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Josie Long refers to women as 'terfs'

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abuseofpowercomesasnosurprise · 17/03/2019 22:53

...and defends the Mermaids jelly baby scale. I'm so pissed off at people like this who have apparently done zero research and yet are happy to put their woke two cents in whilst also casually using misogynistic slurs. How can they not see how utterly sexist it all is? How is calling other women by a derogatory slur at all productive? How is using gender stereotypes in any way helpful? How about if we used them for race? Where would you fit on the race scale? Do you like eating watermelon and ribs or do you have a good sense of rhythm? Then you're more at the black end of the scale. No no no no no. The stereotypes are the problem, we don't need to work with the stereotypes we've got and be told to pick a place on the scale, we need to escape them altogether. FFS.

Josie Long refers to women as 'terfs'
Josie Long refers to women as 'terfs'
Josie Long refers to women as 'terfs'
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AssassinatedBeauty · 17/03/2019 23:34

36! I thought she was much younger than that, or that's how she comes across to me.

OrchidInTheSun · 17/03/2019 23:32

She's a Radio 4 comedy circuit person. Outside of that, no one has ever heard of her.

When she's worried about her 6 year old changing next to a bloke with a massive schlong, she'll probably start to care

Ftumch · 17/03/2019 23:32

Shes not that young - shes 36! I agree with idealistic and not super bright though. Handwringingly woke.
Couldn't even utter the word 'gypsy' when talking about gypsy tart on a food podcast.

Lumene · 17/03/2019 23:28

Never heard of her.

abuseofpowercomesasnosurprise · 17/03/2019 23:24

I understand she has just had a baby. I wonder if that will change her views on various aspects of feminism
I thought that too. Disappointed, all these left-wing people I used to quite like turning out to be so utterly vacant at best, and quite disgusting at worst. It's a good test of staying true to one's own integrity in the face of nonsense, I suppose.

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LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 17/03/2019 23:17

And olde enough to know better.

AssassinatedBeauty · 17/03/2019 23:17

... *feminism.

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 17/03/2019 23:16

I had to google. Comedian - has a daughter? Shame on you, lady.

AssassinatedBeauty · 17/03/2019 23:16

She's clearly signed up to the woke brigade, happy to use words like "cis" and "terf" without any concern. She strikes me as young, idealistic and not super bright.

I understand she has just had a baby. I wonder if that will change her views on various aspects of femin

WeRiseUp · 17/03/2019 23:13

Obviously a bit dim.

EcclesThePeacock · 17/03/2019 23:09

Josie long clearly knows nothing about Mumsnet either. 'By parents, for parents' (not just mums) but in reality, open to all who can adhere to talk guidelines. This isn't a 'women's space', just an unusual example of a majority female space. Men such as glinner , who uphold women's rights, aren't 'infiltrators'.Hmm

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