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Jenni Russell article in The Times: Politicians are betraying women in the rush to support trans rights

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StandUpStraight · 13/11/2019 18:13

Thank you, Jenni.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/politicians-are-betraying-women-in-the-rush-to-support-trans-rights-xzvhcf7m8?shareToken=64642eb10844a4086ebeb30b012fb564

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TiredofthisBS · 13/11/2019 19:43

Truly says everything I feel (except Stonewall should be mentioned). Thank you Jenni.

MrsSnippyPants · 13/11/2019 19:41

@jennirsl If you tweet please do go and show your appreciation, because there will probably be a pile on at some point.

Uncompromisingwoman · 13/11/2019 19:36

Brilliant powerful article - clear and to the point. The Times subscription has proved to be a worthy successor to my defunct Guardian sub. Just stay away from many of the comments below the line - many tedious woman haters reside there (altho to be fair, the Guardian has the same issues). Their investigative journalism is first rate and their coverage of this has been courageous.

HavelockVetinari · 13/11/2019 19:36

@NotAtMyAge me too! I genuinely only subscribe for that reason!

MockersthefeMANist · 13/11/2019 19:34

JoJo was sparring in a boxing ring today for the cameras. A shame there was no hulking great tatooed girl to knock her block off.

HandsOffMyRights · 13/11/2019 19:32

Thank you, Jenni. You've nailed it.

This is an act of national cowardice by our would–be leaders, dressed up as high-minded moral superiority. Will any of them think again? While they absent themselves, women are being betrayed.

NotAtMyAge · 13/11/2019 19:32

Articles of this quality are what keep me paying my Times subscription. Superb!

LizzieSiddal · 13/11/2019 19:27

What an amazing piece- thank you Jenni!

BovaryX · 13/11/2019 19:24

Thank you for sharing this excellent article. It is well argued, it explicitly identifies the ways in which women’s rights to sex segregated spaces are being undermined. And it highlights the current bullying culture which is silencing any dissent and making the debates which should be imperative impossible. Great piece!

HumberHellraiser · 13/11/2019 19:18

This might be the article that tips me over into being a regular times subscriber.

Searing article, absolutely spot on.

Bezalelle · 13/11/2019 19:15

Good piece. I particularly appreciate the way she differentiates between "genuine" transsexuals and TRAs:

"There is an equal tension within the trans rights movement between those people who have genuine gender dysphoria and wish to live as the opposite sex and those activists who are using the cover of trans rights and self-ID to intimidate, taunt, assault and get access to women in their most private and vulnerable spaces. "

RuffleCrow · 13/11/2019 19:11

Nice one. I'm actually considering voting tory because as she points out they're the only ones willing to admit they got self-id wrong. However, defacto self-id through regulation capture has gone through the roof on their watch, so maybe not. It would be like cutting off my nose to spite my face anyway.

AlunWynsKnee · 13/11/2019 19:02

Very clear piece. Good job.

Datun · 13/11/2019 18:50

Finally. The gloves are off.

RoyalCorgi · 13/11/2019 18:48

Am so pleased to see this. Have always admired Jenni Russell and it's great to see her putting the case so clearly and forcefully.

There was a time when this was the kind of article that the Guardian would have carried. Once again, the Times running a piece of this quality highlights their absolutely shameful silence.

Loopytiles · 13/11/2019 18:44

Good article.

YourOpinionIsNoted · 13/11/2019 18:42

Amazing article. Thank you Jenni.

TinselAngel · 13/11/2019 18:40

Wow. What a brilliant article.

CriticalCondition · 13/11/2019 18:38

I wish it mentioned Stonewall's part in the regulatory and institutional capture.

But perhaps that's a whole other article...

dementedma · 13/11/2019 18:37

Bloody brilliant article which summarises how many of us “Terfs” and “transphobics “ feel. Add in trans women taking part in, and winning, womens’s sporting events and you have the whole, twisted picture.

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StandUpStraight · 13/11/2019 18:37

scrimshaw it is very powerfully written. Her colleague Alice Thompson, who wrote an execrable article today defending no-platforming at universities, could learn a few things from Jenni.

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CeridwenTheWitch · 13/11/2019 18:36

There's two threads about this, I just wrote this on the other one so I'll share it here too:

Brilliant brilliant article!! I'm so happy to read this! Well done to Jenni Russel and well done to the Times. She covered so much of what has been happening and the public needs to know.

BernardBlacksWineIceLolly · 13/11/2019 18:36

what a brilliant article, spot on

and yes, let's hear about how politicians are too scared to act on the issue of experimental drugs being used on children

who the actual fuckity fuck am I going to vote for?

MrsSnippyPants · 13/11/2019 18:34

Wow. Telling it exactly as it is with no hedging of bets. Love it. Thanks OP.