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Boycott, and I can't stress this enough ....

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MarieIVanArkleStinks · 08/04/2022 17:04

This GC book!, says a TRA, tagging the Oxford University Press, that bastion of critical thinking that is, you know, doing the job that an academic press should be doing.

twitter.com/jthomastremblay/status/1512212885627236352

Que a plethora of replies, memes of book-burning etc. The best responses are those saying they hadn't seen the book but thanks for the free advertising, and posting THANKS FOR YOUR ORDER screenshots from the OUP.

Fantastic own goal, but to see these overwhelmingly pro-GC, hell, even pro-free speech responses even on captured Twitter is quite a turnaround. Perhaps after all Emily Bridges, Lia Thompson and Kier Starmer have shone more sunlight on this than even they anticipated!

In the meantime I'm watching the replies roll out with popcorn in hand. Truly top-notch entertainment!

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Saucery · 09/04/2022 13:55

Looks great, have ordered! Thanks to the fusspot on Twitter.

Fimofriend · 09/04/2022 13:52

I have now ordered the book and read a couple of articles about the author. She is a very impressive woman. I admire her.

IsItShining · 09/04/2022 13:51

Is that name for real? Maybe it’s just me translating John Thomas Tremblay as quite literal willy-waving.

Olderbadger1 · 09/04/2022 13:45

Excellent! Just ordered it. I've heard Holly L-S speaking on various GC topics. Eloquent and lucid. I'm sure the book will be a zinger.

DameSallyMarkham · 09/04/2022 11:50

@NecessaryScene

One thing I'm struggling to get over is how, and I can't stress this enough, odd it is to see someone using "I can't stress this enough" without attaching it to, and I can't stress this enough, anything.

Unless he wan't to stress Oxford University Press for some reason?

When it comes to certain people's Twitter proclamations, I'm often reminded of that scene in Singin' in the Rain, in which Lina Lamont's screechy real voice is heard for the first time, unassisted by Kathy's discreet overdubbing.

Turns out those interfering editors do actually do something...

PrelateChuckles · 09/04/2022 11:10

@NecessaryScene

One thing I'm struggling to get over is how, and I can't stress this enough, odd it is to see someone using "I can't stress this enough" without attaching it to, and I can't stress this enough, anything.

Unless he wan't to stress Oxford University Press for some reason?

It's a rather tired meme-type phraseology, the kind you see frequently on Twitter. C.f. the handclap emoji between every word, the "no-one:... " format, etc etc etc. All mildly amusing for the first 50 or so times you see them, but now reaching "Keep calm and carry on" levels of bland ubiquity.
FemaleAndLearning · 09/04/2022 10:52

Thanks for the discount code, it pays for the postage.

merryhouse · 09/04/2022 10:14

@VaginaRegina see, I can sort of get behind some of that Grin

The structure of our society has upheld tradition, racism, patriarchy, imperialism, sexism and capitalism and has concentrated wealth and power in a small group, while the physical world we live in has become more and more polluted. I mean, I'm not sure how anyone could actually argue that that's not true - the only issues are how bad it is, how much blame to apportion and how to address it.

For example, certain areas of London have high levels of asthma - and surprise surprise it's poorer people who are most affected (a little while ago there was a big feature on a ?10yo girl who had died as a result).

Tremblay appears to have concentrated on a literature review rather than anything original, and used words like aesthetics and necropolitical Grin to sound clever; but the underpinning concept is a sound one.

ChairCareOh · 09/04/2022 09:59

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HestersSamplerofCarrots · 09/04/2022 09:53

@VaginaRegina

This is Mx Tremblay's own magnum opus. I have a degree in English from Cambridge and I can confidently assert that it is utter bollocks.
Um, he does what now?
VaginaRegina · 09/04/2022 09:46

This is Mx Tremblay's own magnum opus. I have a degree in English from Cambridge and I can confidently assert that it is utter bollocks.

Boycott, and I can't stress this enough ....
thinkingaboutLangCleg · 09/04/2022 09:41

@NotAGirl

If you’re ordering from OUP this offer code from the authors website gets a 30% discount AAFLYG6
Ooh, thanks, NotAGirl!
Chrysanthemum5 · 09/04/2022 09:37

@veronicagoldberg if you can't see a lot of the tweets (this author has protected who can see their tweets) does that mean you're on a Terf blocker? If so I appear to have been blocked

NotAGirl · 09/04/2022 09:34

If you’re ordering from OUP this offer code from the authors website gets a 30% discount AAFLYG6

NecessaryScene · 09/04/2022 09:30

One thing I'm struggling to get over is how, and I can't stress this enough, odd it is to see someone using "I can't stress this enough" without attaching it to, and I can't stress this enough, anything.

Unless he wan't to stress Oxford University Press for some reason?

thinkingaboutLangCleg · 09/04/2022 09:30

Mariel. Not Maribel. I’ve never even heard of anyone called Maribel, but that’s what my iPad keeps insisting on.

thinkingaboutLangCleg · 09/04/2022 09:28

Holly Lawford-Smith’s “Gender-Critical Feminism” is now on my shopping list. Thanks for the tip-off, Maribel and of course Mr Tremblay.

Mummyoflittledragon · 09/04/2022 09:18

I’ve bought a copy direct from OUP as I think it’s important they see the advanced orders now. Thanks!

veronicagoldberg · 09/04/2022 08:13

Scrolling through that twitter thread has alerted me to the fact that I must be on a TERF-blocker list. How invigorating!

HighlandCowbag · 09/04/2022 07:30

Just as an aside Trans was 99p on amazon yesterday, not sure if its usually that price. Have ordered it to have a more reasoned discussion with 17 year old dd.

ChairCareOh · 09/04/2022 07:30

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AuxArmesCitoyens · 09/04/2022 07:25

Yes that's it

VelvetChairGirl · 08/04/2022 22:17

is it this one?

cant see the picture that well, if so its out on the 12 of may, I've added it to the list and will be looking into it then.

wordery.com/gender-critical-feminism-holly-lawford-smith-9780198863885?cTrk=MTkzMzE3NTc5fDYyNTBhNWUyZGQ4NDM6MToxMjo2MjUwYTVkMmI4NjAyMy41MDcyMjE5MzplMWUwMzVhMw%3D%3D

DomesticatedZombie · 08/04/2022 22:05

Oh, that looks good. Thanks, Jean-Thomas Tremblay. Added to my list.

AuxArmesCitoyens · 08/04/2022 18:21

I saw this.what a cock.

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