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The Hannah Barnes book

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RoyalCorgi · 14/02/2023 12:37

There have been discussions about the book on different threads relating to various interviews with Barnes or pieces about the book. Thought it would be useful to bring everything on to one thread.

This review by Sarah Ditum is excellent and very moving:

unherd.com/2023/02/the-tragedy-of-becoming-a-woman/

Another good one from Suzanne Moore:

suzannemoore.substack.com/p/a-review-of-time-to-think-the-book

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LarissaFeodorovna · 14/02/2023 22:26

Rubidium · 14/02/2023 22:05

Favourable review by Camilla Cavendish in the Financial Times:
www.ft.com/content/a45a9a0b-5d2f-4c4a-b2ef-6a8796ea5d10

Behind a paywall unfortunately, but thought I would add it for the record.

Readable archived version here:
archive.is/ebvVV

ValancyRedfern · 14/02/2023 22:11

That final sentence of Sarah Ditum's piece says it all for me:

'The tragedy of a misogynistic world is that it makes girls believe they need a cure for femaleness. The scandal of GIDS is that it pretended it could supply one.'

Rubidium · 14/02/2023 22:05

Favourable review by Camilla Cavendish in the Financial Times:
www.ft.com/content/a45a9a0b-5d2f-4c4a-b2ef-6a8796ea5d10

Behind a paywall unfortunately, but thought I would add it for the record.

FemaleAndLearning · 14/02/2023 22:01

Great resource thank you.

Somebodyelsestrain · 14/02/2023 18:43

Really good interview with HB on the Newsagents Podcast this evening.

ResisterRex · 14/02/2023 14:52

Sunday Times comment on the book:

The Tavistock experiment can never be repeated

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/951373ba-aa44-11ed-8a03-b2faadede0c5?shareToken=7c6a4d95bc1727b3557abeefcee6691a

Original article from Sunday:

Tavistock scandal ‘on a par with East German doping of athletes’

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e04f4958-aa26-11ed-8a03-b2faadede0c5?shareToken=d141489f7ce1709e2eded4a1830240f2

Article by Hannah Barnes from Sunday:

The ‘holy f*’ moment I knew something was wrong at the Tavistock

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/19ffce5e-a930-11ed-9813-2dc4880907f5?shareToken=a247101ac2f77d69a87596347ce8503b

ResisterRex · 14/02/2023 14:48

Alex Massie and Scotland:
^
The golden rule for Scotland’s Tavistock: see nothing, say nothing, think nothing^

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dffaa4b0-abbc-11ed-9cb3-80326348937b?shareToken=98a0c00d9826695d947e659dd4bbc81c

Politicians' reactions:

Tavistock scandal reminds us to stand up for truth, says Badenoch

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/935bda12-ab48-11ed-a737-a480e119ff3e?shareToken=6bf20381f80a93d0ef619cd454025645

ResisterRex · 14/02/2023 14:45

Yes, I think I posted these??

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/time-think-review-book-tells-full-story-tavistocks-trans-scandal/ (I'm sure I read the paywall was lifted for this)

The one with the parental sex offender stats: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/14/tavistock-clinic-ignored-link-autism-transgender-children/

"Children referred to Gids were ten times more likely than the national average to have a registered sex offender as a parent"

But also the huge disparity in children with autism in that article: "Less than two per cent of children in the UK are thought to have an autism spectrum disorder, but according to Gids’s own data, around 35 per cent of its referrals “present with moderate to severe autistic traits”."

Janice Turner review:

Exposing Tavistock: the human cost of the biggest medical scandal of our age

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/91450fd0-a3c5-11ed-8e45-d36dad29d912?shareToken=7d62a6341d3083e0665a5df88d2395d7

Dr Anna Hutchison:

The ‘holy f*’ moment I knew something was wrong at the Tavistock

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/19ffce5e-a930-11ed-9813-2dc4880907f5?shareToken=389bd7fb017cb1660c13068f704a6a4c

I think there are more though (!!)

WarriorNun · 14/02/2023 14:19

SOS have a great campaign linked to this book:

SOS Scotland great campaign www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4742682-sos-scotland-great-campaign

WarriorNun · 14/02/2023 14:16

Good idea. There's others that @ResisterRex has posted recently....

Janice Turner has reviewed it in the times

Radio 4 today (14/02/23) at 8:45 Hannah interviewed by Justin Webb.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001j417

On Woman's hour today also, a follow on from the Barnes interview with Webb on Today.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001j42m

Treaclemine · 14/02/2023 13:23

The member of "Justice for Men and Boys" who comments after Ditum's piece is unable to see past his own experience, and blames women for gender ideology.