From 4be6e3aaab9715e8cdbe56f96dc99f5050d34e6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake" Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 18:27:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] check in --- notes/epigraph_quotes.md | 5 +++++ notes/notes.txt | 8 ++++++++ notes/post_ideas.txt | 7 +++++-- notes/tweet_pad.txt | 6 ++++++ 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/notes/epigraph_quotes.md b/notes/epigraph_quotes.md index 991a8c0..388a4b7 100644 --- a/notes/epigraph_quotes.md +++ b/notes/epigraph_quotes.md @@ -296,3 +296,8 @@ https://xkcd.com/1942/ > Then give them both the lie. > > —["The Lie"](https://www.bartleby.com/40/48.html) by Sir Walter Raleigh + + +> Do not at the outset of your career make the all too common error of mistaking names for things. Names are only conventional signs for identifying things. Things are the reality that counts. If a thing is despised, either because of ignorance or because it is despicable, you will not alter matters by changing its name. +> +> —W. E. B. duBois (http://www.virginia.edu/woodson/courses/aas102%20%28spring%2001%29/articles/names/dubois.htm) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/notes/notes.txt b/notes/notes.txt index 25985df..60086f4 100644 --- a/notes/notes.txt +++ b/notes/notes.txt @@ -1255,3 +1255,11 @@ https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/ray-blanchard-transgender-orthodoxy/ circle game paranoia: http://www.unz.com/isteve/bad-juju-in-oak-park-il/ https://medium.com/@barrakerr/pronouns-are-rohypnol-dbcd1cb9c2d9 + +https://arcdigital.media/on-transwomen-and-sports-54fe1a8963e + +https://medium.com/@katieja/young-children-reality-sex-and-gender-3421f4f165f1 + +https://knowingless.com/2019/06/06/side-effects-of-preferred-pronouns/ + +"please like think before you go around using “afab” or “amab” to refer broadly to groups of people in your tweets. neither of these categories are like coherent social categories in any way, and are often used in ways that perpetuate trans misogyny" https://twitter.com/folkpunkjunk/status/1140278990072102912 diff --git a/notes/post_ideas.txt b/notes/post_ideas.txt index a459be3..e9e8d9a 100644 --- a/notes/post_ideas.txt +++ b/notes/post_ideas.txt @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ _ 1 July "A Love That Is Out of Anyone's Control" ✓ 2 July The Source of Our Power -_ 3 July on the argumentative form, "super-proton things come in varieties"—I think the moral here is wrong; you might ask why I'm criticizing it even though it supports my position, but I care about REASONING, which means REJECTING BAD ARGUMENTS even if they're on "your side" +_ 3 July On the Argumentative Form "Super-proton Things Tend to Come in Varieties" +_ 4 July The Social Construction of Reality and the Sheer Goddamned "I Tell Myself to Let the Story End" Social Strategy Notes +https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/4ZvJab25tDebB8FGE/you-have-about-five-words : well, that explains the TWAW mantra + "Lies to Cis People", a.k.a., "Lies" -The Social Construction of Reality and the Sheer Goddamned + I Mean, Yes, I Agree That Man Should Allocate Some More Categories, But Virtue Signaling Is Costly and Honest commentary on "Blegg Mode" (in response to Kosoy's objection) diff --git a/notes/tweet_pad.txt b/notes/tweet_pad.txt index 63de569..8abf553 100644 --- a/notes/tweet_pad.txt +++ b/notes/tweet_pad.txt @@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Men are trash! (With respect to the definition of "trash" as "of or relating to 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 @@ -18,6 +22,8 @@ Singal for free speech: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/10892361427241369 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 -- 2.17.1