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Third Factor vs. transgender people

Third Factor is a publication by anti-trans activist Jessie Mannisto.

Background

Third factor is a reference to a concept by Kazimierz Dąbrowski in which there are three factors that affect creative and gifted people: nature, nurture, and a kind of dynamism Dąbrowski calls “overexcitability.”

People

  • Jessie Mannisto
  • Alexis Obernauer 
  • Ilana Grostern
  • Ralph Rickenbach
  • Margo Margan
  • Luis Manuel Martínez Domínguez
  • Raphaela Carrière

Podcast

  1. Overexcitability and the Higher Path  (August 17, 2023) Jessie
  2. Of Sophists, Mensheviks, and Cassandras with Marie (August 24, 2023) Jessie and Marie
  3. Maladjusted to Gen Z’s Maladjustment with Margo Margan (August 31, 2023) Jessie
  4. When Struggle Sessions Stir Positive Disintegration (September 7, 2023) Jessie
  5. The Voice in Strength and Vulnerability with Laura Stavinoha (September 14, 2023) Jessie
  6. Courageous Conversation for the Next Generation with Jefferson Shupe (September 21, 2023) Jessie
  7. Embodied Camaraderie with Alasdair Gunn (September 28, 2023) Jessie
  8. Fighting Affective Polarization with Julian Adorney (October 12, 2023) Jessie

Resources

Third Factor (thirdfactor.org)

Twitter (twitter.com)