Today, someone created a fresh account on a blogging platform — zero followers, specially themed handle "Tomboy" — just to make a two-sentence comment trolling me about my >10,000-word rebuttal of Abigail Shrier's Irreversible Damage.
Shattered glass by Zdeněk Tobiáš from Pixabay
Her comment: "Your review must be a joke. Abigail Shrier is totally right."
Why would someone not-read my article and feel strongly enough about it to create an account and let me know they hadn't read it? Hmm.
I doubt they've read Shrier's book either. They just heard what her position was, and they agree with it. They know what she stands for.
I hid the reply from my article and blocked the person.
The upside is that I realized I'd never shared the article on this blog! This is a great excuse to do so.
See the article: "Books Like This Cause Irreversible Damage". It's a 42-minute read on Medium. There's a "listen" button if you'd prefer the audio.
If you read my article, you might start to get an idea of why someone is trolling me. If you know how to stop transphobia, please let me know.
Oh hey, this tweet on June 11, 2023:
"Abigail Shrier is totally right"?
April 2024 news
Her book will be translated to Japanese. (Reddit) Edit: No it won't.
May 2024 news
"Brian Tamaki — the self-appointed “bishop” of his own church, Destiny Church in New Zealand ... claimed on social media that puberty blockers cause 'irreversible destruction [emphasis mine]... to hundreds of Kiwi kids and teenagers.'" Reporting on this, LGBTQ Nation added context: "Puberty blockers have been used safely for decades to treat certain cancers and other conditions without any permanent side effects." The article also says that, on May 6, 2024, Tamaki "fled an anti-transgender protest he organized in the southern city of Christchurch on Monday after counter-protesters showed up in force." (LGBTQ Nation)
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