i'm stewing a bit on the repeated apparent contradiction in the oppressive movements described in the book between "they are trying to control you with gender ideology", that academia etc is trying to control people into believing dogmas; and the idea that the ability to transition or have reproductive rights are based on an "excessive" liberty that people don't actually have a right to...

i know the contradiction is often the point but to see it laid out plain. "freedom" is only for certain people.