This episode’s opening music is (presumably) the first and will be the last song ever written about Judith Butler, the grande dame of academic queer misanthropy, composed by who else but our William A Ferguson. Listen to the whole song without me talking over it at the end of the episode — it’s a masterpiece.

Following that, I’m proud to say I got Glenna Goldis to take a break from rage-tweeting about the New York Times podcast ‘The Protocol’ long enough to give it a proper critical analysis here with me. We’re not the only ones talking about it, but we might be the only ones who had fun talking about it.

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Lotsa links:

The Protocol 6-part podcast

Sarah Barker on the doped East German athletes in The Female Category “Doped Then, Transitioned Now”

Jamie Reed’s affidavit

The Informed Dissent crew takes up episodes 1 and 2

Jamie Reed’s Informed Dissent follow-up

Glenna’s UnMuted debut episode, which goes into detail on Laura Edwards Leeper and the ‘Assessment Scam’

ML’s post, ‘Marci Bowers, evangelist’

Glenna’s articles: The Assessment Sham, The Trans Teen Illusion, Dr. Robert Garofalo treating teens in the 90s

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Original music by William A. Ferguson

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