Heterodorx

Cori and Nina chit-chat about things that have nothing to do with gender: heat indices, ducktails, cat poop [https://ninapaley.com/2025/07/21/feline-follies/], impermanence, Hulk Hogan [https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/45813406/pro-wrestling-legend-hulk-hogan-dies-age-71], Conway’s Game of Life [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life], Michigan in the summer [https://www.riseontheland.com/], Permethrin [https://www.sawyer.com/product/permethrin-fabric-treatment-insect-repellent-24-oz-trigger-spray], online shopping, Spaceballs [https://youtu.be/iLUAbiCF_u0?si=-QjBBAdXTGq-u2WC], elephants, and The Book of Job [https://www.amazon.com/Job-Translation-Edward-L-Greenstein/dp/0300162340]. But other topics in our wandering conversation are inevitably related to gender: Psycho [https://youtu.be/BYnPGS9Ev8w?si=UUteXNQQGE1aR2cZ], synthetic blue velvet dresses [https://www.thatlisajones.com/revel-in-a-blue-dress/], hijabs, and a recently-deceased poet [https://youtu.be/wXSu_qm8mk8?si=TLIkadxFYUL6Gp1t]. As always, we ask the important questions: Why would God create mosquitoes? Does Reality exist beyond our perceptions? Why is 24fps better than 25fps for animators? Does Nina’s loss of her female tonsils make her less of a woman? How many hats does Cori have? (A: too many) Links: Benjamin Boyce w/ Cori and Graham Linehan [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9080YOX2pE&ab_channel=BenjaminABoyce] Psycho shower scene [https://youtu.be/BYnPGS9Ev8w?si=ithGqtZVOuoxlCon] cloaca: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca] Feline Follies (from Nina’s blog): https://ninapaley.com/2025/07/21/feline-follies/ [https://ninapaley.com/2025/07/21/feline-follies/] Hulk Hogan dies at 71: https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/45813406/pro-wrestling-legend-hulk-hogan-dies-age-71 [https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/45813406/pro-wrestling-legend-hulk-hogan-dies-age-71] Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (again): https://www.vhemt.org/ [https://www.vhemt.org/] Conway’s Game of Life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life] Permethrin: https://www.sawyer.com/product/permethrin-fabric-treatment-insect-repellent-24-oz-trigger-spray [https://www.sawyer.com/product/permethrin-fabric-treatment-insect-repellent-24-oz-trigger-spray] Informed Dissent [https://informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/] Spaceballs [https://youtu.be/iLUAbiCF_u0?si=-QjBBAdXTGq-u2WC] soma crappy animation Nina DID NOT do: https://www.facebook.com/CoffeemateUSA/videos/23973682502325784/?rdid=0FcIVbVR5QfzzfBb# [https://www.facebook.com/CoffeemateUSA/videos/23973682502325784/?rdid=0FcIVbVR5QfzzfBb#] The Book of Job [https://www.amazon.com/Job-Translation-Edward-L-Greenstein/dp/0300162340] Believe by Ross Douthat [https://www.amazon.com/Believe-Why-Everyone-Should-Religious/dp/0310367581] Andrea Gibson’s Love Letter from the Afterlife [https://youtu.be/wXSu_qm8mk8?si=TLIkadxFYUL6Gp1t] Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe [https://heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Cori returns from San Francisco with brief tales of the Endocrine Society [https://www.endocrine.org/meetings-and-events/endo-2025] before launching into crazy population projections (AGAIN) and then making some rather provocative arguments. What are Human Rights? Can children consent to irreversible decisions? Is the individual the most important unit of society? Are women never competent? Has Cori been wearing Nina down for an hour and a half, or just an hour? Despite still grieving her cat [https://ninapaley.com/2025/07/10/rest-in-peace-sweet-lola/], Nina does a good job arguing right back and the resulting debate is actually pretty good. Links: SF TERF Central: https://x.com/sf_terf_central [https://x.com/sf_terf_central] Endocrine Society conference in San Francisco: https://www.endocrine.org/meetings-and-events/endo-2025 [https://www.endocrine.org/meetings-and-events/endo-2025] The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer: https://seminariolecturasfeministas.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/germaine-greer-the-female-eunuch.pdf [https://seminariolecturasfeministas.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/germaine-greer-the-female-eunuch.pdf] Self-fertilizing plants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-pollination Mating In Captivity by Esther Perel: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/mating-in-captivity-esther-perel?variant=41231555362850 [https://www.harpercollins.com/products/mating-in-captivity-esther-perel?variant=41231555362850] Human Rights: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights] The Center for Individual Rights: https://cir-usa.org/ [https://cir-usa.org/] The Age of White Guilt by Shelby Steele: https://cir-usa.org/2002/11/the-age-of-white-guilt-and-the-disappearance-of-the-black-individual/ [https://cir-usa.org/2002/11/the-age-of-white-guilt-and-the-disappearance-of-the-black-individual/] Nina’s SSDI Blue Book project (on hold for biking season): https://ninapaley.com/2025/05/31/illustrating-the-ssdi-blue-book/ [https://ninapaley.com/2025/05/31/illustrating-the-ssdi-blue-book/] R.I.P. Nina’s cat Lola: https://ninapaley.com/2025/07/10/rest-in-peace-sweet-lola/ [https://ninapaley.com/2025/07/10/rest-in-peace-sweet-lola/] Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe [https://heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Cori speaks at the European Society for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry [https://www.escap.eu/events/escap-2025-congress-in-strasbourg] conference, then returns home to find degenerates everywhere. Meanwhile, Nina’s beloved cat dies [https://ninapaley.com/2025/07/10/rest-in-peace-sweet-lola/]. Cori calls out a “Protect the Dolls” campaign [https://mailchi.mp/outcarehealth/september-outtalk-6420697]; Nina’s lungs improve [https://youtu.be/gRUAIu1nO1w?si=0nw5zu9K2905VRyB]. Cori has to clean up human feces in his yard; Nina wears a dress. Cori gets into pronatalism and blames Nina for western collapse; Nina sighs. Plus: pain au chocolat [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_au_chocolat], lazy consonants, TSA shoes [https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/travelers-will-no-longer-have-to-remove-their-shoes-for-tsa/article_c53fe231-d918-40e5-aa53-b7f0084e51ce.html], cannabinoids, sanitariums, and yelling at clouds. Links: European Society for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Strasbourg https://www.escap.eu/events/escap-2025-congress-in-strasbourg [https://www.escap.eu/events/escap-2025-congress-in-strasbourg] Pain au Chocolat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_au_chocolat [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_au_chocolat] TSA shoes: https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/travelers-will-no-longer-have-to-remove-their-shoes-for-tsa/article_c53fe231-d918-40e5-aa53-b7f0084e51ce.html [https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/travelers-will-no-longer-have-to-remove-their-shoes-for-tsa/article_c53fe231-d918-40e5-aa53-b7f0084e51ce.html] OutCare - Protect the Dolls: https://mailchi.mp/outcarehealth/september-outtalk-6420697 [https://mailchi.mp/outcarehealth/september-outtalk-6420697] Dustin Nowaskie: https://www.outcarehealth.org/staff/dustin-nowaskie/ [https://www.outcarehealth.org/staff/dustin-nowaskie/] Art Bell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Bell [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Bell] FTC Hearing: The Dangers of “Gender-Affirming Care” for Minors: https://www.ftc.gov/media/dangers-gender-affirming-care-minors?s=08 [https://www.ftc.gov/media/dangers-gender-affirming-care-minors?s=08] Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe [https://heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

On June 18 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on US v. Skrmetti [https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-477_2cp3.pdf], deciding whether a Tennessee law prohibiting certain medical interventions on youngsters violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. The Hon. Elspeth Cypher (ret.) [https://womensliberationfront.org/news/retired-mass-supreme-court-judge-elspeth-cypher-joins-wolf-board] a.k.a. Judge TERF [https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/judging-us-v-skrmetti-with-judge-891] joins the Dorx to dissect the case, the decision, the concurrences, and the dissents. Which concurrence is best, Thomas’s or Barrett’s? Does Justice Sotomayor suffer from pathological empathy? If Skrmetti were a pasta, what type of sauce would be best on it? Plus Nina mis-sexes Chase Strangio (whoops!), Cori’s gender is Jewish, and Judge TERF solves the crisis in the Middle East. Links: US v. Skrmetti Decision, June 18 2025: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-477_2cp3.pdf [https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-477_2cp3.pdf] Judging US v Skrmetti with Judge TERF, December 2024: https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/judging-us-v-skrmetti-with-judge-891 [https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/judging-us-v-skrmetti-with-judge-891] Cori posts on Thomas’ concurrence: https://x.com/heterodorx/status/1935380685490880949 [https://x.com/heterodorx/status/1935380685490880949] JD Vance tweets a screenshot of a post on Bluesky reposting Cori’s screenshot from Twitter (what?): https://x.com/JDVance/status/1935457852082016556 [https://x.com/JDVance/status/1935457852082016556] How The Transgender Rights Movement Bet On The Supreme Court and Lost by Nicholas Confessore (NYT): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/magazine/scotus-transgender-care-tennessee-skrmetti.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE8.JUql.PEoYV35S-FVz&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/magazine/scotus-transgender-care-tennessee-skrmetti.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE8.JUql.PEoYV35S-FVz&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare] Our episode on NYT podcast The Protocol: https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/episode-171-poop-and-protocol [https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/episode-171-poop-and-protocol] Glenna Goldis Bad Facts: https://badfacts.substack.co [https://badfacts.substack.co]m/ Ilya Shapiro - Lawless: https://manhattan.institute/book/lawless-the-miseducation-of-americas-elites [https://manhattan.institute/book/lawless-the-miseducation-of-americas-elites] WoLF: https://womensliberationfront.org/ [https://womensliberationfront.org/] Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe [https://heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

How old is Cori? Will the NYT podcast The Protocol [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-protocol/id1817731112] change minds? Is there any competence [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candice_Jackson] in the Trump administration? Why is Nina’s cat [https://blog.ninapaley.com/2025/06/07/pussy-whipped/] pooping on the floor? These questions and more are asked, but not entirely answered, as we move in and out of the fetal position, name-drop various GC power players, and read aloud comments [https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/1l1971t/comment/mwmctet/] from another podcast’s subreddit. Important note: Cori is COMPLETELY WRONG about last week’s timeline: Nina wrote [https://blog.ninapaley.com/2025/06/07/pussy-whipped/] about her cat 2 days after we recorded last time. Is his muddled thinking a symptom of estrogen withdrawal, or turning 50? SO MANY QUESTIONS Links: Pussy Whipped (Nina’s blog): https://blog.ninapaley.com/2025/06/07/pussy-whipped/ [https://blog.ninapaley.com/2025/06/07/pussy-whipped/] Informed Dissent analysis of The Protocol: Part 1 Part 2: Missing from NYT's podcast THE PROTOCOL (Glenna Goldis on X): https://x.com/glennagoldis/status/1930969733748113531 [https://x.com/glennagoldis/status/1930969733748113531] Elliot Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Page] Kinnon MacKinnon https://www.yorku.ca/positivechange/2022/06/24/kinnon-mackinnon/ [https://www.yorku.ca/positivechange/2022/06/24/kinnon-mackinnon/] Dude Looks Like A Lady (Aerosmith): The comments we read from the Blocked & reported subReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/1l1971t/comment/mwmctet/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/1l1971t/comment/mwmctet/] Credit Is Due (The Attribution Song): Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe [https://heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]