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He Knew I Was Trans Before I Did — and Used it Against Me

No, Eating a Hot Dog Doesn’t Take 36 Minutes Off Your Life

And thank you for always shining a light on the many ways in which orgs very much like Exodus Cry…

The Surprising Origins of the OnlyFans Sexual Content Ban

So you're upset...

Thank you for reading!

Yes! This is very similar to Heather Morgan's "unmasking" exercises on her site, Powered By Love.

Productivity Will Go Down This Year

Saaaame, and I don't even care how many weird spyware programs honey is probably downloading onto…

Thank you!

I'd really like that, Vivian! I think we'd really get along.

Those Blurry People

The Men I’ve Killed with My Boundaries

This is a claim we can't make without actually being able to compare to a system that hasn't…

Did you read the essay? Or did you just assume one example was the crux of the entire argument?

How to Stop Being Performative and Genuinely Help Trans People

yes thats fine!

thanks for the engagement boost ~

Thanks for the shout out!

Where are the citations for any of this?

This really spoke to me, though in a slightly different context.

Thanks both for your comments.

Yes, I think the home environment has such a massive role in the social skills a person has to…

I should have known you were a debate team kid too!

thanks for flagging those!

I love this response thank you!!

“Female Socialization” is a Transphobic Myth

Ahhhh!! Thanks for your support.

I don't think anyone wants to discount the massive disparities experienced by women and girls.

I'm so glad to hear this framework makes sense to you!

This used to be my view, but the book changed my mind!

Lots of Autistics wind up being whistle blowers or outspoken advocates for justice!

Yeah, it's hard to be a white women -- and also, white women weaponize the fragility that society…

Wentworth Miller, Mental Health Stigma, and Masked Autism

That's not what Old Apartment is about, theyve given many interviews about it.

I'm so glad to hear it!

Going Viral Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be

Yeah! And if your org really is driven by the needs of its community in a grassroots way, the work…

Missed this piece when it came out (damn you Medium algorithm!)

Yeah do these same people think main character Loki and alligator Loki share genetics too?

Everything that you've written here rings so, so true.

That's true if you look at the algorithm that is currently being used -- but to only look at the…

This seems like a place where the distinction between "providing services" and raising…

If a child tells you that they believe something very negative about themselves, that is a very…

I'm on the Android app too, and the functionality of it has gotten way worse of late!

I think you're completely right!

How Nonprofits Stifle Meaningful Change, and Why

I've been thinking a lot about narrative therapy lately, and existential therapy approaches, and…

I never said that depression is not a chemical disorder, merely that it is chemically instantiated…

Want to Know What Your Trans or Autistic Kid Needs? Ask them.

I have suffered from major depression and suicide ideation many times in my life, among other…

Thank you for writing about this -- and for drawing the connection with parasocial relationship…

I think if you do the latter, it will naturally lead to the former!

and your logic is circular.

No transitioning into a social role that would be gay/queer, either.

I think its certainly comforting to believe so. Ask your trans friends where you are and see.

it's really weird to be like, proudly telling on yourself for engaging in confirmation bias, the…

Absolutely, I thought I put it in the piece somewhere but maybe not -- just as there are multi type…

It sounds like you're equating a single individual with an entire group.

thanks for boosting my medium revenue with your comment!

I could highlight this whole response, honestly!

No, Mental Illness Isn’t “Caused” by Chemicals in the Brain

Thank you for this honest portrait of what aging meant to you then, and what it means to you now.

yeah I have this weird neurosis where I need money in order to live sadly

The Contradictions of Being Tolerated

Thanks for the engagement babygirl, it boosts my Medium revenue you know.

It's so staggering to me how much people seem to pride themselves on their ignorance these days, as…

bruh what

I'd argue the same thing could be said of most Autism diagnoses.

You want to know my precise thoughts on a subject....

When "healthy" is assigned a moral value or viewed as being more human than somebody else, it stops…

sounds like someones been playing zeldo without a trans license, look out!

Thank you for your comment Stephen!

I really have to push back with the narrative that some Autistic people have that we are somehow a…

Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us.

Hi Anthony!

The Issues With ‘Asperger’s’

Thank you for sharing this with me.

I have noise cancelling headphones on basically every moment that I am in public, yep!

Another element to this is how frequently religious institutions, particularly universities…

Whether something had been invented is very, very different from if it was available on the mass…

GOD you're such a good fucking writer.

I have been thinking a lot lately about how ABA practices align with broader social forces that…

It's interesting, I didn't say anything about yelling or imposing physical stances.

And why do they sound angry to you L. ? Hmmmm

How to Resist the “Laziness Lie” in the Graduate School Application Process

It's interesting that I have described basically no instances of what real talk actually looks…

Totally! Freedom is so much more than the absence of a restriction, after all, so much of it comes…

Yeah, the rights of people to practice their religions should only extend as far as they're not…

Thanks for sharing this piece with me the other day, James!

Go plant a tree instead of leaving comments on medium dot com

As a trans person, I want to push back against this a bit.

Thanks for boosting my Medium revenue.

Isolation & Fear Will Not Keep You Safe

No! Please read the full piece to see the point being made.

"Fair" to the parents?

Thanks for sharing this story with us, James!

How I’m Setting Better Digital Boundaries This Year

Why Don’t “Gender Critical” Activists Care About Teens on Hormonal Birth Control?

I LOVE Bullshit Jobs. All of Graeber's work is fantastic. I'm still so gutted about his death.

The tendency people have to assume the DSM has unerring authority is so so troubling to me.

I actually don't know anything about the reality of Johnny Appleseed I don't think!

The Racist, Exploitative History of ‘Laziness’

The three things you've listed are how user security traditionally has been done -- but even…

Since you, too, are a scientist, I wonder why you feel comfortable throwing out diagnoses of people…

It is a problem with the technology.

As I mentioned, people with these disabilities lose items a lot.

Yes, it’s all equally true of ADHD and indeed the demarcation between the two is a false one.

Multi-Factor Authentication Is Inaccessible

This is really poetic and relatable and deeply sad.

Yes, I have written extensively about how my codependency comes from dysphoria.

Thanks for the comment Akarsh! I love Bullshit Jobs.

Thank you so much Vivian.

Attraction is such an intuitive, almost magical thing -- it's sad to see insecure "superstraight"…

Thank you for this comment, James.

Gender Dysphoria Felt Like Being Insane

Ugh, I love how we, the people who are materially and legally excluded due to our trans status, are…

Their.

Stop Trying to Make “Womxn” Happen

I think there is a way to subscribe to my Medium like it's an RSS so then new posts would get…

How to Fight Back Against the ‘Laziness Lie’

Ahh, you've put it so well here, and said in just a few words what I was meandering around trying…

I really love how you reflect on your own biases here, as well as ways in which you've been…

The thing that bothers me about "nonbinary parenting" is that parents are so often unaware of all…

I Enjoy Art by Flawed People Because I Am a Flawed Person

I'm asking if you plan on citing sources on the claim you're making that I highlighted.

you gonna drop some citations in orrr

Ways I’ve Derailed Healthy Conflict

Thank you so much for your comment, Oak!

You're definitely right that JK Rowling has given the country a bad name, but she is also a…

Gender Identity As Job

Unfortunately, it's not just straight leftists, I don't think.

Thank you so much for this John.

Sympathy for the Narcissist

Hi Xavier, no, illness is just one of the reasons why people struggle.

Hi, this is a condescending and defensive response.

Three Essays I Re-Read Every Winter

I'm an anarchist, so we might have more in common than you think!

crapitalism baby

Awwww did I offend you? You know comments boost my Medium revenue right?

I actually have a piece about some of these questions!

Therapy Isn’t for Everyone

I love this metaphor!

Before I came out, I used to hate read your detrans blog, and the social media accounts of many of…

Thanks Roland!

This Year, Resolve to Do Less