Peter: Good lord. Gender Essentialist Cinematic Universe! Just as offputting to me as the Marvel one.
👌🏻 If anyone needs a reprieve from relentlessly rotten news about equal rights and human dignity in the world today, this latest episode of If Books Could Kill, on "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus", has got you covered.
(Or it might just dishearten you with its many reminders of how far we haven't come. 50/50!) #Podcasts
Really, really loved this episode. Their discussion of "tactical misunderstanding" brought back my early 20s, when folks would weaponize "Well, you're the English major, so you should be impeccable in expressing your needs and concerns". I learned to over-explain to avoid "mistakes" that could be weaponized.
It didn't work, but it took a long time to realize that I couldn't convince folks to engage in good faith. The onus is on me to walk away when only bad faith interpretations are on offer.