Item Three! The ongoing saga of Lia Thomas delivers a reminder that the crazy-quilt world of transgender ideology is, ahem, pregnant with untapped comic potential. Now let me get this, er, straight. Thomas, a man competing in women's swimming, lost to a woman competing as a man in women's swimming. No doubt the latter realizes that his c…
Item Three! The ongoing saga of Lia Thomas delivers a reminder that the crazy-quilt world of transgender ideology is, ahem, pregnant with untapped comic potential. Now let me get this, er, straight. Thomas, a man competing in women's swimming, lost to a woman competing as a man in women's swimming. No doubt the latter realizes that his chances of successfully competing against actual men range from exceedingly slim to zero. So she helicopters in to rain on Lia Thomas's parade. Can you say Hulu Original? No, of course you can't. How DARE anyone laugh aloud at the idiocy to which women's sports are being reduced by this zany cult of gender? But, you know, I do believe I hear a chorus of discreet snickering.
Seriously, though, if there's a reason not to laugh at this nonsensical situation, it's because of the pain and humiliation that's being inflicted on so many young woman in the name of—what, exactly? And where are the feminists? They used to be fierce and in all our faces. Now, it seems, they're too frightened of the Twitter mob to do their job.
In my previous response to you below I should have noted that Fox has been responsive to the cause of preserving women's sports. Tucker Carlson has interviewed Beth Selzer and Kara Dansky (attorney for WoLF) on this issue. The Red states are more responsive and legislatures in nine states have passed laws preserving women's sports for women in schools: Idaho, Montana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, West Virginia and Florida. Bills are also in process in South Dakota and Indiana.
The answer to "where are the feminists" depends on what kind you're talking about. The progressive ones, who have traded critical thinking for critical theory, believe that transgenderism is the next level in enlightenment and have been convinced that throwing biological women under the bus is a noble thing.
But the ones who understand the issue -- and they are all over the world -- are slogging along unaided and taking the hits. Meghan Murphy, editor of the Canadian blog Feminist Current, travels with bodyguards and has become such a pariah in her own country that she lives somewhere else now. The attorneys at the Women's Liberation Front (WoLF) are suing the State of California for allowing trans-identified male sex offenders to serve their sentences in women's prisons. The organization Save Women's Sports, particularly the brave powerlifter, Beth Selzer, travels from state legislature to state legislature in search of legal protection for high school and college female athletes. For this most heinous of thought crimes, she and her husband are constant targets of harassment and doxxing. You won't read about these women in any mainstream format, but somebody should take the time to showcase the work they're doing. It never ends.
Thank you for highlighting those brave women. I often lament about where are the feminists and I am glad to hear they are still fighting the good fight. Do they have GoFundMe's?
Item Three! The ongoing saga of Lia Thomas delivers a reminder that the crazy-quilt world of transgender ideology is, ahem, pregnant with untapped comic potential. Now let me get this, er, straight. Thomas, a man competing in women's swimming, lost to a woman competing as a man in women's swimming. No doubt the latter realizes that his chances of successfully competing against actual men range from exceedingly slim to zero. So she helicopters in to rain on Lia Thomas's parade. Can you say Hulu Original? No, of course you can't. How DARE anyone laugh aloud at the idiocy to which women's sports are being reduced by this zany cult of gender? But, you know, I do believe I hear a chorus of discreet snickering.
Seriously, though, if there's a reason not to laugh at this nonsensical situation, it's because of the pain and humiliation that's being inflicted on so many young woman in the name of—what, exactly? And where are the feminists? They used to be fierce and in all our faces. Now, it seems, they're too frightened of the Twitter mob to do their job.
In my previous response to you below I should have noted that Fox has been responsive to the cause of preserving women's sports. Tucker Carlson has interviewed Beth Selzer and Kara Dansky (attorney for WoLF) on this issue. The Red states are more responsive and legislatures in nine states have passed laws preserving women's sports for women in schools: Idaho, Montana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, West Virginia and Florida. Bills are also in process in South Dakota and Indiana.
The answer to "where are the feminists" depends on what kind you're talking about. The progressive ones, who have traded critical thinking for critical theory, believe that transgenderism is the next level in enlightenment and have been convinced that throwing biological women under the bus is a noble thing.
But the ones who understand the issue -- and they are all over the world -- are slogging along unaided and taking the hits. Meghan Murphy, editor of the Canadian blog Feminist Current, travels with bodyguards and has become such a pariah in her own country that she lives somewhere else now. The attorneys at the Women's Liberation Front (WoLF) are suing the State of California for allowing trans-identified male sex offenders to serve their sentences in women's prisons. The organization Save Women's Sports, particularly the brave powerlifter, Beth Selzer, travels from state legislature to state legislature in search of legal protection for high school and college female athletes. For this most heinous of thought crimes, she and her husband are constant targets of harassment and doxxing. You won't read about these women in any mainstream format, but somebody should take the time to showcase the work they're doing. It never ends.
Thank you for highlighting those brave women. I often lament about where are the feminists and I am glad to hear they are still fighting the good fight. Do they have GoFundMe's?
Laura,
These organizations are constantly in need of money for their work and they survive on donations.
Here are their websites where you can make donations and learn more about their efforts:
Feminist Current: https://www.feministcurrent.com/news/
Save Women's Sports: https://savewomenssports.com/
WoLF: https://www.womensliberationfront.org/
Thank you!