TOP 5 of 2022 Countdown: #1 EP 93 - A Takedown of Gender Politics with Wesley Yang
Gender: A Wider Lens
Sasha Ayad and Stella O'Malley
4.6 • 961 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2023
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
This episode is being rereleased as part of our Top 5 Episodes of 2022 Countdown!
Wesley Yang, an essayist and public intellectual, has written extensively about 21st-century America and the liminal position of the non-black, non-white person. Coining the term "successor ideology" in 2019, Wesley has carefully analyzed this particular kind of ideology among left-wing movements that is centered around identity politics. Wesley has recently turned his attention towards gender issues and, in this episode, he delivers a blistering analysis of how gender has become a socio-political juggernaut, infiltrating society in every possible way.
His substack features his writing, and the writing of other authors who are covering all the shocking twists and turns in the gender debates. He is also covering the release of the new WPATH Standards of Care, and the subsequent talks given about various chapters, including the now infamous eunuch chapter. As you’ll hear Wesley has a truly incisive mind and dynamic voice, and we’re so thrilled he’s pointing his attention towards pediatric transition and the horrible treatment parents receive when they attempt to protect their children. We’ll just let him speak for himself: here is Wesley Yang.
Links:
Wesley Yang’s Substack: https://wesleyyang.substack.com/
Wesley Yang’s Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/wesyang
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Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJGAoNbHYzk&t=265s
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73-mLwWIgwU
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3WqLT9NEnU
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| 0:00.0 | All right, big drum roll please, Stella. |
| 0:03.0 | Very good. Number one, most downloaded episode of 2022 gender wider lens was a takedown of gender politics by Wesley Yang. Yes episode 93 this is not a |
| 0:18.3 | shocker people were I mean basically Wesley Yang just delivered this scathing monologue for almost the full hour and it was so many brilliant moments and it was really gripping so I'm not surprised. |
| 0:37.2 | It was fascinating. I remember when it was coming when he was talking and he was |
| 0:42.4 | talking I was there trying to get in and trying to get in and then I thought I know I should let him let him off this guy this guy's all over this but the last I don't know 20 minutes or so of this there's a kind of crescendo it leads up to this |
| 0:55.5 | extraordinary kind of speech at the end that it's really something to listen to it's really very very special so I'm delighted it's number one yes |
| 1:06.8 | it's been really fun actually to look back at the year and do this countdown and also reflect |
| 1:11.6 | so when we come back on February 3rd, |
| 1:14.1 | we'll have a lot to say about how the year kind of took form |
| 1:18.9 | and we'll talk to you about some of the exciting things |
| 1:22.0 | that we have coming up. So thanks for |
| 1:23.5 | listening to the top five countdown and we will see you soon. You're |
| 1:29.4 | listening to gender, a wider lens. I'm Stella O'Malley, a psychotherapist in Ireland. And I'm |
| 1:34.8 | Sasha Ayad, an adolescent therapist in the United States. Since 2016 my |
| 1:39.8 | practice has been |
| 1:43.0 | exclusively dedicated to gender questioning teens and families impacted by gender dysphoria. |
| 1:47.0 | I also work with gender questioning teenagers |
| 1:49.0 | and I facilitated support meetings for families and individuals |
| 1:52.0 | who have been impacted by gender issues. |
| 1:54.8 | We're curious about the concept of gender and how it's unfolding in the wider culture. |
| 1:59.4 | Join us as we look at gender through a wider lens. |
| 2:08.0 | Wesley Yang, an essayist and public intellectual, has written extensively about 21st century America |
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