Westin (they/them) and Easton (she/her), are joined by special guest Ivy (she/her/they) to discuss a buckwild TERF essay that Easton wishes had gone viral. Jean Hatchet, radical feminist and JK Rowling reply guy, wrote in defense of her hero's boobs, and hilarity ensued.

In part 3, Hatchet invents a hierarchical system for ranking women and blames trans women for it. She also makes up some hypothetical reasons to shame her own body, and blames trans women for it. Then, she does some breasting boobily, and shames trans women for it.

And of course, we reach the long-awaited Clappening.

Other threads include: the virtues of self-accountability, the mysteries of British grammar, what is and isn’t sexualization, the ableism of defining people by their body parts, the worst fanfiction of all time, and titty physics.

Content warning for transmisogyny and misogyny - specifically, gaslighting and projecting about the ways cis women antagonize the trans community, sexualizing trans women, and accusing trans women of being jealous of cis women. There is also body shaming and scrutiny, of course.

We apologize for any feedback or audio strangeness. We had some technical difficulties editing this one, but figured it’s been long enough and that we should go ahead and release as-is. We know this episode took a long time to come out, but we’re really proud of it. Thank y’all for bearing with us, and we’re happy to be back!

LINKS:

The original article: https://thecritic.co.uk/why-are-tras-body-shaming-j-k-rowling/

My Immortal, the (second) worst fanfiction of all time: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6829556/1/My-Immortal

Citations Needed podcast Episode 157: How the "Culture War" Label Is Used to Trivialize Life-and-Death Economic Issues: https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-157-how-the-culture-war-label-is-used-to-trivialize-life-and-death-economic-issues

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We made small changes like taking snippets for our intro and transitions, and play the song in full at the end with our own ad-libs.

This podcast is not endorsed by Simon Panrucker, and only reflects the opinions of the hosts, Westin and Easton.

Westin (he/they) and Easton (she/her), are joined by special guest Nikki (she/her/they) to discuss a buckwild TERF essay that Easton wishes had gone viral. Jean Hatchet, radical feminist and JK Rowling reply guy, wrote in defense of her hero's boobs, and hilarity ensued.

In part 2, we read Hatchet’s bold response to one (1) mean tweet about JKR. We delve into her TERFy definition of womanhood that not even her idol can live up to, and explore the female hive body. She projects her jealousy over hot trans women, and raves about the shocking secrets of womanhood, never before heard of by anyone outside the club. She also can’t help but reveal her SWERF side too and the ways she deeply misunderstands porn.

Other threads include: beauty standards, tryhard half-assed white antiracism, how lifting up the most marginalized benefits all, ableism within the queer community during pride, and real-world violence against the community today.

Content warning for transmisogyny and misogyny - specifically, gaslighting and projecting about the ways cis women antagonize the trans community, accusing trans women of being jealous.

The original article: https://thecritic.co.uk/why-are-tras-body-shaming-j-k-rowling/

My Immortal, the (second) worst fanfiction of all time: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6829556/1/My-Immortal

Check our Instagram @WAYMATpod to view all the images we describe! Find links and more on our Twitter @MadAbout Pod. Donate at PayPal.me/MadAboutPod.

Please share, like, review, and subscribe to help us get off the ground!

You can watch Nikki stream at Twitch.tv/aliteraltranswoman. Follow her on Twitter @literal_trans, and on Instagram @dump_gf_666.

Our theme song is "Angry Dance" by Simon Panrucker, which is licensed under a Creative Common Attribution-ShareAlike License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode )

Listen to him here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Simon_Panrucker/Hello_My_Name_Is_Simon_Panrucker/10_Angry_Dance/

We made small changes like taking snippets for our intro and transitions, and play the song in full at the end with our own ad-libs.

This podcast is not endorsed by Simon Panrucker, and only reflects the opinions of the hosts, Westin and Easton.

Westin (he/they) and Easton (she/her), are joined by special guest Nikki (she/her/they) to discuss a buckwild TERF essay that Easton wishes had gone viral. Jean Hatchet, radical feminist and JK Rowling reply guy, wrote in defense of her hero's boobs, and hilarity ensued.

In part 1, we lay out the background, briefly defining TERFs, radical feminism, and the history of the (white) feminist sex wars. We look at how The Critic Magazine describes itself vs the content they put out. And, we profile Jean Hatchet, her gatekeeping pseudonym, her activist network’s contradictions, and her fangirling love for JK Rowling.

We also see a return of spooky vibes and mind reading, ideology over material reality, crying censorship to claim victimhood when one’s reactionary politics get less popular, the impulse to protect every unbaked thought from critical analysis, and disingenuous free speech activism as a gateway for bigoted violence.

Other threads include: brunch selfie feminist activism, body shaming, wRoNgThInK, and attempts to twist statistics when they prove your point wrong, over and over again. We also rant about bad schooling practices, needing dubs to watch anime while playing video games, privileged white organizers making messes for BIPOC and queer folks to clean up, and “respecting” disabled people’s COVID precautions.

Content warning for transmisogyny and misogyny - specifically mentions of disproportionate domestic violence and murder, TERFs making light of those, references to misgendering, and scrutinizing bodies and appearances.

The original article: https://thecritic.co.uk/why-are-tras-body-shaming-j-k-rowling/

The Critic Magazine’s self-description: https://thecritic.co.uk/about-the-critic-2/

The Critic Magazine’s Launch Editorial: https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/november-2019/introducing-the-critic/

Counting Dead Women (CW - The content gets graphic and very transphobic): https://kareningalasmith.com/counting-dead-women/

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Please share, like, review, and subscribe to help us get off the ground!

You can watch Nikki stream at Twitch.tv/aliteraltranswoman. Follow her on Twitter @literal_trans, and on Instagram @dump_gf_666.

Our theme song is "Angry Dance" by Simon Panrucker, which is licensed under a Creative Common Attribution-ShareAlike License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode )

Listen to him here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Simon_Panrucker/Hello_My_Name_Is_Simon_Panrucker/10_Angry_Dance/

We made small changes like taking snippets for our intro and transitions, and play the song in full at the end with our own ad-libs.

This podcast is not endorsed by Simon Panrucker, and only reflects the opinions of the hosts, Westin and Easton.

In the final part of this series, Westin (he/they) and Easton (she/her) close out recent Twitter main character Emma Camp's New York Times op-ed and the larger implications of the article.

In this episode, we finally reach and analyze her incoherent demands and interrogate whether they have anything to do with UVA and the rest of her essay. It's also time for the act 4 reveal of the biggest piece of unspoken context.

Threads include: safe spaces, misconceptions about exposure therapy dogma, canceling speakers on college campuses, what demands are really unreasonable, conservatives needing conversational participation trophies, the reality of campus speech codes and bias response policies, pathologizing conflict mediation, the narrow pendulum of mainstream political discourse, campus power dynamics, false binaries, actual authoritarianism, The New York Times as a clickbait mill farming outrage to sell ads, others getting in on the grift, and the history of white supremacist reaction in the USA.

We also rant about ableism and spam calls.

Content warning for descriptions of real-world white supremacist, anti-Semitic, and transphobic violence and the institutional violence of policing, jails, and prisons. We try not to get too graphic.

LINKS:

Emma Camp's main 2022 NYT op-ed: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/opinion/campus-speech-cancel-culture.html

Greg Lukianoff’s op-ed:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/

Emma Camp interview on the Bad Faith podcast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHT--elNYlc

NYT Editorial Board Response op-ed:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/opinion/cancel-culture-free-speech-poll.html

Breakdown of the NYT Editorial Board op-ed:

https://twitter.com/tzimmer_history/status/1504852619210207232

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We made small changes like taking snippets for our intro and transitions, and play the song in full at the end with our own ad-libs.

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Westin (he/they) and Easton (she/her) get into part 2 of our 4-part, “College Campuses Have a Vibes Problem," where they dive into recent Twitter main character Emma Camp's New York Times op ed, and the larger implications of the article.

In this episode we dive deeper into her sources, their bizarre anecdotes, and important details Ms. Camp left unsaid.

Threads include: lack of diversity among her friends- I mean sources, helping conservatives cope with triggers, accountability for one’s beliefs, the incoherence of major political labels in the US, the lack of real viewpoint diversity in the Democrat-Republican "spectrum," Captain Marvel as a dog whistle, outrage farming, debate fueling unnecessary polarization, more fuckery from the NYT, and much more vibes.

Plus, shorter rants about selective sympathy for war victims and the uselessness of the Democratic party.

Content warning for dehumanizing language directed against the liberation struggles for women, Black people, and the LGBTQIA+ community, and some gaslighting on top.

LINKS:

The main NYT op ed: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/opinion/campus-speech-cancel-culture.html

Sam Abrams' op ed: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/opinion/liberal-college-administrators.html

The Washington Examiner’s statistics on “partisan slants:” https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/college-professors-donate-to-democrats-over-republicans-by-ratio-of-95-to-1-study

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We made small changes like taking snippets for our intro and transitions, and play the song in full at the end with our own ad-libs.

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Westin (he/they) and Easton (she/her) introduce the show and analyze recent Twitter main character Emma Camp's New York Times op ed and the larger implications.

In this episode we set the stage for a 4-part deep dive into the confusing world of libertarian free speech ideology and debate culture on college campuses, and try to make sense of this mess. The rabbit hole is as deep as this article is shallow.

Threads include: political polarization and the social ills of debate, sensationalism and vibes vs material analysis, the downfalls of libertarianism and status quo liberalism, erasure of everything left of the DNC, standards for New York Times op eds, and why all opinions, and all speech, are not created equal.

Content warning for suicide (no specific details) and white tears.

LINKS:

The main NYT op ed: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/opinion/campus-speech-cancel-culture.html

Greg Lukianoff’s op ed: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/

FIRE's rating for UVA: https://www.thefire.org/schools/university-of-virginia/

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Our theme song is "Angry Dance" by Simon Panrucker, which is licensed under a Creative Common Attribution-ShareAlike License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode). Listen to him here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Simon_Panrucker/Hello_My_Name_Is_Simon_Panrucker/10_Angry_Dance/. We made small changes like taking snippets for our intro and transitions, and play the song in full at the end with our own ad-libs. This podcast is not endorsed by Simon Panrucker, and only reflects the opinions of the hosts, Westin and Easton.