Living In TERF Harmony

Thoughts on the state of the movement after Genspect

I reject the offer of becoming your sheriff

There are two reasons why I feel confident right now that we are winning this fight. One is that I attended Genspect over the weekend to learn how we will do just that. The other reason is that purity spirals have intensified in a tightening leadership market for gender criticism.

Put another way, within the movement, there are people making history, and people who are jealous of those people making history. The people making history are the grassfire. The people who are jealous of the people making history are the ‘friendly fire.’ They say that their revolution is the realer one, a much cooler revolution than your revolution.

I remarked to someone at Genspect that I have so far refused to go around calling balls or strikes, adjudicating disputes, or engaging in dramas. My work here at The Distance feels too important for that sort of silliness. Nevertheless, the historical moment is upon us now, and so we must reckon with the infighting that …