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This is one of my favorite videos of all time.

I'd never heard of Paolo Freire until ed school. I realized instantly he had nothing useful to say to me as a South Bronx teacher. It's a sin he still gets assigned, not because it indoctrinates teachers, but because it wastes their time.

Do you think this is a good policy or not?

I’m a feminist and this woman deserves an apology.

I don't think Khelif can be classed as trans, because his claim has always been that he's biologically female, not that he 'identifies' as a woman. Imo, the only relevance of trans issues to Khelif's case is that the IOC fudged the sex testing requirements because they thought taking that would keep them safe from the ire of gender activists, and screw the consequences for female boxers. I've said this before: I have nothing but sympathy for anyone who sincerely believes they're one sex, because that's what they've been told all their life, and then finds out they're the other. That must be a truly shattering moment and I can see why said person would take refuge in denial. Some have argued 'but once puberty hit, how could he not know?' but I think that underestimates how much social conditioning and wishful thinking can blind a person to the truth. All of that said: I have no sympathy for the people surrounding a male boxer who keep pretending, to him and to others, that he's female after seeing the test results, nor for a fully-fledged adult man who's able to comprehend that he's male and has an insurmountable physical advantage when facing a female opponent. At that point, he and everyone else involved in promulgating the lie is knowingly risking the possibility that a female opponent will suffer brain damage or death, just so he can keep winning medals. That's an outrage that far surpasses any harm done to Khelif by taking a cheek swab and accepting facts. He's free to keep boxing, just in the proper sex category. All he loses is the opportunity to cheat.