Memories of the last few years of madness

the siege on the stairs at the Jam Jar Bristol

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/tense-heavily-policed-protest-held-1479450

I was astonished at how violent those little red guard-istas were prepared to be. they literally could not tolerate people with different opinions to their own. Julie Bindel was amazingly brave

good times. the trans health manifesto was top flight lunacy

Ooh, that's reminded me of this -

https://www.tumblr.com/edinburghath/163521055802/trans-health-manifesto

(Not sure why that seems to have posted twice)

Sophie Cook appearing on newsnight with some male presenter to discuss the use of the word 'womxn', My letter to the BBC pointing out that 2 men pontificating on the definition of the word 'woman' felt pretty much like the definition of misogyny was met with blank incomprehension and a gaslighty reply telling me that one of the people on the screen was a woman

x.com/bbcnewsnight/status/1050147429251575811

Ooh, that's reminded me of this -

https://www.tumblr.com/edinburghath/163521055802/trans-health-manifesto

Jess Bradley, professional loon (free all trans prisoners anyone?) and first transgender student officer suspended because (as ladies often do) he exposed himself at a bus stop, took photographs of it and put them on the internet. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6003331/Britains-official-transgender-student-officer-suspended.html

I think what boggled me most was that actual grownups appeared to take him seriously (and at the time everyone had to use 'she' or 'they' pronouns for this joker or get their posts deleted)

The big orange penis monkey in libraries and Dundee University and their medic training, also the male period adviser. The horrifying realisation that we hadn't really 'won' anything. We're hated, everyone loves degrading porn and it seeps into everything, politicians are mostly bought or stupid, people with qualifications and big letters after their names are often stupid, professionalism is gone, shame is gone, safeguarding is gone. Eurgh, so much.

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And has changed his surname to Noon. https://www.matchmaker.fm/show-guest/jesse-noon-11a784

It's almost like these people claim "queer" identities as a smokescreen for changing their names to avoid accountability for posting pictures of their penises online.

Ha! I'd forgotten about the fascist baby!

The USA’s wonderful Billboard Chris. I remember being open mouthed listening to the torrent of shite he faced when talking about children being given puberty blockers.

The level of ignorance & capitulation to a social contagion was horrible to see, especially on University campuses. Young people completely taken in by an ideology, screaming at him & demanding he leave. How he remained so calm I’ll never know.

For me personally, taking a philosophy module called Feminism as a 2nd yr undergraduate. Lots of very interesting stuff. But having to say I was ill for the seminar because I could not face going in, to discuss with a bunch of well educated young people, whether or not womens rights should apply to men. And unpack the literature we had been provided with, or the lecture I had sat through that tied itself in knots to try and prove that men can be women.

Oh and also in 2nd yr having to justify why I didn't think that 'playfullness' was a legit reason to say men can be women. And being told I should say women either ironically or with scare quotes to be inclusive. The lecturer was generally confused when I said I thought transwomen should not be included in single sex spaces because where else would they go? What about the transpeople?

I learned after that, and the concerned looks he, and other students gave me that a stonewall university probably wasn't going to be the place to air my views that biological sex matters.

The amount of newspaper reports that read along the lines of

'Woman arrested for murder and sexually assault'

And guess what they're men!

We never found out what happened to the male student union officer who also posted selfies showing him having fun at work behind his desk, when unfortunately he'd forgotten to put anything on below the waist.

Now spelling his name Jesse (they/them). Second from right, top photo might look familiar. https://www.mycomanchester.com/about-us

I'm going to enjoy Free Speech Nation tonight, they've always been so good on this. Andrew Doyle is going to be on!😁

To be fair, the thread which came from that was very witty!

www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4967923-everyone-scarper-the-rozzers-are-coming

If we are formless does that mean they think we don't exist? Or they don't want us to exist?

Is that Literal genocide - in the common parlance?

Just asking.

Bowing to the pressure to call them transwomen. It’s no secret some of them are aroused by this.

ahem, 'Professor'.
as you were.

UN women (unwomen!) tweeting that TWAW and also that we’re formless 🤔

The Canadian teacher with the Z cup fake boobs who was supported by the director of education, who said: “The HDSB’s commitment to human rights remains rooted in our core values and commitment to each and every student and staff who identifies as a member of an underserved and underrepresented group, and our approach is informed by opinions from leading employment law firms with human rights and equity advisors,” Ennis said. He's now transitioned back to being a man, I believe. Boobs were too heavy or something. Can't post a link, because MN won't allow it.

Amnesty International's Tweets along the lines of this:

TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN
TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN
TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN
TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN
TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN
TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN
TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN
TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN

The woman (I think rape survivor) who wrote ti her hospital to ensure that only women would carry out her mammogram and her letter being used as an example of transphobia by the hospital

I don't think anyone is claiming that a child can have two biological parents of the same sex, only two legal parents of the same sex.

Why didn't Katy Faust's dad stick around and continue to be her parent when his wife left him for a woman, I wonder? And I wonder why that's the example that springs to your mind, given the sheer number of children who are growing up without their biological father due to that father's decision to fuck off and abandon their children?

(I don't actually wonder, of course; I've seen enough of your posts on MN to know it's good old-fashioned homophobia.)

Yes indeed. The strong women and some men (Graham Lineham) who have risked so much.

And of course and goes without saying- Marian Calder, Trina Budge and Susan Smith who have truly brought us to the situation where reality matters despite everything that has gone before. What women they are. Their names will be etched onto history.

Just thank you.

I only ever paid into crowdfunders and bought books and fangirled over Helen Joyce, Julie Bindel and Maya Forstater at the Oxford Lit fest. I have not been brave enough to really put my neck on the line.

I really really appreciate the brave, stoic and the mighty.

Netflix protest and the repent motherfuckers tambourine woman.

Allison Bailey case GCC testimony - I reversed into a bin.