Page 2 | Julie Bindel on Woman's Hour this morning talking about lesbians!

zanahoria · 14/04/2025 16:56

RunningWhileInjured · 14/04/2025 14:44

I’d imagine so. Women who identify as lesbian are mean old bigots. Men who identify as lesbians are stunning and brave. They wouldn’t miss that to be mere alphabet soup - it’s a missed opportunity to be validated

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Fair point

So Queer Women are more likely to be straight women with blue hair

Thus the problem with self id

When words have no meaning, nobody knows what anyone else is talking about

Lottapianos · 14/04/2025 16:55

Absolutely love Julie. I feel galvanized and energized every time I hear her speak. Her podcast with Kathleen Stock is great

spannasaurus · 14/04/2025 16:48

The episode is available now on BBC Sounds

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 14/04/2025 15:43

Well done JB, re-claiming women's hour for women. 😁

RunningWhileInjured · 14/04/2025 14:44

zanahoria · 14/04/2025 12:50

But are they really women?

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I’d imagine so. Women who identify as lesbian are mean old bigots. Men who identify as lesbians are stunning and brave. They wouldn’t miss that to be mere alphabet soup - it’s a missed opportunity to be validated

TheaBrandt1 · 14/04/2025 14:35

Can’t stand Nusla. Wetter than a wet weekend. Love JB though.

Sazzasez · 14/04/2025 14:34

zanahoria · 14/04/2025 12:50

But are they really women?

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I really did wonder…

maltravers · 14/04/2025 14:02

I’ve heard it now and I thought JB spoke well and that NM let her speak. There were a few “ some people would disagree” moments but overall I thought it was pretty good. I didn’t stay for the selection of emails though.

maltravers · 14/04/2025 13:23

While we are waiting to see if Julie’s words are to wrongthinky to be available to the nation, here’s an old Unherd article of hers to fill the gap:
https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-wont-the-bbc-stand-up-for-feminism/

Why won't the BBC stand up for feminism?

Yesterday I was very much enjoying listening to an item on Woman’s Hour about a book I read and blurbed entitled ‘The Politicisation of Mumsnet’. During the discussion, author Sarah Pedersen eloquently explained how increasing numbers of Mumsnet member...

https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-wont-the-bbc-stand-up-for-feminism/

MrsWembley · 14/04/2025 13:16

I did do a face when McGovern announced it early on in the show!

I thought it was odd how uncomfortable she sounded at Julie’s answers, even though she was asking questions that she must have known would elicit those responses! She brought up the alphabet soup group issue (loved Julie’s haircut reply) and so why… well, I wonder if we’ll ever know?

Did she get told she had to have Julie on and just got on with it as best she could? Was it actually her suggestion and, as someone ⬆️ has said, she thought she’d be able to dismiss the whole idea and make Julie look bad? Or is she actually trying to make sense of the cognitive dissonance that must be howling through her head right now?

ohcrikeynotagain · 14/04/2025 13:06

my screenshot is pending but it's the bit where Julie says 'anything south of the B is often just straight people with an interesting haircut'

I did think Nuala was scraping around looking for negatives, but Julie is a seasoned campaigner so took no rubbish.

Still not up...

ohcrikeynotagain · 14/04/2025 13:03

I couldn't listen to it all but this did make me laugh outloud (not a lesbian...)**

Julie Bindel on Woman's Hour this morning talking about lesbians!

maltravers · 14/04/2025 13:00

Maybe they’re bleeping out the “L” word and adding trigger warnings..?

maltravers · 14/04/2025 12:58

Still not available…

zanahoria · 14/04/2025 12:50

nauticant · 14/04/2025 10:59

Hooray, Nuala is reassured to be reading out emails from queer women who don't like the words "lesbian" and see themselves LGBTQI+ people.

But are they really women?

Brefugee · 14/04/2025 12:50

Gosh it was infuriating though. Well done to JB for not just shouting "fuck off you stupid twat"...

Shortshriftandlethal · 14/04/2025 12:45

Ramblingnamechanger · 14/04/2025 10:50

Good job Julie! Loved that she went back to compulsory heterosexuality . Pity it was Nuala doing the “ interviewing” ..she always has to say well we haven’t got any gay men, trans people “sex workers” to argue their case. We have had plenty of them over the last few years and this was a refreshing change.

Yes, she treats Julie as an inherently hostile actor.......and yet this is supposed to be Woman's Hour, when women's issues are put front and centre. Honest to god, I just don't get the mentality of these supposedly educated women when they Kow Tow like this to bullshit. Julie did well to remain polite, engaged, and reasonable.

BuntyBeaufort · 14/04/2025 12:45

All credit to JB for keeping so cool and measured in the face of such bias. NM needs a swift dose of reality and an injection of intelligence.
I’ve listened to WH for more decades than I care to remember but have all but given up on it since Emma B left and took with her any common sense, clarity, fluency and critical thinking.

Shortshriftandlethal · 14/04/2025 12:42

Nuala is always so obviously hostile to anything or anyone that goes against progressive narratives. She comes across as very defended and not open in the slightest. She displayed no warmth or compassion for anything Julie had to say.

Madcats · 14/04/2025 12:18

Still no sign of Womens Hour on Sounds (are they editing out the hurty bits)?

Annoyingly I did look to see what was on this morning and decided to listen to an audiobook instead.

I bet they don't bother to cover the Supreme Court hearing, having done a "transphobic women" slot already this week.

maltravers · 14/04/2025 12:18

impossibletoday · 14/04/2025 12:12

And woman's hour always seems to take longer!!

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Especially when it features someone who says something that might give BBC Pride a fit of the vapours. So annoying! I want to hear Julie telling it like it is…

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impossibletoday · 14/04/2025 12:12

nauticant · 14/04/2025 11:42

Radio 4 programmes can often take 1 to 3 hours before they're available to stream/download.

And woman's hour always seems to take longer!!

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Fenlandia · 14/04/2025 11:59

WinterTrees · 14/04/2025 10:48

Nuala ending by questioning JB's assertion that prostitution is exploitation not 'sex work' and implying that's some weird extremist position, distasteful to the right-thinking listeners of WOMAN'S Hour.

When privileged media types wang on like this about prostitution, I always want to yell at the radio/TV "OK, you go and do it for a few nights then". Well done Julie!

nauticant · 14/04/2025 11:42

Radio 4 programmes can often take 1 to 3 hours before they're available to stream/download.

wantmorenow · 14/04/2025 11:32

Trying to listen now on bbc sounds b ut episode not yet there. Anyone know when i can listen to it please?