No, it’s a very important part of the story. It helps find the biggest douchebags in the comments.

Fuck off

I would have more sympathy for the viewpoint that the “student” (she’s actually an alumna now) in question was looking for intellectually challenging books if the other Common Read books were actual Man Booker prize winners. But they’re not. We’re talking about stuff like Ready Player One here. The singling-out of…

Look, this is why this shit is a big deal. YA novels aren’t some kind of frivolous bullshit that isn’t worth reading because they aren’t The Great American Novel. If you’re at a university to challenge yourself academically, the Common Read isn’t the only place you can do that, and telling everyone that you joined a…

So, like, this was your main take-away from this?

Which is one of the reasons I’ve battled grays in other threads who advocate that laws be put in place so transpeople (read: women) cannot live stealth.

Georgulas took Luna to see a therapist, who diagnosed the child with gender dysphoria — a mismatch between the gender assigned at birth and the one they identified with. From there, the therapist laid out steps on how to make the child feel affirmed, like letting Luna paint their nails and putting them in a dress,…

The thing that really irks me (well, the whole thing irks me), is the “chemical castration” bullshit the Trumpettes and their ilk are throwing around. She’s all of seven years old, at least a good 4 years from the onset of puberty. I’m no expert in this, but my understanding is that she’d have the option of taking…

Or he lied to get out of serving.

You know that he must have back tracked on that, or claims to have converted himself to 100% straight. There's a lot to unpack with that guy and a steamer trunk full of self-loathing is part of it. 

There needs to be laws passed to prevent media from outright lying about the case. “Chemical Castration” was NEVER on the table, transition surgery was NEVER on the table, and is not even medically suggested at such a young age. 

This is gonna totally blow your mind: There is an entire field of psychology called child psychology. Children see psychologists all the time. Because children are people, and thus are susceptible to mental illness.

The silver lining is seeing conservative Texans coming out as being super supportive of a child being raised by a gay male parent.

That’s a good point. I mean, we’ve clearly arrived at the point where the right-wingers have mostly given up on legal actions against gay folks, and now trans folks are the new wedge, so it doesn’t really surprise me that all this horsecrap is happening. Still, here’s hoping that they lose this one too (and maybe a…

The sheer number of people saying “how DARE you chemically castrate this child—why not leave it at wearing dresses?” shows just how much of a role deliberate misinformation plays here (since that’s literally all the mom is doing). Alt right people lie about this shit on purpose because they care about winning the…

Conservatives want trans people to conform or die, and they’ve stopped bothering to pretend that they have a preference.

Conservatives just want to go back to a simpler time when men were men and sheep were scared.

Ughhhhh. Luna deserves better than this fund-raising circus. I don’t understand how Younger is considered a fit parent after all he’s alleged to have done.

These assholes, her dad included, would much rather she present as male up until a suicide at age 14, than let her live a healthy, happy life as female until a ripe old age. How can you talk to people like that? What could you say to make them change their mind?

Conservative: Think of the children!