I have updated this; I also got a lovely email from Medium (reproduced here) but the problem is, none of their reassurances in email change the language in the TOS, and those words have meaning that is not borne out by stated intentions. If they added the words from their email to the TOS, then it might mean something.

https://medium.com/@hollyjahangiri/thoughts-on-mediums-new-terms-of-service-16c4d9f8ac81