For 8 years, ⁠Ray Alex Williams⁠ claimed to be a woman, zealously promoting transgender ideology, ingesting spirolactone and exogenous estrogen, doing “a lot of twitter activism,” and writing a book about ⁠trans philosophy⁠. In May 2023 he socially and medically detransitioned, issuing ⁠public apologies⁠ shortly thereafter. How did “Rachel Anne Williams” — who just a few years ago was so ⁠“unhinged” he made Grace Lavery “readable”⁠ in comparison — become the lucid, humble, reality-based man we hear in this interview? Listen up, because his story is jam-packed with insights. 

Links:

Ray Alex Williams on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/RayAlexWilliams/⁠

Ray Alex Williams on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@RayAlexWilliams⁠

Rachel Anne Williams takes on Kathleen Stock in 2019: ⁠https://www.peaktrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ThreadReader_0_transphilosophr_1132859653006680064-1.pdf⁠

Commentary on Rachel Anne Williams taking on Kathleen Stock in 2019: ⁠https://www.peaktrans.org/a-response-to-a-response-to-doing-better-in-arguments-about-sex-gender-and-trans-rights/#more-7728⁠

Ray Alex Williams apologizes in 2023: ⁠https://twitter.com/RayAlexWilliams/status/1735629670618399092⁠

Transgressive: A Trans Woman on Gender, Feminism, and Politics by Rachel Anne Williams (before detransitioning to Ray Alex Williams): ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Transgressive-Trans-Gender-Feminism-Politics/dp/1785926470⁠

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell ⁠https://www.harpercollins.com/products/cultish-amanda-montell⁠

Rob Henderson on Luxury Beliefs: ⁠https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/status-symbols-and-the-struggle-for

Rosie Kay⁠ is a dancer, choreographer, “old-school feminist”, and co-founder of ⁠Freedom In The Arts⁠ in the UK. Both ⁠cancelled⁠ and resurrected, she’s also a fascinating and articulate speaker. She joined the Dorx back in November to talk about dance, brains, arts organizations, making controversial work, the “theater of dehumanization,” liberal values and their discontents, artificial intelligence, Choreography 101, pattern recognition, awkwardness, the decline of physical culture, disembodiment, COVID, dance vs. visual art, arts education, physical education, soldiering, tennis, walking, cycling, and the taboo of excellence. It took us a while to release this episode because at least one of us was paralyzed in a winter slough of despond, but it was worth the wait. 

Links:

Adult Female Dancer by Rosie Kay: ⁠https://youtu.be/1BJvbsnCEB8?si=sx7m3AyOo5REJTI7⁠

Rosie Kay’s dance company K2Co: ⁠https://k-2co.com/⁠

Freedom in the Arts: ⁠https://www.freedominthearts.com/

Corinna and Nina poke at the dead body of the Gender Critical Movement. Cause of death? Illiberalism, revulsion, femagoguery, the narcissism of small differences, group polarization, junior high social dynamics, Calvinism, puritanism, gaslighting, victimhood as currency, and so much more. Plus, Nina gets diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease. Where will the Dorx go from here? Wherever it is, we’ll walk you there, for your own safety.

Links:

Revulsion Revolution: The Protective Power of Disgust by Amy Sousa: ⁠https://www.theknownheretic.com/p/revulsion-revolution-the-protective⁠

The Art Coop (rhymes with “poop”): ⁠https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-terf-battle-in-urbana-averted/article_cdf7ecd4-2e0d-5759-84b7-fbbe653de2a5.html ⁠

Corinna pisses off everyone on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/heterodorx/status/1732028270831440264⁠

ICONS: ⁠https://www.iconswomen.com/⁠

Sex Matters: ⁠https://sex-matters.org/⁠

National Women’s Law Center president Fatima Goss Graves hopes women learn to lose gracefully: ⁠https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1732142697425572018⁠

The Identity Trap by Yascha Mounk: ⁠https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712961/the-identity-trap-by-yascha-mounk/⁠

Stella O’Malley and Kellie-Jay Keen on Benjamin Boyce: ⁠https://youtu.be/OqG2gYvXm9A?si=oCis3LDOgWepe-JN⁠

JK Rowling says “dress however you please”: ⁠https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1207646162813100033⁠

Librarians once stood for intellectual freedom and access to information, but today many prefer to suppress speech for the sake of a misguided concept of “social justice”. One ⁠Davis, California library⁠ recently violated the First Amendment when they ejected a group of women discussing male athletes in female sports. Collections and programs are regularly distorted and compromised by ideologue librarians, while those watching in dismay fear to speak. Library consultant and advocate ⁠Penny Hummel⁠ breaks the silence to tell the Dorx what’s really happening in America’s libraries.

Links:

Penny Hummel on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/BeeWeave⁠

FIRE article on Davis library violating First Amendment: ⁠https://www.thefire.org/news/california-library-violates-first-amendment-boots-speakers-referring-transgender-women⁠

FIRE’s letter to Yolo County Library: ⁠https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/fire-letter-yolo-county-library-august-24-2023⁠

ALA Webinar, “Transgender People In Libraries”: ⁠https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1005⁠

Does Sex Matter? panel at the Urbana Free Library, 2019: ⁠https://blog.ninapaley.com/2019/03/26/q-and-a-from-the-does-sex-matter-panel/⁠

I Am Jazz: ⁠https://socialjusticebooks.org/i-am-jazz/⁠

My Body Is Me by Rachel Rooney: ⁠https://www.transgendertrend.com/product/my-body-is-me/⁠

Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier: ⁠https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/irreversible-damage-abigail-shrier/1133754701⁠

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe: ⁠https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Gender-Queer-A-Memoir/Maia-Kobabe/9781549304002⁠

“NO TERFS”: ⁠https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-terf-battle-in-urbana-averted/article_cdf7ecd4-2e0d-5759-84b7-fbbe653de2a5.html

Shannon Thrace is a transwidow and author of the must-read novel ⁠Eighteen Months: A Memoir of a Marriage Lost to Gender Identity⁠. She joins handmaiden pick-me tranny-lover Nina for a women’s-only talk about AUTOGYNEPHILIA, the cause célèbre currently ripping apart the TERFosphere. Is this about safeguarding and holding women’s boundaries, or is it tribal signaling? Why is it OK for David Bowie to crossdress, but not ⁠Phil Illy⁠? Should there be different crossdressing rules for men and women? Who gets to make those rules? Where do we draw our lines? Did Nina wade into a morass or a cesspool? These are questions without definitive answers, except one: Where is Corinna? Answer: at work today, so Nina recorded and edited this episode alone.

Links:

Shannon Thrace’s essay, Genspect and AGPgate: ⁠https://shannonthrace.substack.com/p/genspect-and-agpgate⁠

Nina’s Art Coop “NO TERFS” sign complaint: ⁠https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-terf-battle-in-urbana-averted/article_cdf7ecd4-2e0d-5759-84b7-fbbe653de2a5.html⁠

Genspect Denver conference: ⁠https://genspect.org/the-bigger-picture-continues-denver-colorado/⁠

Phil Illy: ⁠https://substack.com/profile/109324793-phil-illy⁠

This Jungian Life: Aaron Balick – Why Does Social Media Weaponize Our Reactions? ⁠https://thisjungianlife.com/aaron_balick/⁠

Laura Becker/Funk God: ⁠https://www.funkgod.com/

The Dorx discuss recent events with Nina’s ex-boyfriend, Andy the Anti-Zionist. A first-generation American son of a Palestinian Catholic father, Andy was mistreated on a visit to Israel at age 12 and has avowedly opposed the state ever since. We discuss the importance of history, the rise of anti-semitism, media biases, blame, “terrorists,” who is “the little guy,” what is a woman I mean Zionist, ethnic cleansing, whether Israel’s “intelligence failure” was calculated, “both sides,” utopianism, Queers for Palestine, and our dubious future. Despite our differences, this anti-Zionist, non-Zionist, and Zionist all agree: we’re fucked. Next year in Jerusalem!

Links:

Medinat Weimar (for a Jewish state in Germany): ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVGeR4r5hbk&ab_channel=amhaaretz⁠

Samantha Woll, Detroit rabbi stabbed: ⁠https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2023/10/21/samantha-woll-dead-isaac-agree-downtown-detroit-synagogue-president/71271616007/⁠

Illinois lawyer’s antisemitic rant: ⁠https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1715216523915071978⁠

Anna Baltzer: ⁠http://www.annainthemiddleeast.com/⁠

Illinois Muslim boy stabbed: ⁠https://apnews.com/article/muslim-boy-killed-chicago-landlord-will-county-5135dea218326d6e639a996564d9369e⁠

AIPAC: ⁠https://www.aipac.org/⁠

Seder-Masochism (Nina’s animated feature film about Jewish identity): ⁠https://sedermasochism.com/download/

Longtime activist and author Bev Jackson is a founding member of the UK Gay Liberation Front and, more recently, co-founder of the ⁠Lesbian Gay Bisexual Alliance⁠ (LGBA), one the the only organizations standing for homosexual (as opposed to “queer”) rights and the only UK charity supporting truly lesbian events. We discuss the corruption of Wikipedia, the astronomical increase of transing girls, the “born that way” narrative, zealous American politicians, outsourcing opinions, patience for the poorly-informed, boundaries vs inclusivity, pedophilia, Bad Law, medical scandals, and Tunnock’s Teacakes. Plus, Corrrrrri changes his name, and Nina writes a scathing ⁠Letter to the Editor⁠. Who’s the queerest of them all? Listen and find out!

Links:

Bev on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/BevJacksonAuth⁠

Bev’s email: ⁠bev.jackson@lgballiance.org.uk⁠

LGBA website: ⁠https://lgballiance.org.uk⁠

Tribunal Transcript (Mermaids vs Charity Commission & LGBA): ⁠https://lgballiance.org.uk/tribunal-transcript/⁠

LGBA conference: ⁠https://lgballiance.org.uk/tribunal-transcript/⁠

John Boyne apologizes to Graham Linehan: ⁠https://twitter.com/JohnBoyneBooks/status/1698830513077694477

A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art of Dissident Feminists is the world’s first and only “TERF” Art show, featuring 14 female artists, all of whom have been canceled due to gender ideology. Its curator and organizer is J. Berns, an activist, mother, art lover, and upstanding badass. She talks about how her gallery was vandalized the day after the show’s successful opening; the difficulties of living in the Bay Area if you hold gender critical views; TERF money; ways women are not allowed their own language; how terrorists increasingly dictate speech; and hot pink blood. Wait until the end for her descriptions of the amazing works in the show, which runs until October 15 in San Francisco, and then could come to a city near you if you help make it happen!