Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo

This wonderful little book was put out by John Oliver and Jill Twiss with the help of Last Week Tonight. The episode where they unveiled the book is a gem. Check it out if you want!

EDIT: you can buy it here if you’re interested.

This comes from the video, "Why girls become boys," which is filled with entirely false claims about transitioning and transgender people. If you are trans or think this video would be triggering to you... IT WILL. PLEASE do not watch. This is one of their worst videos on sex and gender.. I can't believe people actually believe this? At the end of the video, the woman speaking says it's okay to disagree with your child's gender identity and take away their social media because "you're the adult."

The woman interviewed was Abigail Shrier, who wrote a book called "Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters."

It's actually the #1 best seller on Amazon at the moment. Which is both hilarious and great, since it has probably earned a great deal of money for the Trevor Project and AIDS United.

You might enjoy Motel of the Mysteries.

>It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Imagine, then, the excitement that Howard Carson, an amateur archeologist at best, experienced when in crossing the perimeter of an abandoned excavation site he felt the ground give way beneath him and found himself at the bottom of a shaft, which, judging from the DO NOT DISTURB sign hanging from an archaic doorknob, was clearly the entrance to a still-sealed burial chamber. Carson's incredible discoveries, including the remains of two bodies, one of then on a ceremonial bed facing an altar that appeared to be a means of communicating with the Gods and the other lying in a porcelain sarcophagus in the Inner Chamber, permitted him to piece together the whole fabric of that extraordinary civilization.

They know well that trans men exist and thinking they don't is exactly what they want. Their transphobia against trans men is one of the primary ways they masquerade as feminism.

They know that harassing trans women is, ultimately, a dead end. It doesn't further their ends of extermination (And don't be fooled, that's their end goal). But it does distracts activists really well.

They further their ends by poisoning the well of public opinion using trans men, claiming that patriarchal society has forced tomboys into becoming men. They use the language of feminism, but they subvert it's meaning, in order to trick the public into believing that they are feminists.

While people are focusing on the online harassment campaigns against trans women, TERFs are publishing books about (CW: transphobia) trans men.

Trans men are intentionally targeted quietly by TERFs while they loudly target trans women, in order to divide and conquer, without even having to sow division.

They know exactly who trans men are. They're pretending not to so they fly under the radar.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo

I ordered it too!
If anyone is interested, all proceeds go to The Trevor Project and AIDS United.
Link to book

Passive Aggressive Panda, eh? I can work with that.

For that matter, it doesn't need to necessarily be a children's book, that's just a style. Plenty of coffee-table books that are meant as comedy.

Obligatory plug for the John Oliver's absolutely amazing book A day in the life of Marlon Bundo. https://www.amazon.com/Tonight-Oliver-Presents-Marlon-Bundo/dp/145217380X

Maybe the best political troll of all time

The book in question is:

IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters

It's a #1 Best Seller in LGBT Demographic Studies. (According to Amazon). See it for your self <strong>here</strong>.

I wasn't really interested in seeing what this is about, to be honest, I mean, live and let live, as long as no one is hurting someone else, let them live their lives as they want to, however they want to; but now with all the drama, I'd like to read this to see how much of it is total nonsense or not.

> the source of those claims are in the book: https://www.amazon.com/Irreversible-Damage-Transgender-Seducing-Daughters/dp/1684510317

I'm not going to buy a book to try and find a source. Can't you just link the source, since you clearly know it. (After all, if you don't know the source, why are you trusting the claim.)

>for your first objection, i'm aware there might be a bias with parents, but the analogy you raise doesn't really make sense. the parents are not making an unfounded scientific claim about causation. they are giving a descriptive account of the behavior that they see in their kids.

And if you go looking at anticvax websites, you'll find that all the parents will claim that their kid became autistic right after the vaccine.

Bias is not just a possibility with the way this study was structured, it is guaranteed.

Honestly, I don't mind. It sucks that trans women receive so much of transphobia, but it's not like I want my AFAB siblings to receive more. We'll hold the line lol. Whenever they do talk about you it's pretty awful.

I actually get about 10 times more mad when people are transmisandrist tbh. Transmisogyny? Eh, just another day. This book? Absolutely fuming.

100% of the proceeds from the John Oliver books go to charities according to the Amazon Ad

Wow, a whole two employees! Very newsworthy, NBC.

I don’t see what so bad about the book in all honesty. It’s to be expected that there’d be some pushback

Bi and recently came out as trans. Though you might not be trans, it's absolutely possible. It's good to spend some time thinking about it and explore different identities. Even if you are cis it's good to educate yourself about the stories of others and different identity possiblies. The book "You and Your Gender Identity" by Dara Hoffman-fox helped me out a bunch in figuring it out, though I definitely new before..

One book that really resonated with me and my own experiences was Julia Serano's <em>Whipping Girl.</em> There's a lot of stuff that critiques feminism and talks about how masculinity and femininity are treated in society, but for you the most interesting parts will probably be her personal anecdotes. The most important thing you can take away from it is that everyone has a radically different experience.

When did your character realize they were transgender? When and how did they transition? How supportive or hostile was their environment, and how did they feel about themselves? Keep in mind that being transgender affects so many parts of your life, but in the end it is only one part of you. Trans people are people, just like everyone else, and we come in all different types and flavors. We can be introverts or extroverts, kind or cruel, insightful or oblivious, artists or accountants, saints or sinners. Figure out who your character is, who the playwright has written her as and how you are interpreting her, and then figure out how being a transwoman has shaped and influenced her. And after you've done that, I would go to your trans friends and ask if your interpretation has any unrealistic or offensive stereotypes. I can't imagine them being upset if you're sincere and coming from a place of respect. And if you don't feel comfortable, you can always ask reddit.

This book really helped me a lot, but as a beginning step you can give some time to brainstorming or looking up things you’d like to try and then trying them. I started with shaving my legs (which felt incredible even though I cut them up something fierce) and buying some long socks. I moved on to buying some jewelry and dresses, then clean-shaving my face, and have loved every step (just bought a skirt, some sports bras, unisex converse shoes, and a few cute tops). Of course what you do will change depending on what you’re looking for and what you’re interested in.

I’d also recommend a gender therapist if you don’t have one yet because having someone to talk to who can help you sort your thoughts and give an experienced outside perspective is amazing.

Good luck! We’re all rooting for you to find yourself whoever that may be ☺️

(copy and pasted my answer from another question much like your own, I feel like this was good enough to say again)

Here's what helped me when I asked that question.

1. think about all the hate and vitriol aimed at the transgender community, including all the legislation that seeks to erase us from existence.
2. think about all the expense, time, and painful recovery from surgery.
3. ask yourself who would sign up for this if they were not in fact transgender
4. ask yourself if you are willing to endure all this in order to feel like yourself.

I think that may help. If you need further help on the subject, I would consider seeing a therapist who is knowledgeable in trans related issues. Also, if you don't want to go quite that far may I sugest a book that is currently helping me sort this stuff out. I'll post the link to the Amazon site, but you can get it other places. It's called "You and Your Gender Identity: A Guide to Discovery" by Dara Hoffman-Fox. They are a non-binary gender therapist working out of Colorado and also doing YouTube videos on the subject. I highly recommend watching a few. Again they were a big help.

Amazon link to book-https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1510723056/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1

If you like to read, have time and also have like $20, Dr. Debra Soh talks about topics related to this in her book "The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths About Sex and Identity in Our Society."

I really enjoyed the book.

https://www.amazon.com/End-Gender-Debunking-Identity-Society/dp/1982132515

It has some very positive reviews, don't be so afraid of it.

https://www.amazon.com/Irreversible-Damage-Transgender-Seducing-Daughters/dp/1684510317?tag=masterplayer-20

I guess you didn't look then. Retail is 18.99

Amazon is selling it for 11.39 40% off https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/145217380X/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1

Barnes and Noble is selling it for 21% off - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver-presents-a-day-in-the-life-of-marlon-bundo-marlon-bundo/1128233387?ean=9781452173801#/

I think this falls afoul of the hippocratic oath. The primary goal or medicine is Do no harm. Transitioning after puberty is harder but no child is mature enough to make that decision clearly. We ought to default to avoiding an irreversible transition until we can be sure that its what the patient wants. An adult patient might regret not transitioning earlier but that risk is outweighed by the risk of a young child or teenager who is encouraged to make an "informed decision" that they are not capable of making.

Incidentally, Joe Rogan had author Abigail Shrier on the podcast to talk about this subject a few days ago. She wrote this book.

there's not a single species that reproduces sexually for which it's been conclusively shown that heterosexual relations are the only one. and about 1500 species for which homosexuality of some has been observed. you can always buy this book if you're curious. it's a completely normal, widespread kind of behavior.

yes, animals need to pass on their genes for evolution to work, but said animals also have to grow up. it's been shown that the single females sometimes have their young/eggs in the nest of homosexual couples who raise them (geese), animals also have gay sex to solve conflicts (dwarf chimps), to strengthen bonds (lions), or they have orgy's to resolve tension (dolphins). many animals, just like humans, have sex simply because they like doing it, and some of those prefer homosexual relations.

same sex behavior has its uses in nature, and a small gay community in any animal species is evolutionarily advantageous, or at the very least not disadvantageous, otherwise it would have been eliminated a long time ago. it wouldn't have proliferated in every single animal species.

the word "abnormal" assumes there's something wrong with it

definition: "deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable or worrying."

> "Just say it had some kind of ritual function."

Motel of the Mysteries is a really fun book kinda lampooning this.

Future archaeologists excavate a modern-day motel (well, a late-70s motel, given when this was written), and completely misinterpret almost everything about the place.

Makes you think about what we're getting completely wrong about the things we're finding from our ancestors.

Ever read Motel of the Mysteries? It the account of archaeologists in 4022 digging up a 1970s motel, and their “interpretations” of the objects they found (like a toilet seat being a shamanistic headdress worn during a ceremony, there the wearer would chat “Sanitized for your protection!”, and other such nonsense).

It fits exactly with what you’re saying here, and is a humorous look at the assumptions we make about the past, and the people who lived in it.

Shows lots of signs of social contagion. There's a great book called irreversible damage out now that is getting a lot of attention. It's written from a data driven perspective

https://www.amazon.com/Irreversible-Damage-Transgender-Seducing-Daughters/dp/1684510317

Entryism is a hell of a thing.

Note that now that the wokeists have enough lawyers and judges in, they're trying to make the bar exam easier. I.e., they want to open the door for an infinite number of wokeist activists to claim to be lawyers.

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Edit: As an aside, I'm absolutely gobsmacked that book is available on Kindle.

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https://www.amazon.com/Irreversible-Damage-Transgender-Seducing-Daughters-ebook/dp/B07YL6XK55

https://www.amazon.com/Irreversible-Damage-Transgender-Seducing-Daughters/dp/1684510317

Haven’t gotten around to it yet, but the author’s interview on Rogan was a breath of fresh air.

The culture on the most popular social media sites will make you feel crazy for doubting that suddenly all of these definitely-not-attention-seeking teens are somehow swapping genders (and species, in the case of a notable Twitch personality).

I find the entire movement to be mass insanity perpetuated by a handful of quite radical folks.

I think the Natural Law theorists are to blame. However, scientific knowledge changes. What is natural now may not have been natural before.

https://www.amazon.com/Biological-Exuberance-Homosexuality-Diversity-Stonewall/dp/031225377X