The Anti-Trans Moral Panic Has Reached "Bear Patrol" Levels of Absurdity

The Simpsons, as usual, provides a helpful lens for understanding the world — even in an episode that first aired 27 years ago.

Hello, dear readers. Parker here.

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about The Simpsons. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about the 23rd episode of the show’s seventh season, “Much Apu About Nothing,” one of the great pop culture allegories of moral panic.