...to think that if Comic Relief are going to do a "Woman Wednesday" blog about "inspirational female figures", it should have an inspirational female figure in it?

[ArcheryAnnie]

Comic Relief are doing a new weekly blog, about inspirational women.

"Women Wednesday’s is our new weekly column for Gender Justice month here at Comic Relief, where we will be giving the spotlight to one inspirational female figure per week. We focus on women who have created change and spearheaded movements for other women, and stood up against discrimination against gender and sexuality."

Fantastic, right? They've got links to all kinds of amazing women, working in very challenging conditions across the world, who are helping to create a better world for everyone, not just themselves. What a brilliant blog theme! What brilliant, inspirational woman are we all going to learn about today, I wonder?

Well. Here's who they picked as their "inspirational female figure": www.comicrelief.com/news/women-wednesdays-heres-why-lili-elbe-our-inspirational-figure-week

Women deserve better, Comic Relief. You've really screwed up on this one.

I just don’t care about lily Elbe. Sorry and all that. I’m more concerned with the multitudes of African women being forced to undergo FGM

But are they boys? That’s all that matters these days.

I’m more concerned with the multitudes of African women being forced to undergo FGM

FiLiA in Salford hosted both Hibo Wardere and the sex / gender debate. I've got a regular donation set up to the Orchid Project as well as campaigning for Fair Play for Women.

But if we let the gender ideology take over then we'll lose the language to talk about sex-based oppression. How do you fight for women & girls when 'woman' and 'girl' are just identities?

I’m more concerned with the multitudes of African women being forced to undergo FGM So you acknowledge that there is a difference between female sex and male sex and people can’t change theirs? That’s great. I’m assuming from your comment that you’re aware that we need to protect actual born females. How do we do that when people believe that they can simply identify out of their sex?

So you acknowledge that there is a difference between female sex and male sex and people can’t change theirs?

Absofuckinglutely.

I don’t know the answer. I’m as enraged as the rest of you.

I can see how my initial comment was ambiguous.

Not exactly an apology, but it’s something of a start

www.comicrelief.com/news/gender-justice-continuing-conversation

I think that it is a reasonable response given the difficult situation she is in.

My problem is that in her reply she links trans awareness week with the inspirational women month, but unless I am much mistaken the women's awareness blog post made no mention of the word trans (if trans is a word which I'm not sure it is).

I agree that is an encouraging response. I feel that our feedback has at least been noted rather than ignored.

I see absolutely no apology in that response from Comic Belief. They are still all about ‘inclusion’ and putting actual women second. Why the hell would I support a charity that insists that it’s all about ‘feelings’ and fuck all to do with the reality of the actual lived experiences of being a WOMAN. It’s bullshite.

ToeCleavage thank you for clarifying that.

She (Comic Relief) put themselves in that 'difficult' position. They knew full fucking well what they were doing. Of all the hundreds of women they could have chosen. Pathetic.

What is particularly thick is that it is women who give their kids a quid to buy those stupid noses, who do the baking and make the costumes and support all the fundraising our kids do on their behalf.

And they've just basically told us to fuck off. That they don't value us or our opinions or our efforts.

Well fuck you too Comic Relief. I hope your income goes through the floor

however, we’ve also heard from a lot of people who thought this was the wrong choice, and by making this choice we were undermining our support of women’s rights.

Oh dear. That's a smidge of an acknowledgement that women's rights is actually a concept distinct from trans rights.

Uh oh.

Exactly PP. If TWAW then no rights have been undermined.