So.....you "don't have to read her new book" because a critic has already decided FOR YOU whether it's any good? Way to go. Kudos on the open mind bit. This is another way people get canceled. It's been going on since the Cold War and the McCarthy era. Probably forever.

No one has to agree with you about trans athletes. Women are pushing back because they see where all the "wokeness" is getting them-- marginalized in their own lives.

And they did not "lose access" to abortion. It is still up to each state.