Please or to access all these features

Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Gamer raises $100,000 (and rising) for trans charity Mermaids by playing Donkey Kong non-stop

306 replies

FeministFrequencyFan · 20/01/2019 01:56

"Tens of thousands of pounds has been raised for transgender charity Mermaids, thanks to a Twitch streamer playing Donkey Kong 64 for an entire day.

HBomberGuy (Harry Brewis), a popular UK-based content creator who has more than 300,000 subscribers on YouTube, came up with an unlikely way to raise money for the embattled transgender children’s charity, which recently had part of its lottery funding suspended after a campaign from anti-trans activists."

www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/19/mermaids-trans-donkey-kong-twitch/

Thoughts?

OP posts:
Thread gallery
38
womanformallyknownaswoman · 21/01/2019 21:55

Women are responsible for 80% of all consumer purchases - 0.2% v (80% of 52%gen pop)

The maths says it all and the advertisers know it.

It should be us deciding where we’ll place our collective pounds and dollars, and not with those who demonise, belittle and discount women/ who put women in harms way by ignoring international sex based law and who put trans rights ahead of women’s rights - instead of having an informed debate and consultation about competing rights and legitimate concerns about compromising safeguarding of women and children.

Let battle commence

I know who I would bet on....

R0wantrees · 21/01/2019 21:51

September 2018 James Kirkup spectator article on 'the transgender thought police'

'How Caroline Lucas fell foul of the transgender thought police'
(extract)
"But of course, in the looking-glass world of transgender politics, this is not OK to talk to people who might take a different view of the world to your own. It is bad, and must be punished.

Never mind that Lucas had been an outspoken advocate of trans rights in general, and of Aimee Challenor in particular. Never mind that all she said she would do is meet some people and listen to them. None of that could mitigate her sins against transgenderism. The online mob quickly gathered to ensure Lucas was suitably chastised: she said she’d talk to witches, so she must be a witch! Burn her!

(As is common here, lots of the abuse directed at Lucas came from men keen to tell women what to do, say and think. My favourite reprimand was this one: “Sincere word of warning Caroline: the people you’re agreeing to have dialogue w/ may appear to be reasonable & well-meaning individuals – couldn’t be more untrue. #WPUK and its associates spread hateful rhetoric, & seek to deny #trans people their existing legal rights. Avoid.” That came from a person using the name Adrian Harrop and claiming to be an NHS doctor; I assume it’s a parody account because the alternative explanation – that an actual real person is so comically stupid and awful – is too troubling to contemplate.)" (continues)

blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/09/how-caroline-lucas-fell-foul-of-the-transgender-thought-police/

Bowlofbabelfish · 21/01/2019 21:49

Jeez that tweet of Jessops retweeting Paris lees 🤦🏻‍♀️

Trans kids are normal. It’s YOU who tells them they’re in the wrong body. GC feminists tell them they’re just fine as they are and maybe society has an issue with gender stereotypes.

Bowlofbabelfish · 21/01/2019 21:46

70p in the pound of household spending is controlled by women.

SunsetBeetch · 21/01/2019 21:45

Hairplugs said WHAT?!

They already tried bothering advertisers, didn't they? Clearly didn't work either.

MsMcWoodle · 21/01/2019 21:44

Yes. Bit of a shame for them that mums are such big spenders. Apparently most decisions about family spending are made by women. I have a nice little ad from a furniture shop that I frequent keeps popping up on my page.
I'm sure that they won't want my custom when they know I've been reading Kiwi Farms though.

BernardBlacksWineIcelolly · 21/01/2019 21:38

oh, now they're musing about going after the advertisers

currently the ads showing on my page are for a chain of spanish hotels and elemis (the v pricey toiletries), both of which I have spent fairly serious amounts of money with before as a direct result of recommendations from another mumsnetter

there's 12 million unique users a month here. advertisers are unlikely to want to stay away.

Ereshkigal · 21/01/2019 21:35

And Harrop also makes no mention of going after anyone on Kiwi Farms, just Mumsnet. How curious

Isn't it just?

Ereshkigal · 21/01/2019 21:34

Renowned misogynist and friend of the good Dr H, Dr Christian, is posting lovely stuff about pissing in the eyes of bigots.

BernardBlacksWineIcelolly · 21/01/2019 21:34

yeah, some of those kiwi farmers (?) are fucking scary

much easier to go after the middle class mummies that he fondly imagines us all to be

of course the odd one of those middle class mummies turns out to be Posie Parker Grin

RedKite96 · 21/01/2019 21:33

Are you a man?

SunsetBeetch · 21/01/2019 21:32

And Harrop also makes no mention of going after anyone on Kiwi Farms, just Mumsnet. How curious Hmm

R0wantrees · 21/01/2019 21:30

"The rules of misogyny
1st rule of misogyny: Women are responsible for what men do.
2nd rule of misogyny: Women saying no to men is a hate crime.
3rd rule of misogyny: Women speaking for themselves are exclusionary and selfish.
4th rule of misogyny: Women's opinions are violence against men thus male violence against women is justified.
5th rule of misogyny: WATM! Women and Feminism must be useful to men or they are worthless.
6th rule of misogyny: Women who go around being female AT men by menstruating and breast feeding babies deserve punishment.
7th rule of misogyny: Women should always be grateful to men for everything.
8th rule of misogyny: Men are whatever men say they are and women are whatever men say they are.
9th rule of misogyny: Men always know the "real reasons" for everything women do and say. 10th rule of misogyny: The worst thing about male violence is that it males men look bad. 11th rule of misogyny: Basic pattern recognition skills are cruel and evil when they hurt men's feelings.

12th rule of misogyny: whatever women suffer from, men suffer from more.

13th rule of misogyny: Women are not oppressed! Rape and catcalling and objectification are all compliments, not oppression.

14th rule of misogyny: Women have all the rights they need: The right to remain silent."

Wine TheBewilderness (who is missed here!)
www.reddit.com/r/Gender_Critical/comments/6kkeni/the_rules_of_misogyny/

SunsetBeetch · 21/01/2019 21:28

I know what my mum would say to them! She takes no crap.

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 21/01/2019 21:27

In the parlance of my childhood ‘ahm tellin yer ma!’.

Bluestitch · 21/01/2019 21:20

Remember when Harrop tweeted the Pope to report a Catholic woman for the crime of being GC? And every other Catholic organisation he could think of. He's an expert in harrassment.

R0wantrees · 21/01/2019 21:18

Oh of course Harrop had to weigh in. What's he going to have us arrested for, exactly??

current threads:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3482853-Update-on-the-famous-Dr-H

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3412316-Dr-Adrian-Harrop-thread-the-fourth-GMC-do-care-have-taken-it-to-the-next-level

Bowlofbabelfish · 21/01/2019 21:16

A quick squizz through quoll’s twitter shows several likes of the fragrant and reasonable Morgane Oger.

SunsetBeetch · 21/01/2019 21:15

Oh of course Harrop had to weigh in. What's he going to have us arrested for, exactly??

Remember when he doxed that woman, used it to blackmail her into deleting her twitter account, then said it wasn't doxing because the info was all in the public domain? I sure do!

Twunk · 21/01/2019 21:13

Kiwi farms is a cesspit but then so is Twitter .

Bowlofbabelfish · 21/01/2019 21:09

Ahahahahhaha...

I can see it now.

‘FUCK... the mumsnetters have found kiwifarms. Don’t let them talk to each other!’

Grin

Look, we’re mums. We are well used to dealing with irrational little tyrants.

Bluestitch · 21/01/2019 21:07

Is he going to call the police on MN?

Gamer raises $100,000 (and rising) for trans charity Mermaids by playing Donkey Kong non-stop
SunsetBeetch · 21/01/2019 21:03

Oh no she's told mummy on us!

What a strange person! I'm a 'Channer'? Genuine lol there!

Ereshkigal · 21/01/2019 21:01

It's a shame there is no central body we can report transactivists to for misogynistic harassment of women.