Anyone else following this? I think it is interesting enough to warrant a dedicated thread. In recent weeks, JK Rowling has made a few tweets pushing back on the notion that there is no such thing as biological sex. This thread really set things off:
Part of the argument is that ignoring sex is harmful to womens rights in the long run.
More recently she argued that we are using hormone therapy far too frequently on small children when anti-depressants might be a safer short-term solution.
Critics call her a TERF which stands for trans-exclusionary radical feminist. She responded with a long essay here:
https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j...gender-issues/
And yesterday she and 150co-authors co-signors published a letter discussing the current assault on free speech and open debate:
https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-just...d-open-debate/
Folks are trying to cancel her, but she might be too big to cancel.
Part of the argument is that ignoring sex is harmful to womens rights in the long run.
More recently she argued that we are using hormone therapy far too frequently on small children when anti-depressants might be a safer short-term solution.
Critics call her a TERF which stands for trans-exclusionary radical feminist. She responded with a long essay here:
https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j...gender-issues/
And yesterday she and 150
https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-just...d-open-debate/
Folks are trying to cancel her, but she might be too big to cancel.
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