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@@ -407,12 +407,6 @@ NRx-inspired (sigh ... yes, unfortunately) points—
    is an [X]. Most of them, in fact, are not. Nor is it absolutely guaranteed
    that every single [X] will be a party member. But most of them, in fact,
    are"—thus, requiring representaiton of Xes benefits the party
- * practice of deferring to designated-victim trans women _makes the trans
-   women worse people_: if you know that you can win a dispute by playing the
-   transphobia card, that incentive shapes your life (Moldbug: discussion of
-   "ignoble privilege" in "Gentle Introduction" pt. 3)
-    * kind of like how _the right to be sued_ is an important part of legal
-      personhood: the possibility of recourse is necessary for trust
 
 
 feminists are masculinized: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158978/
@@ -2669,3 +2663,38 @@ https://ovarit.com/o/GenderCritical/31752/why-do-trans-people-like-doing-things-
 > only straight men talk about women's bodies like this.
 
  
+on this account cis transhumanists are sane
+> Trans transhumanists: omg what if hot-swappable body parts? Real functioning tails and cat ears? Permanently purple hair?
+> Cis transhumanists: with this nootropic stack and optimized nutrient slurry my tragic meat machine is 8% more efficient at converting calories into javascript
+https://twitter.com/mspowahs/status/957995279092875264
+
+I get this one a lot. So much so that I had to waste three years of my life explaining and re-explaining the cognitive function of categorization in exhaustive, exhaustive detail: see ["The Categories Were Made for Man to Make Predictions"](http://unremediatedgender.space/2018/Feb/the-categories-were-made-for-man-to-make-predictions/) (6500 words, February 2018), ["Where to Draw the Boundaries?"](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/esRZaPXSHgWzyB2NL/where-to-draw-the-boundaries) (3800 words, April 2019), and ["Unnatural Categories Are Optimized for Deception"](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/onwgTH6n8wxRSo2BJ/unnatural-categories-are-optimized-for-deception) (9900 words, January 2021).
+
+> It does shed some light on some of the more cryptic things my mom had said over the years
+https://bodyswapfiction.com/enter/time-loop/
+
+Sex differences in language use, and gays (discussion includes sex-differences cites)
+https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.639887/full
+
+The R.A.I.N.B.O.W. (Respect Acceptance Inclusivity Nonjudgemental Born-this-way Open-minded Worthy) LGBTQIA employee interest group had a Zoom event for the start of Pride month today. I spoke, but was very inarticulate https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/FMkQtPvzsriQAow5q/the-correct-response-to-uncertainty-is-not-half-speed (I was going to write a post about it, but I feel like being paranoid and risk-averse)
+
+Gayness has been reified such that you can make gay part of your public identity without people having to think about anal being a thing (which I still can't believe)
+
+a simplistic account, but ... https://medium.com/@awbreymaggie8/detransition-505c99d822df
+
+https://ovarit.com/o/GenderCritical/32816/thoughts-on-feeling-like-a-woman
+> I've been asking the older women in my life if they ever "felt like a woman" literally all of them (completely oblivious to TRAs) look at me with such a puzzled and confused face, they're like "no?? was i supposed to?"
+
+https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/996319297/gender-identity-pronouns-expression-guide-lgbtq
+
+https://nypost.com/2017/11/17/apples-diversity-chief-lasts-just-six-months/
+
+https://ovarit.com/o/GenderCritical/32969/cisgender-questionnaire-given-ahead-of-zen-center-meeting
+
+https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/14/archives/conundrum-by-jan-morris-a-helen-and-kurt-wolff-book-174-pp-new-york.html
+
+https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/nqm85g/review_of_i_was_born_in_slavery_aka_the_past_is_a/h0dbcua/
+> Arguably every generation lives in a completely different world than the one before it. The social milieu of one's teens and twenties is formative on a deep, visceral level as to what "the issues" are, and what's important in the grand scheme of things.
+
+https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/nowgdg/culture_war_roundup_for_the_week_of_may_31_2021/h0nxdb2/
+> America developed its race blind ideology when it was 90% white and had been a deeply religious country. The race blind ideology is like a fit person eating cake