Yeah, that's the guy who banned me too. Although when I sent an angry email to support a few months ago complaining that they wouldn't stop sending me one of their newsletters even though I'd unsubscribed from everything, I heard from my former debate nemesis Elle Beau. When I responded back I was polite (but angry with Medium) and added "Ha ha Elle, do ya miss me???" She quite professionally ignored that, and handled my issue with full professionalism.
There is one woman on there (Asian, Tara someone-or-other) who is not a madwoman and writes reasonably. Not many others. Most of them write with unrepressed rage, firing at everyone.
Some of them are just astonishingly nasty, as confrontational and belligerent as anyone I have ever seen online, and I've on since Compuserve.
When I got back on (Morgoth & the Silmarrils) I started by seeking out "they/them" and then "trans" and blocking every one, not to be tempted into jumping in anymore since the curators have swallowed the rod and reel along with the hook line and sinker. I told "Roger" to perform an anatomically unlikely act and addressed him by his pronouns since they were clearly intended to be equivalent to his name.
She is the one of the few trans woman I have read on medium who writes reasonable, thoughtful articles related to trans issues. For most others, it is all a bunch of name-calling, shaming and victim hood with click-bait titles and directed towards the radical, e.g., why would I want to read something titled "The TERFs are Scared of the Truth" ? Clearly, folks who are trying to understand and be supportive of the trans community are not the intended audience :-)
"I've never done the whole "trans women are women" thing. As you say, they're not. "
I got banned from Medium for those exact words. The email was signed
Roger (he/him)
Yeah, that's the guy who banned me too. Although when I sent an angry email to support a few months ago complaining that they wouldn't stop sending me one of their newsletters even though I'd unsubscribed from everything, I heard from my former debate nemesis Elle Beau. When I responded back I was polite (but angry with Medium) and added "Ha ha Elle, do ya miss me???" She quite professionally ignored that, and handled my issue with full professionalism.
There is one woman on there (Asian, Tara someone-or-other) who is not a madwoman and writes reasonably. Not many others. Most of them write with unrepressed rage, firing at everyone.
Some of them are just astonishingly nasty, as confrontational and belligerent as anyone I have ever seen online, and I've on since Compuserve.
When I got back on (Morgoth & the Silmarrils) I started by seeking out "they/them" and then "trans" and blocking every one, not to be tempted into jumping in anymore since the curators have swallowed the rod and reel along with the hook line and sinker. I told "Roger" to perform an anatomically unlikely act and addressed him by his pronouns since they were clearly intended to be equivalent to his name.
I think I left Tara unblocked.
I think you may be referring to TaraElla https://medium.com/@taraella
She is the one of the few trans woman I have read on medium who writes reasonable, thoughtful articles related to trans issues. For most others, it is all a bunch of name-calling, shaming and victim hood with click-bait titles and directed towards the radical, e.g., why would I want to read something titled "The TERFs are Scared of the Truth" ? Clearly, folks who are trying to understand and be supportive of the trans community are not the intended audience :-)
Yeah, I like TaraElla. When we disagreed on something we both remained civil and polite. She's actually trying to help, rather than spit venom.