News: "Two men were caught entering a women's bathroom in Turkey." Some: "It's shocking!" It's not. 2/12
News: "A couple returned home to Ireland with an infant, leaving a woman alone in a war zone, still bleeding, her body producing milk." Some: "It's shocking!" It's not. 3/12
News: "Men are searching Pornhub for 'Ukrainian girl.'" Some: "It's shocking!" It's not. 4/12
News: "Schools are hosting drag queens to read pornographic stories to children." Some: "It's shocking!" It's not. 5/12
News: "Camp sponsored by school allows men to share sleeping quarters with 10-year-old girls because of their 'gender identity.'" Some: "It's shocking!" It's not. 6/12
News: "Children are being taught that anyone can be either a boy or a girl on the basis of their chosen 'gender identity.'" Some: "It's shocking!' It's not. 7/12
News: "Man permitted to be listed on child's birth certificate as 'mother.'" Some: "It's shocking!" It's not. 9/12
News: "Child taken from parents' custody because parents refused to affirm child's 'gender identity.'" Some: "It's shocking!" It's not. 10/12
It's 2022. None of this is shocking. We need to accept that it is exactly as bad as it seems. We cannot fight from a place of defensiveness and shock. Fight. 11/12
🧵 The rules of misogyny, all available here. This piece was written in 2019. I checked the rules and they still hold up, whether they're being enforced by the political right or the left. 1/18 4w.pub/the-rules-of-m…
🧵 I have the following message from a U.S. pediatrician (with due credit given to TERF Island!). Sharing it here, anonymously, with all identifying information redacted, with permission, word for word. The spell is breaking. 1/12
"Kara, I'm not certain this is the best way to contact you and I apologize for using your professional site. However, I just wanted to let you know that I am available as a resource for you and your organization... 2/12
I am a board certified pediatrician in the US. I have been in practice since [YEAR], and sadly, am going to take a few years off of clinical medicine... 3/12
Yesterday morning I submitted the following Letter to the Editor to the @dailypenn. More than 24 hours later, I have gotten nothing by way of response. Nothing. #PennCheats. 1/12
"Dear Editor, I am a 1999 alumni of UPenn Law [@pennlaw], feminist, and life-long liberal, and I am appalled by the piece “16 Penn Law Organizations Statement in support of Lia Thomas” (Jan. 25, 2022)... 2/12 thedp.com/article/2022/0…
Female athletes are complete human beings who deserve to compete with and against other females... 3/12
Madame Speaker, I have the following in my email messages today. I'm sharing it, word for word, anonymously. 1/4 @SpeakerPelosi
"I just watched your Tucker Carlson interview and was in tears. How have we allowed this abuse to our children? My friend's daughter has removed her breasts and I never understood until you explained it... 2/4 @SpeakerPelosi
Well you need to call out Pelosi 'I’m running for the children.' Make her eat those words or vote her out. This is evil and insane. Thank you for opening my eyes." 3/4 @SpeakerPelosi
Of all the voices in the fight to push back against the #GenderIndustry, I think it's the "trans widows" whose voices get heard the least. For anyone who doesn't know, these are the women whose husbands "transition." What these women go through is horrific. 2/10
I am including here, anonymously and with permission, an email message that I received from one such woman this morning. 3/10
A woman wrote me the following in an email. I am putting it here, word for word, without using her name for privacy reasons. 1/15
"I have 15 and 12 y/o girls who are straight but are transgender “allies”, having been embroiled in gender-identity politics at school for years. It's taken time to realize the scope of how powerful this movement is... 2/15
But from the start I’ve felt disturbing flags going up about it. I’ve always been 100% pro civil/equal rights but this movement felt unfamiliar. It felt sneaky & manipulative and there was a distinctly misogynistic vibe to it that aroused suspicion in me... 3/15