Given the recent San Jose State University drama…
Has Natalie ever talked about doing a video on it? I know she mentioned in passing that it was a cloudy subject, so I wanted to try to find some sort of nuance to help her (by her, i mean also me) flesh it out m. Where we at as a community on trans people in sports?
Tldr: trans girl on the SJSU volleyball team. Four schools have forfeited to them because of it. Also, elsewhere in america, there was a high school girl who was outed because she played on the school’s volleyball team.
My contribution to the discussion:
I don’t have any definitive answer, but
The problem is multi-pronged.
The discourse surrounding it is usually really harmful and dismissive of the trans experience. “Biological male,” is typically used by people who want to deny us access to healthcare and public restrooms. And they use opportunities like this to misgender us and treat us like predators. Last point i’ll make about the discourse is that we never have this discussion about trans men, just trans women. Regardless of how you feel about performance differences in sports, it reeks of misogyny. The base line of thinking being “women are lesser and men greater, so we punish amab trans people but if an afab wants to transition, that’s totally fine.” Even in googling “trans athletes,” the majority that comes up is shit about women’s sports.
Another prong is that people use “biology” to ban trans people from sports that have nothing to do with physicality. Chess, for god’s sakes, bans trans women from competing in women’s tournaments. Why? Women are typically seen as “lesser” in chess because they aren’t typically introduced to it at as young of an age as boys are. It has nothing to do with biology.
All of this, however, could be curtailed if we just let trans kids transition and leave them alone. If they don’t go through their agab puberty, then we don’t have to have the discussion of “well, you had a lot of whatever hormone, and that’s unfair.”
But the thing that really sticks in my craw is that we’re having a complete freak out over less than 1% of the population. Half of which are trans men, and the overwhelming majority of trans people don’t want to compete in professional sports.
All this discourse does is make me anxious about playing in an adult, recreational kickball league with my friends. And that kind of fear keeps a lot of us out of the public which is what homophobes have been aiming for since the 1950s.
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Quote I can’t remember
Something along the lines of “Nothing is more attractive than tyranny and unfaithfulness in an attractive woman” something like that. I’m almost certain I heard it from one of Natalie’s videos. Can someone point me to what video it was?
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I have a Word A Day Calendar. Natalie would be proud.
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*insert pithy Jackie Jackson quote here*
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Main channel vid before election?
Do yall think we’re getting the next main channel vid before the election? She said on the last AMA she had been wanting to finish the current project prior to the election but didn’t think she’d be able to, but given the patreon pause and the note she wrote where she said she was motivated to finish the current main channel vid, we must be getting one pretty soon, no?
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Currently reading some Hobbes, and I found this phrase…
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"[virtually anything either of them ever said, especially if it's Jungian]" What did they mean by this? Is there a lore reason they said that? Are they stupid?
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It’s super fucking liminal
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I think I know what Natalie has been listening to lately.
https://youtu.be/QVpJtVG0YR0?si=BIDERMKTA8ruaWX6
An unknown piece by Mozart was found in a library in Leipzig, Germany, which he had written as a teenager. I'm sure many lovers of classical musicians are thrilled by this discovery. I would like to know Natalie's opinion on this. Maybe it will come up in the next AMA.
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Shein puts the lotion...
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I have created brainrot. Paired Natalie's latest AMA with a video of Shinjuku Rush Hour
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CW on Cancelling video
Hi everyone! First time ever using reddit. Wanted to ask for help: I want to share Contra's video on cancelling with a friend, specially because of the abuse-conflict-resolution part. But I'm afraid some triggers might appear throughout the video. I looked for someone posting about content warnings (CW) on Contra's videos, but haven't found anything on the topic.
Wanted to know if there's any posts about it or if someone has info on CW on that video. Thanks!
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Town Bloody Hall - definitely worth watching, highly recommended
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_f8Q\_ML4HSY
Did anyone else watch this debate? It's quite fun and cerebral. Kind of reminds me of Natalie's work. Old but still very very relevant.
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What's your stance on communism?
Since ContraPoints sometimes makes one of her characters speak against it and others (especially fan favorite Tabby) in favor of communism, I'm curious on where you guys stand.
Also, if you're in favor of communism, please speak on why because as someone who is still trying to figure out where I stand ideologically speaking, it's gonna be very helpful for me to read your answer.
You might get a new comrade if you're persuasive enough lol
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Is it true that some ContraPoints fans were deradicalized from being right-wing?
Can you share your story, if that was your case? What age were you when you began getting radicalized into right wing politics and at what age did you stopped being an asshole?
It's so wild to me that it's possible for someone's worldview to change so drastically. I also don't know at what age it's the most normal for this change to occur.
Very curious to hear your lives stories if people choose to share them on this post. Maybe it's a very common post idk. I'm new to the subreddit.
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I really like this video and I think it coincides w/Contra's on pathologizing trans people
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Locked out of patreon:/
My sub was automatically cancelled i guess? I cant watch her backlog anymore snd am so annoyed. If anyone has them downloaded i can like dm you proof of sub or whatever i was just waiting for the right time to catch up on her tangents😭😭
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I made this art of Natalie
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What happened to Contrapoint's Patreon? Can't subscribe
So I just discovered the other day Contrapoints did videos called "tangents" on her Patreon and was super excited to see her do one on Spirituality which aligned with stuff going on in my life and I was planning to see it tonight after work. When I went to subscribe it says "This creator isn't accepting new signups at this time."
Any idea what happened? I really want to see these videos. :\\
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How Squidwardian
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Oh Natalie the beautiful Goddess you are
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🎂 Natalie's Birthday is coming up! 🎉I put together a BIRTHDAY e-CARD You can Sign! 🍰
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ContraPoints and Autofiction [Video Essay]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d33yNcgDcgE
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Feels very liminal.
The hallway in my hotel. https://imgur.com/gallery/Obilw4p
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I’ve kinda reached my limit for accelerationist rhetoric on social media.
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The Alt-Right Playbook: Why Don't You Respond to Criticism?
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autogynephilia Song
There's an opera/ song that Natalie sings to herself in the beginning of the video and it's stuck in my head. Does anyone know the name? Uwu
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Squidwardian? Are we really saying that word?
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Reminded me of her
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Contrapoints & Lindsay Ellis Called Out for Anti-Indigenous Racism
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