First, Jamie updates us on some West Virginia legislation, and we discuss the transgender military ban as well as Chris Rufo’s reporting on leaked discussions from an LGBTQ chatroom within the NSA. Then it’s on to the main topic of this week’s episode: pronouns.
Episode 13: Do You Need Permission to Name Reality?
Military bans, NSA sex chats, and the pronoun debate
Mar 01, 2025

Informed Dissent
You Have Permission to Question, Scrutinize, Push Back, and Dissent!
Ben Appel, Cori Cohn, Lisa Selin Davis, Eliza Mondegreen, and Jamie Reed report on their adventures and misadventures trying to explain and mitigate the gender culture wars. We will publish most weeks, focusing some on the news and some on important topics from social transition to lawsuits to what the heck the word “gender” means.
You Have Permission to Question, Scrutinize, Push Back, and Dissent!
Ben Appel, Cori Cohn, Lisa Selin Davis, Eliza Mondegreen, and Jamie Reed report on their adventures and misadventures trying to explain and mitigate the gender culture wars. We will publish most weeks, focusing some on the news and some on important topics from social transition to lawsuits to what the heck the word “gender” means.Listen on
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