Abigail Shrier

Abigail Shrier
Born
Abigail Brett Krauser[1]

Maryland, U.S.
EducationColumbia University (BA)
University of Oxford (BPhil)
Yale University (JD)
Occupations
  • Author
  • journalist
Known forIrreversible Damage (2020)
Websiteabigailshrier.com

Abigail Shrier is an American author and former opinion columnist for the Wall Street Journal.[2]

Early life and education

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Shrier is the daughter of Peter B. Krauser and Sherrie L. Krauser, both judges in the state of Maryland. She grew up in a Conservative synagogue, and was educated in a Jewish day school that was predominately Conservative.[3] She graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy, and earned a Kellett Fellowship. She then attended the University of Oxford, where she received a B.Phil. in philosophy, and Yale Law School, where she was a Coker Fellow.[4][5][6]

Career

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From 2018 through 2020, Shrier wrote opinion pieces for the Wall Street Journal.

In 2020, Shrier’s book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters[7][8] was published by Regnery Publishing. The book supports the socially mediated gender dysphoria hypothesis.[a][9][10]: ch 2  Shrier has previously criticised individuals who use the singular they, comparing it to idol worship.[11][12] Shrier appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience to discuss her views on transgender people.[13] Her book was controversial for its views about transgender issues[14][9] and has been described by the author[15] and other commentators as subject to a campaign of censorship.[16][17] It was first withdrawn,[18] and then reinstated, by retailer Target. The Economist has described the book as the "first book-length study of a fascinating phenomenon" but also noted that "it has been widely ignored".[19] By contrast, a reader erected a billboard in Los Angeles in support of the ideas in the book.[20] Her book was criticized by psychiatrist Jack Turban in 2020 for misinterpreting and omitting scientific evidence to support her claims.[21] It was an Economist Book of the Year,[22] and a Times of London Best Book of 2021 for its UK publication.[23]

In 2024, Shrier published Bad Therapy: Why the Kids aren't Growing Up, which details her thoughts on the origins and solution to the American mental health crisis.[2][24][25]

References

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  1. ^ WPATH Global Board of Directors, WPATH Position on "Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD)" (4 September 2018); accessed 30 May 2019. "Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD)" is not a medical entity recognized by any major professional association, nor is it listed as a subtype or classification in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Therefore, it constitutes nothing more than an acronym created to describe a proposed clinical phenomenon that may or may not warrant further peer-reviewed scientific investigation. At present, WPATH asserts that knowledge of the factors contributing to gender identity development in adolescence is still evolving and not yet fully understood by scientists, clinicians, community members, and other stakeholders in equal measure."
  1. ^ "Achievement and Reasonable Pride". June 10, 2007 – via blogs.com.
  2. ^ a b Nordberg, Anna (February 27, 2024). "Who's Making the Kids Cry?" – via slate.com.
  3. ^ Shrier, Abigail (14 November 2017). "The Hollow Promise Of Jewish Identity". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  4. ^ "Abigail Shrier". www.writersreps.com. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  5. ^ "Abigail Shrier". Regnery Publishing. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  6. ^ Strimpel, Zoe (30 April 2022). "Abigail Shrier: Taking on the trans lobby has made me Public Enemy No 1". The Telegraph.
  7. ^ Schuster, Allison (November 5, 2020). "Review: 'Irreversible Damage: The gender dysphoria facing our Daughters'". Hillsdale Collegian. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  8. ^ "Our girls are being irreversibly damaged by the transgender craze: Book review". www.christianpost.com. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Holve, Erin (October 11, 2020). "Abigail Shrier and the Dangers of Making Psychological Assertions from Limited Data". The Orion. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  10. ^ Shrier, Abigail (2020). Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. Blackstone Publishing.
  11. ^ Shrier, Abigail (August 29, 2018). "The Transgender Language War". Wall Street Journal (Opinion). ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  12. ^ Hernandez, Ellis (May 5, 2020). Pronouns, Prescriptivism, and Prejudice: Attitudes toward the Singular 'They', Prescriptive Grammar, and Nonbinary Transgender People (Thesis). Purdue University Graduate School. p. 36. doi:10.25394/PGS.12231095.v1.
  13. ^ Steele, Anne (October 31, 2020). "Joe Rogan's Podcast Sparks Tensions Inside Spotify". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  14. ^ "Threats over trans book". The Australian. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  15. ^ Shrier, Abigail (November 15, 2020). "Opinion | Does the ACLU Want to Ban My Book?". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  16. ^ Zimmerman, Jonathan. "Commentary: Why efforts to censor Abigail Shrier's book will backfire and hurt transgender people". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  17. ^ Shapiro, Ben (November 21, 2020). "Ben Shapiro: They want to shut you up". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  18. ^ Smith, Katie (November 13, 2020). "Target Pulls Anti-Trans Book from Shelves". Book & Film Globe. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  19. ^ Written at Washington, D.C.. "Miss gender – A book on transitioning girls is denounced as transphobic". The Economist. London. November 28, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  20. ^ Showalter, Brandon (October 27, 2020). "'Puberty is not a medical condition' billboard unveiled in Los Angeles; push for other cities starts". www.christianpost.com. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  21. ^ Turban, Jack (June 12, 2020). "New Book "Irreversible Damage" Is Full of Misinformation". Psychology Today. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  22. ^ "Cold comforts – Our books of the year". The Economist. December 5, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  23. ^ Millen, Robbie; Holgate, Andrew (December 1, 2020). "The best books of 2021: our predictions". The Sunday Times. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  24. ^ "When Every Day is a Mental Health Day".
  25. ^ "Bad Therapy — is the 'cure' for children worse than the disease?". www.ft.com.
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