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Andy's avatar

Some people are so disassociated from reality they forget that many words like “woman,” for instance, actually represent something vital to the physical world and are not merely malleable ideological concepts ripe for “deconstructing” or “reframing.”

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Teresa Maupin's avatar

"A “woman” becomes a kind of Mr. Potato Head one can adhere breasts or a wig to, maybe to poke some holes into, permitting fuckability ..." OMG, yes!! Perfect description of what's happening. I listen to podcasts while working outside and after listening to yours, I felt compelled to interrupt my goings on to comment on this piece! Thank you, thank you, thank you for your brilliant pieces on this cultural madness. The main reason I support your substack is due to your incredible channeling of the feminist song of my youth, Helen Reddy's "I am Woman Hear Me Roar!" Your roar is insightful, funny, and inspiring!

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Susan's avatar

Love your writing Meghan! You get right to the core of this issue. You are often my sanity check, in this world where we are told not to believe our lying eyes...

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Xochi Williams's avatar

Well said 💕

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BeadleBlog's avatar

The asylum escapees have the support of a huge swath of the population cheering this misogyny. Ladies, arm yourselves.

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Charkate's avatar

The arguments for trans are so ludicrous! I feel like I'm walking around in an alternative universe, down is up; up is down.

For some reason, the link to twitter for the video is not working, not just on your site but on others as well.

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Meghan Murphy's avatar

Oh dear... I just clicked on it and it seems to be working now? Hopefully for you too!

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Charkate's avatar

Love your pronouns, by the way. Still not working for me, that link. Dunno.

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Lucy Smith's avatar

Yeah, love the pronouns too!

You can watch the film via this link: https://www.thedistancemag.com/p/what-is-a-woman-wrong-answers-only

Be warned: some (most) of it is hard to stomach... One or two bits are unintentionally hilarious, like they could’ve been comedy sketches back in the good ole “I’m a laaady!” days (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G5ykpBEy95I) before the world lost its mind to gender woo.

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Meghan Murphy's avatar

Thank you for sharing that link!

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BonJoviFan's avatar

That movie is literally terrifying. Sometimes it's hard not to feel so defeated, like we have gone so far, how can we ever get back to any form of sanity?

I'm trying to talk to my younger friends about this in a way that won't make them just write me off as a crazy person.

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Charkate's avatar

Thank you!

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Paul Kramer's avatar

Transgender ideology, is very similar to faith via religious belief or superstition (a 'fetish' doll interestingly is a representation of a minor diety associated with voodoo), in that it requires the complete rejection of objective reality, replacing it with whatever one "feels" that reality "should" be at the moment.

Great article Meghan.

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Marie Long's avatar

great work, Meghan!

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Jul 28, 2023
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Meghan Murphy's avatar

Yeah this is true. I think so many people in those spaces are simply scared to speak out. They are all afraid of one another. What a horrible existence!

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Jul 12, 2023
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Meghan Murphy's avatar

Oh yeah. They reveal themselves so clearly.

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