by the deeply unpleasant Christa Peterson (which poisons the well a good deal, in my view). Then:
There were also a handful of calls for the interview to be deleted, ranging from the thread that begins with
disappointed/disgusted at @3ammagazine choosing to amplify transphobia in a fawning, uncritical interview. in a world where trans comrades are regularly attacked, the publication of this piece is an act of violence. yr readers expect+deserve better than right-wing contrarianism.
— josie sparrow (@ofthesparrows) March 19, 2019
and ends expressing the hope that 3:AM “reconsiders this move”, to briefer responses such as
This is incredibly offensive and you should be ashamed of yourself for publishing it. The ignorance here is astounding. Delete the interview, sell the domain name to your website, pick up a new hobby or something – just fuck off.
— Nora (@MadeOfBarges) March 19, 2019
I was naturally curious about this Nora made of barges so I looked and behold, Nora has 87 followers. Nora is trans. Nora is angry.
Here's a piece of fucking trash by a shit mag. "The toxic debate around transgender"? Yes, and "the toxic debate around black"! This is literally a TERF interviewing a TERF, neither of whom knows anything about trans issues. They outright call trans women 'male.' It's repulsive. https://t.co/vahjE8wTwE
— Nora (@MadeOfBarges) March 19, 2019
"Whatever it is, we're against it."
Especially if it's the dignity of trans women!
Who runs this magazine, fucking Ricky Gervais? pic.twitter.com/PxekL4ibkZ
— Nora (@MadeOfBarges) March 19, 2019
Such dignity.
Followup on this – 3:AM has deleted their whole Twiter (lol) and also removed the article from their website (good).
— Nora (@MadeOfBarges) March 19, 2019
I would just like to add: get fucking wrecked Holly Lawford-Smith you braindead idiot, everyone is laughing at you, why don't you go listen to some Orson Scott Card audiobooks and cry in a corner.
— Nora (@MadeOfBarges) March 20, 2019
So, why cite Nora of the 87 followers who is not very philosophical?
I leave it to your wisdom to determine.
Oh the humanity.
I haven’t read/heard the interview, but Ender’s Game is a peculiar recommendation, ‘feminist’ or not:
https://johnjosephkessel.wixsite.com/kessel-website/creating-the-innocent-killer