Louise O'Neill

[notyourhandmaid]

www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/columnists/louise-oneill/louise-oneill-on-jk-rowling-is-this-how-we-are-going-to-define-women-from-now-on-1004548.html

"...with a reputation for hard-hitting books tackling feminist themes."

• deliberately misreads the 'only women menstruate' as 'menstruation equals womanhood'
• imagines her history with anorexia has nothing to do with gender (when previously having acknowledged the role of toxic expectations)
• Stonewall reference
• "You can talk about the unfair advantage trans women will have in female sports, but how then do you explain the lack of trans Olympians, despite being allowed to complete since 2004?" - um - Caster Semenya
• " their true gender" - what does this even MEAN?!
• "There has been a lot of talk about the need to Be Kind; well, why can’t we be kind to our trans brothers and sisters? You may not understand this issue but surely you can understand the need to treat another human being with empathy and compassion. " Yes but the menfolk keep wanting to rape, either vaginally or orally, women with opinions. This is carried out in the name of 'trans rights'. Where exactly is that empathy and compassion?

Oh btw if you are anything other than a size zero, her fiction thinks you're gross. She hates fat women. She hates medium-size women. Only thin women deserve empathy. This is obviously coming from her own issues, and sympathy to her, but it's horrible for readers.

She absolutely knows what a woman is!
this is the blurb of Asking for it [YA novel about a girl who is raped and then blamed]
^In a small town where everyone knows everyone, Emma O'Donovan is different. She is the special one - beautiful, popular, powerful. And she works hard to keep it that way.
Until that night . . .
Now, she's an embarrassment. Now, she's just a slut. Now, she is nothing. And those pictures - those pictures that everyone has seen - mean she can never forget.^

Maybe it's a real strain being contracted to have a column with the deadline and so on so you just bash down any old stuff that is vaguely current out of desperation. Then crack open the gin in relief. ....

Not sure who she is arguing against as I haven't seen any "white cis women" around who disagree with what she is saying.

Turns out Semenya knew for years they were cheating and didn't care. They are male and claim to be female so I guess that makes them trans

Caster is not Trans. She has a DSD. Her case is not about being a man and deciding she “feels” like a woman, it’s a medical case and a medical problem.

She is female by birth and grew up with female socialisation. She was not a male baby dressed as a girl. It was only later she found out she had a medical issue.

DSD should not be included in the trans debate as it is not the same thing at all.