Heterodorx

Corinna Cohn
Heterodorx

“Based TERF and Tranny” Nina Paley and Cori Cohn talk about gender — and anything else they find interesting and/or horrifying — with warmth, sarcasm, respect, cutting intelligence, more sarcasm, and disarming honesty. heterodorx.substack.com

  1. JUN 24

    Episode 172: Skrmetti Puttanesca with Judge TERF

    On June 18 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on US v. Skrmetti, 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.) a.k.a. Judge TERF 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 Judging US v Skrmetti with Judge TERF, December 2024: https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/judging-us-v-skrmetti-with-judge-891 Cori posts on Thomas’ concurrence: 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 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 Our episode on NYT podcast The Protocol: https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/episode-171-poop-and-protocol Glenna Goldis Bad Facts: https://badfacts.substack.com/ Ilya Shapiro - Lawless: https://manhattan.institute/book/lawless-the-miseducation-of-americas-elites WoLF: https://womensliberationfront.org/ Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 23m
  2. MAY 1

    Episode 168: SSRIs, ADHD, and Medical Trends with Julia Mason, MD

    After several conversations about antidepressants, the Dorx welcome back pediatrician Dr. Julia Mason, who prescribes Selective Seretonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) to young people. Do we even know what these drugs do to developing brains? How do antidepressants compare with “gender-affirming care”? Does Barlean’s Fish Oil really taste like lemon custard? We also talk about myelnation, the distress of youth, the parasympathetic nervous system, neurotransmitters, immunosuppression, social costs and benefits of treatments, wildly swinging trends in medicine, unintended consequences, public schools, and the over-diagnoses of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Medical institutions have a lot to answer for, but at least we have Nampons for nosebleeds. Links: Nampons: https://nampons.com/ SEGM: https://segm.org/about_us Feminist blogger with Crohn’s Disease: https://cannabisrefugeeesq.wordpress.com/2018/03/27/cannabis-refugee-esq/ Nina on Prozac: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2025/02/08/back-on-zac/ myelination: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myelination Barlean’s Fish Oil https://www.barleans.com/collections/fish-oils/products/seriously-delicious-omega-3-fish-oil-lemon-creme Listening to Prozac: https://www.peterdkramer.com/new-page The Noonday Demon: https://andrewsolomon.com/books/the-noonday-demon/ Xeno’s Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_paradoxes#Dichotomy_paradox Julia Mason on the Chain of Trust in Medicine: Hunter in a Farmer’s World by Thom Hartmann: https://www.hunterinafarmersworld.com/ NYT: Have We Been Thinking About ADHD All Wrong? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/magazine/adhd-medication-treatment-research.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20250413&instance_id=152482&nl=the-morning®i_id=58030095&segment_id=195907&user_id=a173f8835e89df3e22af711782032be9 Jamie Reed also recommends Nampons: https://x.com/JamieWhistle Our 2023 Julia Mason interview: https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-105-pediatric-disenchantment-with-julia-mason-md/ Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 26m
  3. APR 11

    Episode 166: Illin', Chillin', & Gettin' That Bill In

    Cori travels from statehouse to statehouse to testify against the worst excesses of gender ideology, while Nina gets sick for a month and loses her voice and relevance. Cori shares news from New Hampshire, where heterodox Democrat Jonah Wheeler is subject to a struggle session; Nina shares about watching television and playing Lexulous. Our lives couldn’t be more different, but we come back together to argue about AI art, neurodivergence, diagnosis skepticism, the attention economy, and ice cream. Our new slogan is “Bring Back Retardation!” and we’re doing our part. Links Jonah Wheeler breaks ranks with Democrats: https://x.com/Sidewalk_Steve/status/1902818393373413728 Jonah Wheeler struggle/listening session: Cones ice cream (closed): https://www.yelp.com/biz/cones-artisanal-ice-cream-new-york Winter, a trans kid: https://x.com/LGBCourage/status/1899180045870010722 Yarden Silveira: https://www.city-journal.org/article/yarden-silveira-death-transgender-surgery-complications?utm_source=virtuous&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cjdaily Ash Hall: https://www.aclutx.org/en/biographies/ash-hall Ovarit shutting down: https://ovarit.com/o/Announcements/676340/ovarit-is-closing Severance: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11280740/ Autism self-diagnosis: https://x.com/buttonslives/status/1906851869106082120 B******t Jobs by David Graeber: https://cominsitu.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/david-graeber-b******t-jobs-a-theory-1.pdf episodic disability: https://episodicdisabilities.ca/home.php You Be Illin’ - RUN DMC: Get full access to Heterodorx Podcast at heterodorx.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 14m
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“Based TERF and Tranny” Nina Paley and Cori Cohn talk about gender — and anything else they find interesting and/or horrifying — with warmth, sarcasm, respect, cutting intelligence, more sarcasm, and disarming honesty. heterodorx.substack.com

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