Edinburgh Science Festival - Humans with Uteruses

It would potentially upset one who may be passing to be reminded of the fact.

Stuff the fact that a woman who had had a hysterectomy may also be a little upset at seeing this (and told to grow up, the world doesn't revolve around them, etc).

@refusetobeasheep

How would including transwomen be relevant? They don't have uteruses!

Shame Im not near Edinburgh - I would have liked to turn up and ask the questions (channelling my inner toddler)

What's that?
What?
Why?
I don't understand...
Who said?
What?

I've emailed Emma who their web-site says to contact with any queries on marketing, asking her to not erase women but instead be more inclusive by eg saying women and trans women .....

Well if we don't get a response we can email again and complain about that!

Also, I have a uterus but no longer have periods - does this mean I have to find a new Superpower? Does middle-aged invisibility syndrome count?

I have emailed them via the website to tell the (because they have their ears stuffed with cookies) that is is an insult to women. I can't imagine I will get a response.

Humans with uteruses? It’s just such clunky and clumsy phraseology - if only there was a single word to express the same concept.

Great. I hope she has to deal with very many angry emails from humans with and without uteruses today.

I've emailed her.

I have found this mail and retweeted it. I wrote my original complaint to the generic address on their site. But this is better.

You can complain to Emma Pirie: [email protected]

I think Ted Bundy owned several uteruses he kept in the fridge.

Its bloody rude to women ffs.

What is so wrong about the word women that she is afraid to say

I find offensive that this is how she describes me

It’s offensive ms hill

Offensive and rude

I just came on here to have a rant about this myself. I'm going to email them and explain how offensive this is

If you are a transman, who has an incredibly conflicted relationship to your body and specifically biological functions such as menstruation, just how likely are you to attend a talk about periods in the first place? Maisie is trying to us language to include those highly likely not to attend this talk, and to exclude and offend those who are most likely to want to attend. I would love it if nobody turned up, or some women asking awkward questions about her understanding of language and biology.

Maisie Hill is a really interesting person and a fountain of knowledge about the menstrual cycle

She sounds like a gobshite, to be perfectly frank.

Your opportunity to ask questions!

Slightly pissed off now that I've bought tickets to the science festival, which is a fantastic event I've taken the DCs to for the past three years.
I always filter events by "family friendly" so missed this.

Chelsea football club know exactly what women are:

www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/02/13/exclusive-chelsea-become-first-club-tailor-training-menstrual/

If this takes off in womens sport I think it'll help crap like this.

Maisie Hill is a really interesting person and a fountain of knowledge about the menstrual cycle. Unfortunately she's been totally woke for the last couple of years.

‘Humans with Uteruses’ sound like they might have collected tens of uteri and are now hauling them around in a bloody sack.

she has completed a BSc in Chinese medicine acupuncture and has diplomas in the Arvigo techniques of Mayan abdominal therapy, reflexology, aromatherapy, and paediatric acupuncture

I think her claims to be a 'highly qualified health practitioner' are bobbins.

Yeah just grab a man, shove a uterus up his backside and bingo! Who could possibly tell the difference?!

Dear Maisie Hill,

Stop this madness, please.

Yours,
A WOMAN*

*Adult human female. NOT a "human with a uterus," a phrase I find so insensitive and insulting that it makes me want to vomit.

This from her instagram link on Twitter:

maisiehillll*_
( . ) ( . ) If you've got boobs or a chest, then listen up!
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🔍 Getting to know what your breasts/chest looks and feels like is crucial when it comes to the early detection and treatment of breast cancer.
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👩🏾‍⚕️Knowing your body means that you can assess if anything has changed and then make an appt to see your GP if you notice anything different.
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❗️It doesn't matter what gender you are or what age you are, we all need to be checking.
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❣️ If you're someone who has a menstrual cycle, then how your breasts/chest looks and feels may well change across each cycle, which is why it's a good idea to get to know what's normal for you as you move through a menstrual cycle.
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👌 For guidance on how to check your boobs/pecs, head to @coppafeelpeople and make sure you sign up for their FREE monthly text service to get reminders that grab your attention and make you smile 😁

If you've got boobs or a chest....

As far as I know "pecs" are muscles, and not likely to be the site of breast cancer (unless there has been local invasion).
And she talks about "breast cancer" in the same sentence as referring to checking your chest.

Not using the correct language is just plain dangerous and spreading misinformation. It's ridiculous.

I have recently seen suggestions of criminalising holocaust denial (John Humphries) and discussion of anti vaccine "propaganda" (Law Commissioner Penney Lewis - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/01/posting-anti-vaccine-propaganda-social-media-could-become-criminal/)

If we are going to criminalise spreading misinformation then I vote for referring to checking your chest/pecs for breast cancer, not to mention chest feeding.