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Shon Fay smearing mumsnet on twitter.

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SunsetBeetch · 28/03/2018 21:15

I'm blocked by Shon so can't read her tweets, but someone posted this screenshot

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SarahSarandon · 30/03/2018 12:48

I lost my account for saying Jane Fae was a man

NotTerfNorCis · 30/03/2018 12:46

In the 90s I used to know a man who sometimes wore dresses. He was an 'alternative' type but not gay and certainly never said he was a woman. Bet he would now.

AssignedPuuurfectAtBirth · 30/03/2018 12:41

Kiefer on Letterman

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Angryresister · 30/03/2018 12:40

Agree with you.i am so fed up with the bias I the guardian .definitely not balanced

Hypermice · 30/03/2018 12:39

What went wrong after the 90's....?

Yeah, I just don’t know. I don’t remember any kind of threshold event. I suspect it’s linked to the web, porn, the web allowing extremists to contact each other more widely, and the strange social climate that’s arisen (fake news/ 24 hour instant news with no thought or fact checking or analysis.) that seems to have played a big role in creating a generation where feelings override reality, and any thought can be expressed into an echo chamber at will, with no mass critical dissent.

I think all these things are linked.

SmurfOrTerf · 30/03/2018 12:36

For Michael Praed fans Robin of Sherwood is on NOW on ITV encore.
and he's in Emmerdale

TheChampagneGalop · 30/03/2018 12:29

I agree that the Cobain photo is fantastic. What went wrong after the 90's....?

NotTerfNorCis · 30/03/2018 12:19

Yeah I used to be a frequent commentator on the Guardian - not any more. I got sick of my comments being deleted. It feels like having a chat with a censor sitting beside you, ready to shriek 'you can't say that!'

TerfsUp · 30/03/2018 12:13

To be fair, it's not just Shon.

I've mentioned in other threads that:

(1) The Guardian is pro-trans to the extent of not providing balanced coverage on the issue; and

(2) comments are rarely allowed on serious subjects. Recipes and restaurant reviews are ok, though.

When comments are allowed they often go against Guardian orthodoxy and editorial policy.

Angryresister · 30/03/2018 11:51

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AssassinatedBeauty · 30/03/2018 11:16

Just remembered how much I loved The Face magazine. Those were the days. I wish I'd kept them all!

CaptainBrickbeard · 30/03/2018 11:12

That picture of Kurt Cobain is fantastic - the antithesis of Alex Drummond ‘expanding the band with of being a woman’. Cobain and the others mentioned on this thread were actually expanding bandwidths and pushing boundaries of masculinity, all without encroaching on women at all.

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SunsetBeetch · 30/03/2018 10:19

Here's Kurt Cobain for you Smile

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Howyoualldoworkme · 30/03/2018 10:18

David Bowie, the Spiders, makeup and Yorkshire Star
m.youtube.com/watch?v=P4wqgLU3YK8

BeUpStanding · 30/03/2018 10:11

Pink is one of the best performers I have ever seen live, and I wasn't a massive fan before I went to the gig. Her energy filled the stadium, and she has a cracking set of lungs on her too... particularly impressive when she was belting out a song whilst swinging upside down on circus silks 30ft above the audience, without a safety harness.

AreYouTerfEnough · 30/03/2018 10:05

I’m not really into chaps in makeup, I prefer bearded lumberjack types, but I love Pink. She’s a great example of a super strong woman and a great role model imo.

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NotTerfNorCis · 30/03/2018 10:04

@53rdWay Boy George is a TERF now, sorry

Some mindblowing logic in the replies there:

'it's TERFs like the ones in your mentions that want girls wearing dresses to be called boys just bc they're trans. The reverse isn't true.'

Ereshkigal · 30/03/2018 10:00

Folx is better Grin

Ekphrasis · 30/03/2018 09:58

Folk is woke don'tcha know.

Irishfeminist · 30/03/2018 09:55

I know, what's that about? It makes them sound all cosy round a campfire chewing tobacco and playing the banjo, minding their pronouns while they brew up some moonshine Confused

pinkcandy84 · 30/03/2018 09:44

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TheShaniaTwainExperience · 30/03/2018 09:41

If I see the work folk much more I’m going to peel my skin off. Arghhhh

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pinkcandy84 · 30/03/2018 09:37

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53rdWay · 30/03/2018 09:34

Boy George is a TERF now, sorry Wink

twitter.com/boygeorge/status/919828215044165632?lang=en

lostplot · 30/03/2018 09:32

I also used to have the hots for Marc Bolan back in the 70's. Him and David Bowie must be spinning in their graves at this regressive fucking nonsense.