On em-dashes and “AI detectors”
and the many reasons why I don’t and won’t use LLMs
Switch Hitter
Julia Serano on gender, sexuality, science, & social justice.
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The Stigma-Contamination Mindset
and how it drives the transgender “social contagion” and “grooming” myths
Origins of the Anti-Trans “Groomer” Slur
a timeline, plus historical context and future implications
Should Democrats Moderate on Transgender and LGBTQ Issues?
a Boston Review Forum essay and accompanying video
Prejudice and the Unmarked/Marked Mindset
This piece is being simultaneously released as both a video essay (which you can watch on YouTube via that link) and a written essay (which you can read here).
Signed Books for Sale!
and other potential gifts
Lies, Damned Lies, and Transgender Statistics
plus over a dozen studies contradicting the “social contagion/rapid onset gender dysphoria” hypothesis
Bomb (a defusing bisexual stereotypes chapter)
For Bisexual Visibility Day, I am sharing this excerpt from my award winning book, 99 Erics: a Kat Cataclysm faux novel — a silly, surreal, sex-positive tale about an absurdist short fiction writer who dates ninety-nine different people named Eric for literature’s sake.
How Do We See Gender and Trans People?
a short essay and video
What Covid “Lab Leak” and “Rushing Kids into Transition” Have in Common
and more general thoughts about conspiracy theories and negativity bias