I canceled the NYT in 2021 because of their treatment of women, including the censorship of gender critical comments. It’s an echo chamber. You don’t need it, trust me.
Yeah, I've been urging hubby to cancel but he's taking care of subscriptions -- the NYT, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Wired, and probably others I can't remember -- and so far he doesn't want to.
I find I read it less and less. As you say, it doesn't contain anything I can't get anywhere else.
NPR (for which I used to work, as I've written) is even worse. For one thing, they base their news programs on what the NYT reports -- no, I'm not kidding. They read the NYT every morning and base their reporting for the day on what the NYT says (yes, there are a few -- very few -- exceptions). And they are all in 100% on the trans issue.
I consider getting a GC comment through on NYT to be backdoor journalism.
I especially love to boost organizations and people I follow. Generally, specific mentions don't get through. But if they do, perhaps more minds enlightened?
Melissa, I'm hoping that means "more minds enlightened," which is why I keep trying to post such comments at the NYT. But of course I have no way of knowing if anyone's mind is being changed.
In my circle, I've lost friendships over this. They weren't interested in learning about this issue and simply cut me off as having lost my mind. C'est la vie.
Thank you, Lisa. This has been my experience too, and for years. The silencing of women across Reddit, YouTube, and other major platforms isn’t just blatant misogyny—it’s the colonization of womanhood itself. And we do not comply. It’s no coincidence that this suppression has left older leftists completely unaware of the systematic erosion of our sex-based rights. Social media giants have decimated women’s ability to speak, to organize, and to defend ourselves. This isn’t just an attack on women—it’s homophobia, too. Lesbians are being pressured to “expand” their sexuality, which is nothing less than coercion.
This was never about kindness. It was a deliberate, insidious manipulation, coated in feel-good rhetoric but designed to dismantle the reality of sex. The government has played its part in pushing this agenda, and the so-called advocacy groups—HRC, Stonewall, and the rest—are complicit in our erasure.
Enough. A class action lawsuit is necessary against these platforms. They have knowingly and systematically silenced women, and they must be held accountable. I will never vote Democrat again until this war on biological sex ends. I write to my blue state senators regularly, but they are too far gone, unwilling or unable to grasp the distinction between gender identity and sex-based rights. The rare response I did receive only confirmed their failure—lumping both issues together as if they are one and the same.
But I will not stop. Women will not be erased. We will not be silenced. We will hold the line.
I, too, have written to my reps, and told them that though I would never vote for Trump and his ilk, I WILL withhold my vote entirely in the future if the Democratic Party doesn't wake up.
For years I went through the tedious process of registering and registering Unaffiliated and Democrat, because I live in Maryland, where you can vote in the Democratic (or Republican) primary only if you're registered as a Dem (or Repub). Then I would switch back to Unaffiliated for the general election. Eventually I got tired of constantly switching back and forth and just registered as a Democrat for the whole shebang.
But as I said, I've told all my Democratic reps, federal, state, and local, where I stand on this issue. I have put my ass on the line for civil liberties all my life, to the point of blasting my career almost into oblivion, which these reps all know. I also belong to DIAG -- Democrats for An Informed Approach to Gender -- which I've also told them about, in case they don't know what it is.
The Dems have to wake up on this. I won't stop trying to make them.
It is possible to get gender-critical comments in, but they have to be more polite and less snarky.
For example, here is one of mine that made it (70 likes):
>Congresswoman Mace bravely defended the rights of women to free association: to spaces where women can be free from the presence of men. Such spaces have existed in every human society forever (including for the conducting of toilet functions), but they are now under relentless assault. Michelle Goldberg apparently believes a man should be allowed into any women's space if he declares that he has (at that moment) a "woman identity". This would indeed become federal law under the Equality Act, which is supported by all Democrats in Congress. I profoundly disagree: either eliminate all segregation by sex, or do it by actual biological sex, not by an individually determined mental-state proxy.
And another, a bit spicier, in response to someone else's comment (29 likes):
>There is no "maybe" about it, young lesbians are being mutilated in the US at a rate of around a thousand per year. It is nothing less than an ongoing crime against humanity.
Yes, I've gotten a few in over the years, but many more -- not only by me but by others as well -- that have been completely low-key, straightforward, and rational have also been blitzed by the NYT.
Good on you for continuing to try, but I don’t see the Dems snapping out of this, even though they have to know if costing them votes. It would be a good sign if they were open to having a real dialogue without resorting to name-calling and personal attacks, but that’s not happening either. The best the party can do is people like Gavin Newsom, who tries to play both sides. Maybe they’ll have to change their tune when the AAP finally comes out with their systematic evidence-based review (I.e. when hell freezes over).
Well, as I’ve said before, I think the tide will turn only when an avalanche of medical malpractice lawsuits comes tumbling down. Such lawsuits have already begun, as I’m sure you know. But there will have to be more, many more, brought by people who’ve been physically and psychologically harmed by trans ideology. And more there will be.
I’ve lost friendships over this issue, people who are otherwise liberal but who are totally blind when it comes to this. Tant pis.
I’ve also opened up some people’s minds by bringing arguments they’d never heard before, never thought of before. I have to believe we still have a chance; otherwise I’d just put my head into a pillow and cry. I’m not giving up.
This house of cards will come tumbling down someday. The problem with civil litigation is that it’s slow, strong cases get settled (not tried) and the gender industry has erected barriers to recovery. But the plaintiffs will start hitting on these cases at some point. Not sure if “red state” jury verdicts will have any effect politically, but large verdicts and large settlements will have an effect on the availability and price of liability insurance, which will at least slow down (possibly stop)the medicalization of kids at scale. And as more of these doctors are forced to testify under oath, more bombshell evidence will inevitably emerge.
I read all the briefs in Skrmetti, which are a matter of public record. (Haven’t listened to the oral argument yet). On the papers, the case against “gender affirming care” is absolutely overwhelming. WPATH and the Biden Administration come across as fanatical, morally bankrupt fools. But the Dems, the MSM and the two liberal justices apparently remain unfazed. When the Supreme Court rules in Tennessee’s favor (which it will), they’re all going to shrug it off as transphobic bigotry. One of the craziest things I’ve ever watched unfold in my baby boomer lifetime. Slow moving train wreck of a medical and social scandal. History will not be kind to the progressives. The Dems have messed this up very, very badly. The longer they keep this up, the harder the backlash is going to be.
Larry, I agree with everything you've written here. Especially the part about large verdicts and settlements. Money talks, and when the insurance industry wakes up and stops paying for these (grotesque) cosmetic procedures, things will change. And of course the SC will rule in Tennessee's favor, and of course soi-disant liberals will scream "transphobes! bigots!"
As for backlash, I think it will be severe in both directions: the backlash against the pile of lies that the trans lobby has been pushing, and an equal backlash against any court decisions that side with common sense and biological reality.
I think that Trump's EO, while technically correct, is actually making it harder for us to fight the trans lobby. Because liberals have an automatic reaction against everything he does (and I loathe him, as I've stated before), they won't stop and reflect on what that EO actually means, they just automatically oppose.
And IF we ever have free and fair elections again, and if a Democrat wins the presidency, that person can simply rescind Trump's EO and write a new one, putting us back to square one.
I’ve also had many of my “gender critical” comments censored by the NYT, for no apparent reason. Was surprised when they recently left up a comment that included “men are not women.” I guess that counts as progress.
I’m starting to think that “trans” will stop being trendy for kids soon, that we’ll see a precipitous drop in trans identities among adolescents over the next 5-10 years and the med mal fallout for “gender affirming care” among the recent cohort will more clearly emerge. Maybe then the MSM will start publishing “we’ve always been at war with East Asia” stories about “gender affirming care” for kids in a decade or so. But they’ll never admit that they’ve been running interference for autogynephilic men for a while now.
I can’t stand Trump, (and he’s pounding my retirement funds right now) but this is one of those “even a broken clock is right twice a day” issues. But the identity politics/knee jerk reaction of progressive Dems on this gender nonsense is beyond frustrating, particularly when it was at least a significant factor (if not the deciding factor) in Trump’s victory. Apart from politics, this BS has corrupted law, medicine, academia, and society at large. I’m from Massachusetts and as one example among many, that pic of Liz Warren giving the thumbs down on the protection of women and girls in sports bill just makes my blood boil…..What is she thinking?!
That was a miserable performance by David Shor. I heard that and shouted “Really! Is that what you remember from 2003!” at the EK show in my ears. EK didn’t push back on it either. Two well-meaning men just agreeing with each other based on ideas that they got 20 years ago.
I canceled the NYT in 2021 because of their treatment of women, including the censorship of gender critical comments. It’s an echo chamber. You don’t need it, trust me.
Yeah, I've been urging hubby to cancel but he's taking care of subscriptions -- the NYT, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Wired, and probably others I can't remember -- and so far he doesn't want to.
I find I read it less and less. As you say, it doesn't contain anything I can't get anywhere else.
NPR (for which I used to work, as I've written) is even worse. For one thing, they base their news programs on what the NYT reports -- no, I'm not kidding. They read the NYT every morning and base their reporting for the day on what the NYT says (yes, there are a few -- very few -- exceptions). And they are all in 100% on the trans issue.
And the NYT's newsletter had a story today about NPR and PBS possibly losing federal funding under the Trump admin.
Well done, Lisa!
I consider getting a GC comment through on NYT to be backdoor journalism.
I especially love to boost organizations and people I follow. Generally, specific mentions don't get through. But if they do, perhaps more minds enlightened?
Melissa, I'm hoping that means "more minds enlightened," which is why I keep trying to post such comments at the NYT. But of course I have no way of knowing if anyone's mind is being changed.
In my circle, I've lost friendships over this. They weren't interested in learning about this issue and simply cut me off as having lost my mind. C'est la vie.
Same here.
Thank you, Lisa. This has been my experience too, and for years. The silencing of women across Reddit, YouTube, and other major platforms isn’t just blatant misogyny—it’s the colonization of womanhood itself. And we do not comply. It’s no coincidence that this suppression has left older leftists completely unaware of the systematic erosion of our sex-based rights. Social media giants have decimated women’s ability to speak, to organize, and to defend ourselves. This isn’t just an attack on women—it’s homophobia, too. Lesbians are being pressured to “expand” their sexuality, which is nothing less than coercion.
This was never about kindness. It was a deliberate, insidious manipulation, coated in feel-good rhetoric but designed to dismantle the reality of sex. The government has played its part in pushing this agenda, and the so-called advocacy groups—HRC, Stonewall, and the rest—are complicit in our erasure.
Enough. A class action lawsuit is necessary against these platforms. They have knowingly and systematically silenced women, and they must be held accountable. I will never vote Democrat again until this war on biological sex ends. I write to my blue state senators regularly, but they are too far gone, unwilling or unable to grasp the distinction between gender identity and sex-based rights. The rare response I did receive only confirmed their failure—lumping both issues together as if they are one and the same.
But I will not stop. Women will not be erased. We will not be silenced. We will hold the line.
I, too, have written to my reps, and told them that though I would never vote for Trump and his ilk, I WILL withhold my vote entirely in the future if the Democratic Party doesn't wake up.
For years I went through the tedious process of registering and registering Unaffiliated and Democrat, because I live in Maryland, where you can vote in the Democratic (or Republican) primary only if you're registered as a Dem (or Repub). Then I would switch back to Unaffiliated for the general election. Eventually I got tired of constantly switching back and forth and just registered as a Democrat for the whole shebang.
But as I said, I've told all my Democratic reps, federal, state, and local, where I stand on this issue. I have put my ass on the line for civil liberties all my life, to the point of blasting my career almost into oblivion, which these reps all know. I also belong to DIAG -- Democrats for An Informed Approach to Gender -- which I've also told them about, in case they don't know what it is.
The Dems have to wake up on this. I won't stop trying to make them.
Keep up posting efforts on NYT.
It is possible to get gender-critical comments in, but they have to be more polite and less snarky.
For example, here is one of mine that made it (70 likes):
>Congresswoman Mace bravely defended the rights of women to free association: to spaces where women can be free from the presence of men. Such spaces have existed in every human society forever (including for the conducting of toilet functions), but they are now under relentless assault. Michelle Goldberg apparently believes a man should be allowed into any women's space if he declares that he has (at that moment) a "woman identity". This would indeed become federal law under the Equality Act, which is supported by all Democrats in Congress. I profoundly disagree: either eliminate all segregation by sex, or do it by actual biological sex, not by an individually determined mental-state proxy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/opinion/democrats-trans-issues-sarah-mcbride.html#permid=137880866
And another, a bit spicier, in response to someone else's comment (29 likes):
>There is no "maybe" about it, young lesbians are being mutilated in the US at a rate of around a thousand per year. It is nothing less than an ongoing crime against humanity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/science/puberty-blockers-olson-kennedy.html#permid=137060880
Yes, I've gotten a few in over the years, but many more -- not only by me but by others as well -- that have been completely low-key, straightforward, and rational have also been blitzed by the NYT.
I have so many screenshots.
Good on you for continuing to try, but I don’t see the Dems snapping out of this, even though they have to know if costing them votes. It would be a good sign if they were open to having a real dialogue without resorting to name-calling and personal attacks, but that’s not happening either. The best the party can do is people like Gavin Newsom, who tries to play both sides. Maybe they’ll have to change their tune when the AAP finally comes out with their systematic evidence-based review (I.e. when hell freezes over).
Well, as I’ve said before, I think the tide will turn only when an avalanche of medical malpractice lawsuits comes tumbling down. Such lawsuits have already begun, as I’m sure you know. But there will have to be more, many more, brought by people who’ve been physically and psychologically harmed by trans ideology. And more there will be.
I’ve lost friendships over this issue, people who are otherwise liberal but who are totally blind when it comes to this. Tant pis.
I’ve also opened up some people’s minds by bringing arguments they’d never heard before, never thought of before. I have to believe we still have a chance; otherwise I’d just put my head into a pillow and cry. I’m not giving up.
This house of cards will come tumbling down someday. The problem with civil litigation is that it’s slow, strong cases get settled (not tried) and the gender industry has erected barriers to recovery. But the plaintiffs will start hitting on these cases at some point. Not sure if “red state” jury verdicts will have any effect politically, but large verdicts and large settlements will have an effect on the availability and price of liability insurance, which will at least slow down (possibly stop)the medicalization of kids at scale. And as more of these doctors are forced to testify under oath, more bombshell evidence will inevitably emerge.
I read all the briefs in Skrmetti, which are a matter of public record. (Haven’t listened to the oral argument yet). On the papers, the case against “gender affirming care” is absolutely overwhelming. WPATH and the Biden Administration come across as fanatical, morally bankrupt fools. But the Dems, the MSM and the two liberal justices apparently remain unfazed. When the Supreme Court rules in Tennessee’s favor (which it will), they’re all going to shrug it off as transphobic bigotry. One of the craziest things I’ve ever watched unfold in my baby boomer lifetime. Slow moving train wreck of a medical and social scandal. History will not be kind to the progressives. The Dems have messed this up very, very badly. The longer they keep this up, the harder the backlash is going to be.
Larry, I agree with everything you've written here. Especially the part about large verdicts and settlements. Money talks, and when the insurance industry wakes up and stops paying for these (grotesque) cosmetic procedures, things will change. And of course the SC will rule in Tennessee's favor, and of course soi-disant liberals will scream "transphobes! bigots!"
As for backlash, I think it will be severe in both directions: the backlash against the pile of lies that the trans lobby has been pushing, and an equal backlash against any court decisions that side with common sense and biological reality.
I think that Trump's EO, while technically correct, is actually making it harder for us to fight the trans lobby. Because liberals have an automatic reaction against everything he does (and I loathe him, as I've stated before), they won't stop and reflect on what that EO actually means, they just automatically oppose.
And IF we ever have free and fair elections again, and if a Democrat wins the presidency, that person can simply rescind Trump's EO and write a new one, putting us back to square one.
Great article! Just subscribed.
I’ve also had many of my “gender critical” comments censored by the NYT, for no apparent reason. Was surprised when they recently left up a comment that included “men are not women.” I guess that counts as progress.
I’m starting to think that “trans” will stop being trendy for kids soon, that we’ll see a precipitous drop in trans identities among adolescents over the next 5-10 years and the med mal fallout for “gender affirming care” among the recent cohort will more clearly emerge. Maybe then the MSM will start publishing “we’ve always been at war with East Asia” stories about “gender affirming care” for kids in a decade or so. But they’ll never admit that they’ve been running interference for autogynephilic men for a while now.
Thank you, Larry.
I can’t stand Trump, (and he’s pounding my retirement funds right now) but this is one of those “even a broken clock is right twice a day” issues. But the identity politics/knee jerk reaction of progressive Dems on this gender nonsense is beyond frustrating, particularly when it was at least a significant factor (if not the deciding factor) in Trump’s victory. Apart from politics, this BS has corrupted law, medicine, academia, and society at large. I’m from Massachusetts and as one example among many, that pic of Liz Warren giving the thumbs down on the protection of women and girls in sports bill just makes my blood boil…..What is she thinking?!
Completely agree, Larry.
I addressed much of this in my first post on Substack:
https://lisasimeone.substack.com/p/cowardice-on-parade-npr-nyt-wapo
That was a miserable performance by David Shor. I heard that and shouted “Really! Is that what you remember from 2003!” at the EK show in my ears. EK didn’t push back on it either. Two well-meaning men just agreeing with each other based on ideas that they got 20 years ago.