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I read something a few weeks ago about Rothfuss being cancelled over his portrayal of women.
I call bullshit.
I call bullshit.
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I didn't look into it all too much but from what I could see in the original interview Adichie was asked a question about trans stuff and she uncomfortably tried to work it out in front of the interviewer before ending in a slightly confused place. Basically she should have said nothing and we shouldn't expect writing a fiction book to mean the same as being imbued with wisdom that the rest of us mortals could only dream of.This came up in work yesterday, and obvs everyone was very much against Adichie, and kind of took it for granted she's actually transphobic because she doesn't say exactly the right thing. It's weird the way people conflate disagreement with hatred
No idea. SURE I HAVEN'T A CLUE. Being trans sounds pretty tough and i'd be inclined to say we should listen to them and support them but also we should not be giving out to someone for not knowing the exact ins and outs of every single other persons personal experiences.Two thoughts on this occurred to me afterwards.
First is this - is it plausible that when people say "trans women are women" they mean "there is a category of humans called 'women' which includes biological women and trans women" ... but so-called transphobes think they mean "trans women and biological women are exactly identical", and disagree? And all the gnashing of teeth is simply a failure to be linguistically precise?
I mean I guess, some serious matters of degree there though.Second is this - fantasy writers often construct worlds where words are all-powerful (e.g. Ursula K. LeGuin in the Earthsea stuff, also Patrick Rothfuss's Name Of The Wind books), which IMO is a kind of wish-fulfillment thing for people whose stock-in-trade is words. Could cancel culture be a reflection of us all becoming convinced that words are more important than actions, as a consequence of the internet making us all into writers?
Heh sure look, don't mind me, I'm just thinking out loud in my safe spaceI mean I guess, some serious matters of degree there though.
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I voiced opinions on thumped between 2009 and mid 2010's that trans women being allowed complete in women's sport was unfair and selfish in that it put the rights of a small group of people ahead of the vast majority.
I'd now say this should be considered on a case by case basis.
tough issue but I'd accept I was wrong before and would be open to changing my mind again.
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AWESOME.British influencer slammed for announcing they ‘identify as non-binary Korean’
Instagram influencer Oli London has been hit with a social media storm after coming out as a “non-binary person who identifies as Korean.”Last week, the self-styled “British reality TV personality and K-Pop singer”, 31, announced that they would now be using the pronouns...www.indy100.com
British influencer slammed for announcing they ‘identify as non-binary Korean’
Instagram influencer Oli London has been hit with a social media storm after coming out as a “non-binary person who identifies as Korean.”Last week, the self-styled “British reality TV personality and K-Pop singer”, 31, announced that they would now be using the pronouns...www.indy100.com
the irony of it all is that the trans athletes are probably the only ones competing honestly.Trans issues were a tiny niche issue until about 2008/09 but by 2012 gender identity was a huge mainstream issue.
No one - even in the trans community - could have foreseen how many people have gender identity issues back in the 2000's.
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