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Of many things I appreciate about Kara are those demonstrated in the final anecdote she relates. First, Kara shows by example how to put accurate sex-based language into action, and second, she explicitly gives permission to others to do the same. Along with Kara’s famous scare quotes gesture (now immortalized on a Nina Paley playing card), I appreciate it every time, in a conversation like the one she relates here, she reassures those to whom she is speaking that doing what she is advocating truly is OK.
Here’s the anecdote to which I’m referring:
We were chatting and one woman asked me what we’re going to do about the problem of “transgender athletes” competing in women’s sports. I said “Okay, we can talk about that, but first I want to ask what you mean by ‘transgender athletes.’” The room fell silent and tense. Then I asked, “Do you mean men and boys?” She paused and then said cautiously, “I didn’t think we were allowed to say that.” My response was basically that if you mean men and boys you can just say men and boys. The sense of relief in the room was palpable.
The one woman's use of the word "allowed" indicates how easily it's been to get some to imprison their own brains. The way to demolish the jail bars is to stick to reality. No compromise, starting with language.
Great piece Kara! “Pronouns are Rohypnol” is a phrase I will pass along. That accolade for Kellie-Jay Keen at the end was spot on. I have a nearly four year old ginger female cat named Posie in honor of KJK and joined Standing For Women after a YouTube search brought up her (then recent) first interview with the Triggernometry guys. I realized a couple of months later that since I’m in California, I needed to find some U.S. organizations to support, and that led me first to WDI - USA and then to WoLF. I still buy stickers and pens from SFW, and have passed them out as I can for my location and income level. Direct support for activists and authors such as yourself is what I’m doing now, besides defending my myself, since I’m socially isolated. Thank you sincerely for your work on behalf of women and girls! With women like yourself and KJK publicly battling on our behalf, we will win this battle and the war! ❤️
You can watch Kara's talk (as well as all of the others) on iconswomen.com. Kara spoke on Day 1, and you can skip to the 2:52.00 mark to jump right to where she's about to speak. Thank you, Kara!!!
I totally agree. No amount of compromise would satisfy the TRA extremists anyway. So I fully support Women who speak the truth about biological sex. Why should (all) women and girls suffer, for the sake of a small number of people with mental problems, who hve been brainwashed by a sinister cult?
Of many things I appreciate about Kara are those demonstrated in the final anecdote she relates. First, Kara shows by example how to put accurate sex-based language into action, and second, she explicitly gives permission to others to do the same. Along with Kara’s famous scare quotes gesture (now immortalized on a Nina Paley playing card), I appreciate it every time, in a conversation like the one she relates here, she reassures those to whom she is speaking that doing what she is advocating truly is OK.
Here’s the anecdote to which I’m referring:
We were chatting and one woman asked me what we’re going to do about the problem of “transgender athletes” competing in women’s sports. I said “Okay, we can talk about that, but first I want to ask what you mean by ‘transgender athletes.’” The room fell silent and tense. Then I asked, “Do you mean men and boys?” She paused and then said cautiously, “I didn’t think we were allowed to say that.” My response was basically that if you mean men and boys you can just say men and boys. The sense of relief in the room was palpable.
The one woman's use of the word "allowed" indicates how easily it's been to get some to imprison their own brains. The way to demolish the jail bars is to stick to reality. No compromise, starting with language.
Great piece Kara! “Pronouns are Rohypnol” is a phrase I will pass along. That accolade for Kellie-Jay Keen at the end was spot on. I have a nearly four year old ginger female cat named Posie in honor of KJK and joined Standing For Women after a YouTube search brought up her (then recent) first interview with the Triggernometry guys. I realized a couple of months later that since I’m in California, I needed to find some U.S. organizations to support, and that led me first to WDI - USA and then to WoLF. I still buy stickers and pens from SFW, and have passed them out as I can for my location and income level. Direct support for activists and authors such as yourself is what I’m doing now, besides defending my myself, since I’m socially isolated. Thank you sincerely for your work on behalf of women and girls! With women like yourself and KJK publicly battling on our behalf, we will win this battle and the war! ❤️
You can watch Kara's talk (as well as all of the others) on iconswomen.com. Kara spoke on Day 1, and you can skip to the 2:52.00 mark to jump right to where she's about to speak. Thank you, Kara!!!
I totally agree. No amount of compromise would satisfy the TRA extremists anyway. So I fully support Women who speak the truth about biological sex. Why should (all) women and girls suffer, for the sake of a small number of people with mental problems, who hve been brainwashed by a sinister cult?