Friday Ephemera (810)

Morning, all.

All the fun of the fair.

Funny how it only works one way.

Well, the concerns aired in the thread are widespread and not, I would say, trivial. Much follows from those feelings.

Yet it scarcely needs pointing out how such concerns would most likely be received on, say, the BBC or Channel 4. And likewise, how that response would very much differ from the endless indulgence of uppity newcomers, whose comfort is deemed far more important. And whose gratitude is not easily detected.

As I said here:

If I were to move to, say, South Korea and complained in a national Korean newspaper about how I was being deterred from visiting Seoraksan National Park or Namiseom Island, on account of such places not already having sufficient numbers of white Europeans striding about in a suitably affirming manner, you might think me a tad presumptuous.

Or perhaps something worse.

I thought this was AI. (It’s not).

It seems to follow the pattern of “I’m trans and so can do whatever I want all of the time without any of the normal consequences.” And in which normal responses to any obnoxious or transgressive behaviour by a trans individual are instantly dismissed as some kind of bigotry and personal affront, rather than, say, a normal response to obnoxious or transgressive behaviour. 

And then there’s the irony of a mentally ill woman pretending to be a man and then demanding a female officer. Which is what one might expect a woman to do.

Some additional background here:

Rob Hopkins, a female-to-male-identifying attorney formerly known as Robyn, was taken into custody on Feb. 5 in Pontotoc County after repeatedly clashing with Judge Laurie Jackson during a hearing. Video from the incident shows Hopkins raising her voice, interrupting proceedings and continuing to argue with the judge despite repeated warnings that she could be held in contempt.

Whatever you want, all the time. 

Hopkins… has an academic background in feminist studies and Chicano/a/x studies.

No laughing at the back. 

Photos online show Hopkins’ dramatic transition from a pregnant woman to a bearded woman with masculinised features. Medical studies show that females who go on cross-sex hormones have significant increases in anger expression and anger arousal.

Trying to remember where I left my shocked face. 

There was a meth pipe.

Labour-saving innovation.

Still picturing Troi applying spray polish to the consoles in the background, possibly while humming.

[ Removed – @Darleen got there first ]

[ Hands flowers, champagne and an enormous chocolate trophy to Darleen. ]

[ Looks down nose at Aelf. ]