Exulansic, I missed you! I woke up to this new video and had a hard time getting through it because it’s hard for me to listen to what’s being done to so many women. The longer I stay involved and the more I understand, the more difficult it is for me. Anyone else feel this way? I guess I’m getting angrier by the minute? Sisters in solidarity 💜🤍💛💪🤞🤞🤞
Amy, you should get a civil attorney and sue the boy, his parents, the school and the police department! Not only do have a documented physical injury, but you now have PTSD to what happened to you! Keep pushing the district attorney and always have as many women go with you on your court dates and pressure the district attorney's office to act on your behalf. DO NOT accept a plea deal, he needs see there are consequences for his actions and being put on probation is not a consequence. Actual jail time! Last thought, have you ever thought to talk privately to the correction officers outside the prison? Giving them anonymity to hear their stories about this change. Many of them do not agree with these mandates, but are told by the superintendent of prisons, they have no choice or lose their job. There are women correction officers and civilian staff who now have to deal with male inmates in women's prisons and their safety is at risk as well. I wish you a speedy recovery both physically and eventually mentally!
This may sound callous, but I would not be alarmed about this trend if it were only happening to affluent white kids.
We have a house in rural MA and it has become apparent to me that becoming "trans" is the new ticket to special treatment amongst teens of all income brackets. I see just as many of them in the Berkshires, or the Hamptons, or the Hudson Valley as I do in NYC or Boston, maybe more.
The thing that bothers me about this is the fact that MA has a good, working health care system that is accessible to all. My primary residence is in MA. My health care is excellent. If this were only happening in affluent white populations who were paying their own medical bills, I would not be so exercised about it. It's not. This is a trend that is on the verge of overwhelming health care systems in Blue states.
I do not want to live in Alabama, or Arkansas, or Oklahoma or Louisiana. There is no equivalent to Mass General in any of those states. Texas has decent health care facilities but none are available to anyone but the richest of the rich. Same is true of Florida.
Even when I am eligible for Medicare, the spectre of an overburdened, pared-down medical system looms large on the horizon because these people have BIG medical needs that are ongoing and incurable. They are addicts. They require constant tending. They indulge in expensive surgeries and they expect all of us to pay for it.
The other day, I was on twitter when I saw a tweet by Abigail Thorn. In it, he calls any diagnosis of gender dysphoria a "fantasy diagnosis" notoriously unreliable, made up by "cishet" doctors. Fine, I thought, we agree there. But he went on to declare trans a right saying, "we are trans because we say so and that's enough."
This is a person who commands a fair amount of respect in England and I think we should all be aware, and alarmed at the fact that this is where these fascists are headed. They believe they are special because they say so and they believe they deserve to be medically serviced, no matter the cost, at our expense, because they are special This would be laughable were it not for the fact that it does seem to me as though our government is inclined to submit to this ridiculous belief.
They're not even feigning a logical stance anymore. How do we win out over that? Using reason to argue with a lunatic only makes the lunatic look good. They're never going to care what you say and you look like an idiot for believing they might.
And I'm sorry, I also meant to say, I am horrified and so sorry about April's hand. It's unforgiveable that anyone would inflict this kind of damage on another human being. It's infuriating and at the same time kind of terrifying. What won't they do? I hope she can recover more function than predicted.
Thank you for this. I'm sorry any of it happened, but thank you for keeping it in the light.
Thank you both, Ex and April for all the work you do, and I hope April's hand heals up well!
I was reminded of a conversation I overheard a while back:
Person 1: Did you hear about the women in the New Jersey prison who were impregnated by a trans inmate? [notice the phrasing, btw]
Person 2: Yeah, that's awful.
Person 1: ...
Person 2: ...
Person 2: ...but trans women are really brutalized when they're put in male prisons...
Me (in my head): Ok, so instead of addressing the problem of violence in the male prisons, put the trans women in a place where they can become the brutalizer instead of the brutalized. Cool cool cool. It's not like most of the incarcerated women haven't already been on the receiving end of violence most of their lives.
Great conversation! A mid-aged male artist who is very obviously an AGP might get housed with women here in Denmark after he destroyed a famous Danish painting. He was years ago sent out of women's changing rooms. If court decides to send him to the women's facility, I will go to the capital and protest. I'm very scared of being out as a 'terf', but your conversation inspired me. Thanks a lot for the great content as always, Ex
What happened to April shows the absolute necessity for women to think carefully about how they will handle these gross little fascists, one major component being no woman on her own only part of a group. Do everything in a group, never wait to scream bloody murder, and other techniques I'm sure smart, smart women can think of!
So depressing seeing these young women protesting mature women…it feels like a lot of the ageism and fear of becoming a “Karen” (AKA any adult woman who has the audacity to speak) turned against other women. As if their screaming will prevent them from one day becoming what they hate and fear…as if the men they desperately ally with will want anything to do with them once they’re replaced by a younger, more pliable, cohort. No matter what they do or don’t do, by the time they’re over 30, men of their society will hate them and abuse them in new ways. This is the essence of womanhood if there was one. Whatever we do or do not do is always wrong in the end.
Just appaling I hope they suffer serious consequences
These young women don’t realise that they’re campaigning and screaming for 50+ year old perverts to watch them getting undressed.
The police were an absolute disgrace, tacoma is now infamous as a violent woman gating area in the US, shame on them
I hope April is OK , it was horrible to watch her being treated like this by children with a principal encouraging it
Thank you, Exulansic and thank you, April.
Exulansic, I missed you! I woke up to this new video and had a hard time getting through it because it’s hard for me to listen to what’s being done to so many women. The longer I stay involved and the more I understand, the more difficult it is for me. Anyone else feel this way? I guess I’m getting angrier by the minute? Sisters in solidarity 💜🤍💛💪🤞🤞🤞
Amy, you should get a civil attorney and sue the boy, his parents, the school and the police department! Not only do have a documented physical injury, but you now have PTSD to what happened to you! Keep pushing the district attorney and always have as many women go with you on your court dates and pressure the district attorney's office to act on your behalf. DO NOT accept a plea deal, he needs see there are consequences for his actions and being put on probation is not a consequence. Actual jail time! Last thought, have you ever thought to talk privately to the correction officers outside the prison? Giving them anonymity to hear their stories about this change. Many of them do not agree with these mandates, but are told by the superintendent of prisons, they have no choice or lose their job. There are women correction officers and civilian staff who now have to deal with male inmates in women's prisons and their safety is at risk as well. I wish you a speedy recovery both physically and eventually mentally!
How terrible, April, I am so sorry. Those hateful violent men better be punished. Thank you, Exulansic, for sharing her story.
This may sound callous, but I would not be alarmed about this trend if it were only happening to affluent white kids.
We have a house in rural MA and it has become apparent to me that becoming "trans" is the new ticket to special treatment amongst teens of all income brackets. I see just as many of them in the Berkshires, or the Hamptons, or the Hudson Valley as I do in NYC or Boston, maybe more.
The thing that bothers me about this is the fact that MA has a good, working health care system that is accessible to all. My primary residence is in MA. My health care is excellent. If this were only happening in affluent white populations who were paying their own medical bills, I would not be so exercised about it. It's not. This is a trend that is on the verge of overwhelming health care systems in Blue states.
I do not want to live in Alabama, or Arkansas, or Oklahoma or Louisiana. There is no equivalent to Mass General in any of those states. Texas has decent health care facilities but none are available to anyone but the richest of the rich. Same is true of Florida.
Even when I am eligible for Medicare, the spectre of an overburdened, pared-down medical system looms large on the horizon because these people have BIG medical needs that are ongoing and incurable. They are addicts. They require constant tending. They indulge in expensive surgeries and they expect all of us to pay for it.
The other day, I was on twitter when I saw a tweet by Abigail Thorn. In it, he calls any diagnosis of gender dysphoria a "fantasy diagnosis" notoriously unreliable, made up by "cishet" doctors. Fine, I thought, we agree there. But he went on to declare trans a right saying, "we are trans because we say so and that's enough."
This is a person who commands a fair amount of respect in England and I think we should all be aware, and alarmed at the fact that this is where these fascists are headed. They believe they are special because they say so and they believe they deserve to be medically serviced, no matter the cost, at our expense, because they are special This would be laughable were it not for the fact that it does seem to me as though our government is inclined to submit to this ridiculous belief.
They're not even feigning a logical stance anymore. How do we win out over that? Using reason to argue with a lunatic only makes the lunatic look good. They're never going to care what you say and you look like an idiot for believing they might.
And I'm sorry, I also meant to say, I am horrified and so sorry about April's hand. It's unforgiveable that anyone would inflict this kind of damage on another human being. It's infuriating and at the same time kind of terrifying. What won't they do? I hope she can recover more function than predicted.
Thank you for this. I'm sorry any of it happened, but thank you for keeping it in the light.
Thank you both, Ex and April for all the work you do, and I hope April's hand heals up well!
I was reminded of a conversation I overheard a while back:
Person 1: Did you hear about the women in the New Jersey prison who were impregnated by a trans inmate? [notice the phrasing, btw]
Person 2: Yeah, that's awful.
Person 1: ...
Person 2: ...
Person 2: ...but trans women are really brutalized when they're put in male prisons...
Me (in my head): Ok, so instead of addressing the problem of violence in the male prisons, put the trans women in a place where they can become the brutalizer instead of the brutalized. Cool cool cool. It's not like most of the incarcerated women haven't already been on the receiving end of violence most of their lives.
Great conversation! A mid-aged male artist who is very obviously an AGP might get housed with women here in Denmark after he destroyed a famous Danish painting. He was years ago sent out of women's changing rooms. If court decides to send him to the women's facility, I will go to the capital and protest. I'm very scared of being out as a 'terf', but your conversation inspired me. Thanks a lot for the great content as always, Ex
What happened to April shows the absolute necessity for women to think carefully about how they will handle these gross little fascists, one major component being no woman on her own only part of a group. Do everything in a group, never wait to scream bloody murder, and other techniques I'm sure smart, smart women can think of!
So depressing seeing these young women protesting mature women…it feels like a lot of the ageism and fear of becoming a “Karen” (AKA any adult woman who has the audacity to speak) turned against other women. As if their screaming will prevent them from one day becoming what they hate and fear…as if the men they desperately ally with will want anything to do with them once they’re replaced by a younger, more pliable, cohort. No matter what they do or don’t do, by the time they’re over 30, men of their society will hate them and abuse them in new ways. This is the essence of womanhood if there was one. Whatever we do or do not do is always wrong in the end.