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̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶p̶l̶e̶a̶s̶e̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶v̶i̶d̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶t̶l̶;̶d̶r̶?̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶m̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶a̶r̶g̶u̶m̶e̶n̶t̶,̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶d̶a̶t̶a̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶b̶a̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶n̶?̶

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okay, I didn't want to be that lazy, so looked up the author. (Her name is interestingly not on the cover :o)

Abigail Shrier, hm. okay, at least there's a wikipedia page about her. she seems to be a layman when it comes to psychology/psychiatry. and her 2018 book about "Transgender Craze" ... uh, okay.

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https://thingofthings.substack.com/p/bad-therapy-review-fift...

"""

Much of Shrier’s book is devoted to critiquing Internet Mental Health Culture, [...] I broadly agree with her critiques.

[Her] preferred alternative to Internet Mental Health Culture is what you might call Fifties Dad Mindset.

[...]

Shrier explicitly says that the right response to “minor cutting” is to ignore it.

"""

Amazing book.




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