The Power: Move Over JK Rowling, There’s A New TERF In Town
Christina Dalcher, best-selling author for outrageously transphobic “Femlandia,” gets fact checked on #ThePower by trans activist who has actually read what she’s quoting
JK Rowling Can Finally Retire; Team TERF Has Found A New Champion
NOTE: A previous version referred to Dalcher as a NYT best-selling author, but she has never sold that many books. I regret the error. With such violent, harmful, deadly behavior on her part, I pray she never achieves that level of success. She is an ally for violent and abusive men so long as they support her decisions to abuse whatever women she declares don’t count.
Bringing shame and embarrassment to all of academia, the best-selling author of Femlandia Christina Dalcher used #TransDayOfVisibility to highlight her ignorance and bigotry.
She began by pointing at Naomi Alderman’s The Power, one of the most trans-allied books and TV shows in history, as though it served as evidence to justify her bigotry.
Instead, she served a masterclass on how to show you’ve never read the things you’re quoting — all within a single tweet.
Best-selling Author Blasts Trans-Allied “The Power” For Being About Women “Until 5 Minutes Ago”
The author began by writing in a now-deleted Tweet:
“On this sacred #TransDayOfVisibility, let us pause to celebrate trans-identifying man Daniela Vega, who plays trans-identifying nun Sister Maria Ignacia in the screen adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s THE POWER. Which was, until 5 minutes ago, a novel about women.”
I probably never would have known about the whole thing — if a rogue donkey hadn’t linked to my work.
Can you guess how much of my article the author read before saying it proved her point?
The full exchange (tweets at the bottom)
Author: “On this sacred #TransDayOfVisibility, let us pause to celebrate trans-identifying man Daniela Vega, who plays trans-identifying nun Sister Maria Ignacia in the screen adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s The Power. Which was, until 5 minutes ago, a novel about women.”
Donkey: “Just googled and read this: “The Power: The Basics Of Amazon’s Paradigm-Shifting Series”
Sister Maria Ignacia, played by acclaimed trans actress Daniela Vega, is one of the nuns in the convent where Allie stays.
It is from Sister Maria, a trans woman, that Allie is inspired to emphasize the female figures in various religions. Maria Ignacia teaches that Jesus learned love from his mother Mary, and from this inspires a religion born from the womb of a trans woman.
HOLY SHIT I AM THE AUTHOR OF THAT ARTICLE!
Stephenie (me): “Thanks for reading! You might also enjoy this one: The Power: Not All Men — But To Those Who Are?”
Stephenie (me): “Wait until you read the intentions of the author. And the all-female writers room for the show. How about the parts in the book that make fun of people like you who misrepresent what the book is even about? Maybe you are telling on yourself?”
Stephenie (me): “But especially this one: Barack Obama’s Favorite Book Of 2017 Is Now A Trans-Allied Sci-Fi TV Show”
The author responded!!!!!!!!
Author: “Oh, I know something about ‘all-female’ whatever — it was ‘all females’ who decided to transjack my lesbian character in a screenplay. I agree that The Power is not *about* women, per se. But its plot revolves around the sexual dichotomy. Should have made that clear in the original tweet.”
Stephenie (me:) “My hope is that by you putting your bigoted positions like this out into the world, you will increase your awareness of the harmful and deadly impact your actions have toward women and anyone else who falls under the umbrella of your bigotry.”
Author: “And my hope is that you will embrace material reality. Let’s agree to disagree without the hyperbole, drama, and ad hominems.”
Stephenie (me): “I hope you will read more of the book than you did of my tweets. It appear you read nor udnerstood either but will use both to score points that cause real harm to women and increasingly get us killed. Please stop. Women, intersex, and non-binary people deserve safety.”
Rightly or wrongly, I then blocked her. But curiosity compels as it will.
The author deleted the original tweet and explained the deletion by saying: “Undeserved Twitter pile-ons aren’t my thing, so while I stand by my original note about the transjacking of a character in a series, I think we should leave the author out of it (which is why I didn’t tag her in the first place.) Peace.”
If I believe she’s beyond any appeal to reason, empathy, or material reality — why did I even respond?
I stood up for those the author denies harming. I stood up for those the author denies are dying because of the impact of her actions.
I did not engage with her thinking there would be a productive dialogue. I stood up for all of the people her actions will harm or get killed. I stood up for the people who are not in a position to fight back without making things worse for themselves.
We plant trees to give shade to those who come after us. Today, I give thanks to all of the queer people before me. Without them, I wouldn’t have been able to easily identify the author’s absurd arguments. Without them, I wouldn’t have had the Power to speak truth to her dangerous and deadly nonsense.
Stop wasting valuable time — start empowering valuable people.
Ah…so you want to see the tweets O_o
Lettuce posture for posterity.
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