not sure why @nplusonemag would have such a provocative essay behind a paywall but this by @bathr0bespierre on dysphoria, neoliberal medicalisation, milton friedman and the sovereign citizen's ethics of desire is just excellent https://nplusonemag.com/issue-...
just to clarify what I find particularly compelling about this piece, which again I encourage people to read and engage with (and critique! that is what it is there for!): we all make a devils bargain with the market in order to receive the care we need — trans care included! —
this is a bargain worth making with the system we have —we have also made this bargain wrt abortion rights. and all these rights should be unequivocally defended no exception. but the point is that by inscribing these as rights within the market, they are always-already governed
by market logic and therefore just as easily rolled back or rationed off by market demands - again, you see this very clearly when it comes to abortoin rights. this is unsustainable. the call for socialised health care demands us to think more holistically about how
we conceive of care *outside* rights governed by market logic. and that is a very big task but one that we must take on if we are to ever have a health system that truly delivers on its promise of equitable care for all no exceptions.
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre hey, this is gross TERF word vomit.
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre that is a lot of words and mental gymnastics just to shame trans people for also being people who need medical procedures
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre interesting how every trans woman on twitter dot com has criticized this and you have had exactly zero things to say back. Great look for you.
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre This makes JK Rowling look like a good writer
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre Gonna stand arm in arm with my fellow people on here stating that this fucking sucks actually.
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre This is awful and everyone involved should just quit the Internet.
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre I think bc it’s in the new issue and only a few things aren’t paywalled
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre No it's a trainwreck, as people have explained to you.
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre god this shit is unreadable and also terribly thought thru
@liz_franczak @shreyabasu003 @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre These two sentences are super interesting because they both say the exact same thing. Usually writers that write in the "poor english translations of foucault" style argue that they have to write that way because their ideas are so big brained,
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre this seems like a lot of flowery language to disguise a false dichotomy where the only possible states are 1) being a consumer who desires a medical product or 2) being a patient who requires a clinical procedure. the posted excerpt has no room for emotional, spiritual, or mental
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre This person sounds transphobic af tbh
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre So if I'm understanding the article, it's arguing that trans peoples' desire to transition is caused by capitalist hegemony, rather than by personal struggles with dysphoria? Is that the argument?
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre Cis women: Doctors need to stop minimizing our experience of pain and our testimonials more seriously. Also cis women: it's totally fine for doctors to ignore trans men and womens' testimonials about their needs and thinking otherwise is consumerist entitlement
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre Why doesn’t anyone ever talk about David Graeber, we need to move into a “caring economy.” At least he talks about and tries to define a possible future. Few seem willing to actually try and go there https://start.lesechos.fr/trav...
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre apparently there’s some transphobic shit in here but I can’t get more than two sentences in without having an aneurysm at the sugary language and having to start over, I’ll trust the ratio on this one
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre Nah this sucks
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre wow this sucks a lot
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre Leftist podcasters really need to stop doing cocaine.
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre all evidence points to "it sucks shit" actually
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre this really sucks actually
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre It’s not about desire, or being attractive, it’s about being comfortable in my body, and about making my day to day, moment to moment, experience bearable. I think this kind of analysis would be a lot more palatable if trans people’s rights weren’t currently in constant danger.
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre Is this not just an overly complicated way to say "you can't get socialized medicine to pay for gender reassignment surgery until you admit that being transgender is a sickness, gotcha!"
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre damn u got me. calling up doctor trans and ordering them to put my boobs back on
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre I too know big words
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre This is incredibly bad actually, both poorly written and possibly very bad on trans issues. You never say anything one way or the other on it, but this is a big yikes, okay?
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre Gonna get canceled by the left for daring to question the wisdom of the market.
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre trans people: i think people have a right to control their own bodies also trans people: sometimes i need to tell my doctor some bullshit in order to realize that right some cis person, bursting through the wall: HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THAT YOU ARE THE REAL NEOLIBERALS!?!???
@liz_franczak @nplusonemag @bathr0bespierre the bait is critique of neoliberal medical structures and individual desire as the cashcow being milked. the switches assume trans people trust and depend on these structures to exist. and as always, trans women are foregrounded bc this isn't really about critical analysis.