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A moment of pause to venerate Janice Turner

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EmpressAdultHumanFemale · 25/10/2018 13:48

twitter.com/VictoriaPeckham/status/1055425954988859392

A moment of pause to venerate Janice Turner
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SirVixofVixHall · 25/10/2018 15:16

Janice is brilliant, I agree wholeheartedly.

I never buy the Guardian now. It has become a paper for men. Even the blind date thing had far more men than women.

ErrolTheDragon · 25/10/2018 15:14

We've been Times readers for years - paper then online subscription. (DH reads a lot of other online news sources too.). I think I'm one of the earlier contributors of sharetoken links - I'm glad that many are getting subscriptions rather than just relying on those for specific articles.

It's got the best crosswords and killer sudoku too, IMO.

BigotedWoman · 25/10/2018 15:12

Barracker I hadn't seen that before, thank you.

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EmpressAdultHumanFemale · 25/10/2018 15:12

Love Irischild's work, Barracker!

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placemats · 25/10/2018 15:11

twitter.com/VictoriaPeckham/status/1055441382117138436

I object to the bigoted excluding language in this @guardian article. How dare they use “men”. Not all men have prostates. Some women have prostates.

www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/21/prostate-cancer-radiotherapy-could-extend-thousands-of-lives-study-finds

twitter.com/UnmadeMan/status/1055445876225859584

I prefer the term Prostateers

Oh yeah!

Barracker · 25/10/2018 15:06

Gonna keep posting this every time someone calls us menstruators.

It's had quite a few outings recently.

A moment of pause to venerate Janice Turner
mimivanne · 25/10/2018 15:05

Empress

Heres a Times subscriber,entirely down to Janice.

Previously with the Guardian since my first letter was published in 1967.No more.
Thank you Janice, fearless and clear voice for women

Datun · 25/10/2018 15:04

I shall definitely be calling it out every time it's not the other way round. So if they are talking about prostate cancer, they need to refer to prostate havers. If they are talking about sperm, they need to refer to the people as ejaculators. Because not all men ejaculate.

And I hope Janice Turner puts this in motion. That a memo gets sent round to all departments. Prostrate havers, ejaculators, penis masturbators. Let's have it all then.

mooncuplanding · 25/10/2018 15:01

I just read the article and it does say ‘women and their petiods’ many times and only once says “asked 548 menstruators”

I didn’t actually read that as being women erasing necessarily, more that they wanted women who currently menstruated to answer the specific question about how it affected work in recent time.

It could have been worded ‘women who menstruate’ but because the rest of the article had no attempt to erase women, I’m not so sure this is a clear case of trans politics at large

anotherGCacademic · 25/10/2018 15:00

Love her too. Fuck off Guardian.

AnyFucker · 25/10/2018 14:57

Janice Turner is brilliant

BitOutOfPractice · 25/10/2018 14:53

That is so dehumanising isn't it?

So yes Guardian, do fuck off with your demeaning twaddle

BlardyBlar · 25/10/2018 14:51

I've really hit a rock bottom with this. I'm in tears now, The Guardian call us mensturators. Jesus, I feel like we are fucked. Women are totally fucked.

I’m having one of those days too, though I’m weary of raging and dry eyed. Must be end of consultation blues.

I salute Janice Turner and all the other brave women at the forefront of this campaign.

nicenewdusters · 25/10/2018 14:51

Stopped reading the Guardian about 10 years ago because it was already full of this type of utter shit then.

The day I meet a man who's menstruating I'll buy it again.

So that's never then.

heresyandwitchcraft · 25/10/2018 14:50

Janice Turner - total LEGEND. Star Flowers Gin

2rebecca · 25/10/2018 14:50

Agree I no longer menstruate, but as a female GP many women who do prefer to see a female GP to discuss menstrual problems. Whether or not I still menstruate is irrelevant. We share female biology and I can relate to discussions on tampons etc. I don't feel excluded by tampon ads talking about women.
The daft sexist ads for lawnmowers that "get the job done" so the bloke can watch the footie are more annoying as a lawn mower user but they make me laugh with their OTT sexism. If women can cope with lawnmowers being described as for men then transwomen should be able to cope with menstrual products being "for women". Postmenopausal women have never complained about these ads so saying "not all women menstruate" is silly. we know that, but only women menstruate, even women who prefer to identify as men

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EmpressAdultHumanFemale · 25/10/2018 14:49

I wonder how many women have taken out subscriptions to the Times because of Janice's journalism? Now that would be an interesting stat for the things MNers buy thread.

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FloralBunting · 25/10/2018 14:39

Yes, the Guardian might as well have called us 'bleeders'.

rightreckoner · 25/10/2018 14:37

She is awesome. And yes I’m not currently menstruating but I am always a woman. As is everyone who menstruates. If you think you are a man and you think you menstruate you’ve got one of your facts wrong.

GulagsMyArse · 25/10/2018 14:37

littlbrowndog
Fuck off guardian
Just fuck off

Exactly!!

I stopped my subscription with them a a few months ago.

merrymouse · 25/10/2018 14:23

‘menstruator’ doesn’t make sense as a word. It’s a completely involuntary action and I’m only ‘menstruating’ when I have a period, not constantly.

The rest of the article does at least acknowledge that periods, child birth etc. happen to women and not men, which is almost surprising given the rest of the paper’s content.

BigotedWoman · 25/10/2018 14:12

Janice is brilliant.

littlbrowndog · 25/10/2018 14:12

Fuck off guardian
Just fuck off

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