Posie Parker - brilliant rant

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I love this. Particularly her point about cognitive dissonance.

Delirious

Ha ha. Jesus that was one unfortunate typo there!!!

Delurking (and definitely not delirious) here to add my voice.

Courage calls to courage. I’ll do what I can to spread the word about this nonsense and people like Posie help give me the words.

I thought it was quite apt! This whole debate often makes me feel delirious .

Part of Posie's power is that she gives women permission to say No! This is not ok. This is bullshit. Lies and bullshit. It's wrong and it's dangerous.

Fantastic rant. I am another though who cannot really speak up about this shit. I was targeted on the 'Labour against tranphobia' list of evil witches and it was terrifying so now I name change constantly and have removed so many of my posts on other forums incase they dox me. Not that arsed about myself, but I have seen kids targeted in this stuff so I just cannot allow them to possibly harm my kids. That may sound 'hysterical' but I swear I am extremely scared of these MRA/TRA/incels.

Also I can't believe Posie is banned, fucking ridiculous.

I hope MNHQ all watch that video and then have a good think about why they have allowed men to set the rules on the feminist section of this website.

MNHQ have been quite disappointing in their handling of this issue. At first, they were great, would not allow the FWR boards tobe shut down and stood up in the face of bullying.

Now. Not so much.

TRUTH is more important than transient social appeasement.

MNHQ are pathetic.

I've just completed the GRA consultation. My head hurts.

Banning posie for that comment is disgraceful. Why can’t we call out MPs when they are dodging tricky questions?

I’m trying to find a time when I can watch it again

Yes - Let Posie back on. Please.

Come on MNHQ re instate Posie!

I think in light of recent revelations, including but not limited to JB, DC/AC, And KW where women and children have been assaulted, and put at risk because safeguarding is being pushed back then i think it’s important that every voice who supports the safeguarding of women and children needs to be heard.

Respect

Please reinstate Posie.

*right side of history

I agree, Toe

I have not been deleted recently for calling men put

*out

I really don't think people should be banned for speaking the truth.
I think MNHQ's policy here is bollox and ill-thought through.

I really, really think Posie should be reinstated, whether she wants to come back or not.

I think MNHQ backed themselves into a corner with those rules. Karen White has been helpful in this one regard. No one thinks Karen White is a woman. So MNHQ are struggling to enforce a rule that they clearly do not believe in.

I basically left MN after those rules came in. Back for a bit to follow up on the consultations and share any responses I get from the relevant authorities. But I am not someone who can be told to lie and I didn't think MNHQ was a place where we had to lie.

I'm new here & want to add my voice. I was the polite, nice, inclusive one. Then I read ton loads of stuff and am fucking angry. My daughter just started secondary school, this rant is beautiful, she watxhed a lot ifit with me, and we ended up in an amazing discussion afterwards. I have the job thing to consider a little further, but I can't thank you all enough for the clarity you have given. And am currently planning strategies for recruitment!

Thank you EenyMeeny. I would like to see every lurker joining - even if only anonymously on MN at the moment.

We should all have our voices heard. I'm nowhere near Posie's bravery yet - but I aspire to be. SO should MNHQ. We ARE the right side. On the side of females.

www.netflix.com/title/80023078

I'm halfway through watching this on Netflix. I am a second wave feminist - I don't think I ever identified with the third wave at all. I just lived through it thinking all the important battles had already been won.

Never did I think this backlash on women's rights would happen so quickly.

We're back to Women's Liberation again. Believe it.

I meant to say I am in spirit* a second wave feminist. I'm too young to have lived through the actual movement. But in spirit, I'm there. I think we're still fighting those same battles. The opposition has changed somewhat, though. (But it's still penis related).