Julie Blindel Twitter re the Graun

[TiredofthisBS]

Very interesting tweet from Julie Blindel about the use of 'Cis' in the Graun Lifestyle mag.

mobile.twitter.com/bindelj/status/1207727412521394185

They ultimately need to shift papers or get people to “donate” online. Follow the money. They may have noticed at least 50% are likely to be women. Educated ones who are paying attention.

“Winning” Twitter and losing the election may have concentrated a few minds too.

Very interesting tweet from Julie Blindel about the use of 'Cis' in the^Graun Lifestyle mag.

it's more than the mag - its the style sheet for the Guardian - so should be across the whole publication!

sorry - pic of Julie's tweet attached.

Would love some clarification of the new style sheet at the Guardian.

That’s incredible, if it’s true. I would believe it, if it wasn’t for the JK story, where they’ve tried desperately to paint her as a bigot who supports a bigot. However way they try to spin that story, the readers will still be thinking, “but people are the sex they’re born as, no matter what they call themselves”.

wonder if this article was the last straw?

www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/17/transgender-reforms-will-not-diminish-womens-rights-scottish-government

I cancelled my digital sub that day. Wonder if they saw a drop or was it purely about staff/reader feedback?

The Guardian's style guide is online. It seems not to mention "cis" at all, as far as I can see.

www.theguardian.com/guardian-observer-style-guide-a

Where did JB get this?

No serious newspaper should be using expressions like 'cisgendered'. It doesn't do anything to their credibility, and we really don't need an additional descriptor to differentiate us from males, dysphoric or otherwise. 'Woman' is fine.
Although I did notice that Guardian referred to Yaniv as 'a woman with male genitalia', so they still have some work to do on this front

RoyalCorgi

-they’ve removed it! It was definitely there yesterday when I saw JB’s original tweet admonishing the Guardian’s style guide

Let watch out for the next related article

The style guide also states:

transgender, trans
Where relevant ...Avoid using the term transsexual unless someone specifically identifies as such.

Hmmm... they didn’t provide the same courtesy to non identifying ‘cis’ women - otherwise known as ’women’ - in case anyone is confused

Hypocrites

cis was in the style guide - I saw the fuss about it.

I hope the removal is permanent.

I hope the removal of the Guardian is permanent

All in all it's not been a good week for LOJ

Just seen this. Great news. More progress.

It also shows there's a lot more dissent on the left than the woke would have us believe.

Bet he’s burning all his Harry Potter books too. Poor little lamb.

I hope his mummy has already bought him a nice pair of HP PJs

It was there yesterday, definitely deleted !!!!

I thought what has been circulated as the Guardian "style sheet" was in fact a send up from Private Eye?

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I got properly told off by a Guardian moderator for objecting to being referred to as a "ciswoman". I might email them and ask for an apology.

-they’ve removed it! It was definitely there yesterday when I saw JB’s original tweet admonishing the Guardian’s style guide

Brilliant news! A small victory, but it shows what can be done if people make a fuss.

stumbledin - that wasn't a send up, believe it or not. It was an accurate report.

that wasn't a send up, believe it or not. It was an accurate report

Yes I do realise just how far the editor (queer politics inform everything I do Viner) is down the rainbow path.

I meant Private Eye was sending them up - and if it is that that goes got the style sheet amended - good on them.

But as usual people in the media only take notice of each other.

If they really cared, ie listened to women they would never have written such reactionary male pandering rubbish.

No, I don't think that report in Private Eye was a send up, either. Straightforward reporting.

Glinner shared a tweet from someone saying that they have had an email from Kath Viner's assistant confirming usage of "cis" has been suspended due to feedback.

You mean the Guardian listens to feedback

Going to take a lot more than this late in the day back tracking to get me back buying The Guardian