Trigger warnings: Gender! Culture Wars! Opinons! Facts? (Also, some amount of tension/discomfort in this episode. Be ye warned.) 
Please contribute to this discussion! 
Please keep it non-terrible.
Articles that sparked the discussion: <a href="http://www.deathisbadblog.com/the-disappearing-thems/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">The Disappearing Thems</a>, <a href="http://www.deathisbadblog.com/versus-them/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Versus Them</a>, <a href="http://www.deathisbadblog.com/reducing-the-spectrum-to-a-binary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Reducing the Spectrum to a Binary</a>
Also relevant: Hofstadter <a href="https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/purity.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Person Purity</a> essay, and <a href="https://thingofthings.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/cis-by-default/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Cis by Default</a>
Other links of note&#8230;
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.deathisbadblog.com/unwanted-attributes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">One of the articles referenced in the initial Discord discussion</a></li>
<li>What&#8217;s <a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/exa5kmvopeRyfJgCy/double-crux-a-strategy-for-resolving-disagreement?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">double cruxing</a>?</li>
<li>Wikipedia&#8217;s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_gender?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">3rd Gender Page</a> (it&#8217;s got all the genders!)</li>
</ul>
Recommendations!
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7752126/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Brightburn</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/the-boys-amazon-new-superhero-series-cast-plot-release-date/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">The Boys</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706593/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Chronicle </a></li>
<li><a href="http://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-archives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Magnus Archives</a></li>
</ul>
Hey look, we have a <a href="https://discord.gg/64HhsNA?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">discord</a>!
<a href="https://from-ai-to-zombies.eu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast</a>… and <a href="https://player.fm/series/rationality-from-ai-to-zombies?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">the other podcast</a>
LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode:
None! Postponed till next time <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.1.0/72x72/1f641.png?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" alt="🙁" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />
Next Episode’s <a href="https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Less_Wrong/All_articles?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Sequence Posts</a>: (Are still&#8230;)
<a href="http://lesswrong.com/lw/ia/focus_your_uncertainty/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Focus Your Uncertainty</a>
<a href="http://lesswrong.com/lw/ib/the_proper_use_of_doubt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">The Proper Use of Doubt</a>
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96 – Do Words Mean Things, Also Sex Science!

A conversational podcast for aspiring rationalists.