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New Yorker tackles Feminism and Gender

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Needmoresleep · 09/09/2021 20:44

And gives a not entirely flattering nod to Mumsnet

"In the U.K., trans-exclusionary activists have worn buttons proclaiming that they were “Radicalised by Mumsnet,” Britain’s largest online platform for parents. On message boards, mothers, justifiably aggrieved by a lack of material support and social recognition, are encouraged to direct their ire at the “trans lobby.”"

They really don't get it, but at least there is reporting. I will see if I can post a link. If not it is long so I will give some quotes.

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nepeta · 09/09/2021 21:48

This is an excerpt from her new book The Right To Sex.

I see a big problem in the kind of movement which argues that women's movements should cater for all causes worthy of attention in this world, even if they do not directly affect women (as in vulva people, to be progressive here). The problem with that is the lack of resources to fix everything and the obvious question why no other movement is expected to be equally inclusive.

It's about lack of boundaries, or the demand that women have none and that women should always place others ahead of their own needs.

OldCrone · 09/09/2021 21:31

Remember the old days when journalists could actually be buggered to do some research and then think about the material?

She's not a journalist. She's a professor at Oxford University.

www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/08/amia-srinivasan-the-right-to-sex-interview

OldCrone · 09/09/2021 21:24

Some previous threads about the author of that article and her book.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4318085-interesting-interview

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4333319-Review-of-The-Right-to-Sex

She hasn't got a clue about anything we discuss on here. I would expect an academic to go to original sources, but she bases her understanding of mumsnet on some articles she's read about it by some people with a very biased viewpoint.

AssassinatedBeauty · 09/09/2021 21:18

They really didn't get the sarcasm behind those "radicalised by mumsnet" badges did they?

Artichokeleaves · 09/09/2021 21:16

@Needmoresleep

And gives a not entirely flattering nod to Mumsnet

"In the U.K., trans-exclusionary activists have worn buttons proclaiming that they were “Radicalised by Mumsnet,” Britain’s largest online platform for parents. On message boards, mothers, justifiably aggrieved by a lack of material support and social recognition, are encouraged to direct their ire at the “trans lobby.”"

They really don't get it, but at least there is reporting. I will see if I can post a link. If not it is long so I will give some quotes.

Ooh look, it's a libel case.

Remember the old days when journalists could actually be buggered to do some research and then think about the material?

KimThomas · 09/09/2021 21:13

The New Yorker is famous for the rigour of its fact-checking team. Perhaps they were all on holiday.

Coyoacan · 09/09/2021 21:10

What ever happened to journalists at least reporting verifiable facts?

They just don't bother and it's not just with this issue either. I've seen incredibly poor quality reporting on Mexico, where I live, from supposedly top newspapers just to push a particular agenda.

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