If Glinner is such an 'ally' why is he working only with white men?

[Plinytheprettier]

I'm a GC feminist, but I do find all the fawning around Graham Linehan to be pathetic. He's barely given a peep about women's rights in the past, and suddenly he's jumped on the anti-TRA bandwagon, centering himself in what is and should a women-led movement (i.e. feminism).
The last straw for me is seeing fellow feminists fawn over this tweet - he posits himself as an ally, yet shows 0 interest in opening up the world of comedy beyond the thoughts of white men.

twitter.com/Glinner/status/1111351941374922752

A heterosexual man being critical of transgenderism =! feminism

How is Graham Linehan a sexist who is against women's rights?

And not all women have the luxury of picking and choosing which support is acceptable. For example, I'm sure the vulnerable women imprisoned with male rapists will be glad for people like David TC Davies even if his opinion on abortion differs to theirs.

Kirk I don't really see why you keep dropping back in for a bit of snark? We disagree, fine, let's leave it at that

I have friends in Ireland who will claim that Father Ted was the beginning of the end of the Catholic Church having such a hold on the country. So although the priests were played by white men (which is logical) the show did poke holes in the idea that these men should be in charge. Surely you can see the benefits in that for women?

He has fought for abortion rights and written a show with three women recently. You are ignoring all of this because of a single photo, can you see the issue?

Datun but he frames it that way which is precisely my point.

It's not snark, I'm agreeing with you that you have that opinion.

StephsCaddy

Excellent name!

But where else would Steph keep Steph's tea?

We disagree, fine, let's leave it at that

We disagree on somethings yes, but on others we may not.

Do you agree with this?

Datun but he frames it that way which is precisely my point.

He talks about women's rights in terms of transactivism. Women do have rights in terms of transactivism. That's what he is dealing with.

Would you rather we ignore him?

Btw my comment about him casting white men as Irish priests was sarcastic in case that didn't translate properly!

Do you agree with this? Sure - this is quite minimal in the grand scheme of things and not a red line. If however you opposed abortion rights then I'm afraid we are not allies in any sense

What if am not a feminist. Am I allowed by you to be here to post, to be on twitter

What’s this all about. Is it only your tribe or people who feminist correctly

littlbrowndog you are allowed to post wherever you wish. I'm a feminist, I believe collectivism is important and I'm critical of Graham Linehan. I can't allow or disallow you from doing anything

If however you opposed abortion rights then I'm afraid we are not allies in any sense

What?
I've not mentioned abortion rights.

Honestly, I don't get it. Graham Linehan does not call himself the feminist to end all feminists.

He is a fantastic mouthpiece over this issue as he has thousands of followers and is a highly respected comedy writer. The fact he can poke fun at it is incredibly useful and effective.

He has gone above and beyond, to the tune of £28,000, whilst dealing with cancer. And he hasn't backed down, despite tremendous pressure.

All for zero personal gain. This won't affect his privacy, dignity or safety in the slightest.

So yes, I'm going to thank him and support him. Partly because I think it's very well done, and partly because why on earth wouldn't you.

Pliny it seems like you are

What is collectivism?

we are not allies in any sense

I'm not an Allie to anyone.

Glinner has been great about using his twitter account to amplify so many different GC voices, so it doesn’t seem to me like he centers himself.
I was impressed by one tweet where someone asked him why he chose this issue to focus on when there are so many other pressing issues.
He answered (something like) it’s because he thinks this is an issue where he might be able to make an actual difference.

What is collectivism? 1960s bollox

CaptainKirksSpookyghost I was highlighting that disagreement among feminists is of no issue to me, but when anti-feminists come into i'm not interested.

littlbrowndog seems like I am what? I think that feminism is more than just individuals, and that the collective discussion of ideas is important. I was positing the idea that Glinner is not as much of an ally as he presents himself and perhaps he should be centered less within the context of the anti-TRA feminist movement.

Kirk are you always like this?

I'm allowed to hold a different view if I wish

Yep.

I hold the view that you are a disingenuous poster.

(I'm allowed, yeah?)

and perhaps he should be centered less within the context of the anti-TRA feminist movement.

Leaving aside that it is you who has started a thread about him, how would he be centred less, exactly? Specifically?

Do you want us to ignore him?

anti-TRA feminist movement.

It's not a feminist movement?

Maybe you have come at this with a completely misunderstood idea of what this is about?

Kirk are you always like this?

Yes.

I was positing the idea that Glinner is not as much of an ally as he presents himself

So what does one have to do to be considered an 'ally'? I think he's raised a lot of awareness and at considerable personal cost too. Is your claim that he isn't based on one photo, or do you have other evidence?