Doing what I can MoominMamma. Thank you for reading! I appreciate so many of your posts on PITT and other publications. We all learn together and must try to keep sharing and connecting until this medical scandal ends.
Im curious. Having witnessed from a distance the insanity of the process of trans in my sister’s home when her daughter went thru the many confused states of lesbian/straight/back to.. then trans...
it became clear her school had everything to do with it. Then what i call “immersion “at Ryerson Polytech, that bastion of bad math.
My question is: seeing this as a culturally-determined Top-down trend( sanctioned by government) what is the ultimate goal here? We can be as sure as God makes little green apples, it has Zero to do with better lives nor “suicide prevention” as if that ever mattered to gov either.
I am so sorry about your family's painful situation--you have lived this, I have only watched it through the stories of PITT parents. I couldn't get into that in this piece, but I 100% agree that schools are a big part of the blame.
And that is a great question, which probably has many different answers from different people. What is the goal? I've tried to lay out for people new to the topic the "problem space." But how do we solve this? Some feel that we need a different government (or no government) and it is the fault of Democrats and Democrat-led socialist-leaning institutions entirely. Some see it through different feminist lenses, with different solutions, seeing it is the fault of "patriarchy." (The critiques from feminists go back to the 1970s!) Some believe it is up to divinity, and that prayer or following religious dictates will deliver us from this terrible evil. People feel really strongly about their proposed solutions and how they want to work on them in a practical way. I believe this is a 5 star alarm crisis and everyone needs to follow their own best intelligence to make change. I also feel we will get further if we respect one another, try to learn from one another, and work together the best we can. I am so sick of the tribalism in the US. I have stepped out of it. I wrote this essay from the perspective of being a life-long lefty. But engaging with conservatives who agree with me has changed me, and I see validity in many of their points of view in a way I did not before. But I also know there are good values on the left, and my path is to try to communicate with the people I have known and been close to, both personally and in these public communications. My path as an artist is to make songs to try to break through on a deeper level than intellect. Everyone must do what they can with the talents and skills given to them.
Ultimately, I don't see the solution as being political, though political solutions must be part of the path. I think some of the red-state bills are not well conceived, represent a different kind of government over-reach, and result in even more unproductive polarization in response from the left--but in many cases I support them because this is an emergency. Every day more children are harmed, some of whom will in just a few years be realizing this. But our fractured society is not going to be healed by one "side" or the other taking over and forcing their ideologies on everyone else. People on the left are not going to see the light and become Republicans. Will not happen. So I am trying to offer my perspectives in the hope that change bubbles through on the left, that good people wake up from this cult-like fog that envelopes them. I feel very strongly that this should not be a left-right issue. Both the left press and the right press frame it that way, but there are plenty of people like me out there. I know them. Most of them cannot be open with their views. Horrible as this situation is, I see it as an opportunity for all of us to take off our stupid red hats and stupid blue hats and see our fellow Americans more clearly and compassionately.
Indeed: its a Uniparty… thats what existed in communist nations-the illusion of choice from L or R. In fact, its actually People vs Government Power.
Any gov that abdicates power in the name of freedom for the people is where the vote should go.
I will level with you. I don’t think this gender insanity by the big psy-op is motivated purely politically, and i posited the question such that it would not attract bias.
Having thought plenty about this through the lens of the greater issue of depopulation, there seems little other choice imho. Prior writers have hinted at this here and elsewhere. Seeing the Weffers win as depopulation is now in full swing, clarifies the question and leads to an answer i wish was erroneous. That bioweapon courtesy of the US Dept of Defense… think deep state, kennedy’s murderers, cia, the Towers scam, etc, are dots. They form a constellation, if you will, that puts it all into a sensible perspective.
My government and yours is trying to kill us off.
Now that may be a bitter pill to choke on for some, but letting it sink in will free you if you haven't already been freed from the Big Lie you’ve been fed since birth.
George Carlin spoke of all of this through humour, or it would gave made the audience nauseous.
Your essay is so thoughtful and full of information about the many harms of gender ideology on children. I hope that many parents and future parents will read it. At some point their children will encounter this ideology, and many are vulnerable to believing that it's the answer to all their problems. Parents need to start early instilling an understanding that no one is "born in the wrong body," no one can actually change their sex, and there is no right or wrong way to be a boy or a girl!
Thank you, too, for using your artistic gifts to create this beautiful song and video!
As to your important suggestion that parents need to start early, I recommend this beautiful book for small children, My Body is Me! You have to order from the UK and it has some words distinctive to the UK ("wee" instead of "pee") but it's wonderful. https://www.transgendertrend.com/product/my-body-is-me/
Wonderful essay, Elizabeth. Thank you for providing all the resources that will help people who are just starting their journey of discovery into the facts about this unprecedented epidemic of medical malpractice.
Thank you Lee! It's a shocking journey that takes some work, as you know. One friend just tete me that she had no idea that stories like the Saga of Sage printed on PITT are happening. Hopefully that trend will continue to improve.
PS I also wanted those white boots in the worst way, but miraculously managed to survive being the only girl in the world (except, i guess, for you) not to get them 😊
I found your "Icy Storm" in the late afternoon of a day when I saw my 24-year-old daughter who announced just over two years ago that she thought she might be trans. She started injecting testosterone about three weeks later.
Once a very cute, creative, funny, and intelligent girl with many friends, now she thinks she's a man who declares she has no friends. I won't try to describe her condition beyond that. It is too heartbreaking.
And as for heartbreaking... Although both her dad and I are in regular contact with our t trans-identified daughter, her younger sister has cut off all contact and declared that we are "her parents in name only (whatever that means)," largely because we haven't been supportive enough of her sister's transition.
While i listened to your song and watched the lovely video, I felt a wave of peace pour over my distressed body. (It's been a rough week in our personal gender world.). Reading your wonderful post explaining background for your composing the song, I felt some strength seeping in.
I am confident that your work will have an important role in supporting many devastated parents and in opening at least a few minds to what's really happening behind the claims of "kindness."
I am a wordy gal, but I can't even find the words to respond to your comment adequately. Tears flowing instead. I wish you were not going through this, and I know you have a long road ahead. But it means so much me, to know my song brought you some peace and strength. I wanted you and the other parents to at least know that some of us who are not in your boat still hear you and see you. Thank you for taking the time to return the love to this songwriter, you reached into my heart. As to the boots, in my 60s my boot phase is finally over, but I got to scratch that itch and fulfill that childhood longing, had a few good decades of boot wearin' and walkin'! :)
Thank you so much for caring about our children Elizabeth. We desperately need more allies like you.
Doing what I can MoominMamma. Thank you for reading! I appreciate so many of your posts on PITT and other publications. We all learn together and must try to keep sharing and connecting until this medical scandal ends.
Im curious. Having witnessed from a distance the insanity of the process of trans in my sister’s home when her daughter went thru the many confused states of lesbian/straight/back to.. then trans...
it became clear her school had everything to do with it. Then what i call “immersion “at Ryerson Polytech, that bastion of bad math.
My question is: seeing this as a culturally-determined Top-down trend( sanctioned by government) what is the ultimate goal here? We can be as sure as God makes little green apples, it has Zero to do with better lives nor “suicide prevention” as if that ever mattered to gov either.
I am so sorry about your family's painful situation--you have lived this, I have only watched it through the stories of PITT parents. I couldn't get into that in this piece, but I 100% agree that schools are a big part of the blame.
And that is a great question, which probably has many different answers from different people. What is the goal? I've tried to lay out for people new to the topic the "problem space." But how do we solve this? Some feel that we need a different government (or no government) and it is the fault of Democrats and Democrat-led socialist-leaning institutions entirely. Some see it through different feminist lenses, with different solutions, seeing it is the fault of "patriarchy." (The critiques from feminists go back to the 1970s!) Some believe it is up to divinity, and that prayer or following religious dictates will deliver us from this terrible evil. People feel really strongly about their proposed solutions and how they want to work on them in a practical way. I believe this is a 5 star alarm crisis and everyone needs to follow their own best intelligence to make change. I also feel we will get further if we respect one another, try to learn from one another, and work together the best we can. I am so sick of the tribalism in the US. I have stepped out of it. I wrote this essay from the perspective of being a life-long lefty. But engaging with conservatives who agree with me has changed me, and I see validity in many of their points of view in a way I did not before. But I also know there are good values on the left, and my path is to try to communicate with the people I have known and been close to, both personally and in these public communications. My path as an artist is to make songs to try to break through on a deeper level than intellect. Everyone must do what they can with the talents and skills given to them.
Ultimately, I don't see the solution as being political, though political solutions must be part of the path. I think some of the red-state bills are not well conceived, represent a different kind of government over-reach, and result in even more unproductive polarization in response from the left--but in many cases I support them because this is an emergency. Every day more children are harmed, some of whom will in just a few years be realizing this. But our fractured society is not going to be healed by one "side" or the other taking over and forcing their ideologies on everyone else. People on the left are not going to see the light and become Republicans. Will not happen. So I am trying to offer my perspectives in the hope that change bubbles through on the left, that good people wake up from this cult-like fog that envelopes them. I feel very strongly that this should not be a left-right issue. Both the left press and the right press frame it that way, but there are plenty of people like me out there. I know them. Most of them cannot be open with their views. Horrible as this situation is, I see it as an opportunity for all of us to take off our stupid red hats and stupid blue hats and see our fellow Americans more clearly and compassionately.
Indeed: its a Uniparty… thats what existed in communist nations-the illusion of choice from L or R. In fact, its actually People vs Government Power.
Any gov that abdicates power in the name of freedom for the people is where the vote should go.
I will level with you. I don’t think this gender insanity by the big psy-op is motivated purely politically, and i posited the question such that it would not attract bias.
Having thought plenty about this through the lens of the greater issue of depopulation, there seems little other choice imho. Prior writers have hinted at this here and elsewhere. Seeing the Weffers win as depopulation is now in full swing, clarifies the question and leads to an answer i wish was erroneous. That bioweapon courtesy of the US Dept of Defense… think deep state, kennedy’s murderers, cia, the Towers scam, etc, are dots. They form a constellation, if you will, that puts it all into a sensible perspective.
My government and yours is trying to kill us off.
Now that may be a bitter pill to choke on for some, but letting it sink in will free you if you haven't already been freed from the Big Lie you’ve been fed since birth.
George Carlin spoke of all of this through humour, or it would gave made the audience nauseous.
Your essay is so thoughtful and full of information about the many harms of gender ideology on children. I hope that many parents and future parents will read it. At some point their children will encounter this ideology, and many are vulnerable to believing that it's the answer to all their problems. Parents need to start early instilling an understanding that no one is "born in the wrong body," no one can actually change their sex, and there is no right or wrong way to be a boy or a girl!
Thank you, too, for using your artistic gifts to create this beautiful song and video!
As to your important suggestion that parents need to start early, I recommend this beautiful book for small children, My Body is Me! You have to order from the UK and it has some words distinctive to the UK ("wee" instead of "pee") but it's wonderful. https://www.transgendertrend.com/product/my-body-is-me/
Thank you Eliza! ❤️
Wonderful essay, Elizabeth. Thank you for providing all the resources that will help people who are just starting their journey of discovery into the facts about this unprecedented epidemic of medical malpractice.
Thank you Lee! It's a shocking journey that takes some work, as you know. One friend just tete me that she had no idea that stories like the Saga of Sage printed on PITT are happening. Hopefully that trend will continue to improve.
Beautiful but heartbreaking too.
A wonderful essay, a wonderful song, and a wonderful video. Thank you very much for all of this. Sincerely, Frederick
Thank you Frederick! I linked to your great Substack in the resources. :)
Thank you... That was very kind of you....
PS I also wanted those white boots in the worst way, but miraculously managed to survive being the only girl in the world (except, i guess, for you) not to get them 😊
I found your "Icy Storm" in the late afternoon of a day when I saw my 24-year-old daughter who announced just over two years ago that she thought she might be trans. She started injecting testosterone about three weeks later.
Once a very cute, creative, funny, and intelligent girl with many friends, now she thinks she's a man who declares she has no friends. I won't try to describe her condition beyond that. It is too heartbreaking.
And as for heartbreaking... Although both her dad and I are in regular contact with our t trans-identified daughter, her younger sister has cut off all contact and declared that we are "her parents in name only (whatever that means)," largely because we haven't been supportive enough of her sister's transition.
While i listened to your song and watched the lovely video, I felt a wave of peace pour over my distressed body. (It's been a rough week in our personal gender world.). Reading your wonderful post explaining background for your composing the song, I felt some strength seeping in.
I am confident that your work will have an important role in supporting many devastated parents and in opening at least a few minds to what's really happening behind the claims of "kindness."
Dear Hopefully Unidentified,
I am a wordy gal, but I can't even find the words to respond to your comment adequately. Tears flowing instead. I wish you were not going through this, and I know you have a long road ahead. But it means so much me, to know my song brought you some peace and strength. I wanted you and the other parents to at least know that some of us who are not in your boat still hear you and see you. Thank you for taking the time to return the love to this songwriter, you reached into my heart. As to the boots, in my 60s my boot phase is finally over, but I got to scratch that itch and fulfill that childhood longing, had a few good decades of boot wearin' and walkin'! :)