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Exhausted and depressed by the power and misogyny of TRAs

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ConfessionsOfTeenageDramaQueen · 07/10/2018 19:25

I can't understand how the TRA lobby has been able to hoodwink so many organisations so quickly and so forcefully.

It is madness to me: the emperor obviously has no clothes but almost everyone is pretending he has and everyone else is too scared to speak up and point out he hasn't even if they know it.

But I am exhausted by the mental energy it is taking to fight this, engage (especially in a calm and rational way so as not to scare people off) and generally keep pushing back.

My DH - while wholeheartedly agreeing with me - thinks it comes down to arguing with idiots on social media and I should take a step back but then I remember Karen White, Jess Bradley, Pips Bunce, and I realise this isn't an academic argument - it's real and it's impacting women in the real world - and I need to keep fighting.

I am trying to move my social media activism into real-world activism, first by peak-transing friends, but also by getting involved with protest, groups etc.

But I'm just so tired. And I can't see when/where this will end. It sort of all feels inevitable.

Just rambling... and wondering if anyone feels the same.

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CottonTailRabbit · 07/10/2018 19:59

Definitely get off social media, especially twitter. Real life people are much more gender sensible.

DayMay · 07/10/2018 19:59

Everything is the opposite of reality in TRA land.

LangCleg · 07/10/2018 19:56

I can't understand how the TRA lobby has been able to hoodwink so many organisations so quickly and so forcefully.

Because it's a top down movement led by the people with most power in society. Not that they like it when you notice this.

DayMay · 07/10/2018 19:42

TRAs are funded by government.

Government thinks women should bow to the Emperor.

Government wants everyone to lie.

Totalitarian Tory government.

pennydrew · 07/10/2018 19:37

I do and I found getting off most social media and engaging with real people helped a lot. See your MP. Talk to friends and family. Make sure you have some way on keeping up with consultations and things affecting women ( keep an eye out here ). But don’t get overwhelmed. What we see on social media doesn’t represent the general public very well at all.

Uterusowner · 07/10/2018 19:35

Totally agree with you. I just cannot understand how the TRA agenda has gained traction so quickly and completely.