The hottest Gender identity Substack posts right now

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Blessed Boy

Anxiety Addiction & Ascension • 79 implied HN points • 13 Dec 22
⚔ Fiction Gender identity
  1. In this possible future scenario, acquiring a Parenting License is a complex and expensive process, involving strict lifestyle requirements and sacrifices.
  2. The story unfolds with the challenges faced by Steven and Melissa, showing how societal norms and regulations impact their family life and decisions.
  3. The narrative further explores the consequences and transformations experienced by their child, Benny, and the struggle against state intervention in personal matters.

Lesbians Who Only Date Men

Default Wisdom • 185 implied HN points • 18 Mar 24
🎭️ Culture Gender identity
  1. Sexual orientation is now defined more by feelings and affinity than by physical experience.
  2. Online affinity networks and fandoms play a role in shaping and evolving how individuals identify themselves.
  3. Shifts in identity labeling show a move from behavior-based categorization to more subjective, internal essence-based categorization.

Invent Your Own Gender. Governor Gavin Newsom Encourages Youth With Millions In Taxpayer Support

OpenTheBooks Substack • 234 implied HN points • 29 Aug 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Gender identity
  1. California schools are teaching that genders are limitless and encourage inventing new genders.
  2. Governor Newsom's administration is funneling millions of taxpayer dollars into promoting neogenders.
  3. Gender Spectrum organization's initiatives can exclude parents and keep them in the dark about their child's gender transitions.

Trick-or-Treating with Patriarchy

Humanities in Revolt • 79 implied HN points • 31 Oct 22
🎭️ Culture Gender identity
  1. Halloween allows us to break free from social norms and explore our identities through costumes.
  2. Gender stereotypes are reinforced through the marketing of Halloween costumes, with boys encouraged to be powerful and girls expected to be cute and beautiful.
  3. Resistance to patriarchal gender norms is growing, with more diverse and empowering costume options for girls becoming available.
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The weirdo hypocrites behind the book bans

Can We Still Govern? • 160 implied HN points • 10 Dec 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Gender identity
  1. The book banners exhibit hypocrisy by misrepresenting books, their identities, and their motives.
  2. Individual motives behind the effort to ban books vary, including sincere fears, business strategies, and media or political profile building.
  3. Many prominent figures leading book bans display questionable judgment, engage in political stunts, and lack the trustworthiness to make educational decisions.

Nancy Mace: Congresswoman, Marine, trans icon

Indian Bronson • 42 implied HN points • 20 Nov 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Gender identity
  1. Nancy Mace is a notable public figure, being a congresswoman and the first woman to graduate from a military college. Her story shows how women can break through barriers in traditionally male roles.
  2. The discussion around gender identity and rights in public spaces, like bathrooms, is controversial. Many believe these issues need careful consideration and boundaries to protect everyone.
  3. The conflict between modern conservatism and progressivism reflects deeper societal changes. As attitudes evolve, what was once seen as progressive might eventually be viewed as conservative.

Strip-Mining Children

Reactionary Feminist • 34 implied HN points • 16 Mar 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Gender identity
  1. Some argue for allowing everyone, including children, unrestricted freedom to modify their sexed appearance, claiming it as a fundamental right.
  2. The concept of normophobia pushes for a war on normalized societal patterns, particularly targeting children for exploitation in the name of individual freedom.
  3. Challenges arise when trying to balance individual freedom with the need for limits and guidance, especially in the context of children's development and well-being.

What is Chris Thinking?

Year Zero • 27 implied HN points • 03 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Gender identity
  1. The author questions why mainstream media outlets, like MSNBC, do not report on the potential harms of medical treatments for trans-identifying children.
  2. There is a growing concern about pediatric gender medicine having harmful effects on children, but some media figures may not be covering the full story.
  3. Parents and whistleblowers are challenging the narrative around transgender treatments, highlighting the need for more balanced reporting to expose potential risks.

Psychologists are not legally required to affirm the gender identities of their patients

Year Zero • 23 implied HN points • 12 Sep 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Gender identity
  1. Psychologists are not legally required to affirm the gender identities of their patients.
  2. Therapists in California can provide non-affirming therapy for gender dysphoric youth without risking their license.
  3. APA guidelines caution against immediate affirmation and recommend a thoughtful, explorative approach when working with transgender individuals.

Celebrating the Cheater

Natural Selections • 23 implied HN points • 13 Jun 23
🎾 Sports Gender identity
  1. Men and women have different physical capacities due to biological differences.
  2. Separate men's and women's divisions in sports exist because of these differences.
  3. Allowing individuals to self-assign their sex in sports can lead to unfair competition and cheating.

Respect the ratio

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 29 Oct 21
🎭️ Culture Gender identity
  1. Focus on the key articles and opinions, like those on Facebook's impact, sexfluencers blurring lines between sex work and influencing, and corporate transitions to support gender identity.
  2. Explore thought-provoking topics like the influence of social media and internet culture, historical events, movie recommendations, and tech industry news.
  3. Consider lifestyle discussions, such as the Buy Nothing movement, challenges in the housing market, dating trends post-Tinder, and coping with the pandemic through memes and music.

School shootings are a gun violence problem, not a gender identity issue

School Shooting Data Analysis and Reports • 0 implied HN points • 28 Mar 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Gender identity
  1. School shootings are primarily a gun violence problem, not a gender identity issue, as historical instances include both males and females carrying out such attacks.
  2. Female school shooters are rarer but have been involved in planned school shootings over the last 50 years, highlighting the need for comprehensive prevention strategies.
  3. The shooter in the recent Nashville incident was a 28-year-old woman, deviating from the typical profile of school shooters, who are usually current or former students in their teens or early 20s.