n (the title alone merits an award for mansplaining). “Female,” says Chu, means “any psychic operation in which the self is sacrificed to make room for the desires of another … [The] barest essentials [of femaleness are] an open mouth, an expectant asshole, blank, blank eyes.”
Just Be Kind is of course the mantra churned out by those who support trans women (men) competing in women's sport: refusing to be "inclusive" – so cruel – and hey, there are only a few of them so what's the big problem? Just be kind, can't you? Ditto for trans men (more often than not, it seems, sex offenders) in women's prisons. And men like Spanish trans actor Karla Sofía Gascón up for best actress at the Academy Awards. The list goes on. Never works the other way, somehow.
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