— Katherine Alejandra Crossthis sounds like the seedbed of Trumpism and the reactionary right, you’re starting to see why this behaviour from lefty men is such a staggering problem. They are refusing to confront the hard problem of patriarchy. Platner offers the promise of libidinal pleasure, in having a (one presumes) lumpy, virile groin. “Alive from the waist down,” in the words of one Slate podcast.
Replicated under Fair Use from Gender Graham Crackup by Katherine Alejandra Cross.