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"Why I stopped being a good girl" by Hadley Freeman

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spacehardware · 21/02/2022 12:22

It's a long read but Hadley deconstructs the issues, and all the "this is like homophobia/racism/you're a right wing schill" nonsense (honestly the TRAs must share Cliffs Notes) brilliantly.

unherd.com/2022/02/why-i-stopped-being-a-good-girl/

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2Rebecca · 21/02/2022 13:19

Excellent article.

KaptainKaveman · 21/02/2022 13:19

Well said Hadley.

TheUsualShitshow · 21/02/2022 13:18

Excellent piece as usual

JoyousAsOtters · 21/02/2022 13:16

Thank you Hadley.

Especially the part about anorexia and teenaged girls.

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spacehardware · 21/02/2022 13:13

"I hope that the anguished poster who had 2 threads promptly deleted reads it and gets some reassurance"

What's this? MN deleted threads or someone asked for their own threads to be pulled?

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Goatsaregreat · 21/02/2022 13:07

Wow. Yet another excellent piece from Hadley. Sh really nails it soesn't she.
I hope that the anguished poster who had 2 threads promptly deleted reads it and gets some reassurance.

Direwolfwrangler · 21/02/2022 13:02

Thanks for posting. Hadley’s columns were the best thing about the Guardian. I’ve been trying to get onto the website to read this but it keeps crashing. Assuming they’ve had a lot of traffic!

HelloKeith · 21/02/2022 13:01

Timely after all the comments over her Attwood interview last week.

I agreed with every word. Well done Hadley.

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spacehardware · 21/02/2022 12:59

On another forum full of men telling women they are bigots where I lurk, I see there is already a thread of woke bros lining up to tell the women talking about it that they are the same as 1950s segregationists

Le sigh

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PermanentTemporary · 21/02/2022 12:57

Thank you @spacehardware. Interesting that HF really did stop her column because of this issue.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 21/02/2022 12:50

Oh good, I was going to post a link to that, but you got there first. Very pleased indeed to see this from Hadley Freeman. I don't know how she can bear to be at The Guardian surrounded by people who pay lip service to gender ideology but don't really believe it. The Guardian used to pride itself on its journalistic standards and independence. What happened?