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Newly Published Mermaids article by Jo Bartosch for Spiked.

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DuDuDuLangaLangaBingBong · 03/07/2020 07:39

An excellent, Jo Bartosch, long-read article on Mermaids published by Spiked today:

www.spiked-online.com/2020/07/03/mermaids-leading-children-up-the-trans-path/

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Lamahaha · 03/07/2020 10:59

Flowers DuDuLanga your story moves me to tears and at the same time outrages me. How DARE a school take such liberties!
I have two granddaughters, and another grandbaby of unknown sex on the way, and it's infuriating that this can happen. My daughter and her husband are both very GC and they have said they will home school rather than submit to this. They will probably be moving to Ireland von NI soon so it is troubling.

TheHeartbeat · 03/07/2020 10:57

Great article. I’m happy the focus is on that Mermaids charity.

SarahTancredi · 03/07/2020 10:38

Your story breaks ny heart du
This is the logical conclusion of societys insistence of victim blaming women and girls for anything and everything that happens to them. Of course girls will strap down their breasts and hide under baggy "mens" clothes to try and avoid the inevitable. Its very telling that home alone with the family who loves them away those who reinforce her body is the problem and not the behaviour if the men and boys she would relax a bit.

The article has nothing in it that can't be backed up. The YouTube ted talk alone says all you need to know.

ItsLateHumpty · 03/07/2020 10:00

DuDuDuLangaLangaBingBong here’s an archive just in case archive.li/WGFZK
I’ll go carry on reading now. It’s starts really well Grin

I’ve just read your story - just wow. So much heart ache, and angst for one family, I hope everyone comes through ok. It sounds like you all have the courage and stamina to pull together Flowers

RoyalCorgi · 03/07/2020 09:48

There's nothing in that article that is legally questionable, I'm sure of that. Everything she's written is already in the public domain. Good for her.

Deliriumoftheendless · 03/07/2020 09:48

Agh! Got your name wrong. Doesn’t help that in my head I still read it as one of your old names! 🤪

Deliriumoftheendless · 03/07/2020 09:47

I’ve just read that piece, DuDuLang - I know you have discussed some of what has happened to your family on here but reading that has disgusted me. That someone can take an understandable discomfort in the changes puberty brings and instead of soothing them advises them of a process that leads to a double mastectomy is utterly sickening.

I’m so sorry for everything you and your family have gone through, I hope some day amends will be made.

ScrimpshawTheSecond · 03/07/2020 09:30
  • and good article, thanks for linking.
ScrimpshawTheSecond · 03/07/2020 09:19

Flowers Dududu. Wishing you and your family all the very best.

aliasundercover · 03/07/2020 08:59

Your story is awful, DuDuLangLAng. I think I would have removed my child from the school.

teawamutu · 03/07/2020 08:17

Brilliant piece.

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DuDuDuLangaLangaBingBong · 03/07/2020 08:16

Hopefully Spiked are braced!

They are free speech absolutists and I expect it’s been looked over by a lawyer prior to publication - Green is famous for her attempts at manipulating the law, so I expect they are prepared.

Fingers crossed (if anyone wants to make a back up archive that would probably be useful but I am keen for Spiked to get the clicks so they have proof at how important this issue is to the public).

If anyone fancies starting an AIBU thread I would be grateful. I already posted the link on various threads so don’t want to risk getting a suspension for spamming

(although I hope MN will understand that this is a very personal issue for me due to having a gender distressed stepdaughter - for those who haven’t seen it yet, our story recently went up on the Safe Schools Alliance website: safeschoolsallianceuk.net/about/our-stories/our-stories-mother-and-artist-43-trafford/ )

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Fishdoggy · 03/07/2020 08:07

Was just coming on to share this. I think we'll have to be quick as I'm guessing the Green Steam train will swing into action to have it pulled asap.

truthisarevolutionaryact · 03/07/2020 08:06

Excellent - dispassionate and precise. Another article to send to my MP.

Cuntysnark · 03/07/2020 08:04

Good point re Tesco & Amazon. Already sent it to my MP.

OhHolyJesus · 03/07/2020 07:53

Wow. Just wow.

StandUpStraight · 03/07/2020 07:47

Excellent article, thanks for sharing. Time to send that one to Amazon and Tesco, I think.