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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

#ManFriday group closing

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YesItsADebate · 28/06/2018 13:30

It gives me great sadness to write this post but we have been attacked this week, on our Facebook organising group by someone who claims to be a feminist and an ally to our cause. They chose to leak some screenshots to a Twitter troll (outing our members) and make a ridiculous allegation against us and Dr Nic in a thread on here and has slipped through our clean-up of our online group.

They are now threatening police action against high profile members of our group unless we prostrate ourselves to her bullying. @Sweary has a great response to that: the ever eloquent G F* Y! (starred to prevent deletion! ahem).

As we don't know who they are and don't know how to stop them the only option we have is to burn the group. This loses us so many allies, who have supported our actions wholeheartedly since that first day meeting wiht my local swimming pool and it breaks my heart. As we met on MN FWR I hope that most of you are still here and see this. We really didn't want to lose you - and you were as important as those of us out there getting on with the activism.

That this has happened in the run up to the consultation being launched, a time when we really should have our attentions and activities focussed elsewhere is ridiculous. This person has chosen to pursue a personal vendetta at a time when we should be pulling together and building on the success #ManFriday has had so far.

#ManFriday will keep fighting for the rights, safety, privacy and dignity of women and girls. We aren't going away but for the security of our members, we have to use alternative platforms to the Facebook group for organising our activism. Our website, Twitter feed etc. will still be up and running (come & get a t-shirt Wink)

Please keep up with the #randomactsofmanliness and keep taking up space on Fridays. Or any day come to that.

Amy, Sweary and the #ManFriday admin team x (unMumsnetty but )

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Cascade220 · 01/07/2018 11:08

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LadyLauraOver · 01/07/2018 11:12

I've just purchased a ManFriday tote. Waiting for the hoodies to come out (please?)/
Bull you are well named but I think you left off part of the word.

bullinachinateashop · 01/07/2018 11:16

Your on the money there.

bullinachinateashop · 01/07/2018 11:17

I'm afraid your wrong.

BeyondRaggydoll · 01/07/2018 11:20

Who's wrong?

BeyondRaggydoll · 01/07/2018 11:20

("my wrong what?" was my first thought...)

SisyphusWasGenderCritical · 01/07/2018 11:34

Tax fraud? Indeed, HRMC are going to be up in arms with Sweary's fetish for a badge machine.

fuck sake, these people are more fantasists than even the obvious.

Ereshkigal · 01/07/2018 11:36

This isn't necessarily the doxxer, could be some random troll.

AtreidesFreeWoman · 01/07/2018 11:46

I should really stop being surprised by what behaviours activists can find grounds to support.

Rights of sexual predators to be in a woman's jail and furnished with hair straighteners and beauty products....

Assaulting a 60 year old woman....

Supporting a person responsible for doxxing woman...

Not to mention denying basic biology, which provides the very foundation for their own personal existence.....

Please do write to your MP and HMRC. As a pp has said the more people who are aware of this bat shit behaviour the better.

Bowlofbabelfish · 01/07/2018 11:57

Ever thought about a badge with an apostrophe on it MF?

BeyondRaggydoll · 01/07/2018 12:01

I like this one, bowl...

#ManFriday group closing
Bowlofbabelfish · 01/07/2018 12:02

It is with great sadness to the women's movement I have to report that Any and Hannah are being investigated for hate crime. I suppose in life you reap what you sow!

I know this has been pointed out at length on various threads before but hate crime is not defined as ‘someone said something I don’t like.^ if it was, the internet would be in jail until the sun explodes.

Hate crime is 1. Very serious and 2. Requires an actual crime to have been committed motivated or apparently motivated by hatred.

I do hope that aids those thinking of wasting the police’s very valuable time to, you know, not do that.

Also apostrophes- they’re just fabulous. Try some.

Prawnofthepatriarchy · 01/07/2018 12:03

Is bullinachinateashop transaBULLed I wonder?

Bowlofbabelfish · 01/07/2018 12:04

My mate has that on a cup, raggedy Grin I do covet it...

BeyondRaggydoll · 01/07/2018 13:00

at prawn! Grin

gingergenius · 01/07/2018 13:02

Is the person who released these names not in breach of the new GDPR regulations? She has shared private data without consent?

Bowlofbabelfish · 01/07/2018 13:07

Yes they will be in breach of GDPR. MF I think said they’d reported to the ICO.

gingergenius · 01/07/2018 13:08

Thanks @Bowlofbabelfish - I believe the repercussions are quite serious and in itself, this could be classed as a malicious act, no?

UpstartCrow · 01/07/2018 13:08

Yes, and its a single instance for every name on the list, every time it is reproduced.

Prawnofthepatriarchy · 01/07/2018 13:47

Yes, and its a single instance for every name on the list, every time it is reproduced.

Good, Upstart. I'm really glad to hear that. ManFriday needs to go after this utter shit with both barrels.

Bowlofbabelfish · 01/07/2018 15:27

Yes - we did a lot of GDPR training with work (I work with a lot of patient data so we have to be working to best practice always.)

The penalties are pretty severe.

It’s an excellent law IMO. It’s genuinely people-centred. I’m amazed it got through tbh.

gingergenius · 01/07/2018 15:29

Good. Maybe whoever it was will think twice before putting people at risk by stealing and publishing personal data online.

R0wantrees · 01/07/2018 16:09

twitter.com/Joanna_Dex/status/1013430576026669057

Interesting article on Man Friday & Sunday Politics segment today:

"#ManFriday
(concludes)
"The ManFriday campaign is a completely peaceful and gentle way to show the absurdity of self ID. All they do is done with humour, mankinis and superb swimming caps. I am also lead to believe, often cookies are involved too. The group have been, in the past week subject to an appalling and sustained volley of abuse including doxxing of their now closed FB group and unfounded claims of harassment and bullying. All this for a group of women who’s whole approach is to protect women with a women’s attribute, peaceful protest. So what would happen if they followed a male approach and went in all fists swinging? Doesn’t bare thinking about, does it?

The whole campaign of hate aimed at ManFriday, simply highlights the entire #nodebate mantra of the TRA and it’s shameful."

boatyardblues · 01/07/2018 16:22

Good article, but I am judging the grammatical errors openly. Wink

gingergenius · 01/07/2018 17:04

Me too @boatyardblues