Novel by Trans Woman author features death of JK Rowling, removal of womb from Black Woman

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How is this ok? Enslaved Black women were actually subjected to no-anaesthesia hysterectomies, something it took years for the medical establishment to acknowledge, and longer to remove the statue of the w fire male doctor who tortured these women, but it’s ok to put that in a book? It’s ok to fantasize about killing actual women? So if we say “I’m not sure people who have been through male puberty should compete in Women’s categories in sports that’s “literal Genocide,” but a whole novel sadistically murdering and raping women is fine and progressive and can be sold?

This actually makes me sick.

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It’s remarkable to read the discussions round it on Twitter: instantly & summarily dismissed by TRA’s as not simply fake but engineered to stir up transphobia. Twitter’s helpfully supplied the genius-level analysis that as the chat belongs to/is hosted by a black trans woman it MUST be Evil Fakery because That Would Never Happen. Um, but - as the black women they were talking over, ignoring & shouting down kept explaining - yes, it would, does, did, had, has, & this makes a stunning & brave example.

Crucially, however, despite it so obviously being a complete & ridiculous fake that it is both incredible & absurd that anyone could have been taken in: if you should see something like this you mustn’t ever EVER post about/discuss it because doing so puts trans women at risk. As ever, it’s about the group who identify as oppressed & marginalised & powerless - & of course the frankly offensive nonsense about uterus transplants for trans women. The authors really REALLY should have known better than to publish a parlour game; but far more blame lies with the Journal who not only published their ascientific nonsense, but commentary on it that insists uterine transplants for trans women are just around the corner & it’s not the medicine that’s to be worried about but the ethics, & ensuring there’s no attempt to discriminate against trans women when the inevitable legislation governi

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Who J Marion Sims may have quite literally been knocked of his pedestal, but his reach is long. Henrietta Lacks’ family have suffered dreadfully because of an ongoing staggering lack of respect for the bodily autonomy of black people & for the black community. The vast majority of girls & women who are affected by FGM are black. Or of course there’s “just” the current reality of drastic health inequality in both the UK & the US (& elsewhere, I know, but I’m most familiar with the UK & US situations - I don’t think they’re more important) having a tragic impact on the maternal mortality rates of black mothers: MBRRACE 2021 Report (UK); Black Women’s Maternal Health: A Multifaceted Approach to Addressing Persistent and Dire Health Disparities (National Partnership for Women & Families, April 2018 [US] - & CDC statistics show things have got worse since).

Apologies, the “improved” MN deleted a section of my post & then refused to let me edit further. Having lost more than one post to the “Oops!” screen, am afraid I’ve opted to post & finish the edit here!

it’s not the medicine that’s to be worried about but the ethics, & ensuring there’s no attempt to discriminate against trans women when the inevitable legislation governing uterine transplants is written.

Black women are routinely STILL offered only hysterectomies to treat uterine fibroids despite a less invasive treatment being available. This suggestion black women’s wombs be taken by a majority white male group is happening not simply in a context of dreadful historical abuses, but one of ongoing ill-treatment of black women by privileged white people (of doctors in America are white & only 5% are black [and/]or African American).
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Who J Marion Sims may have quite literally been knocked of his pedestal, but his reach is long.

One of the Wachowski brothers is making this into a TV series

www.them.us/story/lilly-wachowski-manhunt-movie-adaptation-gretchen-felker-martin

Haha well that's good. I'm sure a horror story about predatory trans people doing horrendously violent and misogynist things will be a great boon for TRAs' public image.

'Hit novel'? Was it? I remember looking at the time and it didn't seem to be selling that well.
Film sounds like it'll be brilliant sunlight. Hope they do it.

Aye, it's a surprising choice if you're hoping to persuade people that trans identifying males are placid, peaceful, and sane.

The link is from last October - this is the first I’ve heard of it (not that I’m well versed in this oeuvre!) Maybe JKR’s lawyers have been working in the background? Hopefully a film involving such an obscenely violent, misogynistic storyline against a female who receives death threats in real life, won’t see the light of day? Or at least that section of the storyline will be removed? I’m sure there are enough transgender people who wouldn’t want to see such a film either - even if they aren’t fans of JKR.