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Sian Berry & the attack on FILA conference

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Theeyeballsinthesky · 11/10/2025 08:49

I thought this deserved a thread of its own. It seems women meeting together to discuss feminism and issues affecting them are deliberately provacative.

x.com/sianberry/status/1976671744292438483?s=46

Sian Berry & the attack on FILA conference
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Shedmistress · 12/10/2025 13:29

AstonScrapingsNameChange · 12/10/2025 13:26

That is an exaggeration, there has apparently been one incident of a speaker making pro Palestine comments (not that that makes it OK either, but I think its important to not spread misinformation and the conference certainly hasn't been a hotbed of antisemitism, from what I've seen).

Sian Berry's comments were atrocious.

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I think you might need to review this! After last night's fighting at the disco.

AstonScrapingsNameChange · 12/10/2025 13:26

adobeslats · 11/10/2025 09:52

It's been difficult for Jewish women to stay safe, apparently there has been an incredible amount of antisemitism from speakers inside the conference.

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That is an exaggeration, there has apparently been one incident of a speaker making pro Palestine comments (not that that makes it OK either, but I think its important to not spread misinformation and the conference certainly hasn't been a hotbed of antisemitism, from what I've seen).

Sian Berry's comments were atrocious.

SionnachRuadh · 12/10/2025 13:08

Pleasantsort · 12/10/2025 01:10

Oh I mean she's a zoomer like off her rocket, not Generation Z. My daughter has just explained to me that her generation get called "zoomers", lol. Yeah, she's older than me too, I think or about same age !😀

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Aha yes, I'd have said she's a space cadet 😊

nettie434 · 12/10/2025 12:52

I am glad you highlighted this @Theeyeballsinthesky. I'd like to say it's an unbelievable response, but sadly it isn't.

As for the idea that choosing Brighton was deliberately provocative, Brighton has been a conference venue for years. Conferences are an important source of revenue, especially in seaside locations and, as one of the city's MPs, she should be encouraging organisations to use it.

Arran2024 · 12/10/2025 11:35

She currently has 2.1 million views of her first tweet and only 296 likes! Second tweet has 289k views and 89 likes

Ereshkigalangcleg · 12/10/2025 01:12

Haha 😂 amusing crossed wires

Pleasantsort · 12/10/2025 01:10

Ereshkigalangcleg · 11/10/2025 11:17

She’s not gen z, she’s older than me!

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Oh I mean she's a zoomer like off her rocket, not Generation Z. My daughter has just explained to me that her generation get called "zoomers", lol. Yeah, she's older than me too, I think or about same age !😀

RogueFemale · 12/10/2025 00:34

Mumofteenandtween · 12/10/2025 00:24

It is ridiculous. The rest of the world have finally woken up to what the Green Party was trying to tell them 20 years ago. This should be their moment to take the lead on Climate Change as they really are the experts.

Instead they are running around trying to ensure that certain special men get to watch teenage girls getting undressed.

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Yes it's silly and tragic!

Mumofteenandtween · 12/10/2025 00:24

RogueFemale · 12/10/2025 00:16

It's sad that the Green Party are captured by trans. I voted for a Green local councillor a couple of years ago before I woke up to what's been going on. Then wrote to her to say why I couldn't vote for her again. No reply.

It is ridiculous. The rest of the world have finally woken up to what the Green Party was trying to tell them 20 years ago. This should be their moment to take the lead on Climate Change as they really are the experts.

Instead they are running around trying to ensure that certain special men get to watch teenage girls getting undressed.

RogueFemale · 12/10/2025 00:16

It's sad that the Green Party are captured by trans. I voted for a Green local councillor a couple of years ago before I woke up to what's been going on. Then wrote to her to say why I couldn't vote for her again. No reply.

DiaAssolellat · 11/10/2025 23:13

Total nutjob

Grammarnut · 11/10/2025 22:47

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 11/10/2025 08:57

It sounds like she thinks Brighton should be 'identified' as a no go area for reality, and anyone who wants to bring some in should be harassed and hounded until they take that crappy reality away.

Is this Sian Berry the MP - whose letter in reply to safeguarding issues in Brighton schools, where boys who ID as girls are allowed in the girls' changing rooms etc, basically said 'bugger off'?

SinnerBoy · 11/10/2025 22:41

It's more that she knows that the trans extremist zealots usually respond to women talking with a violent reaction. She supports the zealots.

Thd definition of terrorism is the use of violence, intimidation and threats to achieve a political aim, which is precisely what these maniacs do / are doing.

I'd like to know why she is supporting these dangerous extremist ideologues. Perhaps the Police and security services might express an interest?

Dymaxion · 11/10/2025 21:28

Pleasealexa · 11/10/2025 19:59

She uses the word "predictable" about the violence and criminal damage.

Did she have any insight or knowledge that it was going to occur and if so did she report to the police? I'm not sure anyone else thought it was predictable...She seems to have guessed or known it might happen a few months before it happened??

@Pleasealexa That thought crossed my mind too, how could she know that there would be violence/criminal damage ? Maybe the Police need to speak to her if she has inside knowledge , has anyone actually been arrested yet ?

HPFA · 11/10/2025 20:58

BlueLegume · 11/10/2025 09:26

@Theeyeballsinthesky excellent thread. I am flabbergasted at how tone deaf Sian Berry has been. My only other thought is she is being ‘told’ to react in this way which - and I am being kind here - has she been coerced into sitting on the side of the TRAs? I particularly dislike the fact she has already discussed the situation with the council which questions why as a woman she would do so - unless she was coerced to do so.

I'd say this is more about Green party politics than anything else.

Polanski's aim is to completely capture the Corbynite left, the vast majority of whom will brook no compromise on trans rights.

SionnachRuadh · 11/10/2025 20:10

DworkinWasRight · 11/10/2025 20:08

The National Secular Society have a stall at FiLiA, so it looks as if they’re not as ideologically captured as the humanists.

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I have my issues with the NSS, but they stick to their brief. The humanists seem to have gone completely omnicause.

DworkinWasRight · 11/10/2025 20:08

Merrymouse · 11/10/2025 18:58

https://x.com/Stephenmevans1/status/1976929699084280319

A poor take from Siân. I hope she reflects.
@FiLiA_charity
is a grassroots feminist conference where women gather to discuss and defend women's human rights. You don’t have to agree with everything said there to defend their right to do so. The venue was attacked – this is victim-blaming.

Stephan Evans, Chief Exec of National Secular Society

The National Secular Society have a stall at FiLiA, so it looks as if they’re not as ideologically captured as the humanists.

Pleasealexa · 11/10/2025 19:59

She uses the word "predictable" about the violence and criminal damage.

Did she have any insight or knowledge that it was going to occur and if so did she report to the police? I'm not sure anyone else thought it was predictable...She seems to have guessed or known it might happen a few months before it happened??

Mumofteenandtween · 11/10/2025 19:47

I have emailed my (Labour) MP. He has claimed to care deeply about VAWG - something I referred to in my email. I really hope he shows that he genuinely does.

Merrymouse · 11/10/2025 19:32

ItsCoolForCats · 11/10/2025 19:25

Jonathan Hinder is Labour. He is affiliated with the Blue Labour group, who generally seems to be sex realists. Jonathan has spoken out on this issue previously.

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Sorry Jonathan!

ItsCoolForCats · 11/10/2025 19:25

Merrymouse · 11/10/2025 18:48

And from Conservative MP Jonathan Hinder

https://x.com/Jonathan_Hinder/status/1976930118108074310

“Why did she wind him up? She knows he’s got a bad temper!”

Jonathan Hinder is Labour. He is affiliated with the Blue Labour group, who generally seems to be sex realists. Jonathan has spoken out on this issue previously.

ParmaVioletTea · 11/10/2025 19:22

I hope she’s hauled up in Parliament for unparliamentary behaviour. Feminist beliefs are protected beliefs under the Equality Act.

And I hope all the good voters of Brighton read what she says and decide she’s not worthy of their vote.

It saddens me that a woman hates her sex so much.

Mumofteenandtween · 11/10/2025 19:22

Merrymouse · 11/10/2025 18:48

And from Conservative MP Jonathan Hinder

https://x.com/Jonathan_Hinder/status/1976930118108074310

“Why did she wind him up? She knows he’s got a bad temper!”

Jonathan is Labour. Interesting bloke. Used to be a copper.

DevaneyRob43 · 11/10/2025 19:15

Vote her out