The Cult That Changed Tumblr. Robinson's "Detransition: Beyond Before and After"

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Initially, this episode was intended to be exclusive to Patreon. However, given its subject matter, we decided to instead release it to early access and then publicly. Happy holidays!For the Patreon companion episode, Emma, Talia and Lucy dive into Max Robinson's misguided nostalgia tour of the second wave's worst offerings. Robinson attempts to pen a sequel to Janice Raymond's The Transsexual Empire that talks about how we can choose to escape patriarchy if we all just try hard enough, how people transition because they think "FTMs" are taken more seriously than women, and how to run a detransition cult.Sources:Max Robinson, Detransition: Beyond Before And After, 2021.Ky Schevers, Statement about Lane Lloyd - https://kyschevers.medium.com/statement-about-lane-lloyd-1f8d4d67137bSarah Hoagland, Lesbian Ethics: Towards New Value, 1988.Contact usSupport the showFind more of Talia at taliabhatt.comFind more of Emma at dolphindiaires.carrd.co

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