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Rachel Rooney cites bullying from children's publishing industry drives her away from public life as author

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SocialConnection · 04/06/2020 07:29

Please read! This is awful.

Her beautiful picture book My Body Is Me! with Jessica Ahlberg encourages children to accept the reality of their bodies.

They have both suffered epic bullying because of their work.

mobile.twitter.com/RooneyRachel/status/1268188762938449923

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OhHolyJesus · 04/06/2020 08:24

Tweets are protected, for good reason I'm sure. Whatever was said I'm sure it was awful. All she did was write a body-positive book for kids. Why that warrants a negative reaction from anyone I don't know.

Lordfrontpaw · 04/06/2020 08:28

I wonder who they were...

ItsLateHumpty · 04/06/2020 08:36

Just to cross reference see also previous thread:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3928082-Rachel-Rooney-bullied-off-twitter?

Thinkingabout1t · 04/06/2020 08:39

This is a disgrace, but sadly common. Trans activists are a menace to women, and to anyone who dares speak up for us.

But unfortunately many well-meaning people believe trans activists‘ propaganda, that they are harmless victims of ‘the wrong body’ and at high risk of suffering violence and prejudice.

We have to keep educating people who say “there has to be respect on both sides” etc. We have to make it clear that all the aggression is on one side, by TAs against women. There is no equivalence. Women do not harm or threaten TAs. But our few single-sex rights to privacy and safety enrage them, and that’s because our existence offends them.

I am so sorry, and angry, for Rachel and Jessica and all those women who are under attack. I will keep speaking the truth at any chance I get, writing to MPs, correcting misinformation whenever I hear it. Luckily I’m not at risk of losing my livelihood for speaking out, though I know many women are.

MindTheMinotaur · 04/06/2020 13:07

I'm sorry to hear this. Rachel has been relentlessly targeted.

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