Thread by @MsEntropy

I've had a bootleg copy of Abigail Shrier's book for a year (I wasn't about to pay), but just got around to reading it.

And ohhhhhh do I have some thoughts, Twitter.

When someone searches "transgender" or "trans teen" on amazon, Shrier's book is one of the top results - with glowing reviews and a "best seller" badge.

I can't imagine anything worse.

An openly hateful, explicitly anti-trans/queer author would be far less dangerous.

I'm going to take the time Shrier's "book" (trying to not get banned from Twitter here) that it deserves, so I'll keep it short for now -- and will write a blog post reviewing it later.

In detail.

Excruciating detail.

Shrier compares teen 'girls' coming out as trans boys to...

...I shit you not...

THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS' TEEN GIRL HYSTERIA

One of the stupidest arguments Shrier makes about teen girls' body image issues:

'They know they fall short of media standards for normative feminine beauty....

...SO THEY DECIDE TO BECOME MALES?

As far as recommendations for other critiques of Shrier, here's where I fall on that for now:

https://twitter.com/MsEntropy/status/1413879870350794753?s=20

Here's what Shrier has to say about the horrific rate of suicide among trans youth:

MANIPULATION AND EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL

[I need a muzzle, y'all - for REAL. Consider today's mini-thread an appetizer for my book review. Because I have so many, many, many thoughts.]

I'll write this review of Abigail Shrier's 'book' on young trans men (she refuses to refer to as 'he' BY THE WAY) next week.

Like a gourmet meal, the things I have to say need plenty of time in a slow-cooker to develop that Michelin starred level of full, rich flavor.

You know you can trust a book about transgender teens is fully-free of biased political ideology if its glowing reviews are authored by noteworthy Neutral And Objective Thinkers™:

- Ben Shapiro
- Andy Ngo's Post Millennial
- Dennis Prager
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Last thing (for now) - check out Abigail Shrier on Critical Race Theory.

Liberation, justice, and freedom for oppression FOR ALL aren't the *real issues.* It's the potential discomfort acknowledging harm *might* cause for dominant society.

Abuser Logic gonna Abuse Logic.

I never pre-write threads, but I need to do more than my "stream of consciousness rants" for this book. Because it's that dangerous.

Y'all already know I'm merciless - but when it's advocacy for kids: by necessity, I'm viciously clinical.

So stay tuned.

https://twitter.com/MsEntropy/status/1413884900856369157?s=20