{"id":592205,"date":"2021-07-15T14:20:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T18:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=592205"},"modified":"2021-07-15T14:20:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T18:20:17","slug":"the-mob-is-still-coming-for-abigail-shriers-book-on-transgenderism-and-teen-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-mob-is-still-coming-for-abigail-shriers-book-on-transgenderism-and-teen-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mob Is Still Coming For Abigail Shrier\u2019s Book On Transgenderism And Teen Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-mob-is-still-coming-for-abigail-shriers-book-on-transgenderism-and-teen-girls%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=592205&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1152686518-scaled-e1625693045695.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The American Booksellers Association (ABA) apologized Wednesday for mailing out a paper-back reprint of a book on transgenderism among teenaged girls who formerly displayed feminine traits and tendencies.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cAn anti-trans book was included in our July mailing to members,\u201d the ABA said. \u201cThis is a serious, violent incident that goes against ABA\u2019s ends policies, values, and everything we believe and support. It is inexcusable.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Abigail Shrier\u2019s book has sparked controversy and gained the attention of media pundits such as Joe Rogan since it was published in June 2020. In November, Target apologized&nbsp;for removing the book from its shelves after a Twitter user complained that the book was \u201ctransphobic.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The American Booksellers Association apologized Wednesday for mailing out a paper-back reprint of a book on transgenderism among teenaged girls who formerly displayed feminine traits and tendencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn anti-trans book was included in our July mailing to members,\u201d the American Booksellers Association (ABA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABAbook\/status\/1415399389615595520\">said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cThis is a serious, violent incident that goes against ABA\u2019s ends policies, values, and everything we believe and support. It is inexcusable.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/02\/regnery-michael-knowles-new-york-times-censorship-book\/\">(RELATED: Regnery Publisher Accuses NYT Of Keeping Michael Knowles\u2019 Book On Censorship Off Best Seller List)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.081632653061\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABAbook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ABAbook<\/a> I\u2019m seething. I was excited to open our July white box, and then the first book I pulled out is \u201cIrreversible Damage.\u201d Do you know how that feels, as a trans bookseller and book buyer? It isn\u2019t even a new title, so it really caught me in the gut. Do better. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VYb1ZKrv9A\">pic.twitter.com\/VYb1ZKrv9A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Casey (@CaseyBookEater) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaseyBookEater\/status\/1415342507081314308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Abigail Shrier\u2019s book, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Irreversible-Damage-Transgender-Seducing-Daughters\/dp\/1684510317\">Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters<\/a>,\u201d has sparked controversy and gained the attention of media pundits such as Joe Rogan since it was published in June 2020. In November, Target <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/15\/berkeley-professor-burn-book-trans-abigail-shrier\/\">apologized<\/a> for removing the book from its shelves after a Twitter user complained that the book was \u201ctransphobic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shrier, who has said on multiple occasions that she is a friend to the transgender community, warned that many young girls are identifying as trans merely out of a desire to find community. The book delves into the effects of social media and trans activists on these young women and their understanding of their own sexuality.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.4545454545455\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RmPSkmyrmX\">pic.twitter.com\/RmPSkmyrmX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 American Booksellers Association (@ABAbook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABAbook\/status\/1415399389615595520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe apologize to our trans members and to the trans community for this terrible incident and the pain we caused them,\u201d the ABA statement continued. \u201cWe also apologize to the LGBTQIA+ community at large, and to our bookselling community.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/13\/abigail-shrier-irreversible-damage-transgenderism-target-removes-book-transphobic\/\">(RELATED: Target Reverses Decision To Remove Book Critical Of Transgenderism After Receiving Complaint That It\u2019s \u2018Transphobic\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cApologies are not enough,\u201d the ABA added. \u201cWe\u2019ve begun addressing this today and are committed to engaging in the critical dialogue needed to inform concrete steps to address the harm we caused. Those steps will be shared in the next three weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least two Amazon employees have resigned recently over Amazon\u2019s decision to continue selling the book, which is currently listed as the #2 seller in the category of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/bestsellers\/books\/16244291\/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_books\">LGBTQ+ Demographic Studies<\/a>.&nbsp; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/16\/liberal-media-suggests-biden-should-take-aggressive-approach-to-censoring-conservative-media\/\">(RELATED: Liberal Media Suggests Biden Should Take Aggressive Approach To Censoring Conservative Media)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class>\u201cThe book literally has[craze] in the title and considers being transgender a mental illness in many senses throughout the book,\u201d former Amazon employee Selene Xenia told NBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/amazon-workers-petition-two-quit-over-anti-lgbtq-book-sales-n1273870?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma\">News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class>Xenia praised Amazon for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/12\/amazon-lgbtq-mental-illness-ryan-anderson\/\">removing<\/a> \u201cWhen Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment\u201d in February. Amazon had <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/12\/amazon-lgbtq-mental-illness-ryan-anderson\/\">said at the time<\/a> that it had \u201cchosen not to sell books that frame LGBTQ+ identity as a mental illness.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/12\/abigail-shrier-conservatives-america-woke-becerra-transgender\/\">(RELATED: Shrier: \u2018Aw Shucks Conservatives\u2019 Are Handing America Over To The Woke)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class>\u201cI found it extremely hypocritical for Amazon to say that it would stock this book and not another similar one,\u201d said Xenia, who identifies as trans and reportedly resigned over the book. \u201cIt looks like Amazon had to remove that particular book for PR reasons, not because they felt morally obligated to.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.344262295082\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dear Amazon HR,<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re welcome!<\/p>\n<p>Yours,<br \/>Abigail <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NwJUo0UriK\">https:\/\/t.co\/NwJUo0UriK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abigail Shrier (@AbigailShrier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbigailShrier\/status\/1415349849961033732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class>\u201cThis issue won\u2019t go away just because some disgruntled Amazon employees wish it would,\u201d Shrier told NBC News in a statement. \u201cAnd banning the book won\u2019t help these girls or anyone else. My book goes out of its way to honor the experiences of transgender adults, never disparages them, and never implies that the trans identity is a mental illness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shrier did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Booksellers Association (ABA) apologized Wednesday for mailing out a paper-back reprint of a book on transgenderism among teenaged girls who formerly displayed feminine traits and tendencies. \u201cAn anti-trans &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}