Rachel McKinnon appreciation thread

Of course we know. Sometimes we are too polite to say anything. But we see you.

Dr Rachel McKinnon is assistant professor of philosophy at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.

Dr M is very keen on using Dr M's title of Dr. (Does that remind us of any other well known Dr on twitter...) I'm sure Dr M would hate to be mistaken for a doctor of science or medicine whilst twittering...... .

Dr M has published/is working on philosophy papers:

The Epistemology of Propaganda
Transformative Experience
The Supportive Reasons Norm of Assertion

Meanwhile, back in the real world... .

Rachel is such an angry person. It must be horrible to be like that all the time.

Especially when natal women are laughing at you.

Of course we know. Sometimes we are too polite to say anything. But we see you.

It takes a second, and of course we don't say anything, because to do anything other than play along is transphobic.

Loving this thread.

This is my favourite tweet, although hard to choose as there are so many amazing ones.

Re bikes womens bikes are generally shorter from seat to handle bars.

Womens proportions are different to mens. Women have longer legs and shorter torso. Hence if you have a man and women with the same height his bike will have lower saddle but longer distance between saddle and handle bars than hers.

Incidentally for the same spec'd womens bike you'll pay more.

Dr McCockon is doing a grand job of peak transing a lot of people!

"People don't know you're trans unless you tell them"

Of course we know. Sometimes we are too polite to say anything. But we see you.

@Bohbell
What is ‘peak transed’?

As a newbie a few weeks ago I also asked this. Then I discovered this thread. Happy reading!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3206285-Peak-trans

God that orchestra tweet. RM can’t be that stupid. Must be a double agent.

I am actually horrified by the “is the penis doing the smear” tweet.

Thanks Eresh!

However on the subject of sex discrimination, Malcolm Gladwell has some interesting stuff on how orchestras, particularly for section leader's chairs, were male dominated until they introduced auditions behind screens!)

And also remove their shoes, as the women’s heels were giving them away.

WRT to Rachel - yes, a case study in the Streisand Effect. Brava!

Specialized have a separate twitter account for women's bikes - (@specializedwmn) - there's some links on it to design, and a few articles discussing the idea that bikes don't have to be designed differently at all.

The award for peaktransing us all again goes to.......
Rachel! 🎉🍾🎊🥇🏆

A quick Google of Laura Kenny shows her competing on a bike with a crossbar. It also shows a pic of her looking v glamorous.

In Frazzled's screenshot? Camera angle. Look at the height of the handlebars (bearing in mind that the saddles are a lot higher than the handlebars so as to get into a really tucked position to minimize air resistance). The crossbar on the woman rider's bike is just out of shot below the bottom of the photo.

Maybe there is and we just can't see it because of the angle?

Why isn't there a crossbar on the other bike in the photo?

Fairenuff racing bikes always have cross bars, regardless of which sex is riding them. The triangular shape is an intrinsically stronger structure meaning the tubing can be a lighter weight.

That bike in the photo looks like it's designed for a male. Just an observation as women's bikes don't usually have the crossbar do they?

McKinnon has done more damage to the trans movement in recent months than almost anyone else I can think of. All because Rachel is a self-indulgent narcissist and bully with more brawn than brains. The mask has slipped and then some.

Those photographers? They knew. Everybody knows. Those women you cycle with? They're not actually delighted that you're stealing their opportunity. They're being silent, accommodating and polite, like we've all been doing for way too long. There's some truths for you. Suck em up.

Thanks Rachel. Your help to me, as a mum, has been invaluable. I’ve tried for such a long time to peak my young adult sons (also known as young men, because they’ve got a penis), and had to cope with them calling me a bigot. It’s heen really tough, but you did what I couldn’t and peaked my boys. little tears of joy escape from my eyes I shall be forever grateful. 🤗 💐 and something to eat, 🥜 🍆 🥜 to keep you healthy. After all, we want to keep you around for a long time. You have an awful lot more people to peak, on behalf of women.

Rachel has some interesting photos on Instagram as well. I wonder if Rachel ever won money in men's' races.

More peak trans. Spot the lady brain.