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An Afternoon with Slavoj Zizek -- Lacan

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Sally Kohn: Slavway wrote an article about trans identity that was not well thought out, and there was equivocation in the essay. She says he tried to overturn conservative arguments against trans people but ended up using them in a way that made it seem like he didn't support them. Kohn: It's one of those things where for ideologically, American society is very invested in the idea of biology being the ultimate sanction on human action. The more we accept non-normative sexualities, gay, lesbian sexuality, even gay marriage, the better our society will get, she says.

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