Laetitia Ky

She's amazing. That period one with the red flow- wow.

@Brefugee, too much listening to, probably well-intentioned, but ill-informed tra's (who are also children) and less than 5 seconds of actual thought. They're young, they'll grow. I blush at some of the rubbish I thought at their age. We don't talk about this subject now, there's only so much bubble bursting a child can take. In their defence, although staggeringly naive (my god, it is Evian spelled backwards), they're loyal to and concerned for their friends. I think a little cognitive dissonance is to be expected. I'm going to show them this article when they're back.

She's fab isn't she.

Hilariously this article has been shared by a couple of my "kind" friends who I presume didn't actually read all the way through.

What a fabulous article. Thank you for sharing OP!

That looks very interesting, Embarrassing, will give it a watch later.

Yeye:

LK's is the sort of art that shifts perspectives so that you literally see things differently.

Stunningly beautiful art. Beautiful woman, too. So powerful.

@IcakethereforeIam what i meant was, if i understood what your children said, was that if they think white colonials imposed ideas of sex onto african colonies - how would they explain FGM which was around before white colonials, and is done to girls because of their sex. How can they reconcile a belief that colonials imposed ideas of sex onto Africa when African cultures already knew the differences (and not to concentrate only on FGM but there are coming of age rituals that are only performed on boys/young men too)

I was only interested to hear what young people might think about this.

@Brefugee, I'm not sure how to take your remarks about FGM. The youngest got the concept from the LBGT club at school. I put her right as much as I was able too. They know about FGM, it horrifies them, like I said 5 seconds of thought...
These bloody rabbit holes, soddin' everywhere. I'm going to look at art on Instagram.

I had absolutely no idea what to expect when I saw "makes sculptures from her hair," and it turns out I love it. I wasn't expecting the vibe to be so fun and cheeky when she's making such serious points.

I appreciate the Guardian publishing this, too. I don't see how anyone could read this interview and think that the TRAs have got a reasonable point. It is so obviously a nonsensical luxury belief and their antifeminism is coming through loud and clear too.

(sorry, i started writing my comment, went away came back finished and posted to see other pp had made the same point)

Well there are prominent campaigners against FGM - who have had FGM procedure as children - who are abused for being transphobic as though FGM has nothing to do with biological sex, so it isn't beyond the bounds of possiblity that other women get similar.

if you ever get on the topic @IcakethereforeIam how about asking your kids about that?

I'm a trans ally, but i do call out that kind of bullshit because it is harmful to everyone.

Wow, she’s incredible. A proper feminist and unapologetic af.

I don't blame my kids either, if they were being racist I would not have laughed. It's so batshit, it wasn't something it even occurred to me to talk to them about. Mind you, 5 seconds of actually thinking about it...
The younger one especially is usually so cynical. They each have at least one trans friend though and I'm just their mum.

Do we think the tide is turning? There's a loads of people today on LinkedIn taking the piss out of the "ploughperson" lunch and so far no-one is screaming bigot and #bekind.

So western male born individuals are trying to commandeer an African woman's platform and shame her for not using it to further their agenda.

There are probably many of their dimwitted female allies doing it too, to be fair. I've certainly seen this with regards to FGM where on Twitter you had white American women telling Jana Cornell she should call it "non consensual genital mutilation" to be inclusive of both sexes of trans people.

So everything needs to be decolonised in the UK and supposed colonisation will be frantically called out, including university physics departments, but it is still totally ok to tell African people what to do and how to think. Got it.

Yep, if you're higher in the hierarchy of oppression, like MTF trans people. See also attacks on FGM campaigners Hibo Wardere and Jana Cornell.

So everything needs to be decolonised in the UK and supposed colonisation will be frantically called out, including university physics departments, but it is still totally ok to tell African people what to do and how to think. Got it.