I like the idea that "be best" was about people being mean to her personally

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"As long as the law is male, women must be outlaws." — Linnea Johnson This week, Moira Donegan takes us back to Chicago in 1969, when an underground feminist collective got fed up with doctors, and started providing abortions themselves.

Trans people are regarded as irreparably stained by the original sin of our self-identification. Any discussion which tries to bleach that stain away with attempts at assimilation is doomed because the stain itself does not exist on us; it is a cataract in the observer's eye.

Performance theory

1. On Tuesday, several amicus briefs were filed at the Supreme Court opposing gender affirming care bans. One of the most impactful was a brief from families that have had to flee from anti-trans laws, literally splitting families apart. Subscribe to support our journalism.

New: Texas' governor and attorney general are going to extreme lengths to intimidate and silence their political opponents, critics say. I spoke to a dozen people about what's happening, including several who remain nameless to avoid retaliation: huffpost.com/entry/ken-paxt…

The upcoming Supreme Court battle over bans on medical care for trans youth, explained aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rig…

If you want to know what dystopia looks like, it's this YouTube video from the South Dakota Health Department telling doctors when they're allowed to save pregnant women's lives youtube.com/watch?v=vrYxPk…