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BookThatMatter exclude "terfs"

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LonelyFlans · 17/08/2023 12:57

BooksThatMatter are a book subscription service that focus on books by female writers. They went on dragons den and ended up refusing funding as they didn't want to compromise this. All good.

They've always been lib fem but you could choose to ignore that if you still wanted to support a female-focused business.

However they've just rebranded as AphraBookClub and in the introductory Instagram post they've clearly stated "no terfs". When some women pointed out that this is offensive, they've stated that "terfs are swiftly being blocked".

How very disappointing.

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StephanieSuperpowers · 17/08/2023 15:43

NotTerfNorCis · 17/08/2023 14:45

Wow the Trustpilot reviews!

https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.booksthatmatter.co.uk

Oh dear, it seems they're just not providing the service the woman hostile reader would like.

Saltysamphire · 17/08/2023 14:55

NotTerfNorCis · 17/08/2023 14:45

Wow the Trustpilot reviews!

https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.booksthatmatter.co.uk

Oh dear. Men’s rights activists AND incompetent grifters. You’d think they’d be trying to shore up as much business as they could in the face of the appalling reputation they’ve earned themselves, but no. On to Instagram they clatter to trumpet their rebrand and insult the women they’re trying to sell to.

ArabeIIaKarenScott · 17/08/2023 14:48

NotTerfNorCis · 17/08/2023 14:45

Wow the Trustpilot reviews!

https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.booksthatmatter.co.uk

A rare example of 'go broke, go woke'?

MichelleScarn · 17/08/2023 14:36

I've got the below image in my head of them at a staff meeting putting all the baddy TERFs in their pink, cute, girly burn book!

lacey chabert gretchen weiners GIF
Yfory · 17/08/2023 14:36

So presumably that means its not a womans bookclub after all! How ridiculous.

MrsMitford3 · 17/08/2023 14:35

Do they not see the blatant hypocrisy stating in the same line both that they are inclusive but "no terfs" allowed.

Same sort of language in the statement banning Graham Lineham from Edinburgh-something like we are an inclusive venue so we won't let them speak here.

What a ridiculous state of the world!

FoodFann · 17/08/2023 14:31

Mingomang · 17/08/2023 13:00

The spiel sounds incredibly juvenile.

Juvenile af

ArabeIIaKarenScott · 17/08/2023 14:30

Existance? ODFOD.

Saltysamphire · 17/08/2023 14:30

Oh dear, I notice an earnest young fan has asked on IG if they will be including trans- men’s books such as Elliott Page’s? How very transphobic.

It’s a shame as I’m sure I like many other women would otherwise love to subscribe to a genuinely feminist woman only book subscription service rather than this embarrassing mess of handmaidenry, misogyny and dick pandering.

ArabeIIaKarenScott · 17/08/2023 14:29

idiots.

Saltysamphire · 17/08/2023 14:24

What a great business strategy, alienating a significant proportion of your target market from the offset. Their investors, if they have any, must be thrilled!

PublishingPerson · 17/08/2023 14:20

I wonder why the are rebranding? Something to do with their reluctance to pay their bills I'd hazard.

JellySaurus · 17/08/2023 14:10

Inclusive as fuck indeed.

YetAnotherSpartacus · 17/08/2023 13:59

We deny the existence women with penises, no worse crime apparently

it doesn’t say that but then I am old and just can’t keep up with it all these days.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 17/08/2023 13:44

The irony of 'our's is a safe space' while excluding women fighting to keep those spaces appears to have whooshed right over their heads.

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BaronessEllarawrosaurus · 17/08/2023 13:42

YetAnotherSpartacus · 17/08/2023 13:38

How do so-called terfs deny the existence of women? I’m confused.

We deny the existence women with penises, no worse crime apparently

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 17/08/2023 13:41

Aphra Books? as in, Aphra Behn? they've probably transed her, haven't they?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphra_Behn

YetAnotherSpartacus · 17/08/2023 13:38

How do so-called terfs deny the existence of women? I’m confused.

LondonLass91 · 17/08/2023 13:38

lechiffre55 · 17/08/2023 13:07

Do they have girly sleepovers and pillowfights?
The whole thing sounds like it was written by a bloke trying to be girly.

I thought this too! The spelling and grammar are awful...back to uni you go, young pink haired male intern..

HeedlessAndUnbridledConcupiscence · 17/08/2023 13:36

lechiffre55 · 17/08/2023 13:07

Do they have girly sleepovers and pillowfights?
The whole thing sounds like it was written by a bloke trying to be girly.

My impression, likewise.

I'd assumed this would be something to do with Aphra Behn. Should I start the clock as her being retroconned as non-binary, Q or transmasc?

TooOldForThisNonsense · 17/08/2023 13:32

EdgeOfACoin · 17/08/2023 13:05

They run a book subscription service but cannot spell "existence" properly.

Hmm.

Quite

they sound pathetic and not very bright. Like a book club version of the Popsy Facebook group. I’d leave them to it

ImthatBoleyngirl · 17/08/2023 13:32

Awful reviews on Trustpilot and their Instagram is filled with customers asking when they'll receive their June/July/August subscriptions! Maybe they should focus more on providing a good service istead of just banning Terfs and deleting their comments.

Rainbowshit · 17/08/2023 13:24

Pathetic children.

IcakethereforeIam · 17/08/2023 13:23

Never heard of them. They consider Elliot Page a woman? That's kinda transphobic.