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The Times reporting on the harassment of A Woman's Place UK

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enoughisenough12 · 23/07/2018 07:55

Good to see that the press continues to pick up on attempts to silence free speech.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/facebook-blocks-links-to-women-s-rights-group-q367rvz5m?shareToken=8912e7caa7b6869480647eb0fb1f4b32

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AtreidesFreeWoman · 23/07/2018 14:18

It's good to see that there's a growing awareness of the tactics being used.

I honestly don't think it's going to be long before Mermaids get into real difficulties.

AngryAttackKittens · 23/07/2018 13:58

Is she going to have West Yorkshire police call The Times?

I'll make the popcorn.

Vickyyyy · 23/07/2018 13:56

Yeah not thrilled with the 'transsexual activists' part. Generally, from what I have seen, transsexual people seem to be fairly gender critical. Its almost always male 'trans' people who are transactivists, and it seems to be fuck all to do with advancing trans rights, more, tearing down the current rights of female people.

R0wantrees · 23/07/2018 12:25

Interesting to see which Twitter accounts are tagged in to Mimmymum's tweet claiming her limited influence.

I've heard Ian Macphearson on the radio.
(Radio 4 is definitely not in thrall to TR ideology)

The Times reporting on the harassment of A Woman's Place UK
The Times reporting on the harassment of A Woman's Place UK
Waddlelikeapenguin · 23/07/2018 12:23

Thank you for linking.
And as always silverlady Star

Indierockandroll · 23/07/2018 12:06

The net is closing...

Bumbungo · 23/07/2018 12:04

She also encouraged people to contact Graham Linehan's agent re his 'transphobia'. That worked well....

twitter.com/_IanMacpherson/status/1021339442819358720

Indierockandroll · 23/07/2018 12:03

Ha! Well she wants it investigating and so they should.

Murky waters.

Bumbungo · 23/07/2018 12:01

Ha ha, she's pissed

twitter.com/mimmymum/status/1021336822968971264

Oh dearie. The Times' lawyers will be quaking now.

R0wantrees · 23/07/2018 11:40

Wanderabout There was discussion about this on the thread discussing the Telegraph reporting of WPUK being targetted on FB.

Wanderabout · 23/07/2018 11:37

Metmaids? Mermaids sorry.

Wanderabout · 23/07/2018 11:37

Does mimmymum still currently work at Metmaids? Did she when that tweet was posted?

BoreOfWhabylon · 23/07/2018 10:55

And Christina Forte, although I think she might have got it the wrong way round about only 80% of trangender people seeking to have any sort of medical process

BoreOfWhabylon · 23/07/2018 10:51

Well done Idiots In Charge and SilverLady (am sure they are MNers)

CanineEnigma · 23/07/2018 10:38

Someone has alluded to it in the comments.

R0wantrees · 23/07/2018 10:33

Recent talk:
Tea Uglow gave herself a unique and imaginative title to match the unique and imaginative work she does at Google Creative Lab Sydney. As “Experimental Person-in-Charge”, she has worked with artists, writers, and performers on seven books, 17 websites, six apps, a feature film, three plays, two concerts, four museum exhibits, and a teddy bear that talks. In this talk, Uglow explains why her success as a leader is rooted not in what she knows, but in what she doesn’t know:

Why the best creative leaders value the skillsets they don’t have
Why creatives shouldn’t have to-do lists
And how her journey as a transgender woman shows that you can’t truly plan your life or career"

Example of Tea's previous work:
www.ted.com/talks/tom_uglow_an_internet_without_screens_might_look_like_this

LaSquirrel · 23/07/2018 10:27

It would be worthwhile to get in touch with Dominic Kennedy to point out the correction needed - transsexual > transgender.

AngryAttackKittens · 23/07/2018 10:27

That linking of Mermaids to the more deranged side of trans activism was so cleverly done that I suspect they plan to follow up on it in later articles. They know that readers who look up Mimmymum will join the dots.

Melamin · 23/07/2018 10:25

Goodness, what a love fest that twitter snippet is!

R0wantrees · 23/07/2018 10:25

Back in March when Tea Uglow was over in the UK for the Barbican event (and wrote the Guardian article above) she tweeted about a connection Lily Madigan.

The Times reporting on the harassment of A Woman's Place UK
Indierockandroll · 23/07/2018 10:21

Shit! Another one of those 'oh that wouldn't happen/you're being paranoid' moments we get accused of.

BoreOfWhabylon · 23/07/2018 10:17

Well, well, well. That is interesting R0wan

R0wantrees · 23/07/2018 10:16

Recent thread about WPUK FB also includes discussion re Mermaids / Helen etc:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3312890-Telegraph-article-Facebook-accused-of-censorship-WPUk

R0wantrees · 23/07/2018 10:11

Extract from Times article:

"The clampdown coincided with a message posted on Twitter by @mimmymum, whose profile said it belonged to “Helen”, an “intersectional cis feminist” who is “passionate about acceptance for transgender people & trans kids, equality & making the world a better place”. “Cis” is a term used for people who identify their gender as the same as the body they were born in."

twitter.com/teaelleu/status/1020805534142824450

Tea Uglow's support for Mermaids and especially Mimmymum is interesting:
"Tea Uglow is the creative director at Google’s Creative Lab in Sydney. She works with both cultural and creative organisations across the globe exploring the space between technology and the arts and what can happen when they intersect. Her impressive output spans everything from responsive and reactive reading interfaces to immersive, 360-degree performances. She is also a transgender woman. To celebrate International Women’s Day, It’s Nice That got in touch with Tea to find out her opinions on representation and intersectionality within the creative industries."
www.itsnicethat.com/features/tea-uglow-intersectionality-in-the-creative-industries-opinion-internationalwomensday-080318

Guardian March 2018
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/08/understand-solar-system-gender-ignorant-transgender

www.thedrum.com/news/2018/04/09/qa-with-tea-uglow-creative-director-googles-creative-lab-sydney

The Times reporting on the harassment of A Woman's Place UK
The Times reporting on the harassment of A Woman's Place UK
The Times reporting on the harassment of A Woman's Place UK
Indierockandroll · 23/07/2018 09:35

Well she's certainly a marketer who's raised the profile of her employer (yes I know she's a volunteer).

I'm not sure all publicity is good publicity Helen.

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