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Mary Beard.

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EastWestWhosBest · 27/04/2021 20:51

Interesting tweet.

Mary Beard.
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Ereshkigalangcleg · 27/04/2021 23:22

Oh the Follow Police are so tedious.

Aren't they.

spotcheck · 27/04/2021 22:30

💖Mary Beard.

That's all

Twizbe · 27/04/2021 22:26

@Thatwentbadly omg I just looked it up and you're right. Gonna be watching that tomorrow. Can't believe it was 2015! That was pre kids for us. I dragged my husband along as well. Gonna be looking out for the young us in the audience now

ListeningQuietly · 27/04/2021 22:18

Mary Beard is epic
twitter.com/wmarybeard/status/1386975367328583682

Thatwentbadly · 27/04/2021 22:17

@Twizbe

I love MB. I'm a Classics graduate and have read all her books. I've been to a few lectures and debates from her. One in which she absolutely trumped Boris Johnson!

Her book women and power is a must read. She is well aware of how Twitter is used to silence women, especially intelligent ones.

I love that lecture. I think it is still available on YouTube. Only Mr Johnson would like his undergraduate degree and being a publicly educated man would be enough to take on a professor.
Twizbe · 27/04/2021 22:16

@LostToucan

One in which she absolutely trumped Boris Johnson!

I suspect that Johnson would arrive unarmed to a battle of wits with Mary Beard.

It was masterful how she did it. Honestly one of the most intellectually entertaining evenings I've ever had.
LostToucan · 27/04/2021 22:15

One in which she absolutely trumped Boris Johnson!

I suspect that Johnson would arrive unarmed to a battle of wits with Mary Beard.

Original poster
EastWestWhosBest · 27/04/2021 22:14

Someone suggested that people will follow all sorts of people, it doesn’t mean they agree with them.
She retweeted that.

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Diaryofamadwoman · 27/04/2021 22:08

Bahh I bloody love Mary Beard :)

Twizbe · 27/04/2021 22:08

I love MB. I'm a Classics graduate and have read all her books. I've been to a few lectures and debates from her. One in which she absolutely trumped Boris Johnson!

Her book women and power is a must read. She is well aware of how Twitter is used to silence women, especially intelligent ones.

BackYardBetty · 27/04/2021 22:07

God, Twitter is unbearable.

Love Mary. Too good for that cesspit.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 27/04/2021 22:04

It's a ridiculous thing to say. I follow hundreds of GC people on twitter, I also follow hundreds of TRAs (and am blocked by some on both sides). I am willing to accept that my GC views might be wrong and I deliberately follow the TRA argument as well so I can "educate myself".

People who don't understand that you might want to expose yourself to all views exist in a self-validating bubble which is kind of sad.

PermanentTemporary · 27/04/2021 21:53

I don't know that she is GC, and I have no right to know. I do care that some little twat is pinching at Mary Beard on twitter for reading things. How can they not embarras themselves into extinction?

ArabellaScott · 27/04/2021 21:51

Oh, dear, has someone omitted to check the approved list of personages women are allowed to 'follow' on Twitter, again. How absolutely shocking.

Next, they'll be saying the EHRC recognises the rights of women!

Melroses · 27/04/2021 21:49

Yes, she's always in trouble for being the wrong sort of woman.

But she is brilliant.

What did the Romans do for us? Gave us Mary Beard. ❤

GNCQ · 27/04/2021 21:33

Yes I can't remember what it was she said exactly but MB has definitely received a pile on from the woke brigade more than once. She's probably above it all now.

JaneJeffer · 27/04/2021 21:24

@YetAnotherSpartacus

Didn’t she get in trouble for her GC views a few years back?
Not surprising when other BBC historians post TWAW including biologist Alice Roberts.
YetAnotherSpartacus · 27/04/2021 21:15

Didn’t she get in trouble for her GC views a few years back?

Thatwentbadly · 27/04/2021 21:11

It’s all part of the cancel culture. What is that saying about supporting someone right to have freedom of speach if you disagree with them? Pushing people under ground is much more dangerous and counter productive to change than dialogue but then I guess some people don’t want change but just to be right.

SunsetBeetch · 27/04/2021 21:10

@BernardBlackMissesLangCleg

i blooming loved women and power. after i read it i bought it for loads of friends for christmas. the hardback is beautiful little book
You know what this has prompted me to buy the book.
midgedude · 27/04/2021 21:09

This is a thread I nearly didn't open as I like her !

BernardBlackMissesLangCleg · 27/04/2021 21:08

i blooming loved women and power. after i read it i bought it for loads of friends for christmas. the hardback is beautiful little book

SunsetBeetch · 27/04/2021 21:05

Oh the Follow Police are so tedious.

Nonmaquillee · 27/04/2021 21:01

I love MB!

Keep "following" the "wrong" people, please!

And YY to the PP re reading widely... it's crucial for developing critical thinking.

HecatesCatsInFancyHats · 27/04/2021 21:01

Oh, I see, she's one of these 🧙🏻‍♀️ Welcome Mary 💫