What the wicked TERF has been doing lately.

Once again, a huge thank you to everyone who bought a copy of The Ickabog. As a result, my charitable trust continues to be able to support those worst affected by the pandemic #COVIDIndia https://t.co/UZTEiqMfDZ

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 13, 2021

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Academic ethics…

You may think that’s just some high school kid but in fact he’s an academic. He’s been comparing gender critical feminists to Holocaust deniers for hours.

Academic work must be TRUE – or, at least, strive towards truth.

— Eric Lybeck (@EricRoyalLybeck) May 13, 2021

They do not deserve the platform of a university unless they are presented as a specimen of UNTRUTH (which they are regularly referenced and debated as such)

— Eric Lybeck (@EricRoyalLybeck) May 13, 2021

So he’s saying that the ideology that says men are women if they say they are is an authoritative ideology, and that it’s true or at least strives towards truth, while skepticism about that ideology is not true … Read the rest

Wait who is the terrorist in this one-act play?

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene aggressively confronted Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday and falsely accused her of supporting “terrorists,” leading the New York congresswoman’s office to call on leadership to ensure that Congress remains “a safe, civil place for all Members and staff.”

In other words somebody please instruct Greene to act like an adult, and make it stick.

Two Washington Post reporters witnessed Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) exit the House chamber late Wednesday afternoon ahead of Greene (Ga.), who shouted “Hey Alexandria” twice in an effort to get her attention. When Ocasio-Cortez did not stop walking, Greene picked up her pace and began shouting at her and asking why she supports antifa,

There’s a plastic surgery firm in San Francisco called Align Surgical Associates. It’s on Facebook.

I didn’t include the photos.

Via

Speechless.https://t.co/QOwEOlWXjX pic.twitter.com/Sp8Ill89GP

— Eliza Mondegreen (@elizamondegreen) May 12, 2021

"If you’re interested in this procedure, or one of the other non-standard gender surgeries we offer, we recommend reaching out to us and setting up your consultation. There are numerous ways that we can allow you to enjoy the gender identity that you prefer."

— Eliza Mondegreen (@elizamondegreen) May 12, 2021

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Is that true?

I’m not seeing it.

I’m not seeing where the confidence comes from, to announce that. How do people know such things? Where do they get them?

Why would we be “addicted” to our fear?

Really, why? What’s the reward that creates the addiction?

Why would we “fall in love with” our fear? Fear is nasty, so why would we fall in love with it?

I had a charismatic Comparative Literature teacher at university a few centuries ago who did this kind of thing regularly – informed us that professed motives were fake and the actual ones were something less idealistic and more selfish: sex or sadism or greed and the like. At some point I noticed that … Read the rest

Thinking of applying to teach at Virginia Commonwealth University? They have a little requirement.

Statement of Contribution to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Virginia Commonwealth University is committed to organizational diversity, equity and inclusion – an environment where all can thrive in their pursuit of excellence. Applicants are requested to submit a Statement of Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion providing your career aspirations and contributions toward promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.

I like the way they say it three times in that one short paragraph, just in case you lost track of what they’re “requesting.”… Read the rest

It’s funny what lousy rotten grumpy sour sore losers they are, when…

When you think of the onslaught of derision directed at Clinton for any post-election musing on the confluence of factors that lead to her loss and compare that to Trump's now 6 month reality denying temper tantrum supported by almost his entire party, it's incredible.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) May 12, 2021

Especially when Clinton won the popular vote (the actual vote) by 3 million and Trump…didn’t.

Ousting of Liz Cheney, insane 'audit' in AZ, avalanche of GOP voter suppression bills all have same goal: to institutionalize Trump's Big Lie & rig future elections in their favor. GOP assault on democracy most important story in American politics today

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Ah yes the pretend-feminism of the predator. “Girls, tell them you don’t need “”””protecktinng””””.”

This dude is legit the creepiest thing on tik tok.

Women and girls travel together for a reason. For our safety.

God damn. pic.twitter.com/y7e9tN0ObY

— Mattie Watkins (@thepeaklady) May 9, 2021

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You know, if you make it mandatory, you’ll never know if it’s for real or just forced compliance. If a man tells a woman she has to say “I love you” to him at least once a day or he’ll punish her, can he be confident she means it when she says it?

The national anthem would have to be played before all sporting events held at Wisconsin venues that received any public funding under a mostly symbolic bill passed by the state Assembly.

Why? What’s the point? If it’s compelled, what good is it?

The requirement would apply at all levels of athletic events played on a field that ever received public money, from a bar league softball

One of the great joys of now as opposed to say six months ago is that we get to ignore That Guy. But every now and then I feel an atavistic impulse to point and laugh one more time.

FROM THE DESK OF

(Which is already ridiculous. Desk shmesk. It’s a flat thing where he can scribble with his Sharpie. He doesn’t need a desk because he can’t read or write or think.)

Anyway from the flat thing of –

Liz Cheney is a bitter, horrible human being. I watched her yesterday and realized how bad she is for the Republican Party. She has no personality or anything good having to do with politics or our Country. She is a

Outrage as male voice actor dubs male actor, fumes the Guardian.

The Italian-language version of Emerald Fennell’s revenge thriller Promising Young Woman has come under fire for giving trans actor Laverne Cox a male voice.

But…Laverne Cox has a male voice. Necessarily, being a male person.

[T]he release has been pushed back after a clip of Una Donna Promettente was posted by Universal Pictures Italy on 6 May. In the since-restricted video, Cox’s character, Gail, talks to protagonist Cassie, played by Carey Mulligan, in a distinctively masculine tone. The Orange Is the New Black star was given the deep tones of voice actor Roberto Pedicini. Italian viewers couldn’t believe their ears, immediately taking to social media to voice

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Now the Republicans are trying to pretend Fauci created the pandemic on purpose for [insert reason here].

For much of the past year, Republicans have decried lead government coronavirus expert Anthony S. Fauci’s prescriptions for mitigating the pandemic — including masks, social distancing and keeping society shut down.

Yeah, boy, masks – have you ever heard of anything so UnAmerican? Masks. I ask you.

But increasingly in the past week, the effort has taken on a new flavor — with suggestions that Fauci might be personally to blame for the advent of the virus itself.

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With Fauci set to testify before the Senate on Tuesday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson teed things up the night before. In a

Idaho has made it illegal to teach about slavery in schools and universities.

Idaho’s governor, Brad Little, has a bill signed into law that aims to restrict critical race theory from being taught as a subject in schools and universities.

We know there’s some dumb critical race theory out there, such as the Robin DiAngelo version for instance, but Idaho apparently interprets it very broadly.

The bill, H 377, prevents teachers from “indoctrinating” students into belief systems that claim that members of any race, sex, religion, ethnicity or national origin are inferior or superior to other groups. Signed into law last week, H 377 also makes it illegal to make students “affirm, adopt or adhere to” beliefs that members

Originally a comment by Arty Morty on Those drugs can’t possibly be legal.

I’ve been thinking more and more about this issue as though it’s a battle of stories. To some people, the Story of Trans absolutely must be a happy story, as uplifting and life-affirming as a lost-dog-reunited viral video. They genuinely think that being a good LGBT ally means simply making sure you fix in your mind a happy story about LGBT people whenever the topic arises.

Isn’t it incredible that there are two kinds of trans “allies”, two groups who actually hold completely opposing views about trans issues, but who remain united in their shared opposition to criticism of gender ideology, because they see anything with … Read the rest

So creepy Gegi is a lawyer now?

Sometimes schools are unsure of what they need to in order to prevent and respond to #GenderExpression or #GenderIdentity discrimination, including how these are different. This is why @gegi_ca exists in the world!

Learn more at https://t.co/Gcu9NMB8TU.#OntEd pic.twitter.com/bHMVuyFARz

— Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (@CCGSD_CCDGS) May 10, 2021

What does that mean? Is it a human rights violation to say that a skirt doesn’t turn a man into a woman?

Did you know that Ontario schools have a legal duty to offer a climate free from gender identity AND gender expression discrimination? Visit https://t.co/XWAdne7kG8 for information and resources to help support students and teachers in Ontario schools. #EducationWeek #OntED

The trumpist takeover proceeds.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) is poised this week to become the highest ranking elected Republican woman in the House of Representatives, as the beneficiary of the GOP mutiny against Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.). Cheney, the chair of the House Republican conference, dared to acknowledge reality: Donald Trump lost the election and then incited the seditious attack on the US Capitol. For that sin, the House Republican wing of the Trump cult will give Cheney the boot and replace her with Stefanik, who is in her fourth term representing a district in upstate New York.

Remember when the Republicans were the law and order party? It still seems odd that now they’re the insurrection party.

Stefanik’s

It’s all part of growing up…

The man never enters the frame, but we can tell he is older, and he must be much bigger than she is: the girl, still seated, cranes her face to look up at him. The calm confidence behind her large glasses snuffs out; her shoulders tense up, rising toward her ears….“I see your hesitancy,” he says…“I’m just doing a live and talking to some people,” she says, and glances towards her phone. That’s when he finally leaves her alone: not when he notices that she’s uncomfortable, but when he realizes that he is being watched.

The video (in two parts), posted to TikTok by the teenage user @maassassin_, immediately goes viral. Women,

Confirmation that we saw what we thought we saw – that what we saw is what we thought it was.

Allison Bailey says a thing, and guess who comes along to say “Nuh-uh.”

Regrettably the 'guidance' is, IMHO, partisan, incomplete and misleading, and if followed would cause schools to act unlawfully towards trans children. And who 'recognises' TT as education experts? Themselves?

— Robin Moira White (she/her) (@moira_robin) May 9, 2021

The trouble with that is, Robin Moira White is opposing counsel in Allison’s case against Stonewall. White should not be messing with Allison on social media.

I have in trans cases from different perspectives, which requires grounding in what the law IS, not what folk would LIKE it to be. Regrettably this 'guidance' is not.

You didnt answer my question about the recognition of TT?

— Robin Moira White