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Alexandra Heminsley book

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eyebrowshame · 07/06/2020 20:46

Has anyone seen the blurb to this? It looks like it might be...interesting

www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1069406/alexandra-heminsley

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Binterested · 08/06/2020 08:12

Maybe. I can’t understand why else an educated woman would think anything JKR has said is transphobic. Even if you think TWAW, which is already a failure of critical thinking, JK hasn’t actually said anything in opposition to the rights and needs of trans people.

Dozer · 08/06/2020 07:54

Hmm that seems dismissive.

Binterested · 07/06/2020 21:23

Easier not to engage brain I think. Just think rainbows and unicorns.

Dozer · 07/06/2020 21:18

I will probably buy the book because like her previous writing.

Wouldn’t be inconsistent IMO to be both proud of one’s family and co-parenting / relationship with an LGBT ex, and to want to resist some of the “rights” sought by some activists that are likely to be detrimental to others.

I genuinely don’t understand why some people think/say it’s transphobic to want to retain single sex sports, facilities and services. To retain official stats to measure biological sex, and limit some experimental treatments for children and young people.

Binterested · 07/06/2020 21:05

It must be very confounding.

Binterested · 07/06/2020 21:05

Crikey. Her biog says something about proudly parenting her LGBTQ+ family.

Fanthorpe · 07/06/2020 20:57

I’m tremendously sympathetic to her, she must love her partner very much. It would have destroyed me I think.
I wouldn’t be tweeting support for the erasure of my sex based rights that’s for sure.

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eyebrowshame · 07/06/2020 20:52

Yes, I enjoyed her previous books very much.

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Dozer · 07/06/2020 20:52

I’ve read and enjoyed her previous books on running and swimming.

She has tweeted disappointment about JK Rowling’s tweets, suggesting that JK has been transphobic. Get the impression she’s v much in the “trans women are women” camp.

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eyebrowshame · 07/06/2020 20:48

Not sure if the link works - it's called Some Body To Love, about her husband who told her he was transitioning right after the birth of their baby.

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