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Is Caitlin Moran GC?

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ImDivingIn · 11/10/2018 10:14

I’m a big fan of CM. Has she said anything about the GRA? I follow her on Twitter but I can’t recall anything.

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ImDivingIn · 11/10/2018 10:35

She turned me on to be a feminist really in the first place, so I always have a soft spot for her. She probably has got a lot of people started on the road.

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silentcrow · 11/10/2018 10:32

CM was part of my peak transing, so she must have said something "iffy" at some point. I was at a Young Adult literature festival and some scruffy bloke in the audience rambled a monologue at the "feminism in YA" panel asking them about her views on the trans issue, and they all replied TWAW like the Borg Hmm and how disappointing older feminists were. I did go back and reread How To Be A Woman and there's nothing in there other than perhaps some wobbly thinking around class. Must have been something in a newspaper article.

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ImDivingIn · 11/10/2018 10:31

I imagine that if she said anything contentious she would get absolutely piled on.
In a perfect world it would be great if she said she had a problem with TRAs but I can understand why she would keep her head down. Or she may not have a problem with them.

You can imagine the letters to her publishers if she said anything...

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WhyOhWine · 11/10/2018 10:27

I think her book "How to be a Woman" has been criticised by the trans comnunity, but dont think she has ever said anything.

terryleather · 11/10/2018 10:26

Every so often CM will get a mention on here and there will be speculation on her position wrt to having a GC viewpoint.

As far as I can see CM has libfem running through her like a stick of rock. If she came out as gender critical I would happily eat my hat, the big furry knitted one with the pom pom ties but I really don't think it's going to happen.

SunflowerSally · 11/10/2018 10:26

I googled GC. It said it means " good condition ". I'd say Caitlin Moran is definitely in good condition.

QuentinWinters · 11/10/2018 10:24

She got absolutely pasted a few years ago for being "problematic" in various ways (a Twitter spat then used to imply she was racist and also some allegations of transphobia). I'm not surprised she keeps her mouth shut now.

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ImDivingIn · 11/10/2018 10:19

Has she said anything either way?

It just seems a bit odd that she was a real ‘gateway’ feminist for lots of people and this is such a big issue, no matter what side you are on, you might expect her to comment.

For full disclosure I’m pretty GC myself.

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TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 11/10/2018 10:15

No, she isn't.