This is what Helen from Mermaids writes about MN feminist posters

The implication is that she doesn’t want people who have the time to think about things to think about this. I wonder why...

Probably a Momentum supporter, they are pretty nasty.

I have only read a bit about Mermaids they sound dangerous

Although, it's always quite funny when people spend time on social media slagging off other people for spending time on social media.

Indeed.

More evidence, I suppose, that we aren't doing womaning properly. If only there were someone to put us right...

It really is quite incredible how all of them seems to have used sexist stereotypes to back up their arguments.

Stereotyping is all they know how to do. If they were aware of the nature of stereotypes and how they work, they wouldn't be as pro TRA as they are.

Although, it's always quite funny when people spend time on social media slagging off other people for spending time on social media.

I do have a degree, but I was almost thirty when I started it. It doesn't make me privileged
Same here. Not mc , def not bored. Tbh I think she is scared

It really is quite incredible how all of them seems to have used sexist stereotypes to back up their arguments.

Also, just how incredibly thick Helen seems to be.

'Enjoying a bit of family time'

Smiles beatifically at children (who look at me as if I need to go and see the doctor).

The more and more I read about or from TRAs, the more I believe they do not want to be educated.

The baby making version of women should just shut the fuck up.

I work part time, need to increase my hours after years of being a carer to my son. I've just mopped the kitchen floor, vacuumed, cleaned the toilet, and hung out two loads of washing.

Obviously I should be taking the scissors out to cut the grass and never spend time on social media.

Tonight I will be sewing/mending. Speaking to a relative regarding getting accommodation for my daughter who starts a fabulous new job soon.

I'm just such a lazy person.

I think they're all mad as a box of frogs tbh.

I have all the time in the world to MN. My kids are all grown and have flown the nest and I'm a widow.

More time to put the word out about what is happening to woman by men.

You can always tell the people who've run out of arguments. They stop debating the message and start attacking the messengers.
That's what all the "no-platforming" is about.

Another FWR thread in trending, just like buses.

Thanks for the traffic, Helen! Stick around, lurkers, we have

That's net mums hun.

Hang on, so someone who posts a lot on Twitter is saying people who post a lot on Mumsnet are bored middle-aged women? Are people on Twitter not boring or middle-aged, or can you now identify out of such things?

I wouldn't let any of the mermaids lot anywhere near children to be honest. They should be investigated, not government funded.

It will all come out in the end...lawsuits from kids who grew up and worked it out and who by then are sterile and have no genitals to speak of. Vile creatures the lot of them.

Actually this came up a couple of days ago here on another thread - when an article from The Federalist was shared here (who are one of the right wing online news outlets associated with it).

I googled it at the time: handsacrosstheaislewomen.com/

Whoever the tweeter is, she's right in as much as those organisations are amongst the feminists + orgs listed as participating. Individuals listed include Helen Lewis, it seems to have been set up about this time last year.

I certainly don't recall any of the feminist orgs or individuals publically stating individually that they had joined up with this, so whether or not they would have preferred not to be too vocal about it for any reason (like how it would look to be working directly with people and organisations whose hard right agenda is pretty explicit), wouldn't be for me to comment.

I think it wasCpnHaddock who was the mn poster who mentioned it.

No degree here, it is not required to see through lies.

holycheeseplant Unless your hubby okayed that comment you should probably ask MN to delete it and go apologise to him.

Whoops I'm not womening properly today.

Actually Dh has taken our son out and doing the shopping as I've got a bad cough/ asthma and trying to get on with work from home, mn when trying to breathe clearly and putting my feet up as I'm heavily preggers and have delightful varicose veins. I guess he's the pink person with pig tails today and I'm the dark snot coloured one. With a pink tummy.

Man here! Female bodied, uni educated mum-man. Also chief wife worker as I somehow didn’t manage to identify out of that.

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I think I might have slightly nodded off while I was posting.

I work, five days a week in an admin role. Have to daughters. Didn't go to uni. I like to think I am middle class but my bank balance suggests otherwise. I think that some peoples' attitudes towards trans men and women imare bad as homophobia or racism or misogyny. However I am concerned about how far self idenitication is going. I saw it in passing here and read into it myself to form my own opinions. That's right, no university education but I did my own research!

Sorry, Helen from Mermaids NOT Susie Green.

Sent this reply on twitter:

If you are a TRA who has time to engage on twitter, you're more likely to be a bitter, twisted individual. These are bored middle-class people putting their privileged Uni-educated thoughts to oppressing a sector of society that they are jealous of.