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Bard spotting on Bluesky 08 December 2024 :marseyrandom:

Here we spot wild Bardfinn Bluesky activities.

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Oku ΘΔ (@oku.mow.haus):

Reminder that "Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria" was coined by a transphobic researcher who got all of her information by going on to TERF forums and asking the viciously transphobic parents of trans youth for anecdotes about their kids "randomly becoming trans one day".

Anna Phylaxis (@quatoria.bsky.social):

Here we see contemporary coverage of Jesse Singal's work pushing the thoroughly debunked "contagion" theory of transness, ROGD.

He's been one of the foremost voices pushing and advocating this spurious, outside-in view of transness that focuses on how shocking it is to unsupportive parents.


Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

The /r/science thread discussing the original ROGD paper :

old.reddit.com/r/science/co...

Top comment: "This is pseudoscience of the worst kind"

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Rapid-onset gender dysphoria in adolescents and young adults may spread through groups of friends or online sources, and may be a harmful coping mechanism like drugs, alcohol or cutting, a new study s...


Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

Honorable mention for "Holy mother of selection bias, considering that the first "observations" of this phenomenon were reported by anti-trans groups masquerading as pro-trans groups."

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