'What is a woman?' Thread by Helen Joyce

[Dances]

Pretty funny. But also really not funny.

mobile.twitter.com/HJoyceGender/status/1272799100426207232

I confess, I'm not up on LP's views - is she of the woke brigade, or are her hooves terven? Without this knowledge I honestly cannot tell if that tweet is taking the piss or not.

She's woke woke wokeity woke.

I have no idea who LP is, however, that tweet is from three years ago. It doesn't necessarily reflect what she would tweet today.

She signed that letter to Boris Johnson from "cis allies"...

And she's been using the buzzwords for longer than 3 years. So I'd bet she was being serious. Hope that clarifies

TERF and cis privilege being referred to in 2013! I was totally oblivious then.

Me too Tork!

If you are not sure about Laurie Penny, you can read this thread:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3942209-Gappy-Tales-Laurie-Pennys-T-RF-Wars-Aguide-to-cognitive-dissonance

She has written a piece in Medium entitiled "Terf Wars: Why transphobia has no place in feminism" which is a marathon 26 mile minute read if you have the time.

Yes, I suspected she was that way inclined. But that tweet threw me. Surely, surely it is most tongue-in-cheek?

What's the name of that thing where people get so far down a ridiculous rabbit hole that they can no longer be distinguished from the people satirising them?

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Poe%27s%20Law

Podcast: Helen Joyce on the Odd Redefinition of the Word “Woman”
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Article: She Who Must Not Be Named
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Helen, you are a formidable formless being