moby dickgirlFeb 22, 2024

On 2 February, #TheNewYorkTimes published a shitty #transphobic op-ed by #PamelaPaul, "As kids, they thought they were trans. They no longer do."

On 14 February, #TheAustralianFinancialReview brought it to my doorstep.

Here is #SeveralProblems Special No. 23, my shot at exposing it for what it is. https://severalproblems.press/2024/02/22/several-problems-special-23-as-kids-they-thought-they-were-trans-they-no-longer-do-14-february-2024/

Several Problems Special #23: “As kids, they thought they were trans. They no longer do” (14 February 2024)

On 14 February 2024, The Australian Financial Review republished a piece from The New York Times, “As kids, they thought they were trans. They no longer do,” by Pamela Paul (2024b). Thi…

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moby dickgirlMar 25, 2023

On 21 March 2023, GREEN IDEAS, a Substack adjacent to the Australian Greens Victoria and curated by Andrew Conley, published an article, "A short history of Nazi enabling in the Party," by Linda Gale.

The article has several problems. Here are 63 of them.

https://severalproblems.press/2023/03/25/several-problems-22-a-short-history-of-nazi-enabling-in-the-party/

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Several problems #22: “A short history of Nazi enabling in the Party”

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// CW: interphobia, racism, transphobia

On 16 January 2023, the #AustralianGreens Victoria-adjacent substack GREEN IDEAS, run by Andrew Conley, published an article, "How 'gender identity theory' is harming children: one party member's research journey," by #MarianSmedley.

The piece has #SeveralProblems. Here are a few.

https://severalproblems.press/2023/01/16/several-problems-how-gender-identity-theory-is-harming-children/

Several problems: “How ‘gender identity theory’ is harming children”

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CLOSING

I usually don't bother wasting the effort required for a #SeveralProblems on any News Corp outlet; "Never wrestle with a pig" [1], etc. There's basically no overlap between people who read my work and people who think News Corp is credible. This particular masthead is so well known for being toilet paper that there's a local proverb about it [2] — which has given rise to multiple songs [3] [4] — which runs: "Is it true, or did you read it in the COURIER-MAIL?"

However, I think it's occasionally useful to check in on them and see how everything is going over there on the other side — see what shape the hate campaign is taking today. News Corp is suggesting trans people are fake, artificial, predatory, a danger to kids, backed by a doctors' plot and a captured state. It's not good news, nor is it surprising, but keeping track of the tropes can be useful in determining where fires are being set, why, how — and, ideally, on whose order.

SECTION NOTES

[1] https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/07/08/pig/

[2] https://archive.ph/QSw5D

[3] https://bestwishesrecords.bandcamp.com/track/is-it-true-or-did-you-read-it-in-the-courier-mail

[4] https://open.spotify.com/album/4H8nUOhsJVfCI5SxROR9DC

Quote Origin: Never Wrestle with a Pig. You Both Get Dirty and the Pig Likes It – Quote Investigator®

moby dickgirlNov 29, 2022

On 27 November 2022, Brisbane's SUNDAY MAIL, an edition of #NewsCorp Australia's THE COURIER-MAIL, published an article, "Aussie doc: 'I see 300 trans patients a year'," by Julie Cross.

The article has #SeveralProblems. Here are a few. /1

https://archive.ph/V8r40

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