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Is Eva Wiseman sending a coded message of support

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speakingwoman · 23/09/2018 18:26

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/sep/23/mumsnet-forums-are-a-guilty-pleasure-but-there-are-truths-too

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arranfan · 23/09/2018 20:09

12 million registered users, grief knows how many unregistered lurkers/viewers yet there are occasional truths?

My - with numbers like that, what was the possibility of that being true? Who knew that Mumsnet users might have higher education, be in reasonably senior positions in public and private sectors, and have some passing interest in more than baby names, bunting, and biscuits?

Not so much for EW and the ability for even basic numeracy to influence her thinking, eh? So, the news that she supports a TRA viewpoint is not even remotely startling.

Needmoresleep · 23/09/2018 20:09

I had not heard of her. She comes across as awfully superior and not very interesting. Why does she think she is so special ? And why does the Guardian thing that ordinary, MN posting, women would want to hear her views.

placemats · 23/09/2018 20:05

She is confined to writing puff pieces on 'women's issues'.

And her picture hasn't changed in years.

placemats · 23/09/2018 20:02

But, but.

Mumsnet is her secret pleasure. Like someone who sneaks into Greggs. Or someone who loves to read about a person who shags her best friends partner.

HollowTalk · 23/09/2018 19:47

I thought it was really patronising and that she'd browsed these boards and felt really superior, so left pretty quickly.

CrackpotsArePots · 23/09/2018 19:46

... I suppose her own personal view might be different, but she lacks the guts to say it. So no; not very supportive

CrackpotsArePots · 23/09/2018 19:45

A lot of articles about Mumsnet are playing to the crowds who think it's all

a) cupcakes and bunting
and/or
b) bitching an vitriol

Neither acknowledges the intelligence or knowledge of MN users

CrackpotsArePots · 23/09/2018 19:43

Yeah. It's patronising. She only approves in so far as it helps her.

IAmLurkacus · 23/09/2018 19:35

redshoeblueshoe

That is my stance too. We are growing in number Smile

redshoeblueshoe · 23/09/2018 19:24

I wouldn't have said this 2 years ago, but no way am I going to click on a Guardian link.

Annandale · 23/09/2018 19:23

It did feel a bit like patronage. She as a top journalist can discern the jewels among the dross but other less alert people can't, kind of thing.

Who knows where she falls on the spectrum (see what i did there) of opinion on any issue. If she's on here, she's part of the conversation and that's good.

nicenewdusters · 23/09/2018 19:19

Just read it and I felt more patronised and judged than supported. There are little glints of acknowledgement that MN is a great place for women to discuss issues that are otherwise off limits. But overall I wouldn't be calling on her for a reference.

vaginafetishist · 23/09/2018 19:07

Yes I remember that too hackmum

hackmum · 23/09/2018 18:41

No, she isn't. I'm afraid a little while back she posted something very pro TRA on Twitter.

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speakingwoman · 23/09/2018 18:38

Yes, that’s true.

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nopeni · 23/09/2018 18:30

I don't think so - but standing up for the right of women to talk amongst themselves is an important one!