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*Both* gender critical and anti-gender-critical are getting mad at me for this one (in screenshots, not QTs), which really tickles me. To clarify for both, I find both trans women and ashkenazis great, I think being brilliant in physics or mathematics or whatever is admirable.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Nov 19, 2021

At this point, if I hear someone referring to an absolutely brilliant woman they deeply admire for her work in advanced theoretical physics or mathematics or something, I assign something like 50% probability to the woman being trans

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

It also feels weird to get called antisemitic for this? I think ashkenazis are smarter, they seem to have the kind of outcomes you expect from genetically smart people. And re: the trans thing,

3:11 PM · Nov 20, 2021

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I believe trans women tend to have more masculine interests, this is fine - *i* have more masculine interests and I think it's great. I also think in the majority of instances trans women fall into the same category as cis women and to treat them differently can be transphobic.

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people are associating it with the anti-semitic “jews are running the world” conspiracy theory type nonsense

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tbf if ashkenazis ran the world that would probably be an improvement

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Izzy said have a nice day

@ajuxtoposition

Nov 20, 2021

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@Aella_Girl

That’s incredibly tokenizing, and assigning traits based solely on ethnicity has always been racist. Sit down and listen to Jewish people instead of acting defensively when you’re called out.

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which jewish people should i listen to, the ones that agree with you or the ones who don't? it's kinda confusing over here to know which is the official Jewish opinion