1/ Katie and I are going to talk about The Atlantic's article on gender critical online stuff on a paywalled episode of the podcast, but a brief point: I don't really see how anyone can dip a toe in the online Gender Wars and come away convinced GC types are particularly vicious

2/ or prone to harassment. This is a very heated area in general, and every side has its assholes. It's absolutely the case that if you are seen as being insufficiently pro-trans, you will be targeted, harassed, lied about, and have people attempt to ruin your

3/ career. Herzog and I have both experienced that firsthand for writing stuff that is, in fact, quite mild (doesn't matter how often it's misrepresented online! the words are the words). In my case, it was violent threats/'jokes' (one from a future Nieman Fellow, another from a

4/ BuzzFeed staffer), endless lying about what my article said in outlets like the Times and Slate and Jezebel, an attempt to contrive some sort of #MeToo scandal against me broadcast by a beloved Slate writer, and all sorts of other intense stuff. Now, I https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/nicole-cliffe-is-a-poor-choice-of

5/ don't need or want your pity because I'm doing fine, but to read an article purporting to claim that the abuse in this arena is coming from one side in particular really took me aback. (Especially because one of the 'victims' cited is a serial fabricator!!!)

6/ Anyway, I'm not GC so maybe my experience doesn't count, but I don't understand how any coverage of this issue focused on harassment/abuse can ignore all the stuff going on. Talk to, like, Kathleen Stock or Sarah Ditum. This is just extremely slanted journalism. Disappointed.

7/ Oh and none of this is to say there's no harassment coming from GC types. I'm sure there is. But the harassment coming from the other side ain't exactly subtle or hard to find.