OK this will be BY FAR the worst content of the day on here, please skip at will, hubski. The left is currently canceling The Young Turks on twitter, but it's hard to say that they haven't earned it. It all began with Ana Kasparian complaining that she doesn't want to be called a "person who can get pregnant", and exclusively requires "woman". I'm not sure who in her personal life is doing that. It's kind of a woke medical journals thing, almost exclusively, and the issue can be put to bed about 99.9% of the time by simply saying "women and people who can get pregnant". But that was more than enough for the entire Daily Wire cast to begin strategically pitting the left against itself. And Cenk and Ana have really taken the bait, I must say, and are viciously rejecting friends' good-faith criticism and critiques."If you want me to vote Democratic you have to pass my 90-point purity test"
Thus far it's the only content, so I guess it's the best and worst. Though it does remind me to be thankful that I'm not on Twitter or any other social media. What a weird world of bubbles that is. Things that matter so much inside the bubble have literally no contact with what's outside of it--totally self-contained.
So I found out today that "Kristen," who helped us out with our gender-inclusive language, is now "Liam" thank you very much. He is very much a "person who can get pregnant" who is throwing a lot of business our way. Spent the morning at the Russian spa. There were at least three people (out of maybe 12 in the whole place) whose gender was not the one they were born with, one of which who was obviously, bravely mid-transition (in a goddamn bikini - you go girl). And I mean, fuck - this shit is all so thunderously performative. Really? You're gonna be the one to whine to the cops and say "I think that woman has a penis?" You're gonna give the cops the job of junk checking for god and country? Fer fuck's sake. What a stupid fucking hill to die on.
Jesus christ. For the record? I employ four midwives, a naturopathic doctor who specializes in gender affirming care and had transgender advocates comb through our materials for gender-inclusive language and I've never heard of Ana Kasparian. This kerfuffle simply has not reached our shores. You'd think it would? 'cuz you know what? There are men - who used to be women - who have babies. We've gotten paid for helping them out. Not something that happened, culturally, just a few years ago and if we're being honest, not something anyone needs an opinion about. If these men aren't having your baby, I don't see how it matters to you. It's not a "woke medical journals" thing it's a "people gain self-esteem from claiming their gender of choice lay the fuck off" thing but you're right - pillorying someone for the thoughtcrime of having an opinion is about as 2023 as it gets. Cenk Uygur is an asshole. I would expect that anyone who works with him is asshole-adjacent.