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aspiring Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia spokesmodel

[kristi @fergyfive]

Attending the symposium this weekend #CAeyedocs

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Gladwell’s career wouldn’t have been destroyed if he’d spoken out against the glaring unfairness, not to mention dangers, of allowing men to compete in women’s sport. He’d have faced loss of approval from the cultural elite and received activist blowback, and even that wouldn’t have come with the tsunami of death and rape threats women face when they speak.

Non-famous people, mostly women, girls and gay people, have genuinely had their careers and indeed lives destroyed for saying what Gladwell was too pusillanimous to say, and Gladwell didn’t lift a finger in their defence. Like many well-known liberals, he was happy to watch members of the great unwashed bullied, traduced and defamed, fine with the erosion of freedom of speech, comfortable with young women being robbed of sporting honours and facing serious injury, because he valued his own standing and security more highly than acting on the feeble promptings of his conscience.

A rash of condescending men will swarm my mentions when I post this to tell me I should be pleased about Gladwell’s cautious backtracking. No. He hasn’t changed. He’s merely sensed a shift in what it’s acceptable to say and feels safe to align himself with the new consensus, excuses for his previous behaviour to the fore. He isn’t an ally, he’s a weathervane.

Changing sides years late, and only after you’ve realised the non-elite opposition is winning, isn’t a mark of integrity but of arse-covering. Those whose overriding focus is remaining in good odour with the in crowd can never be trusted. Gender identity ideology has been the modern arts world’s McCarthyism, and all Gladwell’s done is reveal himself as a man who’d have named names, but felt a bit uncomfortable about it afterwards.

[kristi @fergyfive]

@DIAGdemocrats They still are, just not surgically. Puberty blockers and hormones still on board.

[kristi @fergyfive]

@RigoIrizarry @jk_rowling You and this video made my entire day. Cheers and peace to you.

[kristi @fergyfive]

Attending optowest CE today #CAeyedocs

[Martina Navratilova @Martina]

No it’s not… women’s history means Females… and all the obstacles we had to overcome to make history. Trans history is trans history. Women’s history…. You get the drift.

[Buck Angel Transsexual @BuckAngel]

“From 107 583 patients, matched cohorts demonstrated that those undergoing surgery were at significantly higher risk for depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and substance use disorders than those without surgery. Males with surgery showed a higher prevalence of depression “
Examining gender-specific mental health risks after gender-affirming surgery: a national database study | The Journal of Sexual Medicine | Oxford Academic

https://t.co/ZoPzcPimGH

[Sall Grover @salltweets]

“For me it’s just common sense, that there should be any suggestion that people aren’t allowed to live the life they want to live & to be with who they want to be with & to express themselves whole heartedly, I mean as long as you’re not hurting anyone else & everyone else just needs to butt out.”

David Tennant seemingly has no clue what critics of gender ideology are saying & actually opposing. So let’s make it clear:

• First of all, common sense is knowing that there are only two sexes, sex is immutable & plays many vital roles in society, from sexuality to safeguarding to rights to procreation.

• Next, no one is suggesting that people can’t live how they want to live. This is a nothing statement. There are, basically, 8 billion ways to live life. As many possibilities are there are humans. The issue is that one group of people has fallen for a lie and wants everyone else to live that lie to some extent as gender ideology is a direct attack on how everyone else lives, from speech to education to how society is structured to rights.

• Consenting adults can choose who they want to be in intimate relationships with, that fight has long been won. But gender ideology actually wants to undo that, telling lesbians that they must accept men who claim to be women as lesbians & gay men must accept women who claim to be men as gay men. Now, if being with a person who is lying about their sex is your type, fine. But for everyone else, they also need their rights. Rights to lesbian only spaces & events & rights to gay man only spaces & events, all based in reality. Heterosexual people claiming to be homosexual and then enforcing heterosexuality upon a homosexual group is not progress.

• Who is saying people can’t express themselves? Men can wear dresses & makeup if they want. Women can cut their hair short & do whatever they think men do. We’ve all got one life, live it in a way that makes sense to you. But understand: your expression does not change material reality, and is not a free pass to take away other people’s rights. Rights, rights, rights.

• Many people are hurt by the ideology David Tennant & the like are pushing. Women’s rights are abolished, LGB people’s rights are dismantled (while simultaneously getting the blame for this nonsense), children’s right to grow up with their body in tact is demolished, and then there is freedom of belief, speech & association which impacts everyone. Don’t believe me? Try not believing in gender ideology & see how much freedom of belief you have in the workplace. Try creating a female only space and see how many men demand access to it, with institutions like human rights commissions backing them. Try being a female athlete missing out on competition because a man decided he is a woman and used his biological physical advantage to destroy your dreams. Just try to imagine that there are more issues in life than how one “identifies”.

• Telling people to “butt out” is a clear indication that someone has never once considered how gender ideology plays out in society on a macro scale & why people would be against it, and that he doesn’t actually have empathy for people who are different to him while identifying as someone who does.

If you don’t understand what your critics are saying, don’t criticize them until you do. The end.

[Monica_Harris @Monica_Y_Harris]

When companies become confused by their own virtue signaling…

[kristi @fergyfive]

@united I am platinum premier. For an international flight on 12/7/23 I requested an upgrade to biz. During boarding I received an email that i was upgraded. No one notified me. I showed it to flight crew and they said I could not move seats. Customer care has not been helpful.

[Linda Blade @coachblade]

Fab compilation of MALE athletes dominating women’s sports.
Apparently, THIS⬇️ “never happens” OR “is so rare no need for female-only policy” OR “we just wanted to pee.”

Wake up, folks. 👋🏼

#SaveWomensSports
#Fairness4Females

[kristi @fergyfive]

@jk_rowling @Aja02537920 Untold hundreds of millions of hoxcruxes….

[kristi @fergyfive]

@BGClubSV

[Liz Morton ~ Value Added Resource @ValueAddedRS]

#eBay sued by insurance co in ongoing civil case related to 2019 cyberstalking. ⚖️

Plus ex-CCO Steve Wymer's position as CEO of Boys & Girls Club Silicon Valley comes under renewed scrutiny due to his role in the scandal & local political ties. 🔍

$EBAY
https://t.co/LvPTVsEnMD

[kristi @fergyfive]

@BGClubSV

[HokieChick @hokie_hen]

@BGClubSV #SiliconValley #SteveWymer @eBay @BostonGlobe @BGClubSV

You seriously hired this man?
For Boys & Girls Club??…
This is not a good look for your organization.

https://t.co/xksBEMWy15 via @thedailybeast

[kristi @fergyfive]

@BGClubSV

[JA Consultants @jaconsultants]

So said by the current leader of the Boys & Girls Club Silicon Valley. Say, what?

[kristi @fergyfive]

@BGClubSV

[IveGotToBeMe @vegottobeme]

60 minutes Ebay Steve Wymer should be fired from Boys & Girls Club of Silicon Valley. He is a bad example for our young people.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Meghan Markle Inspires Millions Of Young Girls With Message That No Matter How Famous, Rich, And Powerful They Are, They Will Always Be Oppressed https://t.co/N7tZlVKTAu

[kristi @fergyfive]

@meganphelps I deleted Tumblr after this episode

[kristi @fergyfive]

@munkdebate @mtaibbi @Gladwell @DouglasKMurray @michelleinbklyn @Gladwell, as a long-time reader and listener to your podcast, I’m astounded. You spent 90 minutes calling @mtaibbi a racist. It was totally undeserved and beneath you.

[kristi @fergyfive]

@wesyang What a profoundly stupid question.