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In a recently rediscovered interview, self-proclaimed ‘defender of women and girls’, J.K. Rowling, gushed about how much she viewed Lolita — a story in which a 38-year-old man kidnaps and rapes a 12-year-old girl — as a “great and tragic love story”.
Something I regret not elaborating on is how Dolores (i.e. 'Lolita' as Humbert calls her) shares a name with one of Rowling's most despised characters, Dolores Umbridge, a hyper-feminine teacher who surrounds herself with all things cute... and tortures children before she's carried off and possibly raped. Makes one wonder why Rowling picked the name for her specifically...
Thought to add here incase anyone else wanted to talk about it in their own post. If so, do send me a link!
J.K. Rowling Praised Lolita as a “Great & Tragic Love Story”EssenceOfThought2024-07-01 | Hi, welcome to Essence of Thought with me, Ethel Thurston, as your host.
In a recently rediscovered interview, self-proclaimed ‘defender of women and girls’, J.K. Rowling, gushed about how much she viewed Lolita — a story in which a 38-year-old man kidnaps and rapes a 12-year-old girl — as a “great and tragic love story”.
Something I regret not elaborating on is how Dolores (i.e. 'Lolita' as Humbert calls her) shares a name with one of Rowling's most despised characters, Dolores Umbridge, a hyper-feminine teacher who surrounds herself with all things cute... and tortures children before she's carried off and possibly raped. Makes one wonder why Rowling picked the name for her specifically...
Thought to add here incase anyone else wanted to talk about it in their own post. If so, do send me a link!
With conversion 'therapy' being officially recognised as medical misconduct in India since 2022, you might think said practice has ended. Sadly, this has not been the case, leading numerous charities to launch a campaign to end said violence.
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[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 01:56 - The Ban Conversion Therapy Campaign 07:56 - The Horrific Violence of Conversion ‘Therapy’ 14:58 - Living as a Queer Immigrant in India
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[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)Doctors Strip Trans Patients of HRTEssenceOfThought2024-10-18 | Today’s video breaks down recent reports that adult trans patients across the UK are being stripped of their HRT, who caused this, the panic that followed, and how it spells out a grim future for trans healthcare in general.
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[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 01:13 - NHS Strips Patient of HRT After 5 Years 06:40 - NHS Strips Trans Patient of Unrelated HRT 11:12 - DIY Doesn’t Fit All 14:00 - A Doubtful Case of Miscommunication 16:43 - Centralising to Destroy
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[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)J.K. Rowling Supports Pro-Child-Predator Conference | LGB Alliance Conference 2024EssenceOfThought2024-10-16 | Support the kids! chuffed.org/project/115124-supporting-the-crick-kids [Updated fundraiser after the original was mass-flagged.]
J.K. Rowling made an appearance at this year's LGB Alliance conference, a far-right front with a history of openly sexualising trans children. A group of 6 trans teens decided to fight back, shutting down the hate group using live crickets.
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[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)British Medical Association Backs Down From Cass Review (Except It Didn’t)EssenceOfThought2024-10-12 | Anti-trans ‘journalists’ have begun reporting that the British Medical Association has dropped its challenge of the Cass Review, celebrating the supposed decision as a win for gender ‘critical’ fascism. There’s just one problem; they're lying.
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[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 00:59 - The Deeply Flawed Cass Review 07:51 - Gender ‘Critical’ Fascists Misportray the BMA’s Decision 14:26 - The British Medical Association is About More Than Wages
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[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)J.K. Rowling Claims Anti-Trans Beliefs As Her ReligionEssenceOfThought2024-10-11 | In a desperate bid to stay relevant, J.K. Rowling has taken to boasting about participating in a failed protest in which she and fewer than 3,000 gender ‘critical’ cranks self-identified said anti-trans beliefs as their religion.
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[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)Graham Linehan Supports Experimenting on Trans Children | RE: The Cass ReviewEssenceOfThought2024-10-05 | Hi, welcome to Essence of Thought with me, Ethel Thurston, as your host.
[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 03:30 - Graham Linehan Accuses Trans People of Child Experimentation 11:40 - Graham Linehan’s Holocaust Denialism 17:37 - Graham Linehan Supports Child Experimentation 25:58 - Graham Linehan Seeks to Violate the Nuremberg Code
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[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)Anti-Trans Campaigner Outed As Having Forged Evidence - WPATH FilesEssenceOfThought2024-09-28 | Today’s video returns to the #WPATHFiles which alleged malpractice by medical institutions who support the scientific legitimacy of gender affirming care, exposing the Files' fatal flaws and its publisher’s sordid history of forging evidence.
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[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)Colonial Experimentation Paved the Way for Transphobia at the OlympicsEssenceOfThought2024-08-03 | See the 1st video here! youtu.be/ueGw_L7FVYM See the 2nd video here! youtu.be/zg0xv-BCF98
This video was recorded on the 20th of July and the thumbnail has been updated in light of recent events surrounding Imane Khelif and Lin Yu‑ting due to the video's highly relevant content.
Today’s video breaks down the fact that much of the anti-trans rhetoric in sports is firmly rooted in colonial violence, including (according to multiple sources), human experimentation on non-consenting Black women as recently as 2012.
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[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 03:24 - Women of Colour as a New Target 09:48 - The Apparent Trans & Intersex Advantage in Sports 23:18 Why the Discussion Became So Toxic 27:36 - Santhi Soundarajan 31:11 - Dutee Chand 33:17 - The (Lack of) Science to Support the WA & IOC 39:03 - Caster Semenya 42:47 - Annet Negesa, ‘Lara’, & Colonial Experimentation 56:36 - Ahab Puts Down the Harpoon 59:23 - Trans Participation in Sports
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Today’s video covers how J.K. Rowling managed to contradict her own position whilst attempting to mock the parent of a child with a trans friend. We also look into the term ‘mirror propaganda’ and how it’s used to describe an old phenomenon.
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Today's video explores the Cold War's impact on the West, namely how the Red Scare laid down the groundwork for the modern anti-trans panic in sports. From the media's open misogyny to literally cartoonish fearmongering, there's a lot to unpack.
[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 02:55 - Léon Caurla and Pierre Bressoles 06:32 - The Red Scare 09:01 - Testosterone as the ‘Master Molecule’ 16:27 - Policing Women’s Bodies 20:09 - The 1967 Boston Marathon 27:20 - Futurama & The Trans Panic
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[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)J.K. Rowling Targets David Tennant In Transphobic Rant | #ProtectTransKidsEssenceOfThought2024-06-30 | Follow up video on Rowling's Lolita comments - youtu.be/EFCHI8-zpms
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J.K. Rowling and Kemi Badenoch’s lies about beloved actor David Tennant have backfired, showing your average person the cruelty that defines gender ‘critical’ fascism and anti-trans bigotry in general. We all love to see it! #ProtectTransKids
A big thanks to Soshula Weyoun, Angelo Rosso, Udita, Yellow Stevens, & Levi for providing the voices for the headline section.
[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 05:11 - The Origins of the Women’s Olympics 11:28 - Zdeněk Koubek 15:29 - Mark Weston 18:37 - Helen Stephens & Stanisława Walasiewicz 23:16 - Heinz Ratjen 26:37 - Witold Smętek 30:14 - Musculinity & The Emergence of the Trans Man 34:54 - The Fake Benevolence of Anti-Trans Movements
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An NHS whistleblower has come forward about the fact that 16 teens took their own lives following the 2021 restrictions on trans youth healthcare. This comes just as the UK's ‘equalities’ minister boasts about stacking government with anti-trans bigots.
We can’t allow the NHS or the British government to bury this atrocity.
It can be difficult as a trans person to hold onto the hope that things will get better, yet we are not alone in our struggle for survival. Today’s video explores efforts by the Good Law Project to restore gender affirming care for trans youth.
[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 04:45 - Trans Women as Threats 14:23 - Trans Men as Victims (The Cass Review) 34:59 - Trans Men as Victims (Greater Context) 44:07 - Gender ‘Critical’ Fascism & Labour's Downfall
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[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 01:13 - What Are Xenogenders 05:05 - Let’s Talk About Neopronouns 08:19 - The Hypocrisy Of Classical Genders
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[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 01:21 - Intersex 101 08:46 - Gemma Collins Shares Her Abortion Story 12:05 - The Interview’s Impact on the Intersex Community 19:08 - Abortion is Not the Issue: This is Genocide 29:45 - Gemma Collins Difficult Decision
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[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)Rachel Oates Promotes Far Right & Anti-Feminist FiguresEssenceOfThought2024-05-18 | [Corrections] The reference seen at 00:51:25 should read 24, not 26.
[Chapters] 00:00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 00:07:45 - Guilt By Association - What It Is & Isn’t 00:13:02 - Stephen Woodford 00:25:57 - Thomas Westbrook 00:30:27 - Rose of Dawn 00:46:29 - Sarah Michel 00:50:22 - Noel Plum 01:01:01 - Nervardia 01:08:15 - Telltale Atheist 01:23:33 - King Crocoduck 01:37:44 - Jimmy Snow
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[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 02:04 - My History With NeuroClastic 19:35 - Terra Vance Exploits Their Friend’s Suicide 29:15 - Terra Vance Lies Their About Legal Threat (Again) 35:40 - Terra Vance Exploits BBIPOC Discourse
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[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)Courtney Orchard Has Destroyed Their CredibilityEssenceOfThought2024-04-21 | See our previous video defending our research - youtu.be/XaN0ET3YhVU
[Chapters] 00:00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 00:06:43 - Debunking Courtney Orchard’s Many Lies 00:06:58 - Courtney Lied About Me Withholding Evidence 00:10:40 - Courtney Lied About Me Trivialising Abuse 00:15:23 - Courtney Lied About Me Avoiding Them 00:20:57 - Courtney Lied About Our Private Conversation 00:22:15 - Courtney Conflated CSA & Plagiarism 00:23:53 - Courtney Lied About Me Grifting 00:36:50 - Clearing Up Some General Misinformation 00:36:56 - Why We Didn't Cover Lily's Alt Accounts 00:39:17 - Courtney's Double Standard Regarding Police 00:42:02 - Protecting Lily Orchard’s Victims 01:01:13 - Discussing Courtney Orchard’s Toxic Behaviour
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[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)Debunking Claims That We Stole Our Lily Orchard Research | RE: Courtney Orchard & BrittEssenceOfThought2024-04-20 | See our video debunking the rest of Courtney's callout - youtu.be/-MuIPyoUgHA
[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)Vangelina Skovs Plagiarism & Hush Money Lies | Lets Talk Comment ModerationEssenceOfThought2024-03-24 | Levi's detailed breakdown - youtu.be/Ywr5CxxDHbw
[Chapters] 00:00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 00:02:52 - Did VangelinaSkov Plagiarise? 00:25:14 - Was VangelinaSkov Extorted? 00:31:21 - Was VangelinaSkov Scared? 00:38:03 - The Fires of Your Own History 00:41:38 - Cross-Referencing VangelinaSkov’s Claims 00:49:55 - This is Transmisogyny 00:59:06 - Audience Harassment 01:15:55 - VangelinaSkov is Still Plagiarising! 01:21:35 - Closing Thoughts & Questions
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[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)Donating More Testimony Adsense to StrongHearts Native Helpline (23/24)EssenceOfThought2024-03-22 | Be sure to check out and support StrongHearts Native Helpline - strongheartshelpline.org
[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)Rachel Oates Defends Vangelina Skovs Plagiarism Of Disabled Creators | RE: Lily Orchard, HBomberguyEssenceOfThought2024-03-09 | This video was recorded on the 27th of February, the same day as the final chapter of the Vangelina Skov video.
[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 03:57 - Important Updates To The Vangelina Skov Video 09:53 - Rachel Oates’ Gaza Disaster 17:28 - Rachel Oates Lies To Defend Vangelina Skov 31:45 - Rachel Oates Continues To Lie About Me
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[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 02:20 - Background On Our Lily Orchard Series (Why This Matters) 09:10 - Proving Vangelina Skov Ripped Evidence From Our Videos 24:17 - Proving Vangelina Skov Presented Our Personal Thoughts As Her Own 40:30 - Vangelina Skov Tacitly Admits To Plagiarising Multiple People 44:36 - Vangelina Skov Knows What She’s Doing 55:35 - The Transmisia Problem In Vaneglina Skov’s Comment Section 58:02 - How This Situation Has Impacted My Health
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[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)Surviving Rachel Oates - A Trans Victims TestimonyEssenceOfThought2023-12-16 | **This Disclaimer Is Being Added Upon Legal Counsel To Highlight The Importance Of This Video In Public Interest.** With the publishing of this video we must acknowledge the fact that Rachel Oates has had a solicitor send us a Cease & Desist. After reviewing the content of her claims we decided to go ahead with the publishing. Not only are her claims easily rebuked, but this video is particularly vital from a trans community perspective, as explained in the chapter titled ‘How Rachel Oates Harmed The Trans Community’ (see - 01:29:45). My fellow members of the trans community have a right to know how narratives such as those built on the actions of persons such as Rachel Oates contribute, in part, to the ongoing efforts to eradicate and otherwise harm trans people, including by silencing our voices in both the UK and the US. My fellow trans people have a right to know the truth of her actions, because only in said knowledge can they truly remain safe from those who would go to any lengths to silence criticism instead of taking accountability.
[Chapters] 00:00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 00:06:22 - The Beginning Of The End 00:17:55 - The Friedel Incident 00:32:39 - My Singular Mistake “Do The World A Favour…” 00:57:38 - Rachel Oates Weaponises DARVO 01:14:36 - Rachel Oates Weaponises Transmisogyny 01:29:45 - How Rachel Oates Harmed The Trans Community 01:44:40 - How Rachel Oates Put Me In Immediate Danger 02:09:35 - How Rachel Oates Destroyed My Income 02:15:43 - How Rachel Oates Violated My Psyche
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[Chapters] 00:00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 00:03:46 - My First Interactions With Rachel Oates 00:14:42 - Rationality Rules’ Continued Descent Into Transmisia 00:38:35 - Rachel Oates Published Private Emails 00:48:02 - It’s Levi! 00:55:39 - Rachel Oates Tone Polices The Trans Community 01:07:37 - Rachel Oates & Transmisogyny 01:13:33 - Rachel Oates Armchair Diagnoses Me 01:20:09 - Rachel Oates Minimises Anti-Trans Violence 01:26:34 - Rachel Oates Doubles Back On Her Public Apology 01:32:16 - Rachel Oates Speaks Over Trans People 01:39:03 - Rachel Oates Flirts With Far Right Anti-Feminism 01:44:08 - Abusers Defending Abusers
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[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)Transphobia & Tokenisation At The Atheist Community Of Austin W/ Jenna BelkEssenceOfThought2023-10-02 | Content Warning: Ableism, Transmisia, Misogyny, Manipulation, Gaslighting, and Othering.
[Corrections] - Woodford appeared on 4 ACA shows, not 3. - A moderator flagged the issue with the Board after Woodford's first appearance. (Check Kevin Logan's interview with Chelsea and John, at 7 minutes 12 seconds.) - Clare stepped in to tell Jamie to address the issue on the show or not to have Woodford on after his first appearance, yet before his second one on Truth Wanted and his second time on The Atheist Experience. (Check Kevin Logan's interview with Clare, Tracie, and Jen at 15 minutes and 47 seconds)
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[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 03:03 - Background On The ACA Split 17:25 - Rachel Oates Mischaracterized The List 28:01 - Rachel Oates Fails To Check Her Cis Privilege 32:34 - Rachel Oates Published Private Information
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[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)Rachel Oates Attempts To Silence Transgender CriticEssenceOfThought2023-09-16 | [Corrections] - The Gabbie mentioned at 21:06 is not Gabbie Hanna but rather a different Gabbie.
[Art] Art commissioned from M N Starr; twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr)Cis Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual Britons Overwhelmingly Support The Trans Community - #LGBWithTheTEssenceOfThought2023-09-09 | Previous Research - youtu.be/GgB2PiRRlyg
[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 01:28 - Jeff Damon Younger 16:01 - The Ministry of ‘Truth’ Film Festival 18:42 - Jeff Damon Younger Boasts About Turning Luna Into A Refugee 32:48 - Jeff Damon Younger’s Antisemitism
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[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 01:14 - Richard Dawkins’ Fall From Grace 07:12 - Richard Dawkins Promotes Creationist Rhetoric 15:42 - Sex Is More Complicated Than Gametes 20:28 - Science Is… Ignoring Contradicting Data? 25:06 - Gender Identity Is Not A Social Construct 28:56 - The Problem With ‘Evolutionary Psychology’
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[Updates] - The name of the professor was released in the time I edited this piece; her name is Katy Fulfer, and the Essence of Thought team wish both her and the students a full recovery. - The culprit has been charged, specifically as a hate-motivated attack related to gender expression and gender identity.
[Chapters] 00:00 - Intro & Content Warning 01:04 - Gender ‘Critical’ Terrorist Stabs Three At The University Of Waterloo 03:13 - Linking The Violence To The Larger Gender ‘Critical’ Movement
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