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Hadley Freeman in the Spectator on gender

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StandUpStraight · 18/09/2020 12:02

Apologies if this has been posted already. Hadley Freeman writing in the Spectator - “Like a lot of tragically heteronormative women, I am an innate people-pleaser, and for a long time my greatest fear, aside from being forced to go camping, was angering people. But then the latest version of gender theory took off and it turned out that I had a greater fear: denying the bleeding obvious...So now I’m a woman who displeases people, which gender theorists should celebrate as overturning gender norms. And yet, strangely, they do not. Turns out I don’t understand what being a woman means after all.”

www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-oscars-self-defeating-identity-politics

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Siablue · 18/09/2020 14:02

I love Hadley Freeman. Her book is brilliant. Her family’s lives are genuinely more interesting than most novels and she writes so well. It is (as you would expect) very sad too.

I now desperately want to know what the scandal is about Boris. I literally would not be surprised by anything but it is going to be something sexually unusual isn’t it. If we started to guess it would be deleted wouldn’t it?

TanteRose · 18/09/2020 14:01

Nice one, Hadders Flowers

ahagwearsapointybonnet · 18/09/2020 13:54

I'm sure she has written a few good GC articles even in the Guardian which sneaked past the monitors Grin though I can't remember details right now!

I also want to know the BJ goss now - anybody?? Flowers

Vargas · 18/09/2020 13:41

She has been a refreshing voice of reason on Twitter for some time now. Lovely article, thanks for sharing.

JaneAustenWouldHateThis · 18/09/2020 13:33

Great article. I've loved Hadley for years and have missed her since boycotting the grauniad.

How would one go about finding what the Boris goss is?

(PM me if you know.) - yeah, pun.

Tootsweets23 · 18/09/2020 13:16

I absolutely, unwaveringly, unreservedly LOVE the Freeman. She is doing a masterclass on writing first person narratives and I'd love to go but would just embarrass myself by fawning all over her.

ArabellaScott · 18/09/2020 13:13

I might have a bit of PMT, but that article has made me cry.

Well done, Hadley. Star

wellbehavedwomen · 18/09/2020 13:01

She's been quietly on board for a while. She's a highly intelligent, sane, decent woman who can see precisely what this movement is. She's also bloody brave, speaking out for women when she can see the risks of doing so. I admire her a lot.

And people like her, Moore, Kirkup and Cohen are why I now have a Spectator sub.

Gwynfluff · 18/09/2020 12:52

because Hadley normally writes for the ultra-woke Guardian. I feel like more intelligent women

She's been a critical voice via her Twitter for at least a couple of years. Think she had a specific slot in the guardian (wrote a slightly piss take column on style questions for several years and did celebrity interviews) as opposed to writing longer opinion pieces, she's also written a book about the life of her Jewish grandmother.

zafferana · 18/09/2020 12:35

It's particularly heartening, because Hadley normally writes for the ultra-woke Guardian. I feel like more intelligent women with a public voice are starting to speak out and it's SUCH a relief.

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StandUpStraight · 18/09/2020 12:21

Yes, it cheered my morning up a bit!

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ARoombaOfOnesOwn · 18/09/2020 12:21

Excellent! I was wondering how long it'd take Hadley to join the Good Ship Speccie

Me too. Welcome to the dark side Hadley! Wink Grin

MarkRuffaloCrumble · 18/09/2020 12:19

Well now I need to know the gossip about BJ too!

Loving that women are finally feeling able to speak out against this madness.

Freespeecher · 18/09/2020 12:05

Excellent! I was wondering how long it'd take Hadley to join the Good Ship Speccie (even if it's only as an occasional contributor like Suzanne Moore).