Robin Irie

So, would you, save for injury, be close to producing large gametes? Because that's all sex is

@datadriven_tdoc Don't you really mean mimicry?

Yes But to a minor degree

Male and female (if defined by gametic status) is a binary and is immutable Maleness to femaleness is a spectrum and is hormonally and surgically modifiable

@datadriven_tdoc Define maleness and femaleness.

@Peter__Herbert @willofthewheel @itxrydaz @GameSpot Like the Dragon Reborn having a conversation about female agency as the climax of his season

@willofthewheel @itxrydaz @GameSpot "Mo/Siuan would have worked in books, as would Elayne/Avi" - What the hell are you talking about? The woke changes were almost all of the problems. These dumb writers completely neglected the main male story lines because they wanted to make the whole story about gay witches.

An open-world AAA game based on The Wheel of Time book series is in development. iwot Studios CEO says the game will aim to cover the entire world and "not going to be limited to one area or another or a particular age."

@itxrydaz @GameSpot Actually, we're fucking dance on its grave as we watch you cry about the cancellation

@GameSpot Reminder to the angry virgins mad about wokeness in WoT: the source material were “wOkE” the whole damn time. Cope. Seethe. Repeat. 😌

@BonnieLea_223 @datadriven_tdoc @SearchlightInst What do you think happen when normies her this "truth"?

@datadriven_tdoc @SearchlightInst Trans ppl and allies must tell the truth about being trans to overturn MAGA's lies. For example, trans women aren't confused men who think they're women. Being trans isn't being confused, mentally ill or other smears. Evidence points to a mismatch betw brain & body.

The @SearchlightInst is seeking to advance a pragmatic and data-informed approach to policy around contentious issues in order to improve the electoral outlook for Democrats They have correctly identified trans politics, and particular the democrats embrace of aspects of trans policy that is out of step with public opinion as a vulnerability, while also demonstrating areas where the public remains supportive But what Searchlight’s work also highlights is the lack of a complementary pragmatic infrastructure in the trans advocacy space to advance trans rights and dignity in the context of what is achievable in the current environment, and that is focused on building consensus and durable support for these accommodations in the public sphere This seems to be to represent an unfilled demand. One that would likely have appeal to a large constituent of trans people, ciis allies, and could earn the support of the donor class, which has shown an eagerness to support trans protections but who instead donate to causes that are more progressive than their underlying politics And most importantly, one that may be effective in both firming up support and preventing attrition where it is currently strong, and making the compelling arguments to the politically unaligned on areas where support is softer or eroding So why hasn’t this gap been filled? And is someone looking to fill it?

@tnomi1965 @DieselDog82 @SilentSkyZero @datadriven_tdoc @SearchlightInst It's not a strawman. We don't see trans activist shutting down the extremist.

@DieselDog82 @SilentSkyZero @datadriven_tdoc @SearchlightInst Only the most extreme activists insist trans women should be allowed in women's sports solely based on self-ID. But a strawman argument always works.

@tnomi1965 @SilentSkyZero @datadriven_tdoc @SearchlightInst And that's the only way society will accept it.

@SilentSkyZero @datadriven_tdoc @SearchlightInst Here is the problem. The more "integrated" a trans person is, the more likely s/he is trying to go stealth. So they don't want to be visible, and they don't want to speak up. And it's hard to advocate for people who do not want to be seen.

@SilentSkyZero @datadriven_tdoc @SearchlightInst This is the dumbest argument. We - terms - won because we let the TRAs speak. We let them explain the need for swinging dicks is women's shower. Continue telling people that they need to be educated and all they hear is you saying they're too stupid.

I think it's super important to always consider the strategy of how things got here in the first place. It's easy to say things like... Ignore sports, for example, but, that's ignoring why sports was a focus at all. The ultimate goal is to legislate who is or isn't a man or a woman, and when that's done, the groundwork is laid for far more intrusive policies. I really agree that it was a mistake to try and force local leagues to allow trans people on their teams, but, just giving up on this issue to seem reasonable, cosigns the right wing propaganda on this issue. The only reason any of this worked is because even "allies" believe the myths that the misinformation if based on. And while educating family and friends is super important, at the end of the day they'll most likely abandon their trans loved one because in their mind, that's not who the trans community is. They think the dangerous policies they advocate won't affect them. They think it will only affect the blue haired rainbow wearing screaming image that has been built in their head. Democrats should spend a ton of money on just putting out facts in an easily digested way with representation that is appealing to the people who they need to educate. This will be irritating to the lgbt political activist community, but, you'll never change anyone's mind with a spokesperson that is literally the stereotype the audience has in their head. Both Democrats and Republicans have done a really good job at convincing the right that trans people are the symbol of ultra "woke" liberalism. The kind that they are terrified of. I'm not super confident that Democrats will ever do what's necessary, because again, at the end of the day they believe the myths that the lies are based on.

@nyaraVT Go fuck yourself

If you refer to trans women exclusively as trans women, even in context where the fact they’re trans doesn’t matter but you refer to cìs women exclusively as women, even in contexts where the fact they’re cìs matters THEN YOU ARE TRANSPHOBIC AND OTHERING TRANS WOMEN

@datadriven_tdoc One of these is a spider and one an ant. Because statistically everyone would "interpret" The spider as an ant, the good doctor would argue that we just call the spider an and even when we learn it's a spider.

We need to separate femininity and femaleness as rhetorical concepts It actually does a heavy lift for explaining how even non-effeminate trans women (and ciis women) are interpreted as women without being feminine And why, by corollary, well medicalized trans women are not simply effeminate men, especially when they are not conforming to stereotypes of effeminacy

@jfullerucla @jack_turban Are you joking? They have sided with the states on the regulation medication in every case

@IrieRobin @jack_turban SCOTUS will rule at least 7-2 against the administration. This is very clearly a major questions issue. Gorsuch cannot possibly rule for the administration, nor can Roberts.

@FondOfBeetles @v_j_freeman Emma this is where you start to sound like the people you normally shut down with logic. We know what viability means in this context

The problem I have with your argument is the arbitrary threshold of “viability”. Why is that meaningful? It’s intuitive, but emotional rather than rational. “Viability” is a moving target based only on environment, and nothing to do with how we could - or should - balance the relative values of rights around autonomy, life, suffering etc.

I am against decriminalisation of late stage abortion as abortion has always been a compromise in competing rights & completely disregarding the rights of a viable unborn child is wrong. Courts can exercise leniency or not as the case demands. Blanket decriminalisation is wrong.

@jessiegender So why is no one watching the show?

STFU wife beater. You would let understand Star Trek if it slapped you upside the face just like how you treat women.

@jessiegender Went out of his way? What does this even mean?

“Starfleet was never a box checking exercise.” Tell that to Gene Roddenberry who went out of his way to make sure a Black woman, a Japanese-American man, a Russian, a disabled man and former enemies like the Klingons were on his bridges.

@Qveen_Potato You cannot replace that which never was.

Trans women on HRT experience hot flashes, breast development, fat redistribution, and muscle atrophy that cis men simply don't. We're physically closer to cis women than our former selves. If you actually cared about "biological reality," you'd acknowledge hormones drive these characteristics, not chromosomes. You don't check anyone's karyotype before treating them as their observed sex. Treat trans women as women (because we are) and stop being an asshole.

@BriannaWu You're such a nasty man

Antisemites choose to not understand the rules of war. If a terrorist uses civilian infrastructure to operate out of, that becomes a valid military target. It’s also a war crime. There were zero casualties because Israel warned people before striking.

@windupgemma @Dahlia_Divaa Are you saying she isn't a woman and a lesbian? Or is there only one way for women and lesbians to think?

@Dahlia_Divaa @IrieRobin No it isn't pro women. In the last month we've seen Kathleen Stock attacking women with autism and more than one terf speaking out against abortion rights. Gay women are the ones being asked to leave toilets You hate women

Yesterday this terf said one woman saying no was enough and today is bragging about two organisations that were bullied into complying with GC ideology when both made it very clear they didn't want to. Both said no. Gender criticals don't care about women's consent.

@windupgemma @Dahlia_Divaa Well Gemma, darling, you've been making the arguments if men who claim to be women. If you are an individual who, save for age, illness, deformity or injury, produces large gametes, I apologize

@IrieRobin @Dahlia_Divaa No you weren't. You used the pronoun you to refer to me. I am a woman. If you want to have a serious conversation then try harder with the language you use. You don't seem to be very intelligent