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Shon Faye publishing book on trans rights

157 replies

PrincessPlummy · 12/03/2019 13:28

'So my first book is being published by Penguin Press. It’s a political discussion (‘polemic’ sounds too angry) how British trans people are discriminated against in every aspect of life. Sick of the media conversation so starting my own. Stay tuned!'

twitter.com/shonfaye/status/1105430715859116033

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BettyDuMonde · 12/03/2019 13:46

Hope it’s better researched than this utter cack Faye came up with regarding prisons and refuges:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/21/trans-women-rape-domestic-violence-dangers

VickyEadie · 12/03/2019 13:53

"Discriminated against in every aspect of life"? feckin' irony alert there.

EcclesThePeacock · 12/03/2019 14:00

Well, let's wait and see (assuming someone will take one for the team and read it...). If there are instances of genuine transphobic discrimination then they should be dealt with.

Datun · 12/03/2019 14:06

I wonder if Faye telling youngsters to suck dick and get tits early and telling women to enjoy their erasure is framed as sex discrimination?

hipsterfun · 12/03/2019 14:07

The book of [Shon] has been remaindered
And I am pleased.

(Paraphrasing) Clive James

Dothehappydance · 12/03/2019 14:15

I think I might just have better things to spend £70 on. (according to Waterstones) Pink fluffy things perhaps.

PrincessPlummy · 12/03/2019 14:45

Owen Jones has come out in support:
twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/1105436424353075200

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BettyDuMonde · 12/03/2019 16:24

Seventy quid? Isn’t that a transphobic price?

Even Shon Shonself says trans rights are a class struggle:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/25/trans-equality-class-struggle-obsessive-arguments-boundaries-identity

AssassinatedBeauty · 12/03/2019 16:25

£70!! Wow.

EcclesThePeacock · 12/03/2019 16:28

It's a typical price for specialist books with limited appeal. The writer ends up with two fifths of bugger all in royalties because it'll be pirated on some dodgy download site. If this happens to Shon, it's not down to transphobia.

OVAgroundWOMBlingfree · 12/03/2019 16:39

I like the episode of Alan Partidge where he does go watch his book being pulped.

zanahoria · 12/03/2019 16:41

I saw Owen's book for fifty pence at a car boot sale

I still wasn't tempted

McTufty · 12/03/2019 16:45

I don’t doubt trans people are marginalised and discriminated against. I will stand with them against such instances.

I don’t think their exclusion from female only spaces in some circumstances amounts to discrimination, but I suspect that’s what the book will major on.

ToeToToe · 12/03/2019 16:45

£70?! I bet even LOJ won't shell out that much, far easier just to endorse on twitter Wink

BettyDuMonde · 12/03/2019 16:47

Now I’m imagining a series where Alan comes out as a late transitioner.

Will anyone take him on a date to the Owl Sanctuary?

Scatobrain · 12/03/2019 16:52

A Partidge’s Pauline and Paul Calf.

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MaryLennoxsScowl · 12/03/2019 18:49

This came in to my work and we turned it down. I didn’t even have to express any GC views, which I was nervous about, the consensus was already against it - the chapter available to read was poorly written and stats were used that appeared to be irrelevant. And SF hadn’t actually set out her argument, there was just a list of proposed chapter topics. And my work is very woke so I thought they’d love it.

Sexnotgender · 12/03/2019 19:07

Interesting MaryLennox

FrauleinF · 12/03/2019 19:16

Not wanting to derail the thread, but was just reminded of this bit of classic Alan...

hipsterfun · 12/03/2019 19:46

Deleted for suggesting that Shon’s book is hardly likely to grace desks across the land? Crumbs.

ToeToToe · 12/03/2019 19:50

Can't offend Saint Shon on Mumsnet anymore, hipster Hmm

FamilyOfAliens · 12/03/2019 19:55

Another TRA coming out of the woodwork because they realise they’re being eclipsed by Rachel McKinnon.

BettyDuMonde · 12/03/2019 20:30

Shon described this as Shon’s ‘Mumsnet handbag’ so, really, Shons in glasshouses should think twice before throwing ‘offensive’ stones.

Shon Faye publishing book on trans rights