So glad to see you here Ana. I 100% agree with your tweet. But I will go further and say that the perjorative "cis" is offensive and meant to"other" natural women and men.
The label cis explicitly means we all have a gender identity, and this gender identity takes priority over biological sex. It has already ceded all the ground.
I'll check them out. I transitioned as a teen about eleven years ago following abuse, and while I feel my life's far better for it, I think there needs to be far more research exploring how to treat gender dysphoria, and especially if there's a connection to emotional trauma.
Both "sides" are drunk on tribalism and it has made them stupid, boring, gullible, and cruel. We desperately need good-faith and open minded people commenting on political and cultural matters, with a cautious skepticism of both narratives.
We all evolve over time and gain wisdom by talking to all sorts of people, especially those who have had a different upbringing.. We can still disagree on things but I see no harm in having a civilized conversation about conflicting topics. I wish you lots of luck in this new endeavor Ana!! I signed up for a month and see where this leads. Cheers!
The entire media-government-academia apparatus is against "racism" so it's very easy to change your mind and make money off it, like someone like Christian Picciolini for example.
The reverse is true for "trans." The entire media-government-academia apparatus backs that lie, and that's why they use every tool available to them to shut down any criticism and force this onto everyone.
Netflix pushes this every chance they get. Shows on HBO. College courses and their speech codes. Every mainstream corporation, business, and all social media platforms. Every book that comes out now.
Women who oppose this literally get attacked in the street, shouted down, bullied, and fired. And the men paint themselves as victims, totally disconnected from reality. Watch the most recent documentary on Netflix with Will Ferrell and his crossdressing old man friend.
This only persists because they can force the language. If Ana is allowed to say "I'm a woman, and I won't use these made up words," then they've lost. The entire power structure in this country is geared towards this, and they won't tolerate it.
That has no parallels to "racism," which is not literally pushed at every level of society. In fact, the opposite is true. Everybody should remember the twerking BLM mobs that were allowed to burn down cities while the police were on their knees, during COVID when restaurants and schools were closed.
You need to educate yourself on the science of Sex/Chromosomes. There are people born with Chromosomes that don't fit into the male/female duality structure. But you seem to not know about these individuals who often suffer from doctors surgically modifying their 'stuff' after they are born to make them 'fit' into that structure. Many of these people commit suicide, young. This is an incredibly complex issue, which is what Ana and the above commenters are speaking to. It sounds to me like you're the one that is not willing to have a convo about this. Gender fluidity and Queer theory is academically 'backed', as you say, because the facts do too. Can you educate yourself and maybe then we can discuss the rhetoric that seem to be bothering you so much? Can I ask, how has the trans community hurt you?
We should all grow and evolve but we also must be careful. I've been disagreeing with the Left on social justice issues since roughly 2013 because as a black man I found it RIDICULOUS that you have all these privileged college kids acting like they're oppressed and going through Jim Crow because of the occasional unjustified killing of a black person by cops. The fact that the liberal media has been going along with it and indulging this has also really bothered me.
I also don't understand why the left acts like being tough on immigration is racist or intolerant, when there's no excuse for having such a porous border. As a New Yorker I even applauded when they started sending busses of migrants to New York City. I thought that was genius! (And hilarious).
By 2016 I was ready to vote Republican after seeing what the DNC did to Bernie. I really was.
And then they nominated Donald Trump.
Having an open mind is good and great, but we have to be CAREFUL. After years of watching the Trump Era unfold it's clear that there is absolutely ZERO equivalence between Republicans and Democrats anymore. I used to defend Trump from liberals by saying that they're overreacting, and Trump hadn't done a quarter of the damage to this country that GWB did. But boy was I wrong. This man has single-handedly destroyed the Republican party, turning it into a party of sycophants who will lie like we've never seen politicians lie in modern political history. Those who've had the backbone to stand up on principle have been completely routed from the party and will slowly fade into obscurity. Trump's behavior alone has been so destructive in poisoning the atmosphere in this country that he's turned republican voters into a truly nasty bunch of people who will defend Trump's worst deeds and words. School bullying has been on the rise, threats against journalists and judges have been on the rise, Trump has succesfully delegitimized every American institution in the eyes of his base. So Scientists are wrong, Academics are wrong, Journalists are wrong, fact-checkers are wrong, Doctors are wrong, the FBI is wrong, Our entire intelligence community is wrong.....Everybody is wrong except Donald Trump.
We've never dealt with anything like this. It turns out the liberals I used to dismiss as being over the top were right, as Trump indeed came close to destroying almost 250 years of Democratic tradition in the United States back in 2021 and it's insane that the only thing that truly stopped him was a Vice President who was willing to destroy his career to save the Republic. After years of "Hitler" epithets thrown at Trump's way the man actually DID tried to pull off a Beer Hall Putsch and came close to succeeding in throwing out government into chaos. So the liberals were right.
If we continue in this direction we won't have a free country where we can have heated discussions about Trans rights, or tax policy or immigration, we'll have something worse than whatever we have today. So unfortunately after flirting with switching I found myself running right back into the arms of Democrats who have actually improved a lot in terms of policy under Biden. (astonishingly).
So please be careful, do not fall for the "both sides" nonsense and do not fall into the trap of being contrarian or "independent" to the point that you become blind to basic, elementary facts and morality that expose the modern GOP as the threat they now are.
I couldn’t agree with you more. I had a similar evolution and no longer refer to myself as a democrat but rather an independent. I feel like it lets me be free of ideology. I like that TYT has been making a great effort to talk to people that see things differently. I am a firm believer that if we can understand people better, the world will be a better place.
Right-leaning Florida lady here, and OG follower of yours on TYT. Always a fan of your work and commentary even when I've disagreed. Honored to support you and join this community! Go Ana Go!!!!
Matt, I blocked you because you and Jimmy and crew were openly making fun of Jimmy sexually harassing me at work. I can get past it and consider it water under the bridge. But can you at least admit how cruel that was?
Thank you Ana for staying on TYT & providing pushback when appropriate & increasing the intellectual rigor of arguments from the left, particularly so that they can be based on evidence and a shared reality. Unlike Cenk, many on the left do not spend the effort to research what evidence appears in the right-wing bubble and can appear to be clueless when it comes to certain issues. I was a periodic watcher of TYT over the years, but chose to financially subscribe to TYT recently to try and support truth in this space and pushback against the audience-capture that can occur on other left/right channels. Other channels on the left will try and omit uncomfortable truth/evidence out there if it subtracts from the narrative that they think their audience would like to receive, which makes nuance the casualty. There is a perverse financial incentive to rarely challenge the minds of their audience (particularly straw manning the other side and intellectually lazily shadowboxing a 'other side' that doesn't exist). I feel like I have noticed a significant increase in the rigor of your segments' research and appreciate having a wider view on issues while still applying a left-leaning interpretation on the circumstances/solutions. Please know your efforts and perspective (like Cenk's) are appreciated and make a difference, I hope this transition isn't too uncomfortable. I really believe TYT benefits from your perspective & hope other truth-seeking viewers will be attracted to videos with the balance you provide (e.g. pointing out dishonest quotes from any politicians/media). Keep it up & thank you for valuing journalism! 💪 Looking forward to the podcasts etc 😁
First off, great name! Lol. But seriously, thank you for understanding what I've been trying to do on the show. I'm grateful that you appreciate it. And don't be afraid to engage in civil debate on here with me if you think I got something wrong or missed something important. I really want this to be an open, honest and intellectually rigorous community without any of the nastiness we see on social media sites. I personally want to learn and grow and I think that starts with building a community that has the same goals despite differences of opinion.
I am not in the audience for TYT at all (probably closest to classically liberal, but not really that either), but I respect anyone who reflects on their ideas, evaluates them, and when they feel a change is necessary, own that change instead of running from it or pretending they'd always been whatever they are. That's character, and I'll subscribe to that.
Congrats on your new Substack, Ana! Very happy to subscribe and get your perspectives in this new forum.
I’m glad to see that so far the comments here are positive overall. I don’t always agree with your takes — as you and Cenk say, if you agree way with every single thing a media personality says, you’re probably in a cult and not thinking for yourself. I greatly admire your openness, passion, and pursuit of the truth. And I think even people who disagree on certain issues should realize you’re an honest actor, and those are hard to come by these days.
People should realize that in life in general, if you never change your opinion on anything, you’re doing it wrong. Facts and life experiences shouldn’t be rejected if they don’t neatly fit into your beliefs, they should inform your beliefs and help you evolve.
I am so sorry that you were sexually assaulted! Such violence shatters one's soul and sense of everything. My heart aches for you and is with you. ❤️💔❤️
(Horrible transition, I apologize.) How exciting that you are on Substack, I look forward to hearing more from you! Just this weekend I was thinking about how it's fun to see my TYT friends (and Cenk) at the Town Halls and wishing there was a way to hear more from you, whom I respect and believe has a lot to offer. Wish granted--thank you! 🧞♀️🎱😂
(PS I don't know if you remember, but my story and picture with my son, Kurt, was on Team Joy a few weeks back, and I just wanted to thank you for your kind words. 🥹❤️🥰)
There is definitely two sides to this gender issue. That is, being an atheist and setting aside all religious arguments, which I don't see as relevant or productive to the conversation.
One side, the side I squarely fall on, is objective biology. A woman is an adult human female. Pretty simple to understand, and a biological fact in reality. Sex, and by extension, gender, is immutable. It is indisputable. A woman has the biological tools to bear offspring, and a man has the biological tools to impregnate a woman. Human biology is explicitly binary. Of course, there are always genetic and environmental anomalies which can cloud that binary reality. That still doesn't alter reality. We can determine gender 1000 years from now by performing a simple autopsy on a human corpse. There will be no doubt.
On the other side, we have a subjective psychological definition. That can be defined as anything, literally, because it has no basis in objective physical reality. It is a subjective view of reality that transcends objectivity and enters the realm of consensus belief systems. Basically, the more people in our societal consensus that accept this newly minted definition from about 15 seconds ago, the more we succumb to a totally subjective belief based reality, over a scientifically defined objective reality.
There is no benefit to humanity for the latter. It is a unregulated quasi or pseudo scientific gender mashup containing no actual science. Basically, if I were to claim my gender was a toaster oven, and enough people agreed with me, a new human gender would spawn overnight.
Who benefits from all this nonsense?
Big Pharma.
Psychology.
Therapists.
Politicians.
And a host of emerging LGBTQIA+ markets....
Keep in mind, all this started from a pervert (possibly a pedophile) named Kinsey, and a psychopath (possibly another pedophile) name John Money.
And if you think I'm overreacting, try googling the number of gender types. There seems to be about 100, currently. They range from the absurd to the ridiculous.
There is a force at work pushing this agenda, and actual gender dysphoric people suffering from this mental ailment are the last on the list to get help. Pop a few pills, and send them on their way, with regular weekly follow ups, of course. Maybe some cosmetic surgery?
Treating the mind by hacking the body is a fools errand. The last time we tried that we ended up with scores of drugged up and lobotomized human zombies wandering the halls of mental institutions.
“I am not altogether on anybody’s side, because nobody is altogether on my side, if you understand me" - Treebeard
The first time I read those words I couldn't understand how much I would come to relate to them...
awesome words.
Also Gandalf's advice on the power of dealing death have sresonated with me the since reading it first in 1979
So glad to see you here Ana. I 100% agree with your tweet. But I will go further and say that the perjorative "cis" is offensive and meant to"other" natural women and men.
The label cis explicitly means we all have a gender identity, and this gender identity takes priority over biological sex. It has already ceded all the ground.
Agree 100%. Abi Shrier’s “Irreversible Damage” and Hannah Barnes’ “ Time to Think” should be read by anyone supporting transing children.
I'll check them out. I transitioned as a teen about eleven years ago following abuse, and while I feel my life's far better for it, I think there needs to be far more research exploring how to treat gender dysphoria, and especially if there's a connection to emotional trauma.
Both "sides" are drunk on tribalism and it has made them stupid, boring, gullible, and cruel. We desperately need good-faith and open minded people commenting on political and cultural matters, with a cautious skepticism of both narratives.
Count me in to your new venture!
Welcome History Speaks! I'm so happy to see you here. And I agree entirely.
Well said
We all evolve over time and gain wisdom by talking to all sorts of people, especially those who have had a different upbringing.. We can still disagree on things but I see no harm in having a civilized conversation about conflicting topics. I wish you lots of luck in this new endeavor Ana!! I signed up for a month and see where this leads. Cheers!
The entire media-government-academia apparatus is against "racism" so it's very easy to change your mind and make money off it, like someone like Christian Picciolini for example.
The reverse is true for "trans." The entire media-government-academia apparatus backs that lie, and that's why they use every tool available to them to shut down any criticism and force this onto everyone.
Netflix pushes this every chance they get. Shows on HBO. College courses and their speech codes. Every mainstream corporation, business, and all social media platforms. Every book that comes out now.
Women who oppose this literally get attacked in the street, shouted down, bullied, and fired. And the men paint themselves as victims, totally disconnected from reality. Watch the most recent documentary on Netflix with Will Ferrell and his crossdressing old man friend.
This only persists because they can force the language. If Ana is allowed to say "I'm a woman, and I won't use these made up words," then they've lost. The entire power structure in this country is geared towards this, and they won't tolerate it.
That has no parallels to "racism," which is not literally pushed at every level of society. In fact, the opposite is true. Everybody should remember the twerking BLM mobs that were allowed to burn down cities while the police were on their knees, during COVID when restaurants and schools were closed.
So, that analogy makes absolutely no sense.
You need to educate yourself on the science of Sex/Chromosomes. There are people born with Chromosomes that don't fit into the male/female duality structure. But you seem to not know about these individuals who often suffer from doctors surgically modifying their 'stuff' after they are born to make them 'fit' into that structure. Many of these people commit suicide, young. This is an incredibly complex issue, which is what Ana and the above commenters are speaking to. It sounds to me like you're the one that is not willing to have a convo about this. Gender fluidity and Queer theory is academically 'backed', as you say, because the facts do too. Can you educate yourself and maybe then we can discuss the rhetoric that seem to be bothering you so much? Can I ask, how has the trans community hurt you?
My point was just that; some people can change with the right conversation(s).
Sure, it’s a different cause but the idea is the same
The idea is absolutely not the same.
This shows you don't really know what is going on.
Again, what are you saying is 'actually going on'? Who hurt you so bad??
We should all grow and evolve but we also must be careful. I've been disagreeing with the Left on social justice issues since roughly 2013 because as a black man I found it RIDICULOUS that you have all these privileged college kids acting like they're oppressed and going through Jim Crow because of the occasional unjustified killing of a black person by cops. The fact that the liberal media has been going along with it and indulging this has also really bothered me.
I also don't understand why the left acts like being tough on immigration is racist or intolerant, when there's no excuse for having such a porous border. As a New Yorker I even applauded when they started sending busses of migrants to New York City. I thought that was genius! (And hilarious).
By 2016 I was ready to vote Republican after seeing what the DNC did to Bernie. I really was.
And then they nominated Donald Trump.
Having an open mind is good and great, but we have to be CAREFUL. After years of watching the Trump Era unfold it's clear that there is absolutely ZERO equivalence between Republicans and Democrats anymore. I used to defend Trump from liberals by saying that they're overreacting, and Trump hadn't done a quarter of the damage to this country that GWB did. But boy was I wrong. This man has single-handedly destroyed the Republican party, turning it into a party of sycophants who will lie like we've never seen politicians lie in modern political history. Those who've had the backbone to stand up on principle have been completely routed from the party and will slowly fade into obscurity. Trump's behavior alone has been so destructive in poisoning the atmosphere in this country that he's turned republican voters into a truly nasty bunch of people who will defend Trump's worst deeds and words. School bullying has been on the rise, threats against journalists and judges have been on the rise, Trump has succesfully delegitimized every American institution in the eyes of his base. So Scientists are wrong, Academics are wrong, Journalists are wrong, fact-checkers are wrong, Doctors are wrong, the FBI is wrong, Our entire intelligence community is wrong.....Everybody is wrong except Donald Trump.
We've never dealt with anything like this. It turns out the liberals I used to dismiss as being over the top were right, as Trump indeed came close to destroying almost 250 years of Democratic tradition in the United States back in 2021 and it's insane that the only thing that truly stopped him was a Vice President who was willing to destroy his career to save the Republic. After years of "Hitler" epithets thrown at Trump's way the man actually DID tried to pull off a Beer Hall Putsch and came close to succeeding in throwing out government into chaos. So the liberals were right.
If we continue in this direction we won't have a free country where we can have heated discussions about Trans rights, or tax policy or immigration, we'll have something worse than whatever we have today. So unfortunately after flirting with switching I found myself running right back into the arms of Democrats who have actually improved a lot in terms of policy under Biden. (astonishingly).
So please be careful, do not fall for the "both sides" nonsense and do not fall into the trap of being contrarian or "independent" to the point that you become blind to basic, elementary facts and morality that expose the modern GOP as the threat they now are.
I couldn’t agree with you more. I had a similar evolution and no longer refer to myself as a democrat but rather an independent. I feel like it lets me be free of ideology. I like that TYT has been making a great effort to talk to people that see things differently. I am a firm believer that if we can understand people better, the world will be a better place.
Right-leaning Florida lady here, and OG follower of yours on TYT. Always a fan of your work and commentary even when I've disagreed. Honored to support you and join this community! Go Ana Go!!!!
Funny, you blocked me on Twitter for politely warning you about this.
Matt, I blocked you because you and Jimmy and crew were openly making fun of Jimmy sexually harassing me at work. I can get past it and consider it water under the bridge. But can you at least admit how cruel that was?
Thank you Ana for staying on TYT & providing pushback when appropriate & increasing the intellectual rigor of arguments from the left, particularly so that they can be based on evidence and a shared reality. Unlike Cenk, many on the left do not spend the effort to research what evidence appears in the right-wing bubble and can appear to be clueless when it comes to certain issues. I was a periodic watcher of TYT over the years, but chose to financially subscribe to TYT recently to try and support truth in this space and pushback against the audience-capture that can occur on other left/right channels. Other channels on the left will try and omit uncomfortable truth/evidence out there if it subtracts from the narrative that they think their audience would like to receive, which makes nuance the casualty. There is a perverse financial incentive to rarely challenge the minds of their audience (particularly straw manning the other side and intellectually lazily shadowboxing a 'other side' that doesn't exist). I feel like I have noticed a significant increase in the rigor of your segments' research and appreciate having a wider view on issues while still applying a left-leaning interpretation on the circumstances/solutions. Please know your efforts and perspective (like Cenk's) are appreciated and make a difference, I hope this transition isn't too uncomfortable. I really believe TYT benefits from your perspective & hope other truth-seeking viewers will be attracted to videos with the balance you provide (e.g. pointing out dishonest quotes from any politicians/media). Keep it up & thank you for valuing journalism! 💪 Looking forward to the podcasts etc 😁
First off, great name! Lol. But seriously, thank you for understanding what I've been trying to do on the show. I'm grateful that you appreciate it. And don't be afraid to engage in civil debate on here with me if you think I got something wrong or missed something important. I really want this to be an open, honest and intellectually rigorous community without any of the nastiness we see on social media sites. I personally want to learn and grow and I think that starts with building a community that has the same goals despite differences of opinion.
I am not in the audience for TYT at all (probably closest to classically liberal, but not really that either), but I respect anyone who reflects on their ideas, evaluates them, and when they feel a change is necessary, own that change instead of running from it or pretending they'd always been whatever they are. That's character, and I'll subscribe to that.
Congrats on your new Substack, Ana! Very happy to subscribe and get your perspectives in this new forum.
I’m glad to see that so far the comments here are positive overall. I don’t always agree with your takes — as you and Cenk say, if you agree way with every single thing a media personality says, you’re probably in a cult and not thinking for yourself. I greatly admire your openness, passion, and pursuit of the truth. And I think even people who disagree on certain issues should realize you’re an honest actor, and those are hard to come by these days.
People should realize that in life in general, if you never change your opinion on anything, you’re doing it wrong. Facts and life experiences shouldn’t be rejected if they don’t neatly fit into your beliefs, they should inform your beliefs and help you evolve.
Looking forward to your articles on Substack!
Amazing Ana, loving your journey of seeking truth, I believe you will find that light at the end of the tunnel.
"You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you." - C.S. Lewis
That man was so wise!
I am so sorry that you were sexually assaulted! Such violence shatters one's soul and sense of everything. My heart aches for you and is with you. ❤️💔❤️
(Horrible transition, I apologize.) How exciting that you are on Substack, I look forward to hearing more from you! Just this weekend I was thinking about how it's fun to see my TYT friends (and Cenk) at the Town Halls and wishing there was a way to hear more from you, whom I respect and believe has a lot to offer. Wish granted--thank you! 🧞♀️🎱😂
(PS I don't know if you remember, but my story and picture with my son, Kurt, was on Team Joy a few weeks back, and I just wanted to thank you for your kind words. 🥹❤️🥰)
Oh my gosh! I course I remember! Thank you for taking part in Team Joy. I loved your submission. :) And thank you for the support.
Wisdom is understanding that the more you learn, the more ignorant you are.
There is definitely two sides to this gender issue. That is, being an atheist and setting aside all religious arguments, which I don't see as relevant or productive to the conversation.
One side, the side I squarely fall on, is objective biology. A woman is an adult human female. Pretty simple to understand, and a biological fact in reality. Sex, and by extension, gender, is immutable. It is indisputable. A woman has the biological tools to bear offspring, and a man has the biological tools to impregnate a woman. Human biology is explicitly binary. Of course, there are always genetic and environmental anomalies which can cloud that binary reality. That still doesn't alter reality. We can determine gender 1000 years from now by performing a simple autopsy on a human corpse. There will be no doubt.
On the other side, we have a subjective psychological definition. That can be defined as anything, literally, because it has no basis in objective physical reality. It is a subjective view of reality that transcends objectivity and enters the realm of consensus belief systems. Basically, the more people in our societal consensus that accept this newly minted definition from about 15 seconds ago, the more we succumb to a totally subjective belief based reality, over a scientifically defined objective reality.
There is no benefit to humanity for the latter. It is a unregulated quasi or pseudo scientific gender mashup containing no actual science. Basically, if I were to claim my gender was a toaster oven, and enough people agreed with me, a new human gender would spawn overnight.
Who benefits from all this nonsense?
Big Pharma.
Psychology.
Therapists.
Politicians.
And a host of emerging LGBTQIA+ markets....
Keep in mind, all this started from a pervert (possibly a pedophile) named Kinsey, and a psychopath (possibly another pedophile) name John Money.
And if you think I'm overreacting, try googling the number of gender types. There seems to be about 100, currently. They range from the absurd to the ridiculous.
There is a force at work pushing this agenda, and actual gender dysphoric people suffering from this mental ailment are the last on the list to get help. Pop a few pills, and send them on their way, with regular weekly follow ups, of course. Maybe some cosmetic surgery?
Treating the mind by hacking the body is a fools errand. The last time we tried that we ended up with scores of drugged up and lobotomized human zombies wandering the halls of mental institutions.
Let’s Go Salt Queen 🩷🩷🩷 I’m here for it. Discussion leads to Understanding & at the very least Empathy.