If you think you’re immune to bigoted rhetoric because you’re too smart to be manipulated, you are the most susceptible to be influenced. The human brain is great at hearing about a psychological quirk and going “haha, that sure is a thing everyone but me does. I’m a flawless logic machine.”

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Let's briefly talk about transphobia in the writing of fantastical worlds! As a note, a lot of what I say here will apply to other forms of bigotry, but I'm going to focus on transphobia here