This remarkable, rare book is no longer for sale, but I’ve been given permission to share its contents here.
This thread is dedicated to everyone, from the States (@Riley_Gaines_ @Martina @SaraGonzalesTX @stclairashley @MattWalshBlog) to across the pond (@Glinner @jk_rowling @DreyfusJames @ThePosieParker @Serena_Partrick) to down under (@salltweets @RitaPanahi @RachaelWongAus) whose efforts to protect women, children, and biological reality have cost them time, money, and reputation. Those efforts have not been wasted. Thank you.
Hello!
Hello!
Hello!
Hello!
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Hello, my friend!
Hello to you!
I need to tell you something new!
Hello, good sir!
Hello, I say!
Please tell me why you’re dressed this way!
I’m happy that we’ve met again.
Before, you knew me as a man.
You must not ever call me “sir.”
I am a she! I am a her!
I changed my name! I changed my hair!
I put on ladies’ underwear!
I see your hair. It is a wig.
Your Adam’s apple still looks big.
You are a man, and that is clear.
I do not see a woman here.
I must admit, it’s rather odd
To hear you say you’re now a broad.
I am a woman! Call me ma’am!
You have to call me Ma’am I Am!
I wear a skirt! I wear high heels!
I feel just how a lady feels!
You cannot know how ladies feel.
It is not true. It is not real.
A woman’s more than hair or clothes.
I do not care if you have those.
I am a woman! You can see!
I’ve had expensive surgery!
A surgeon came! He gave me tits!
He changed my junk to lady bits!
My pronouns now are “she” and “her.”
I am a woman! I am sure!
A saline bag is not a breast.
A woman’s more than how you’re dressed.
You are a man. This is a sham.
I will not, cannot, call you ma’am.
I will not, cannot, say a lie.
I wish you well, but now: goodbye!
I made the city change a law
To let me use the women’s spa
But now I do not want to go!
It is your fault, I’ll have you know!
You have been mean! You have been rude!
You’ve put me in a sour mood!
I am so mad! I feel such stress!
I think I may have PMS!
You have no uterus, so no:
You cannot bleed from down below.
I do not like your padded bra!
You should not use the women's spa!
You tell me you had surgery;
Your pronouns still are "him" and "he."
Your chromosomes are X and Y.
That means you'll always be a guy.
You gave yourself a girly name.
I do not care. You're not a dame.
A surgeon chopped your eggs and ham?
I still won't call you Ma'am I Am.
Police! Police! It is not fair!
You must arrest that person there!
His hateful speech has frightened me!
He made me sad! He called me "he"!
Now come with us for being bad.
You should not make this lady sad.
To jail with you, and there you'll stay
Until you change the words you say.
I will not change them! I refuse!
A woman's more than clothes or shoes!
The DNA in every cell
Is how a scientist can tell!
You cannot force me to agree
Because he's taking HRT!
You cannot force me to comply!
I will not, cannot, say a lie!
A woman's more than how you feel!
It is not true! It is not real!
To jail with you! That's quite enough!
You must not say such awful stuff!
You should have called this lady "ma'am"!
We're very sorry, Ma'am I Am.
Because he did not call you "she"
We'll lock him up and lose the key.
At last that horrid man is gone!
I think I'll hit the nail salon!
And then I'll buy athletic shorts.
I think I could be good at sports!
I may be getting fat and old
But still, I bet I win the gold!
I'll beat those girls! I know I can!
I'm bigger!
Stronger!
I'm a man!
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For my non-American friends: I’m going to try to explain modern American politics to you, using the Wizard World of Harry Potter.
Republicans and Democrats aren’t Harry, Dumbledore, Voldemort.
Republicans are Gilderoy Lockhart.
Democrats are Lucius Malfoy.
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Republicans – conservative media, political operatives, elected officials, are generally considered to be on the “good” side, like Professor Lockhart is.
(You read the books, saw the movies. You know where this is going.)
In reality, they’re feckless midwit narcissists.
Republicans love celebrity. They crave it. Doesn’t matter how fleeting or unlikely.
Kanye.
The Hawk Tuah girl.
Even J. K. Rowling herself, unquestioningly liberal, is claimed by the American right for simply pointing out that boys aren’t girls.
I could be the most fêted auteur in cinema, and the chances of this working would still be slim. May as well just pitch @jk_rowling @wbpictures @StreamOnMax here, and hope it goes viral.
Ms. Rowling: we need an Auror series starring Daniel Radcliffe.
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The @wizardingworld is infinitely vast and almost entirely unexplored, since we’ve mostly seen it through the eyes of @HarryPotter during his years at Hogwarts.
…but then, as an adult, he becomes a Dark Wizard hunter for the government.
It’s the biggest set-up in IP history.
@wizardingworld @harrypotter Plus, all the actors are now the right age for it. Sure, Rupert and Emma and Daniel have other projects, sometimes, but how could they say no to this?
To me, the most exciting thing about AI technology is knowing that within ten years, maybe five…
…someone will definitely have edited the entire original Star Wars trilogy to replace @MarkHamill’s face and dialogue with @realDonaldTrump.
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“Tatooine. Small planet, very tiny. Backwater, some say. I call it ‘Tiny Tatooine.’ I’m going to leave, of course, go somewhere bigger, much bigger, much more exciting. Not there just yet, but soon, I can tell you.”
“Two suns. Very rare, very beautiful. How many suns does your planet have? Just the one? Too bad, a real shame, because having two suns is much better.”