"The reason Target has become the locus of today’s particular right-wing backlash is the same reason countless viral TikToks attempt to convince women that they’re at risk of being kidnapped every time they’re in a parking lot. It’s the reason why true crime is one of the most popular podcast genres in America, and why many refuse to travel without a gun by their side and shoot people if they set foot on their driveway."
~ P.E. Moskowitz
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/target-pride-suburbs-fascism/
Hate against trans people is rising, but the suburbs are what give this hate its fervor and popularity. …
The anti-trans panic at the center of the Target controversy says something dark about American politics, but it says something even darker about the American landscape, about the places and ways we choose to live."