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EJ Rosetta

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GCSquirrel · 26/12/2022 21:43

Does anyone know what the deal is with her? She wrote a thread about being commissioned to write a hit piece on JK Rowling but in doing research found nothing transphobic and decided to speak out about it. I thought it was great and really good that it got some attention for JKR.

Now I’m seeing on Twitter everyone seems to be slagging her off and I can’t quite work out why. It’s not just trans rights activists, it’s the gender critical lot that seem to be gunning for her just as hard. She seems to have been asking for stories of abusive males but I’m not sure why that’s so terrible. People are always sharing their experiences of abuse on Twitter and obviously no one has to share if they don’t want to.

Can anyone fill me in? I feel I’ve missed something but I don’t know what.

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Breakfastinbedonhols · 27/12/2022 11:55

She was on Andrew Doyle’s GBN show the other week. It was interesting to listen to and fair play on her for going on the channel. I bet she wouldn’t have even 6 months ago.
Same old story really, I didn’t read what JKR wrote, but then I read it and realised that she actually said nothing. Sigh.

RoyalCorgi · 27/12/2022 11:48

The other weird thing is that if you google her, it's very hard to find any recent articles by her. I didn't turn up any, in fact, apart from one recent one in the Scotsman about why she changed her mind on JKR. That's not to say they're not out there, but they're not obvious. Flagging career needs a bit of a boost?

WarriorN · 27/12/2022 11:47

She also posted a very implausible story recently on Twitter about a trans woman named Denise, which seemed designed to generate a lot of responses and retweets

Yes I felt that was very red flaggy.

WarriorN · 27/12/2022 11:46

Sazzasez · 27/12/2022 11:29

I felt the same way but got dodgy vibes after a bit. Twitter history shows she claimed to be a “recovered TERF” just a couple of years ago.

She has recently started hosting twitter spaces & inviting women to share their experiences of abuse. I think that might be unwise as these are not confidential.

I’m keeping a distance - it might all be nothing, but it might not.

I saw something that she was writing a book from their stories , but not verified.

Everything has been too convenient.

RoyalCorgi · 27/12/2022 11:43

I'm very sceptical, I'm afraid. She hasn't named the publication that allegedly asked her to write a hatchet job on JK Rowling - why not?

She also posted a very implausible story recently on Twitter about a trans woman named Denise, which seemed designed to generate a lot of responses and retweets.

She still uses "cis".

She has very vocally changed her mind on this issue in the past.

To me, it all seems designed, at best, to gather publicity for herself, and therefore paid work, and at worst, to gather material that can be used to harm gender-critical feminists at a later date.

So that's a massive NO from me.

terryleather · 27/12/2022 11:35

Sazzasez · 27/12/2022 11:29

I felt the same way but got dodgy vibes after a bit. Twitter history shows she claimed to be a “recovered TERF” just a couple of years ago.

She has recently started hosting twitter spaces & inviting women to share their experiences of abuse. I think that might be unwise as these are not confidential.

I’m keeping a distance - it might all be nothing, but it might not.

This is wise counsel.

Sazzasez · 27/12/2022 11:29

I felt the same way but got dodgy vibes after a bit. Twitter history shows she claimed to be a “recovered TERF” just a couple of years ago.

She has recently started hosting twitter spaces & inviting women to share their experiences of abuse. I think that might be unwise as these are not confidential.

I’m keeping a distance - it might all be nothing, but it might not.

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