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https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/the-nyt-uses-trans-hate-to-discipline>
"Last week, Soleil Ho at the
San Francisco Chronicle wrote a quietly bleak
exposé of the anti-trans coverage and bias at the
New York Times. According
to Ho,
as the Republican Party has embarked on a state-by-state campaign to
systematically push trans people out of public life, critics say the
country’s leading newspaper has played along. Coverage has ranged from
features overplaying the health risks of chest binding, a nonsurgical method
of flattening one’s chest, to opinion columns reframing gender inclusivity
as misogyny.
Ho talks to current and former
Times staffers who said that they weren’t sure
that “people at the top fully believe in the humanity of trans people.” They
also said that articles on trans issues weren’t treated with the journalistic
rigor given other coverage.
Ho’s article is compelling and depressing. And I think it also subtly
highlights how the
Times has used anti trans coverage not just to hurt trans
people, but also to silence and discipline its own labor force—and especially
younger and marginalized workers.
I have no doubt that
Times editors are sincere in their anti-trans bigotry.
But that bigotry is also a convenient cudgel with which to assert dominance
over unruly staffers and remind them of their place."
Via
Garbage Day: The machines can see, hear, and speak now
https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-machines-can-see-hear-and-speak
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
