Posie Parker Ate My Homework

I'm sure it's only a matter of time before Posie says something that sends a lot of us diving for cover and the TRAs pouring on here to gloat. But the fact that she's nobody's poster girl is kind of the point.

I think you mean pointing out the absurd

I was impressed at how clear she was when she and Harrop were both talking at the same time. I couldn't make out what he was saying even on rewatching, it was just a drone. I could hear every word she said.

She is saying what she thinks, and what she thinks is original, interesting, provoking and has a great sense of the absurd.

How or in what dimension, is discussing the dictionary meaning of 'women' absurd, interesting, provoking or original?

I think she does telly, etc very well - I know this is a bit boring and technical, but she has very clear diction and natural prosody in her voice which gets her message heard, she is very good at improvising and thinking on the fly and has some great mannerisms which make "classic moments" you want to re-watch and quote. She is saying what she thinks, and what she thinks is original, interesting, provoking and has a great sense of the absurd.

I think pushing her off of social media platforms and into livestreaming and mainstream TV is possibly one of the biggest own-goals made by the TRAs so far.

'mon the Parker!

I agree that TV is a much better medium for her than Twitter or, indeed, MN. She speaks so articulately, without getting riled under such pressure, it’s very impressive. And yes, she can’t be tarred with any of the usual tropes, because she is a feminine woman, a wife and mother in a traditional mould, so none of the usual sour dried up lesbo virgin man hating shit can stick.

I don’t agree with everything she says, but she has absolutely put her money where her mouth is, and I applaud that.

Posie has said some things in the past that I have winced a little over. Same as Venice. When I first got involved with this, there was quite a bit of internal policing re not putting out the 'right' message and there were group splits and flounces and whatnot. Posie was kicked off the panel for the WPUK meeting etc. Actually I am extremely grateful to both of them for not being 'on message'. Being a good girl brings no rewards, especially in this debate. Look at that This Morning interview - the entire interview was about Posie being 'not kind'. That's what women have to be, well the ones without the penises that it. No. I don't care who I offend now. I'm fighting this, and 'being kind' to people that appropriate 'woman' is not on the agenda. They are not getting it - fuck off, the answer is no.

I love that Posie is gender conforming in appearance but not in character. She is pretty, intelligent and resolute. She can think on her feet and she is not intimidated by these fuckers.

I don't care if I don't agree with everything she says or with the way she says it. This debate needs to be had. Most people don't have a fucking clue what is going on and Posie, Venice, Dr Nic and so many others have taken a shitload of abuse for speaking at all. So I have their backs. Thanks to all the women out there who are working on this, writing letters, meeting MPs, sticking stickers on lavvy walls, leafleting, writing here, explaining over and over for people who ask, who lurk, who come on to antagonise. Keep going, it's working.

I thought you were brilliant on This Morning Posie.

All my family back home in Northern Ireland cannot stand Holmes. For what it is worth, I come from a 'Catholic' background though I have loads of 'Protestant' cousins in the UK and Ireland.

It's interesting how the TRAs are claiming that nobody agrees with Posie whilst simultaneously desperately trying to discredit and shut her up. She must be doing something right.

Same with WPUK- Dr Twat and his pals saying how insignificant they are, mocking attendance numbers, whilst also doing everything they can to stop the meeting going ahead.

If nobody cares about what these women have to say, if everybody disagrees with them, why the need to silence them?

So yes, Posie Parker ate my homework, ruined my crops, turned my hair grey and has given the dog runs.

Yeah, and I'm pretty sure she's the reason I don't win the lottery and didn't get in to Harvard.

Well, that and the fact that I don't buy lottery tickets and have never applied to Harvard although I identify as a lottery-winning Harvard graduate.

But facts, eh. Who needs 'em when you've got an identity.

I think there was a deliberate and possibly orchestrated Twitter pile-on after the This Morning programme -- the comments were so one-sided, as opposed to the Sky News programme previously.
Also there was egregious bullying behaviour by the presenters.
However the comments underneath the Mail story are overwhelmingly supportive of Posie. Yay!

I support Posie.

Why does IW never seem to have any empathy for women, you know the sex she’d like to be?

April 2018 IW opinion about Mumsnet, Justine Roberts, women who not capitulate to IW etc is made explicit here:

www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/04/24/india-willoughby-transphobia-opinion-worried-for-my-life-mumsnet/

this opinion piece by India Willoughby followed the interview with Julia Hartley Brewer and JUstine Roberts. Towards the end Justine Roberts comments about it 'not being all about you India'

They hate her because she is succeeding.

She's giving women a voice and she's being heard. That's why they are desperate to shut her up by any means necessary.

Can I just remind everyone that the sole reason that Posie is in the spotlight is that Susie Green targeted her when she reported her for stating exactly what Susie did.

And the funding was initially to support Posie as it could have been anyone being investigated and told not to leave the country for stating what actually happened as told by Susie.

Posie made nothing up. And this is her way of responding to the harassment and targeting BY Susie. She didn't raise her head above the parapet, she was one of many at the time - it's just that she was pointed out and expected to cower and she is having none of it.

I am sure if I was in the pub with her we'd end up having a massive barney as we come from completely different ends of the spectrum.

But that doesn't mean she isn't absolutely fucking amazing at what she is doing for all women and girls at the moment.

Forgot something.

Why does IW never seem to have any empathy for women, you know the sex she’d like to be?

Posie Parker really did eat my homework - there's absolutely loads of reading and writing I should have done for work this week and I spent two days watching her on the telly and discussing it here!

I think we need to apply the right voices (and, sadly, faces) to the appropriate situation. Posie is great for a daytime tv audience; snappy talking points that wake you up. Helen/Agnes is fantastic in the papers, her story is one you want to comment on. Dr Nic is perfect for radio, with her calm, measured voice and devastating statistics. Dr Stock is brilliant at Twitter. The Man Friday crew - no-one else could have handled that. The Get The L Out group had the right and the gumption to do their thing - I couldn't have. Linda Bellos taking on the courts, with her amazing activist history. None of us here could speak for straight men like Glinner, gay men like Johnny Best, or for GC trans people like Miranda, Rose, Fionne and more. I could list loads of others.

The point is, this issue is a hydra - you deal with one point and another pops up. And the people we need to talk to are not homogeneous, they need and deserve to hear from their own communities about how stupid this proposed law change is and how it affects us all. So ALL of us have a role to play. It might not be on the telly; it might be one person you talk to - one partner who then takes it into the workplace, one sister who tells her baby group, one nephew that talks to his football team. Everything matters because everything is at stake.

I thought she was good on both Sky and This Morning, especially as the latter was 3 against 1. They expect her to be contrite and sorry for her views and to fawn over IW for being so brave. Well, sod it, she says what a lot of women think. Why shouldn’t we be angry - why do we have to apologise for that?!

I’ll take that hit for you Bernard.

irischild.blogspot.com/?m=1

Did you find it Bernard?

Here is the website. Some fantastic work.

irischild.blogspot.com/?m=1

i'm not sure i want to google skank

after trying to find the tran-i-am poem by hairy little poet you posted datun that got deleted and seeing what google turns up when you type tran and hairy into the search bar i'm not ready to embark on that sort of voyage again

I'd skank for Posie.

Not sure what that even means, but it sounds suitably disrespectful.

She's made me realise how often I start a post with 'Sorry'.

And I loved her saying women are allowed to be angry.

Poise Parker is my new spirit animal.