The Big Shiny Takes Institute has returned! This week, Eric, Marino and Jeremy are joined by Fae Johnstone (Executive Director of Wisdom2Action, writer and activist) to read some absolutely horrendous transphobia published in the National Post.
The National Post, seemingly taking their cues from the transphobes down in the US and UK (TERF Island) are now pushing "gender critical" talking points as a way of limiting access to care. It's bullshit and whoever wrote it should have rotten produce thrown at their head.
Unfortunately for us, this column doesn't have a name in its byline. The bigot who felt compelled to write this pseudoscientific trash was too shy to include their name in the byline. Listen to the episode and find out why.
Despite the fact that all of us are well accustomed to the low standard for what passes as a column in the National Post, this column pissed us off.
NOTE
Less than an hour after recording this episode, failed actor and hack fraud journalist Sue-Ann Levy released a hatchet job piece on Fae for the True North Centre. The piece is stupid and pretends that Fae calling people TERFS is bad.
We're not going to link to that piece. Instead, read this piece from Fae that she wrote for the Star on the optics-based approach of the Liberal Party in regards to 2SLGBTQI+ issues:
Fae Johnstone - Six years in, Trudeau government's work on 2SLGBTQI+ issues is still underwhelming
Plugs and Recs
Maelys McArdle - Transphobia in the National Post
Dragon Age (every single one but especially Origins)
The Orchard
Kino Lefter
Breath of the Wild
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