Snowflake Books

[Stopmakingsense]

If you need some light but very incisive commentary on what is wrong with identity politics:

lilymaynard.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/the-snowflake-books/

[Ereshkigal]

There are so many groups, who like the Jesuits of old, feel they can change the world by instilling their beliefs into young children, away from their parents.

Yes! They are exactly like that. Give me a child until 7 and I'll show you the man etc etc.

I too find it sinister as mentioned on another thread that they openly state they want to get at children "before they are influenced by the prejudices of the adults around them" i.e. their parents. It's such a bloody cult. The gov needs to be called to account for letting them have all this access to children.

[HornyTortoise]

Telling people to educate themselves is probably not a good idea. It was after being told to educate myself that I looked further into it all and turned 'TERF' where before that I was a good little ally that questioned nothing about it all. The more people find out about identity politics, the more most find it a load of crap.

[PricklyBall]

It is interesting that Nightmare's only other contribution to FWR was to go onto a thread about male violence against women and stick in the obligatory "women are sometimes violent too" comment. Clearly an adherent to the Everyday Misogyny school of feminism: "My feminism will centre men or it will be nothing." Someone needs educating, but I'm not sure it's us.

[pisacake]

Speaking of snowflakes:

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/heres-how-schools-supporting-transgender-13782153

"Born a girl, Saffy grew up a tomboy before realising aged 19 that they were neither male or female.

The marginalised genders officer at Newcastle University then came to recognise themselves with the gender identity of non-binary.

Saffy said: “Non-binary to me means essentially I don’t feel I fit with the binary of man and woman. I’m making a distinction between my sexual organs and my gender identities."

“It is society which has placed these expectations of femininity and masculinity. I just don’t feel like I fit in to that rigid binary and I think there’s more than two genders.”

[HornyTortoise]

. I just don’t feel like I fit in to that rigid binary ”

But everyone else does, right

[PricklyBall]

Well, yes, I fit right into the gender binary. I am all about the pink cupcakes (obviously not those nasty TERFY vulva ones). And the glittery nail varnish. And my hair is not greeny-blue so I cannot be non-binary. (Surreptitiously shoves physics books, manly thrillers and football boots behind the sofa with a toe whilst twiddling hair.)

[Knusper]

The marginalised genders officer at Newcastle University

Marginalised genders officer? At an actual university?



I feel old. How can this nonsense go unchallenged in universities of all places?

[Ereshkigal]

But everyone else does, right?

Of course, or there wouldn't be any special left for Saffy.

[ALittleBitOfButter]

Crying with laughter at the first comment from an identity politics automaton. "Educate yoursellf" is one of the most tired and illogical phrases of the movement.

[Queenofthedrivensnow]

These are great arnt they. I love lily Maynard

[Ereshkigal]

It's an easy way to be self righteous and sneery without the bother of having to put up a coherent reasoned argument.

[Ereshkigal]

I quite like saying it to them just to annoy them. If you do it in a particular way, it makes them apoplectic. Because it really is a very arrogant thing to say.