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Nick Cohen on TRA bullies in The Spectator

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notyourhandmaid · 05/10/2020 19:33

www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-hounding-of-a-scottish-poet-by-trans-activists

"For a witch hunt to begin extremists must so dominate a movement any sin, however slight, becomes a heresy the faithful must denounce for fear of being branded heretics themselves."

This is good. Familiar story - a woman notes that violent threats against women are being made, is labelled a transphobe, and excommunicated. But great to see Nick Cohen (he also wrote that JKR article for The Critic) delving into this madness.

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notyourhandmaid · 05/10/2020 22:09

To summarise: Scottish poet points out that a trans woman is making violent threats towards lesbians. Is denounced by the poetry community as transphobic, loses work, has to move because of all the threats and harassment, is briefly supported by one organisation before everyone goes quiet.

Sorry to hear that there's rumours about NC. Sad

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SquishySquirmy · 05/10/2020 21:39

On googling her I came across a collection of poems Jenny Lyndsay wrote: "This Script"
Sounds great! Has anyone got it? I am thinking of ordering.

ScreamingBeans · 05/10/2020 21:34

Storming article by Nick Cohen there

persistentwoman · 05/10/2020 21:32

Good grief - she spoke up about violence against women and this is what happened to her. Angry
That's another excellent article from Nick about the terrible excesses fromTRAs.

MondayYogurt · 05/10/2020 21:27

Unfortunately there have been some rumours about NC regarding inappropriate behaviour (metoo type), so I am cautious about lauding his efforts.

LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett · 05/10/2020 20:51

Ah! I only knew bits of this and didn't know it was Jenny Lindsay who had spoken out. She's brilliant. Can't believe she's had to move house! FFS.

I think it's really important when people are talking about cancel culture to remember people like Jenny, freelancers who really are living precariously, who have lost friends, income and platforms.

Itsinthetreesitscoming · 05/10/2020 20:31

This is utterly chilling. I remember hearing about it earlier this year, but I didn't know the whole story.

Thank you Jenny Lindsay. This whole experience must be so upsetting and betraying. Kudos at least to the Scottish poetry library for their statement - it somehow seems surprising at the moment to discover there are still some institutions prepared to stand up for free speech.

SunsetBeetch · 05/10/2020 20:21

[quote SunsetBeetch]This is their article, trying to justify violence against us.

www.theskinny.co.uk/sexuality/lgbt/pride-and-prejudice-what-pride-means-in-2019[/quote]
Ah sorry it was amended to take those bits out, but I think the screenshots of the tweets are on the thread about their attempted attack on Julie Bindel.

SunsetBeetch · 05/10/2020 20:19

This is their article, trying to justify violence against us.

www.theskinny.co.uk/sexuality/lgbt/pride-and-prejudice-what-pride-means-in-2019

SunsetBeetch · 05/10/2020 20:05

Excellent article by Nick there, and eminently quotable!

You can also support Jenny by buying the latest addition of Dark Horse (or subscribe!)

www.thedarkhorsemagazine.com/Issues/Issue-42

SunsetBeetch · 05/10/2020 19:59

The writer for The Skinny she was objecting to was "Cathy Brennan" , who went on to attempt to assault Julie Bindel.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3605069-Julie-Bindel-physically-attacked-after-meeting

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notyourhandmaid · 05/10/2020 19:59

And from the Edinburgh News yesterday (no paywall):
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/police-warned-leading-scottish-poet-over-threats-safety-after-social-media-hounding-2991342

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PearPickingPorky · 05/10/2020 19:57

Nick Cohen has been doing some excellent work recently.

Jenny Lindsay is an impressively strong (and very nice!) woman, it's unbelievable what's happened to her.

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Gncq · 05/10/2020 19:44

Unfortunately it's behind a paywall but NC is consistently good on this subject.

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