You know who else believed that "biological sex" was a useful concept? Hitler!

Only losing coalitions have an incentive to support free-speech norms. You don't want to be a LOSER, do you??

Men are trash! (With respect to the definition of "trash" as "of or relating to the sex that typically produces sperm.")

"Bayesian reasoning" is a TERF dogwhistle

link to Tail: https://twitter.com/BlanchardPhD/status/1089172233300443136

too emotionally exhausted: https://twitter.com/zackmdavis/status/1112408859639898113

is this canon??? https://twitter.com/transscribe/status/1107153227257204737

no one remembers pronouns: https://twitter.com/BlanchardPhD/status/1060563648027021314

Striesand effect: https://twitter.com/BlanchardPhD/status/1092768815623094274

Misalliances are literally: https://twitter.com/literallyktp/status/1075287925087264768

Singal for free speech: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1089236142724136963

real eugenics: https://twitter.com/AMK2934/status/1091571957378633728

this but unironically (see Blanchard on "developmental competition") https://twitter.com/LoFiRepublican/status/1135632521029402626

https://twitter.com/BennettJonah/status/1089421675433771008

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S8E23 "Sounds of Silence" is an allegory about political correctness: "I could stay and live with them, or I could keep my voice" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAhqxvgQYn0 #mylittlepony #friendshipismagic #idw

Twilight Sparkle has TERF bangs

this'll be great for my future tantrum: https://twitter.com/CrassyTheo/status/1106724053371387904

AGP is well-described: https://twitter.com/will_malone/status/1121428353074880513

dialogue with Grey: https://twitter.com/zackmdavis/status/1138257464795602944

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Prewritten thread for if they do the stickers again this year—

As a male with mild gender dysphoria (which is probably causally related to my autogynephilic sexuality), pronoun stickers (like those at @RustConf) make me uncomfortable for nuanced reasons that are hard to adequately explain when limited to 280 characters at a time! 1/8 [include photo]

I don't want to put on the "HE" sticker, because that would be taken to mean that I actively "identify" as a male, when really it's more that I don't expect people to pretend not to notice. Passing in the MtF direction is REALLY HARD and I just don't expect to pull it off 2/8

(I was on hormone replacement therapy for 5 months the other year, but quit out of general conservatism about medical interventions. I wrote about it on my secret gender blog! http://unremediatedgender.space/2017/Sep/hormones-day-156-developments-doubts-and-pulling-the-plug-or-putting-the-cis-in-decision/) 3/8 [include HRT photo]

Likewise, I can't put on the "SHE" sticker. I do prefer the æsthetics of feminine pronouns and cherish them in contexts where that makes sense (like when cosplaying a female character at Comic-Con), but I couldn't really expect anyone to take that seriously in real life 4/8 [include cosplay photos]

Like, men who fantasize about being women do not particularly resemble actual women? We just—don't? This seems kind of obvious, really?? 5/8

I guess I could use the "THEY" sticker?? But I'm still not sure what the truth condition is for having a nonbinary gender (in contrast to my biological sex, which is pretty unambiguous from multiple lines of evidence, even if I'm not necessarily happy about it). 6/8

I'm also somewhat unnerved by the implication that the subconscious process by which the brain notices ppl's secondary sex characteristics is somehow illegitimate? I'm happy to use the indicated pronouns, but am I also supposed to override my perception of physical reality? 7/8

Although I happily concede that the pronoun stickers may be a useful stopgap while we're waiting for deep-learning powered surgery robots (written in @rustlang?!) to make facial feminization surgery affordable for everyone!! :sparkling_heart: :money_with_wings: END/8