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“How to spot terf ideology” - Cambridge uni

115 replies

Dancingbea · 12/10/2021 00:24

I thought this was a parody but apparently not
www.cambridgesu.co.uk/resources/guides/spottingterfideology/

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Silversilverstreet · 12/10/2021 01:44

Milo’s college in The Tab’s article is given as Newnham.

From the college’s website

About Newnham
Newnham College is the lively and sociable women’s College at the heart of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1871, we are the oldest College run by women, for women.

Interesting.

areyoufinkiddingme · 12/10/2021 01:37

“biologically female” (a term they define flexibly, but can often be taken to mean people who are assigned female at birth).

Nope we don't define biologically female flexibly. That's the complete opposite. It's pretty well defined and has been for a very long time

ColdColdWinter · 12/10/2021 01:32

"Some particularly committed TERFs may even start harassing trans people you know if you’ve interacted publicly recently."

Pot, kettle springs to mind!

areyoufinkiddingme · 12/10/2021 01:31

Eh? The women's officer doesn't even identify as a woman Confused

Bortles · 12/10/2021 01:20

My favourite part is how to support trans people by NOT QUESTIONING!!!

CovoidOfAllHumanity · 12/10/2021 01:06

Yes I noticed that it said you had to 'develop a critical understanding of sex and gender' and that the best defence is to 'have a better explanation'

But it doesn't actually advance this 'better explanation'

timeisnotaline · 12/10/2021 01:05

So a he/they who is male can run for womens officer? No requirement to either be female OR EVEN identify as a woman? It’s just an open role…

CharlieParley · 12/10/2021 01:02

Isn't that a rehash of sone older leaflet?

And it's all so unfunny. No humour at all. Which leaves the reader no choice but to notice that there is very little useful stuff here for someone who would like to "spot TERF ideology" and absolutely nothing at all for someone who would like to know how to counter it.

I mean that's an eight-page pamphlet with maybe two or three paragraphs of any substance. And the misinformation contained in the whole text will mean that some people will fall prey to the wrong kind of feminist without any help from the authors of this propaganda piece.

I'd have been ashamed of producing that tripe, even in my student days...

PastMyBestBeforeDate · 12/10/2021 00:56

Did I miss the specific reference to transmen?

Scraggythang · 12/10/2021 00:56

He/him they/them is also a natural science student.

thetab.com/uk/cambridge/2021/02/27/meet-the-students-running-for-the-cambridge-student-union-this-year-147797

ANewCreation · 12/10/2021 00:42

Milo's pronouns are they/them and he/him so I wonder at the amount of cognitive dissonance required to be SU women's officer. And they ironically claim to be representing all women but obviously none who are terfs.

Makes my head hurt...

CovoidOfAllHumanity · 12/10/2021 00:33

'Women are not a homogeneous group and some people who experience misogyny are not women'

Now we know where Dominic Raab was getting his information

Totallydefeated · 12/10/2021 00:33

Check the name of the women’s officer

CovoidOfAllHumanity · 12/10/2021 00:29

Created by the SU women's campaign
Jesus wept.

Totallydefeated · 12/10/2021 00:27

As a Cambridge alumnus I am appalled at the lack of intellectual rigour that seems to be accepted there these days.