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Shon Faye & Ash Shankar review of Gender quake.

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DJLippy · 17/05/2018 12:44

novaramedia.com/2018/05/14/the-ciscourse/

It's throw a brew at the telly time.

Novaro brats talking about all those nasty terfs 'howling coyotes'.

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crispbuttyfan · 17/05/2018 17:56

So GG is an intellectual heavyweight, nah, never was.
She was relevant for a while in the 60's, now she just trolls people..

www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/23/germaine-greer-criticises-whingeing-metoo-movement

Picassospaintbrush · 17/05/2018 17:50

I expect GG has had a lot cleverer people attempting to sneer at her in her many years as an intellectual giant.

She would be curious to find out if Ash could manage a smart arse answer. Which she wasn't up to, GG would have been disappointed taht Ash's reply was so feeble .

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Lottapianos · 17/05/2018 17:40

'This is verbatim Ash's own description of events'

In that case I have just died of embarassment on her behalf and am now a ghost Grin

Sneering at Germaine Greer and flicking her hair at her? Dear god. I hope GG enjoyed the moment and wasn't just depressed by it

SirVixofVixHall · 17/05/2018 17:36

I lasted 30 seconds...I’m sorry . It was the mock teenage girl arm gestures and pouting..I just couldn’t go on.

OrchidInTheSun · 17/05/2018 17:35

crispbutty - I have a number of trans friends. Aren't you bored yet with your tiny violin?

lucydogz · 17/05/2018 17:33

Ash Sarkar is the most annoying panellist I've ever seen in Question Time. And that's saying something. And as for being GG's intellectual equal! Obviously delusional as well

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R0wantrees · 17/05/2018 17:23

& briefed by SW

Shon Faye & Ash Shankar review of Gender quake.
TerfsUp · 17/05/2018 17:16

Guess who was a regular contributor to Novara Media? If you guessed Shon Faye you would be correct.

R0wantrees · 17/05/2018 17:09

I think the interest in Ash Sarkar comes from her being on the Channel 4 GenderQuake debate. Many people won't have known anything about her prior to the program.
We may well have read or listened to Germaine Greer.

crispbuttyfan · 17/05/2018 17:02

gendercritter
Who is this Ash woman? She seems to possess a half-decent brain. She should be able to understand the nuance of the debate. Why is she so happy to screw over women?

Almost a cigar.... clue, she does understand the nuance of the debate.... because she has taken time to listen to trans women, and had a trans friend.

The nuance of the debate is entirely lost on some who prefer to watch or read anything to do with trans whilst looking for a gotcha... rather than try to understand.

LifelongVaginaOwner · 17/05/2018 16:47

Ash Sarkar was the chair at the event that Clive Lewis made his 'on your knees bitch' comment. She was very keen to defend him

LangCleg · 17/05/2018 16:36

It's all a bit 90s ladette.

It really, really, is.

Ash will be presenting a tea time show meta analysing a reality TV competition in twenty years time!

So rad.

Ereshkigal · 17/05/2018 16:10

Permission

Ask her. She's here on another thread. The one she found by googling herself.

PermissionToSpeakSir · 17/05/2018 16:04

I find it interesting that Ash Sarkar has links with Laurie Penny - she immediately reminded me of how irritating, arrogant and ageist LP was when she first got a platform.

All LP was going on about was how they needed more young people to spout ill-informed shite in the media and how nobody was listening to the shite spouted by young people. She had everyone on the back foot.

I wonder how LP feels about it all now that she's getting long in the tooth herself? Maybe she is passing the arrogant, ignorant shite-spouting baton to Ash Sarhar.

R0wantrees · 17/05/2018 15:58

By way of relief... there are some great links on this thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3244160-Germaine-Greer-Fan-Club

wishiwassizeeight · 17/05/2018 15:54

Apparently not.

She is without a doubt one of the most annoying people I have ever seen on TV.

nauticant · 17/05/2018 15:53

That's a shame. I was hoping that although her work is just an adult version of a toddler proudly presenting a full potty, she was having a terrific time in real life.

wishiwassizeeight · 17/05/2018 15:39

I’ve heard from someone who knows that in RL Ash is known to be a pretty sad case who still lives at home and all the ‘fucks like a champion’ stuff is just flannel.

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DJLippy · 17/05/2018 15:26

Please tell me this didn't actually happen or else I might just die of embarassment for Ash Sarkar. I hope Germaine Greer absolutely pissed herself laughing

This is verbatim Ash's own description of events

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GollyGoshGreat · 17/05/2018 15:22

Sorry pressed send too soon - this wast reaction to 1.03 onwards!

Ereshkigal · 17/05/2018 15:21

way too try hard

One thing both Ash and Shon cannot be accused of, is not trying hard enough. If being a try hard was an Olympic sport, they would fight it out for the gold.

GollyGoshGreat · 17/05/2018 15:20

Seriously?

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