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My Name Is Anna. I've been called a terf - is the BBC starting to permit open discussion?

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nauticant · 08/02/2021 08:38

On at 11 this morning (Monday) on Radio 4:

My Name Is Anna. I've been called a terf

My Name Is...Anna is branded a terf – a byword for transphobia. She rejects the label and goes in search of solutions to some of the thorny issues around trans inclusion.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000s1rr

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nauticant · 08/02/2021 11:15

It actually started with Anna reading out how the word TERF is used on twitter by threatening men AbsintheFriends.

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yetmorenamechanging · 08/02/2021 11:12

OMG I'm in utter shock about this! It's amazing to hear this on the BBC.

AbsintheFriends · 08/02/2021 11:11

I missed the first couple of minutes. Did they set out that the argument is around what a woman is? That 'T**fs' are women who maintain that a woman has is a clear biological category, an adult human female? It seems to have gone into examples of abuse quite quickly and I wonder if it's clear that women are being abused for saying that women are XX adult human females. That's the extent of the 'controversy'.

KindKylie · 08/02/2021 11:10

Listening now - really hopeful this will be a balanced and helpful discussion

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nauticant · 08/02/2021 11:07

Ahh, it seems you were right about that particular dissertation WinterIsGone, well spotted.

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nauticant · 08/02/2021 11:03

Here we go, let's see whether Radio 4 lets Anna have the freedom to give a reasonable and rational account of what's happening.

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LizzieSiddal · 08/02/2021 09:48

The BBC have even let the fabulous Selina Todd on this mornings Start The Week. She's talking about her day job- Empire and Class.

WinterIsGone · 08/02/2021 09:29

Is it related to this thread?
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3994587-bsc-dissertation-on-using-terf-as-a-slur

Tibtom · 08/02/2021 09:02

Anne has been called a witch, we think she is one but for balance we are going to let her try to prove her innocence while we light the fire beneath her.

LizzieSiddal · 08/02/2021 08:54

Thank will listen

334bu · 08/02/2021 08:48

Interesting.

Violetparis · 08/02/2021 08:48

Thanks, will listen to this.

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