So, feminists of GenderCritical, do you accept the charge that you are the Dr Frankenstein to the monster that is transgenderism?

(GC) I do not, because western feminism is not a monolithic construct. I'll leave it to whoever here can explain the history in much better detail, but -- there was a major bifurcation in feminist thought between the second and third waves, and a heavy adoption of some core tenets of Postmodern Critical Theory and Queer Theory by the group who would come to be called "Liberal Feminists" (TRA-aligned). This is a gross oversimplification, but it's more like a theoretical civil war than a Shelleyan monster-eats-creator.

Accordingly, feminists weaponised postmodernism and now that sort of post-truth politics has been turned against you.

Yes, I was there for that -- I saw it happening firsthand in my home university, and in other institutions we were connected with through academic conferences.

My observations: When I was an undergrad, Postmodernism/Queer Theory were ascendant in Liberal Arts departments, and many new graduates hooked into that culture to build their academic careers. Once in, it was too difficult to unhook from that critical orientation and the general group momentum; they had to keep publishing on that track (whether they continued to believe in it or not) in order to secure tenure.

My bias: My own education was rooted more in research universities than liberal arts colleges, so I was exposed to more classical ciritically-oriented programs. By temperament and training, I'm more Socratic, so I could not (and cannot) align with any critical orientation that discourages empirical evidence. That has always been my main critique of Postmodernism.

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