Open Wounds

Hanukkah is over, but we still have plenty to say about candles, miracles, and commemorating atrocities. We offer our respective reviews of 2025, and Cori talks more about his joylessness, depression, and identifying with “victim groups.” Nina reports progress on her SSDI Blue Bo ...  Show more

After learning about Nina’s inability to whistle and Cori’s interest in Sharia Enthusiast meetups, the Dorx return to the tired old subjects of gender and online drama. That stupid blue dress comes up again, while a cancellation mob forms on “our side”, at least as bad as the old ...  Show more

This week we are talking about gender-affirming care and why it's so important. We share some common misconceptions about gender-affirming care, trans, and non-binary people. We also talk about Halie's cat, Jiji, and share our obsessions of the week.

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This week we debate some antifeminist beliefs. We also recap Halie’s birthday, talk about our newest obsessions, and read a submission from our Join the Discussion form. Our feminist highlight this week is Nzambi Mattee, a Kenyan engineer and environmentalist. 

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Kara Dansky is an attorney, writer, gender rights advocate, and President of the U.S. chapter of Women’s Declaration International. Kara is committed to protecting the rights, privacy, and safety of women and girls on the basis of sex in law and throughout society. Kara and I dis ...  Show more

Show notes/Links:Jesse's review of Trans: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/books/review/trans-helen-joyce.html  Wi spa incident: https://nypost.com/2021/09/02/charges-filed-against-sex-offender-in-wi-spa-casecharges-filed-against-sex-offender-in-notorious-wi-spa-incident/  Max Re ...  Show more