Early access for premium subscribers! Kat and Phoebe discuss poetry in translation (or, aggressively, NOT), sensitivity readers, and whether we could please stop fighting about the word "women".
Isabella Wang's screed against translation (screenshot)
Kat in Reason: Sensitivity Readers Are the New Literary Gatekeepers
The Bad Tweets from Michael Hobbes:
If it's that fucking important to you to say "pregnant women" instead of "pregnant people" say it, fine. But don't compare the mild pushback you get to some sort of genocide. Get a grip.
Phoebe's Substack: Cisheterodoxy
Pamela Paul's op-ed: The Far Right and Far Left Agree on One Thing: Women Don't Count - The New York Times
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