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Dec 6, 2021Liked by The 21st Century Salonnière

Thank you so much for this and the preceding essay. It was nice to come across thoughts on this issue that treaded a more compassionate, yet skeptical, middle ground. It’s hard to find anything that’s not screaming about it from the far ends of the various spectrums.

I only wish I had your essays earlier in the year. It would of helped me to articulate my thoughts about it with my daughter who was, out of the blue, entertaining these ideas. I would share about how when I was her age, 30+ years ago, I had no idea that one could transition. It wasn’t even a thought of possibility to me. Other than a passing news story or crude jokes some adults made I never heard of this stuff. Kids these days just have to navigate such complicated issues.

In the end everything turned out fine. Just another parenting road bump.

I’ve never looked at any of the TikToks that do the ticks and Tourette’s. I’m aware of them from Reddit and the mocking they get there. I like your idea a lot for an explanation. Mine was that it was an easy avenue to build content. If one isn’t funny or interesting or talented or outrageous or have an ability to make some sort of engaging content one could try their hand at easily replicated actions in an attempt to make some kind of content. “Look at me I have multiple personality disorder that changes constantly and also suffer from Tourette's and its accompanying tics, but only when the camera is on.”

Anyway, I’m looking forward to reading more of your writing.

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Dec 2, 2021Liked by The 21st Century Salonnière

Bravo, it's time somebody injected what we used to call "common sense" into this issue. It is child abuse to encourage these children to run from reality, rather than face whatever real issues they may have. This is especially true when the proposed "cure" is so fundamentally life-altering.

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Dec 7, 2021Liked by The 21st Century Salonnière

Well written. I particularly liked this analogy - “boy’s elbow in a girl’s body” or a “Korean’s brain in a Norwegian’s body.”.

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Apr 5, 2022Liked by The 21st Century Salonnière

Great read.. Thanks

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Jan 8, 2022Liked by The 21st Century Salonnière

Thank you for your well reasoned essays on this topic!

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Dec 2, 2021Liked by The 21st Century Salonnière

Another very well written essay, thank you.

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