Taking Stock I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how language works, how we as a society adopt ideas, and how we can achieve a kind of liberation by reframing our thinking. In Kathleen Stock’s book Material Girls, she lays out four philosophical claims that trans activism makes: This was very much in my mind…
Note from Emma: it hasn’t escaped our notice that the UK police seem to have become very invested in their own brand of trans rights advocacy. Recent events, such as police taking two men into custody over a tweet deemed to be ‘anti-trans’ (Police force is savaged by its own crime commissioner over the arrest…
Dave Chappelle and Daphne’s Daughter Dave Chappelle’s last special for Netflix, ‘The Closer’, has created much controversy. At time of writing, some Netflix employees have walked out and issued demands that Netflix hire lots of trans people and give them tons of money to make content. Chappelle has courted controversy for a while over the…
The site received a lot of attention last week, when Maya Forstater kindly linked to one of our articles on Twitter. There were some lovely and positive and supportive comments from readers. Thank you! The article, written by the daughter of a transitioner, referred to the breach of privacy and safety male transitioners can be…
In the UK, the government is currently holding an inquiry into reform of the Gender Recognition Act. The act was originally written for transsexuals, but there has been a lot of pressure to enable anyone who wants a Gender Recognition Certificate to apply to change their legal status. The original GRA gave some ability to…
It’s been a rollercoaster week for anyone interested in the trans issue (particularly in the UK). The week kicked off for me with a series of tweets from JK Rowling, a ton of abuse on social media (a lot of which showed complete disgust with the older female body) for her, an impassioned essay she…
One night in 1980 my Mum was wandering the streets of a city, dragging me behind her, desperately trying to find a room in a cheap bed and breakfast for the night. It had been raining and the lights were gleaming on the wet pavement. It was getting late. Her sister had chucked us out…