Could you manslate? “I would love for a feminist to try being a guy for a week. I’d love to watch that.”

Manslation: You know how I’ve been having the hardest time lately following conversations? Well, my doctor ran some tests, and it turns out that I’ve been completely ignoring anything that contradicts the weird, twisted, self-serving view of the world I’ve created for myself. Like, not only things said by women, but anything said by men acknowledging our privilege—or by trans people who’ve shared stories about how drastically their lives changed when people started perceiving them as a different gender.

Anyway, the upshot is that there’s apparently a really easy fix. I just need to… Hang on, let me check this prescription. Ah, right: “Stop being such a fucking douchebag.”

