
Aurora Ballard
@kirkwordsmith
Editor, Writer, erstwhile opera singer, intactivist. 'No one means all he says, and very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.'
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11-09-2013 20:00:36
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J.K. Rowling Martine Croxall I adore how JK Rowling is like Bruce Wayne for women’s rights.


J.K. Rowling Why is language that excludes women called inclusive?


Benjamin Ryan Lying to delusional people is cruel and rude, no matter how much you try to assert otherwise. Affirming untruths is harmful to the ‘transperson’ and to wider society. You convince them they ‘pass’, that they can go wherever and do whatever they want. You gaslight them into


When you tell a woman she must pretend a man is a woman, you’re asserting the right to control her speech and perception of reality, while also trivialising and devaluing her female-specific experience. You’re asking her to agree that ‘woman’ is a concept men can embody at will.





Important reading. The best analyst of Kremlin politics Mikhail Zygar writing at the moment : Trump Has Soured on Putin. Putin Couldn’t Care Less. Everyone now realizes that Mr. Putin has no desire to end the war, which remains his main tool for controlling society. Worse, he