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   KrissyKat (krissykat@hoosier.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 15:38:48 JST KrissyKat

   The NYT doesn't quote trans people in its stories about anti-trans issues.

   https://www.mediamatters.org/new-york-times/seen-not-heard-new-york-times-failed-quote-trans-people-over-60-2023-stories-anti

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jul-2024 00:43:30 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @KrissyKat One thing that happens with this kind of article is that it reframes gender as an impersonal environmental condition or situation, like high gas prices or a shortage of avocados.

     In this framing, gender is something that cisgender people have to make policy to manage and deal with, rather than the lived experience of millions of humans with internality and agency.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jul-2024 00:47:08 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @KrissyKat There are other issues where the media dehumanize the people most affected by a topic by denying them voice (immigration instantly springs to mind), but this one is particularly acute.

     It's not just failing to find "balance" between "both sides". It's failing to acknowledge that the people most involved are, in fact, people.

     Anyway, thanks for sharing the link.