René Guénon (1886–1951) French metaphysician
Source: Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power (1929), pp. 77–78
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Karl Popper (1902–1994) Austrian-British philosopher of science
Principle attributed to Popper by Ryszard Kapiscinski in New York Times obituary, 1995.
Misattributed
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/01/magazine/lives-well-lived-karl-popper-the-philosopher-as-giantslayer.html
Meaghan Martin (1992) American musician and actor
Seventeen Chats With Meaghan Martin From 10 Things I Hate About You! https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/reviews/a5306/meaghan-martin-talks-camp-rock-2/ (July 27, 2009)
Meaghan Martin (1992) American musician and actor
Interview: Meaghan Martin and Nick Braun from ABC Family’s ’10 Things I Hate About You’ https://www.fanbolt.com/5659/interview-meaghan-martin-and-nick-braun-from-abc-familys-10-things-i-hate-about-you/ (March 26, 2010)
“Laughter is a basic human need, along with love, and food, and an HBO subscription.”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961) American actress, comedian and producer
Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech (2018)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961) American actress, comedian and producer
Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech (2018)
Pope Francis (1936) 266th Pope of the Catholic Church
2020s, 2022 <br class="br">Source: "God does not want ‘a world governed by religious laws,’ pope tells Canadian clergy" https://religionnews.com/2022/07/28/god-does-not-want-a-world-governed-by-religious-laws-pope-tells-canadian-clergy/, 28 July 2022
“No government has yet been able to repeal natural laws, though they keep trying.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Farnham's Freehold
Source: Farnham's Freehold (1964), Chapter 2 (p. 35)
“The concept of change baffled them.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Farnham's Freehold
Source: Farnham's Freehold (1964), Chapter 14 (p. 196)
Joanne K. Rowling (1965) British novelist, author of the Harry Potter series
When I started taking an interest in gender identity and transgender matters, I began screenshotting comments that interested me, as a way of reminding myself what I might want to research later. On one occasion, I absent-mindedly 'liked' instead of screenshotting. That single 'like' was deemed evidence of wrongthink, and a persistent low level of harassment began.
Months later, I compounded my accidental 'like' crime by following Magdalen Berns on Twitter. Magdalen was an immensely brave young feminist and lesbian who was dying of an aggressive brain tumour. I followed her because I wanted to contact her directly, which I succeeded in doing. However, as Magdalen was a great believer in the importance of biological sex, and didn't believe lesbians should be called bigots for not dating trans women with penises, dots were joined in the heads of twitter trans activists, and the level of social media abuse increased.
2020s, Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues (10 June 2020)
“If you didn't already know — and why should you?”
Joanne K. Rowling (1965) British novelist, author of the Harry Potter series
"TERF" is an acronym coined by trans activists, which stands for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist. In practice, a huge and diverse cross-section of women are currently being called TERFs and the vast majority have never been radical feminists. Examples of so-called TERFs range from the mother of a gay child who was afraid their child wanted to transition to escape homophobic bullying, to a hitherto totally unfeminist older lady who's vowed never to visit Marks & Spencer again because they're allowing any man who says they identify as a woman into the women's changing rooms. Ironically, radical feminists aren't even trans-exclusionary — they include trans men in their feminism, because they were born women.
But accusations of TERFery have been sufficient to intimidate many people, institutions and organisations I once admired, who're cowering before the tactics of the playground. "They'll call us transphobic!" "They'll say I hate trans people!" What next, they'll say you've got fleas? Speaking as a biological woman, a lot of people in positions of power really need to grow a pair (which is doubtless literally possible, according to the kind of people who argue that clownfish prove humans aren't a dimorphic species).
2020s, Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues (10 June 2020)
“To survive, our American art was cheating itself of life.”
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) American architect (1867-1959)
A Testament (1957)