Blaire White defends J K Rowling

[DidoLamenting]

It's not the first time Blaire has supported JKR.

Absolutely joyful. Have sent it to all my GC friends. Have retweeted it too - it was retweeted into my timeline by Buck Angel, by the way, who also agrees.

I appreciate that not one person can claim to be the spokesperson for an entire community. But I loved the bit where she said the world is split into those who can have a nuanced debate on sensitive topics - and those who can't....

Excellent video! We need more voices like Blaire's.

I wonder if the 'woke allies' that pop up here to tell us we're hateful, transphobic bigots would say the same to Blaire for holding the same opinions?

Good video (if you can ignore the hair fidgeting, it drives me mental!). Blair speaks a lot of sense and I usually find myself in agreement. The point about nuance is important.

I agree re. the backlash. I think the TRA agenda will really harm a huge number of trans people, in the long run.

Blaire’s videos are always good, it would have been interesting if the tweet about periods had been addressed as this seems to be the one that really sent things nuclear this week. Or the essay. But really interesting to hear this POV.

I wonder if the 'woke allies' that pop up here to tell us we're hateful, transphobic bigots would say the same to Blaire for holding the same opinions?

I'm sure they would. Blaire has been accused of being transphobic.

'Blair has been accused of being transphobic'

Ideology is really eating itself

I love Blaire. Don't agree with everything she says by a long shot, but I think she's makes great content and has a lot of integrity. She seems to consider herself an anti feminist, but she seems to like ad support women a more than a lot of the people who do call themselves feminists. I think she's a good example of actually identifying with women, and not just at us. I saw a funny tweet by her last week which was basically a picture of her wearing very little clothing, captioned "this is what the ideal male body looks like". Made me laugh.

Good video by Blaire. She doesn't seem as Mens Rights as she used to be or am I getting that wrong?

I really think Blaire shouldn't have to talk about personal experiences of transphobia in order to be listened to or taken seriously. JK Rowling shouldn't have to talk about personal experiences of sexism and Priti Patel shouldn't have to talk about personal experiences of racism to make their points. I think there is a pressure to do that.

I think there is a pressure to do that.

It comes from the same place as the pressure to identify your various identity groupings before you say something, or apologise for them in some cases.

Yeah. It's something I am actively trying to take myself out of. I've felt the pressure when attempting to justify why I'm in favour of single sex spaces. It left me feeling vulnerable and exposed and the whole thing was pretty fruitless as it turned out that lived experience doesn't matter if it's not the right kind, or if you have the wrong opinion.

I kind of want to warn people to avoid it somehow. I felt it a lot from those three because none of them are like "victims" and neither am I.

I'm not sure who Blaire white is but a quick Google suggests Blaire is a transwomen

'I wonder if the 'woke allies' that pop up here to tell us we're hateful, transphobic bigots would say the same to Blaire for holding the same opinions?'

Trans people who do not toe the line are called truscum by the tras, I believe.

I'm not sure who Blaire white is but a quick Google suggests Blaire is a transwomen

Blaire was instrumental in Yaniv being charged with and pleading guilty to possessing a prohibited weapon. Sentencing was due on 1 June, although I haven't seen any reports.

Good video by Blaire. She doesn't seem as Mens Rights as she used to be or am I getting that wrong?

I suppose people grow up and moderate their opinions - something we tend to forget. Changing your mind about a subject can be a sign of critical thinking.

I don’t follow Blaire closely, but I saw a couple of videos where she was talking about the possibility of having children. After that she seemed to be sensitised to the subject of transing children - so perhaps being concerned about the welfare of children offered some insight into women’s concerns?

It’s certainly a robust defence of JKR, which won’t win fans from the frothing-at-the-mouth brigade.

It's something I am actively trying to take myself out of. I've felt the pressure when attempting to justify why I'm in favour of single sex spaces. It left me feeling vulnerable and exposed and the whole thing was pretty fruitless as it turned out that lived experience doesn't matter if it's not the right kind, or if you have the wrong opinion.

That's why when people go on aboit transpeople not being sexual predators I always chip in to say that I don't care; that I've never been raped or attacked and I still don't want to get naked with men. Not even men in my own family, my son or son-in-law or stepbrothers.
People need to get this. Even with out the danger factor we want privacy.

I'm also affected by the black thing and I've stopped talking about it completely, yet still struggled for acceptance in my own right even without bringing up my past experiences. I had to change my entire approach professionally in order to cater for latent racism in society. This isn't just me having a chip on my shoulder. It's something I was told, openly, by people back in the day. So I changed tack and played the game as if I were white.
The current attention has given me a small chink in the wall of complete oblivion and maybe, just maybe, I can get slip through ..

Can someone explain, without getting themselves banned hopefully, how Blaire thinks of themselves?

I.e. do they think of themselves as xx or Xy?

Really articulate video, she’s impressive! I wonder if she might fall foul of the TRAs who turn on trans women who ‘pass‘ though, going by some supposed hierarchy of ‘c**’ privilege (or whatever they come up with this week). Although interesting it was clueless/woke ‘trans allies‘ she really had in the cross hairs.

She is not going to have to work hard or claim that night is day to convince people that she is a woman.

I wonder if people are more likely to deny the relevance of biological sex when they’re trying to claim their visibly male frame, beard and whatever else (!) as female and actual female organs in the context of women are transphobic - basically what JKR was speaking out against.

Blaire White leans politically right, so is the wrong kind kind of trans for the purity politics wokesters.

Blaire and Buck also have “passing privilege” which means their views aren’t as important as someone like Danielle Muscato or that bearded Alex wanker whatever the fuck he’s called.

In fact correction to the above, JKR was not speaking out about trans at all, she was speaking out FOR women - who are allowed to be discussed and protected as a distinct group (without it always being about trans people in the oppression olympics)
((slaps own wrist))

Blair is fully aware of her xy chromosomes and identifies as a trans woman. She is pro child safeguarding and thinks Yaniv is insane. She is more like your old fashioned trans sexual. Trans activists should aspire to be more like Blair.

That's why when people go on aboit transpeople not being sexual predators I always chip in to say that I don't care; that I've never been raped or attacked and I still don't want to get naked with men. Not even men in my own family, my son or son-in-law or stepbrothers

I use this a lot, I made someone think really hard by saying . You love your brother, you help him a lot and your close to each other right? The answer "yes of course" with a puzzled expression at where I was going.
So your ok getting naked in front of him? You think it's ok I get naked in front of him?
"Well no of course not" so how will self id prevent that happening?
Said the same but to a mother about her adult son, shes still mulling that over.
If someone has a male in their life that they love or look up to, it's the perfect way to introduce this stuff.

I.e. do they think of themselves as xx or Xy?

She has always said she is xy.

On safeguarding Blaire has spoken out against drag queen story time, drag kids, "minor attracted people" and the transitioning of children.

She has commented on the unfairness of trans women in women's sport with specific reference to a certain cyclist.

I have screenshotted that banana - it's a bloody brilliant way to explain this to people.