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My Conversation with Gender Clinic Whistleblower Tamara Pietzke
Plus my appearances on Sky News Australia's The Rita Panahi Show
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March 2024

Hate-Watching the Oscars
For the first time in years, I watched the full broadcast. My thoughts on the fashion, the winners, and more.
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March 2023

The Films About ‘Gender Affirmation’ That You’re Not Supposed to See
Part One: 'Dead Name'
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September 2022

Dispatches of a Gender Heretic
Thoughts on the prominence of gender heresy among gay men, cultural appropriation, and some updates on my latest work
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July 2022

It's Time to Speak Up
There's no time like the present to come out as a heretic.
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June 2022

On Biden's "LGBTQI+" Executive Order
And tweeting
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Happy Pride?
Reflections on my first Pride, and where I am now.
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May 2022

Interviews, op-eds, and Rowling
Here's what's been happening
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January 2022

Getting Ratio'd on Twitter
Apparently, I'm a "sociopath."
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December 2021

December 2020

Schmanifesto
My grad school writing professor told me to prepare a manifesto to read aloud to the class. Here's what I wrote.
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May 2020

Example 7 Billion of Why Clickbait is Dangerous
Earlier today, when I noticed that the actress Rose Byrne was trending on Twitter, I figured it was for either one of two reasons: Byrne…
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