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I'm Jenni Murray

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MercyMyJewels · 05/03/2017 18:51

Can we show our support for Jenni? I think she will be in for a kicking tomorrow

Thanks Jenni, for your bravery in speaking the truth

  • I'm Jenni Murray
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Scissorcisters · 06/03/2017 18:19

India Willoughby, labelled her a “dinosaur” that had misused her position for “spouting bile”.

hazeyjane · 06/03/2017 18:14

It is a warning that JM has broken the BBC tenet of bring impartial. Jeremy Paxman was issued one for comments regarding the Iraq war.

2rebecca · 06/03/2017 18:14

I like the comment under the telegraph article the tweet linked to above is quoting from - "the BBC should do the same to their news teams"

HumphreyCobblers · 06/03/2017 18:11

What on earth is an impartiality warning?

Glitteryunicorn · 06/03/2017 18:10

IW is claiming fake news Hmm

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MercyMyJewels · 06/03/2017 17:51

No I got that. Sorry if it didn't come across that way

The BBC have issued an impartiality warning to JM. Whatever the fuck that means

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illegitimateMortificadospawn · 06/03/2017 17:35

Actually, if you read that twitter account Mercy it reads like he is on Jenni's side and pointing out the venality of the TRAs' responses to Jenni's article. It's quite a good round up of what's out there, good and bad.

NewPuppyMum · 06/03/2017 17:34

I love JM and always switch off when it's Jane Garvey's day.

Datun · 06/03/2017 17:33

Mercy

I hope, and assume, that Jenni Murray was fully aware of the kind of backlash she would provoke.

And as more and more of these creeps crawl out of the woodwork, people like the twits at Stonewall, Mermaids, EF, etc, will be seen to be aligning themselves with some really fucked up crazies.

I'm not sure that the establishment really has a true handle on the mentality underpinning this ideology. I truly don't want JM to get targeted, but the effect of it will be to show up the dark underbelly that informs the rest.

cookiefiend · 06/03/2017 17:30

I emailed women's hour. I'm Jenni Murray.

Is she aware of this thread?

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MercyMyJewels · 06/03/2017 17:08

This is why Jenni needed to speak out. Thank you Jenni

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OneFlewOverTheDodosNest · 06/03/2017 16:16

I'm Jenni Murray and I've emailed Women's Hour too. If she gets fired for this I'll be demanding my licence fee back.

SeekEveryEveryKnownHidingPlace · 06/03/2017 16:12

The irony of this on the day that John fucking Humphrys says on Radio 4 that calling Jo Cox's killing was not a terrorist attack... where are all the men on Twitter calling for him to resign because he's a disgusting old ugly man? Yes, people are angry - but personal attacks like those directed at Murray very much less in evidence, and certainly none of them are 'misandrist' or ageist.

ArcheryAnnie · 06/03/2017 15:50

I'm Jenni too.

(Have called the BBC comment line to say so, too - although not in these words...)

SeekEveryEveryKnownHidingPlace · 06/03/2017 15:45

Stonewall on the subject:

"Trans women have every right to have their identity and experiences respected too. They are women - just like you and me - and their sense of their gender is as engrained in their identity as yours or mine."

Where to bloody start??

boldlygoingsomewhere · 06/03/2017 15:36

Well done, Jenni. Thank you for articulating so clearly and reasonably what so many women feel. Star

BridgeRiverTower · 06/03/2017 15:33

I'm Jenni Murray.

Great thread.

Go Jenni. Star

Bigbiscuits · 06/03/2017 15:28

Totally suppprt Jenni Murray on this

SeekEveryEveryKnownHidingPlace · 06/03/2017 15:24

Hurray for Jenni and a bit of common sense. The misogynistic and ageist abuse on Twitter is despicable. Off to find link to email support to WH.

howyalikedemapples · 06/03/2017 15:22

There was a debate on this on radio Scotland Kay Adams programme this morning, unfortunately I missed most of it but it may be possible to find it on catch up?

HumphreyCobblers · 06/03/2017 15:08

I have emailed WOmen's Hour.

Well done Jenni.

TheQuestingVole · 06/03/2017 14:52

I am Spartacus Murray

Have emailed Women's Hour.

OverthinkingSpartacus · 06/03/2017 14:47

Just adding my support for Jenni.

Im beginning to think free speech is a myth if someone can actually lose their job for correctly saying it's not possible to change sex.

I'm going to comment on the discussion threads later today once Dd is bed.

nicotiana · 06/03/2017 14:47

I'm with Jenni Murray too - let's all support her. I can't understand why anyone even debates this daft thing - it's sex, biology, hormones and then our lived experience that makes us women, not pink clothes, makeup and heels. Anyone, as far as I am concerned, can call themselves what they like, dress how they like and, so long as not hurting children or animals, do as they damn well like. But trans women are not and never can be and never will be biological women. End of.
Go Jenni

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