Status Updates From Bitch: Le pouvoir des femel...

Re. clownfish that turn from male to female: “The transitioning fish thus had a female brain but male gonads…but Rhodes is certain that, if asked, the fish would say it’s female…All he has to do is put them in fish in a tank with another female, and they are guaranteed to fight…these transitional fish both behave like females and are recognized as females by other fish, even though they have testes.”

Finding Nemo biologically accurate plot mentioned

"Laura Bush...commended the albatross couples for making lifelong commitments to one another. What no one, least of all Bush, knew at the time was over a third of those committed couples were, to put it anthropomorphically, lesbians" "An obscure...paper from 1977 documenting 'supernormal clutches' and female-female 'homosexual pairs' of Western Gulls...indicates the are are certainly more Sapphic seabird parents."

"I felt an inspiring sense of communion with this [menopausal] killer whale. Lea (like me) was a social creature embarking on the next phase of her life. For her, the death of her ovaries heralded a rebirth of agency. She wasn't going to fade from society, but take centre stage - her aged insight commanding her clan's respect and propelling it forward."