05:24 am - QotD
"It really seems like, in the treatment of Dr. V. in this story, it becomes very clear that the violence trans women face isn't seen as something the author was expected to educate himself on. Like, [Parker Marie Molloy] and I tweeted back and forth on this on, 'is this a question of hate, or of ignorance, or a combination', and It strikes me that the author is expected to learn about golf clubs, but yet the 'trans panic' defense or high rates of suicide in the trans community is not seen as something that the journalist is responsible for knowing about."</i> -- Molly Knefel, 2014-01-21 ( direct link to MP3)</p>