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The Ramblings of a Tired Moderate

Culture, politics, interpersonal relationships, and other random musings from the smartass who spent months writing a parody of Robin DiAngelo's brain fart. Find my books here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092W9YPJM

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    Top Reasons to Allow Trans Women in Women's Sports (opens the original)

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    I’ve been hard on women with penises lately so I thought I might extend my olive branch to they/them by steelwomaning the case for letting trans women play in women’s sports. While I’m no philosopher, lawyer, or biologist, I can at least seed the case with a list of helpful points.So without further ado, here is my seed.You won’t be called a bigot in that specific moment.Seeing adults throw temper tantrums is just uncomfortable.If you don’t they’ll punch you in the face.<a class="image-link

  2. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    Well-Written Women (opens the original)

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    My wife recently suggested we watch two shows. In keeping with my husbandly duties I pretended not to groan, and in keeping with her wifely duties she pretended not to notice. But despite having fairly different tastes in entertainment (I’ve watched Wing Commander at least half a dozen times and make no apology for it), both shows were well-planned and well-executed stories that showcased the lost art of writing female leads that aren’t walking cautionary tales about what SSRIs do to people.Movi

  3. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    Mosh Pit Ethics (opens the original)

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    Chorus: A wish. A wish was cast that mere peasants might enjoy a concert, or a movie, without an asshole lecturing them.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="437" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OYW1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto

  4. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    The Question Beneath the Lindsay Clancy Fight (opens the original)

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    I’m going to get a little esoteric, but the more I mull on this the more I think the Lindsay Clancy fight deserves some esoteri…cism. Whatever, let’s get weird.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="600" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$

  5. Issue · Sep 8, 2026

    Body Positivity was a Lazy, Stupid “Soviet Man” Movement (opens the original)

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    We really need to teach more on Communism, especially since “Democratic Socialism”—the “just the tip, I promise” version of Communism popularized by grinning idiot Zoran Mamdani in New York—is trending among the desperate, the ignorant, and the secretly homicidal.Anyway, “Soviet Man” was just an end run that Communist intellectuals floated to bypass the pesky complaint that Communism will always fail because humans don’t act like that unless you force them to. People don’t choose to drive a crap

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