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Louise O'Neill

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notyourhandmaid · 12/06/2020 04:08

www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/columnists/louise-oneill/louise-oneill-on-jk-rowling-is-this-how-we-are-going-to-define-women-from-now-on-1004548.html

"...with a reputation for hard-hitting books tackling feminist themes."

  • deliberately misreads the 'only women menstruate' as 'menstruation equals womanhood'
  • imagines her history with anorexia has nothing to do with gender (when previously having acknowledged the role of toxic expectations)
  • Stonewall reference
  • "You can talk about the unfair advantage trans women will have in female sports, but how then do you explain the lack of trans Olympians, despite being allowed to complete since 2004?" - um - Caster Semenya
  • " their true gender" - what does this even MEAN?!
  • "There has been a lot of talk about the need to Be Kind; well, why can’t we be kind to our trans brothers and sisters? You may not understand this issue but surely you can understand the need to treat another human being with empathy and compassion. " Yes but the menfolk keep wanting to rape, either vaginally or orally, women with opinions. This is carried out in the name of 'trans rights'. Where exactly is that empathy and compassion?

Oh btw if you are anything other than a size zero, her fiction thinks you're gross. She hates fat women. She hates medium-size women. Only thin women deserve empathy. This is obviously coming from her own issues, and sympathy to her, but it's horrible for readers.

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Destroyedpeople · 12/06/2020 04:22

Well no that little piece wasn't journalism. So mealy mouthed and.....just.... pathetic in the true sense of the word.

Carrotynose · 12/06/2020 04:19

I guess she knows what side of the bread is buttered.

PurpleHoodie · 12/06/2020 04:19

She's not a real journalist surely?
Real journalists have to state facts.

I agree destroyed. Desperate for male approval.

Destroyedpeople · 12/06/2020 04:14

I skim read her little article but she kept saying 'cis'. Wtf is 'cis'?
Who even is she?
Sounds like she is desperate for male approval tbh.