Thread by @4th_WaveNow

There's been a lot of discussion about Dr. Olson-Kennedy in the last few days. For those who haven't read it, we covered her "pop tarts" workshop in 2017 (audio provided by a participant at the gender conference).

https://twitter.com/4th_WaveNow/status/1218236102114336768

Here's the 7 minute audio clip wherein Olson-Kennedy explains in detail how she "just gave him [the 8-year-old "assigned female at birth"] the language" to understand she was actually a boy.
dailymotion.com/video/x7kqndv
It's worth listening to in its entirety, especially for this:

Olson-Kennedy herself says that the 8-yr-old child was not expressing the desire to "be a boy." She had short hair and wore "boy's clothes", yes, but when the good doctor asked her "are you a boy or a girl", the girl stated she WAS a girl..."because of this body."

Olson-Kennedy, in her own words, makes it clear she thinks a child who believes her body has anything to do with whether she's a girl or boy has been wrongly taught.

Olson-Kennedy then proceeds to encourage the child to see her body as a "wrapper" containing the wrong "pop tart" [toaster pastry]. And it worked.

Olson-Kennedy joins her audience in appreciative laughter, demurs: "I don't THINK I made this kid a boy. I don't THINK so."

Judge for yourself. Please listen to the entire audio clip provided by the conference participant, and read our writeup here.
4thwavenow.com/2017/07/23/i-j…

UK writer @DouglasKMurray 's Madness of Crowds covers the pop tart lecture as well, along with Diane Ehrensaft's infamous barrettes-and-onesies presentation.

https://twitter.com/4th_WaveNow/status/1218236098901491712?s=20

Many more people now know about these providers than when we originally covered them, but many still don't. Please continue to share widely, now that the @60Minutes program on detransition last Sunday--viewed by millions--has started a long overdue national conversation.

Several clinicians featured on @60Minutes expressed concern that some colleagues were not sufficiently cautious in their work with youth. No names were mentioned, but those of us who've been watching this for years are well aware.
cbsnews.com/video/transgen…

It's one thing for a doctor like Olson-Kennedy to be a fervent believer and practitioner of "affirmative care." It's quite another to engage in a coordinated campaign to suppress coverage of people who did NOT benefit from this model of care.

https://twitter.com/4th_WaveNow/status/1397547754000420864?s=20

...But then again, if you believe the removal of a teenager's breasts is no big deal, because of they change their mind & regret the surgery, they can "go and get" some new synthetic ones later...

https://twitter.com/SwipeWright/status/1398431192492347392?s=20

"Affirmative" gender clinicians do tell reporters things that should be questioned. But it's when they are with other true believers (like at a gender conference) that they really let loose and show the full truth of how they practice with their patients.

Someone who has attended gender conferences compiled this series of videos (including the infamous "go and get them"). The recordings demonstrate how affirmative clinicians talk amongst their peers about their young clients. They are all worth watching.
youtube.com/channel/UCPu4-…