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83: I'm Out - with Sirena Prophet
Episode 834th April 2022 • Radically Human • Christophe and Liz
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I'm Out - with Sirena Prophet

(00:00) Intro and T-shirts

(03:23) Barriers to justice and reasons people refuse to confront human evil. Whataboutism, bothsidesism, and conspiracy theories. Holding people accountable. Moral deflection to provocations, victim blaming. Post-truth.

(09:10) The war, and the slap.

(32:56) Joe Occhipinti opens the conversation about the contradictions and pitfalls of intersectionality, and how it should be applied for positive effect.

(35:27) The GOP sliming of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

(44:20) Sean Prophet reads a long blog post on intersectionality, in the context of false accusations of "body shaming" of Senator Kyrsten Sinema. Mission-creep of intersectionality to fragment the left and shut down dialog.

(57:26) Guest Segment with Sirena Prophet. Her coming out story. The journey from growing up as a cis man who was raised in the San Fernando Valley, to her current life as an openly trans woman. The struggle with homophobia, transphobia, and betrayal. The low life-expectancy of trans people. The difficulty of physical self-defense for trans women. Finding acceptance in unlikely places. Gender ambiguity and dating as a trans woman.

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Show notes:

Will Smith Did a Bad, Bad Thing

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s take on the Will Smith/Chris Rock situation is an outdated view of progress

Mitch McConnell said there is "no question" Ketanji Brown Jackson is qualified to be a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, then said he will not support her appointment

Mississippi Republican calls for execution of transgender people… by firing squad

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