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Magdalen Berns

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itsbetterthanabox · 24/08/2016 19:40

Anyone seen Magdalen Berns? She's an Edinburgh student who does some fantastic feminist videos and activism. She is a lesbian and has gone up against Ada J Wells and been banned from the Edinburgh LGBT society. I think she needs our support!
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCvTTakI97sQ4SkMnsH8r0qQ

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LassWiTheDelicateAir · 15/12/2016 01:33

I found this quite amusing. He is a heterosexual man and most of what he says matches what Magdalen Berns was saying about Riley Dennis.

Both he and Magdalen going "eek" at the thought of a sexual encounter with a penis.

HermioneWeasley · 13/12/2016 19:30

She's incredible, so brave and articulate, especially for one so young.

It's horrific that straight men are excluding lesbians from the gay scene

illegitimateMortificadospawn · 13/12/2016 18:32

I would LOVE to see Magdalen deconstruct Everyday Feminism articles.

TrionicLettuce · 13/12/2016 12:46

I really cannot wait for her takedown of Everyday Feminism, it's going to be a very beautiful thing Grin

PassiveAgressiveQueen · 13/12/2016 12:26

That video that mag is answering to, has pissed so many people off, my sidebar on youtube was full of replies to it. One reply, the bear or something, was just a compilation of other peoples good replies.

IBelieveTheEarthIsFlat · 13/12/2016 12:16
from Magdalen

The gloves are off. Go Magdalen!

ThymeLord · 06/12/2016 21:30

I've had to watch that latest video twice, just because I'm not very clever and didn't get a lot of it first time. I think she's brilliant. She's putting into words a lot of the angry noises I make around this issue. Following her on facebook now.

illegitimateMortificadospawn · 06/12/2016 19:58

I watched her video about non-binary that came up after the one posted above. Her source material for that one is mindblowingly mad. It would be hilarious (sooo bonkers) if it wasn't so earnest and, well, heartfelt. I genuinely had a "stop the world, I want to get off!" moment.

PoochSmooch · 06/12/2016 19:51

exactly, prawn (both about OJ and about feeling the righteous anger on behalf of young lesbians who are having to grapple with this shit, like it wasn't already hard enough to come out).

Prawnofthepatriarchy · 06/12/2016 19:49

I really feel for her. I know from hanging about on Reddit that young lesbians in LGBT circles are pretty much under siege from transbians using the women's female socialization and peer pressure to bully them into sex with males. Magdalen gets very angry about it, and so do I. The cotton ceiling was the start of peak trans for me.

ITCouldBeWorse · 06/12/2016 19:14

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Prawnofthepatriarchy · 06/12/2016 19:10

Owen Jones supports lesbophobia. See this thread from last year. Apparently lesbians who refuse dick are transphobic but anyone who suggests he perform cunnilingus on transmen is erasing gay men.

PoochSmooch · 06/12/2016 18:57

That's a really important point that she's making about the homophobia.

There is very, very little difference between this and every straight dude who's ever described himself as a "male lesbian" har har har. The message is that lesbianism isn't a real thing. That a sexual orientation can be altered at will - in fact, that it should be. That a sexual preference can be bigoted.

I'm straight, but it's no leap at all to see how fucking horrific that idea is. Homophobic and sexist. If you said the equivalent to a gay man, you'd get the Owen Jones defence "euuuuuuuw, no, vag is gross, fuck off", and that would be that. But women's sexuality is seen as something that is more...malleable (i.e. a fair chance of a guilt trip working).

EnidColeslaw771 · 06/12/2016 18:41

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OneFlewOverTheDodosNest · 06/12/2016 13:03

I love Magdalen - the purposeful pauses where she rolls her eyes are just perfect!

MaryTheCanary · 06/12/2016 12:49

Watched her video, really liked her style. One to watch.

Datun · 06/12/2016 12:37

Great video ask. The more I see her, the more impressive she seems to me. Her unwavering conviction is wonderfully reassuring.

IBelieveTheEarthIsFlat · 06/12/2016 11:14

Bravo Magdelen!

Thanks for posting this

AskBasil · 05/12/2016 22:54

Her latest one's

0phelia · 27/11/2016 15:14

She's boss. I do find her videos to be a bit annoyingly "choppy" if that's the right description, a bit sort of MTV generation style... But other that she speaks the truth!
Didn't realise she was banned from her lgbt group. That's terrible.

Iloveswears · 27/11/2016 10:13

I adore her. She articulates everything about the trans debate that I believe but can't put into words.

Datun · 26/11/2016 19:47

Massive fan. She's brave and incisive. Talks like she's just smoked one, then casually drops into her monologue that she's a physicist. Love it.

lottieandmia · 26/11/2016 19:27

I've just found her channel on YouTube. She is so intelligent - I think she's amazing. The way that she constructs her arguments makes perfect sense.

SomeonesRealName · 01/09/2016 06:10

Yes she's marvellous and very courageous. She makes me feel guilty about keeping my head down below the parapet in RL! Agree with the pp who says she gives some hope for the future of feminism. If you're reading, Magdalen, keep on keeping on!

fieldofschemes · 29/08/2016 18:20

just sat with my dp and watched all of her videos on YouTube. Such a breath of fresh air! Very concise and intelligent woman.