A key part of the oppression of LGBTQ+ folks in the past was simply withholding knowledge- about these identities, that there were others out there like you, that these were things that you can do with your body. It would be extremely difficult to go back to that (though of course not impossible).

I hadn't read that article before, but I think that if I were an author on the level of Atwood, someone saying I'm "up there with Rowling in storytelling ability" would be getting punched.

Real gross to learn that over half of the trans women in the study began paid sex work as minors and then turn around and say, "They do it for fun!"

They define manhood through suffering, and then get angry that men are suffering.

White women on TikTok said that $10 paperbacks were coming back because Trump got elected, so I'm pretty sure this is false.

"You make a home out of circumstances that you grow to love" is legitimately beautiful, though.

They don't *have* to be anything. They *get* to be.

Yes.

Thank you for your service 🫡

A sure sign of knowing the science would vindicate you is forbidding anyone from doing the science.

The admins even admitted that "...what is controversial now may not have been three, six months ago."

Yes! It's always bothered me when conservatives would make NewSpeak comparisons talking about pronouns or "new genders." Like, no, the entire point of NewSpeak was to make certain thoughts impossible by getting rid of words for them. Creating new words to name new ideas is the exact opposite.

Shaun on YouTube does a nearly two hour breakdown, and doesn't even mention the transphobia once.
youtu.be/-1iaJWSwUZs?...

The best cons usually involve convincing the mark they're in on it.

The "unified executive" theory that we're seeing come to fruition under Trump now was first floated to give W the powers needed to prosecute wars wherever he wanted.

If people were asked to defend the status quo to the same degree that anyone advocating for progress has to, most couldn't.

This attitude is why Democrats are continually losing ground. It puts Dems as unable to *do* anything, only react to Republicans as defense.