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Helen Lewis - Ubisoft

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MondayYogurt · 07/11/2020 14:00

Gaming related, therefore naturally leaning towards anti-women (Gamergaters are misogynists and generally TRAs in my experience - any opportunity to subjugate women is gleefully enjoyed).

Yet another twitter led cancellation: games company Ubisoft (home of apparently endemic sexual harassment www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-21/ubisoft-sexual-misconduct-scandal-harassment-sexism-and-abuse ) has removed Helen Lewis from some podcasts because of her previously expressed feminist views.

Next cancellation target is Ian Dunt, for defending her right to free speech.

Influential website Kotaku (trans editor Riley Macleod) is as ever at the heart of these storms.

Gaming baseline hates women, particularly any stepping out of line. They then become 'Nazis', 'fascists', and are allowed to be publicly destroyed.
The only acceptable women are camgirls, sexy cosplayers, handmaidens and transwomen.

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Kit19 · 07/11/2020 15:13

And they don’t stop to think that once you redefine women to include men then everything reserved for women is erased at a stroke

Kit19 · 07/11/2020 15:12

That’s the problem though invisible

Most ppl still have no idea that that’s what TRA are pushing for. Most ppl still think it’s all about being nice to men who present as women & using female pronouns and you know BEKIND!

Most ppl still don’t understand how far this has gone & how much further you s being pushed for

InvisibleDragon · 07/11/2020 15:08

This reply to Ian Dunt has hacked me off to hell and back.

How on earth is arguing for a robust process for obtaining a GRC "debating the existence" of trans people? How? Just how??

It's absolute piffle. Total and complete garbage. And it has more than a thousand likes.

I thought, given that he had linked to some evidence of her transgressions that there would be something egregious. But no. Just the completely reasonable opinion that it might not be the greatest idea to be able to change your legal gender (effectively your legal sex) just by filling in a form.

FFS, I am so annoyed.

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NotTerfNorCis · 07/11/2020 14:58

The TRAs on Twitter are all claiming she said trans people don't have a right to exist... do they know they're lying? It's like a cult, blocking out material reality.

DrDavidBanner · 07/11/2020 14:37

Was it Helen Lewis who had that nasty run in with that furry gamer guy?

I might be completely confused but there was a lot of vitriol and some of the language and memes were stomach turning. all completely acceptable to Twitter obviously Hmm but it's something that always stood out to me.

Kit19 · 07/11/2020 14:21

As ever it’s so depressing to see so many women piling in too

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MondayYogurt · 07/11/2020 14:15

Ian's tweet twitter.com/iandunt/status/1325030492681494528?s=21

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LouiseTrees · 07/11/2020 14:04

Oh. I’d been willing to get in on publicising and shaming these companies. I would love to see something on like Ch4 Dispatches with a honey trap involved.

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