Sierra is responding to a tiktok of a FTM who is in metabolic failure after 10 years on T. You don’t need to have an advanced degree to do that. I also actively reject the idea that the only people who are allowed to speak on medical topics are credentialed professionals. That’s gatekeeping in the worst way considering it’s credentialed assholes who are the ones doing this sort of bodily harm on mentally ill teenagers.
It is/will be really hard for some people to watch Ex’s content after the CAIS bs. I watched CAIS drama go down from the start, and saw her taking peoples comments out of context and manipulating the conversation. If she did it then, what is stopping her to do it again? Sure, you can watch her videos and get information, but you’ll need to verify it independently. Whatever reputation she had, it’s gone.
For some armchair psychology, I think maybe it's a bit of embarrassment that she was sucked into this when she was an undergrad and a bit of anger and resentment at the whole troon movement. I wouldn't blame her for that.
I definitely think Sierra *usually* does a good job of explaining medical stuff to laypeople. For example: her saying that the more cuts a surgeon makes the more trauma and the more scar tissue that will develop was a moment that made like an audible click in my head. Even if she’s not an MD, she still has more of the vocabulary and more life experience in the field than most of her viewers, and that’s part of what has made her videos so good. Her way of translating medical stuff into relatable slices of (horrible, gruesome) life. I do agree that in this case, dragging her for being out of her depth is besides the point.
You're projecting a bit there friend.
As a former viewer, the CAIS stuff really threw me for a loop and made me check out of her content. I wasn’t even offended or in disagreement per se, it was just fucking boring and pendantic and a letdown to find when I got that new video notification. She knew full well that her freak show reactions with somewhat-informed medical sperging were what her viewership wanted to see, and yet she chose to lean into that topic. For embarrassingly petty reasons. In that way, looking back, it’s more of a mask-off moment than I realized. Her work has done a lot to spread awareness, it was also enjoyable and interesting at times, but at the end of the day Sierra is petty, and that’s her main drive.
Medical advice should be gatekept by medical professionals. Otherwise you have naturopath mommy bloggers feeding their autism babies bleach and essential oils while decrying vaccinations against rubella because it's got the Heckin' Mercury in it.
You'd hope, but it isn't being gatekept the way it should, and there is no problem with even "laypeople" pointing it out. Look at the SRS/GRS thread and tell me those are responsible surgeons capably gatekeeping. It looks like horror to me.
The problem is that Sierra destroyed her credibility with the CAIS sperging. I think her vids still have shock value and are good to get people thinking about shit (except when she veers off the troon stuff and starts preaching RF shit and calling for matriarchy). They're still ok to watch but it means having to verify every single one of the medical claims in it individually and that's not worth anyone's time IMO when we can just read medical journals ourselves.
Projecting? I’m responding to the content as it appeared in her latest Odysee video. The troon in question said themselves that their metabolic issues and pancreatic insufficiency were from the testosterone! It’s not some speculation on Sierra’s part. She responded to the tiktok and then showed two journal articles talking about the sexually dimorphic nature of the pancreas. But I guess only an MD or PhD is qualified to do that. You know, the same qualified, credentialed individuals who profit off of this troonery in the first place. The hard on so many kiwis have for white coats is kind of sad.
Yes you're projecting. I said that we should take Sierra's medical opinions with a pinch of salt... as in think critically and take her opinion as a layman's opinion. I never said she's always wrong 100% of the time because she's not. She does have some background but we also know that she exaggerates. I implied that you should put her opinion in the same category as any other rando online.
the point is that she doesn't HAVE to make stuff up, it's all terrifying, and yeah, sorry, i still see these people as victims of a cult manufactured by a Medical Industrial complex that wants life-long patients. sure the exposure is good, but she doesn't have to LIE about it all along the way. that's what makes it dangerous to watch her for "laypeople", the wouldn't know the difference while she spreads misinformation.
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I don’t want to go on a PCOS sperg, but it’s common knowledge that excess androgens will have a cascade of metabolic problems in natal women, from hirsutism to insulin resistance.
I cannot believe that anyone is still taking Sierra seriously. Someone posted recently in the Jazz thread about her asinine "Prader Willi" conjecture, too. The woman has zero clue what she's on about.
