How does growing up with the name Dick Swab affect a child's development and identity, though? I need to know. For science.

I have no problem with someone asserting a convention, but I take exception to someone resorting to an appeal to authority to deny the lived experience of the one trans person in my life. The irony of persecuted minorities Othering other members of that minority who don't fit their narrative always amuses me, in a…

I hear light switches are also really bad for that.

Very good point.

Not to mention, if you sit on the seat, it's the fairly tough skin on your thighs and ass that's making contact with the seat. You're not pressing a mucous membrane against it. If someone had some kind of open sort in the wrong place, it would make sense not to sit on a toilet seat right there (for all kinds of…

I really feel that people do not sufficiently appreciate the truth in your last statement.

That reminds me of something someone else said in the comments, that it's hard to believe that all this brouhaha came from a story about a putter. Which I get - golf interests me not at all, and the only that interests me less is reading about golf. But it's a niche magazine. I also can't believe people write 1500…

I think that's a fair interpretation. And it's significant that this is, of course, his own account. But there is a lot more ambiguity here than most commenters seem to appreciate, and a remarkable number seem to be basing their opinions solely on the Jezebel post, which makes some factual errors with respect to the…

Must try this soon ...

Because if there weren't a grievance, they couldn't write about it!

Thank you, that sounds awesome! Did it get crispy, or more wilted-heated?

he did say he found internet video of the putter and someone praising it and its inventor. He thought that it might be a good story because the inventor was a woman who was also very accomplished in the physics world.

Entirely agree.

Same thing here. I sent them, to both sides of the family. Then again, I also send notes to friends and occasional write letters. I don't think my husband has ever put a stamp on something and dropped it in the mailbox, except bills pre-online banking. If he wants to reach someone he does it by phone or email. So part…

Is that kale? And if so, how did you prepare it?

With all due respect, I completely disagree. He started researching and writing this story when he knew nothing about any of that and just thought it was an awesome new putter. It's a sports blog, this makes sense.

The point, it went over your head, not to mention holy TL;DR.

True, and this IS a big problem, and unethical of him.

This is a good point, and it's problematic, but it still doesn't mean he threatened or intended to out her in the piece.

How do you know this is true of Dr. V? I have become friends with a teacher who is trans. He is quite clear that he used to be a woman, and uses feminine pronouns in the language we speak (not English; gender works quite differently in this language) when discussing events from that time. You'll have a lot more…