AIBU to be extremely proud of Justine Roberts & Mumsnet right now?

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Open access link. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mumsnet-founder-justine-roberts-transgender-activists-try-to-curb-free-speech-on-site-z3sr3nf6q?shareToken=ade388be59ac427155003eff83c5158c

“Transgender activists have contacted Mumsnet advertisers and said they will be organising a boycott of their products if they don’t remove their advertising from Mumsnet,” Roberts said.

“A significant minority of our users feel very strongly about women’s rights and very uneasy [about the proposals]. This is an issue that needs to be discussed and that’s why we’re prepared to take any potential advertising hit.”

Oops. Calm down Positively 😁

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/214118

I'd suggest that's a comment for its own thread, daffodil. If you'd like to start it, I'd be happy to contribute :)

I have to say I find the feminism threads very prejudiced and anti trans women.

They are not 'anti trans women' they are 'pro women'.

FlaviaAlba - my opt in box is ticked but it still doesn't show up, and hasn't for ages. I think this has happened to a few others too. There is a thread about it on site stuff

^ and that.

Too exciting!

LOL at the notion of the blue-haired handmaidens in Boden and White Company outfits.

Come off it, this is a commercial decision by MN to protect their brand. If advertisers show that they value bullying, misognyist men over mothers who actually buy their shit, they will lose a lot of customers and damage their own brands.

But I don't for one moment want to minimise how brave Justine's been personally, to take this stance. Long term, we are going to win this fight so she knows she's on the right side, but short term, she will probably get a lot of shit from the violent men who are furious when women don't agree with them and she knows exactly how dangerous and vicious they are - armed police turned up at her house because of them, so she knows what she might be subjected to at their hands.

9997!

Pleased to see this too. Bullying is never the way to achieve your aims.

I am another who only became aware of what was happening and being proposed through seeing threads pop up in active convos. It’s a shame that they are hidden now.

I will turn off my ad blocker now!

Just checked the petition and it was 7 away from 10,000!

3 now!

2!

Sorry my "too exciting" was re THREE to go to reach 10,000 on the petition!

I respect your right to your opinion daffodildelight, so I’m sure you would be very happy to sign the petition so we can have this discussion, out in the open. All sides can then debate in a civilised manner. It’s just here ⬇️

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/214118

1!

1

ONE to go!

10,000!

I was 9999!

10,000!!!!!!
Woohoo!!!!!!!!

🎉🎉🎉
💚💜💚💜💚

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/214118

Wooooooo!

Well done Amy Desir. Thousands onside. This is really significant.

And still rising!

F a b u l o u s 👏🎉🎉 10,000!!

Brilliant, brilliant stuff. Women will be heard.

Another lurker saying thank you. (But who would also like FWR back in active)