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Shon Faye and the Stickers

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Mrbatmun · 05/09/2018 18:46

So Shon has been ripping down a pro-woman sticker allegedly found in a toilet and taken some selfies. This picture says a lot about Shon, but not quite what Shon thinks it does.

A picture of yourself holding up a sticker which says 'women's sex based rights' which you have proudly ripped up. Not a great look is it?

Shon Faye and the Stickers
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IdahoJones · 05/09/2018 18:48

So Shon F literally wants to rip up women's sex-based rights? No, it's not a good look, I don't think.

littlbrowndog · 05/09/2018 18:48

Oh lols a supporter. Ta shon 💪💪

littlbrowndog · 05/09/2018 18:50

I thought shon was supporting us I read the sticker on right. Didn’t see it was ripped up,

Still looks like shon is supporting us

heresyandwitchcraft · 05/09/2018 18:55

Well, it raises awareness of the campaign. Not a very good look, though, to anyone new to the issue. I am quite sure PinkNews wrote a whole article about this gleeful celebration of the abolishment of female sex-based rights and destroying women's boundaries. But the picture says it all.

Female erasure, indeed.

twitter.com/PinkNews/status/1037339630113366021

VickyEadie · 05/09/2018 18:55

I wonder if Shon still thinks the concepts of man, woman and sex-based pronouns weren't invented until the middle ages?

TallulahWaitingInTheRain · 05/09/2018 19:01

I kind of like that picture. It speaks 1000 words

Descent · 05/09/2018 19:02

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ZuttZeVootEeVro · 05/09/2018 19:02

Shon isn't taking photo in public loos, are they. Is that legal?

heresyandwitchcraft · 05/09/2018 19:03

Hahaha!! Not only is PinkNews staunchly anti-female rights, but it looks like PinkNews is also in favour of redesigning the Pride rainbow flag!

How is a rainbow not inclusive enough?

Can they not leave ANYTHING alone?!

twitter.com/PinkNews/status/1037385011689910272

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Wanderabout · 05/09/2018 19:04

Great publicity thanks Shon.

SPOFS · 05/09/2018 19:06

Oddly, I can't picture a trans man behaving in the same fashion. I wonder why?

StarsAndWater · 05/09/2018 19:07

Well, Shon's going to be very busy. I'm going to be out this weekend stickering and I imagine so will the other hundreds of women who ordered the packs.
Gotta catch em all, Shon. Good luck with that Grin

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Mrbatmun · 05/09/2018 19:07

What's the brown and black for on that Pride flag?

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Noqont · 05/09/2018 19:08

Lol, wonder where that was. I was busy in London last week with those stickers. A few had been removed within hours. But I got loads up. Grin

placemats · 05/09/2018 19:09

Shon is in a disabled toilet. Shon has spent some time taking off the stickers and setting up the photo shot via their own computer.

Or Shon had help.

Either way, there is a disabled person who isn't able to go to the toilet because Shon desperately needs to highlight this inequality and hatred.

The irony is lost on Shon.

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PyeWackets · 05/09/2018 19:11

That flag suddenly doesn't look so benign or rainbowy does it.

Ekphrasis · 05/09/2018 19:14

I was shown that flag some time ago by my husband (it won a design competition) and I thought it was hilarious. The way it looks like a plough is moving across the rainbow.

ErrolTheDragon · 05/09/2018 19:15

So they've taken a flag which perfectly represented a full spectrum, and added (as I understand it) black and brown for colour (why?) and pink and pale blue - which in the real world represent sexist gender stereotyping. Confused

VickyEadie · 05/09/2018 19:16

Have we ever heard - from Shon Faye or any other TRAs - anything like a hint of 'we understand your concerns, let's talk about them and see if we can find a way forward?'

Or is it always what I've seen? Just abuse, sneering and total lack of anything like empathy or sympathy.

You know - from these people who reckon they're also women.

TallulahWaitingInTheRain · 05/09/2018 19:16

Rainbow flag being torn apart by the trans juggernaut isn't it?

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Mrbatmun · 05/09/2018 19:16

It's kind of unfortunate as well with that flag, that it looks like the trans colours are coming in from the side to push everything else out of the way! Awks.

I assume the black and brown are for ethnic minorities. Which is fine but I always thought Pride was about sexuality? And if they want to include all oppressed groups then shouldn't women be in there as well?

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Lulette · 05/09/2018 19:17

I think it’s a train toilet, at least that’s what his tweet on the matter says.

OrchidInTheSun · 05/09/2018 19:17

That new inclusive flag has black and brown stripes to represent POC as well as people who have died from AIDS? How is that not enormously offensive?!

As for Shon. Well Shin has only ever been interested in Shon. Doesn't give a shiny shit about anyone else. If a disabled person shits their pants while Shon is setting up the photo, they're just collateral damage, worthwhile sacrifice for the greater cause

heresyandwitchcraft · 05/09/2018 19:18

Mrbatmun
I think it's well-intentioned and meant to include people of colour? But as I have seen commented on in MANY places elsewhere, the rainbow flag was already designed to include everyone, to celebrate love regardless of melanin content in your skin, etc. I think it's a beautiful symbol as it stands, and this re-design just looks... I will be polite and say very visually unappealing?

(Sorry, didn't mean to derail the thread. Just thought it was an interesting thing to note on the PN Twitter timeline.)