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After Jesse offers a mass amnesty to the individuals he wrongly (?) blocked, Katie, in a surprising move, comes out in favor of murdering adorable innocent puppies with big watery eyes. Then, as part of the podcast's seemingly bottomless obsession with drama surrounding Nigerian novelists, the hosts discuss Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's viral essay about how horrible Online is and debate whether it's okay to attack her with machetes.
Show notes/Links:
Slate article on behavioral euthanasia: https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/06/dog-bite-training-behavioral-euthanasia.html
Glenn is being mean: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1404194591117557763
CNA says trans women are trans women: https://www.channel4.com/news/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-on-feminism
CNA's sorta-apology: https://www.facebook.com/chimamandaadichie/photos/a.469824145943.278768.40389960943/10154893542340944/?type=3&theater
Transracialism: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/05/transracialism-article-controversy.html
MACHETES: https://twitter.com/azemezi/status/1346268453221658624
[UPDATE: This essay provides a lot of background on Akwaeke Emezi's surgeries and I'm annoyed I missed it while prepping this segment for the episode. We'll likely circle back to it next week: https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/writer-and-artist-akwaeke-emezi-gender-transition-and-ogbanje.html -Jesse]
CNA's viral essay: https://www.chimamanda.com/news-events/news/
Oh God a Vox take on it: https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/3/15/14910900/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-transgender-women-comments-apology
What literally even is a woman anyway: https://twitter.com/graceelavery/status/1405661319903289344
Akwaeke Emezi's creepy response: https://twitter.com/ItsLithaAfter9/status/1405030628978999299
By Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal4.6
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After Jesse offers a mass amnesty to the individuals he wrongly (?) blocked, Katie, in a surprising move, comes out in favor of murdering adorable innocent puppies with big watery eyes. Then, as part of the podcast's seemingly bottomless obsession with drama surrounding Nigerian novelists, the hosts discuss Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's viral essay about how horrible Online is and debate whether it's okay to attack her with machetes.
Show notes/Links:
Slate article on behavioral euthanasia: https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/06/dog-bite-training-behavioral-euthanasia.html
Glenn is being mean: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1404194591117557763
CNA says trans women are trans women: https://www.channel4.com/news/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-on-feminism
CNA's sorta-apology: https://www.facebook.com/chimamandaadichie/photos/a.469824145943.278768.40389960943/10154893542340944/?type=3&theater
Transracialism: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/05/transracialism-article-controversy.html
MACHETES: https://twitter.com/azemezi/status/1346268453221658624
[UPDATE: This essay provides a lot of background on Akwaeke Emezi's surgeries and I'm annoyed I missed it while prepping this segment for the episode. We'll likely circle back to it next week: https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/writer-and-artist-akwaeke-emezi-gender-transition-and-ogbanje.html -Jesse]
CNA's viral essay: https://www.chimamanda.com/news-events/news/
Oh God a Vox take on it: https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/3/15/14910900/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-transgender-women-comments-apology
What literally even is a woman anyway: https://twitter.com/graceelavery/status/1405661319903289344
Akwaeke Emezi's creepy response: https://twitter.com/ItsLithaAfter9/status/1405030628978999299

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