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r/gendercritical banned from reddit.

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THRILLHO · 29/06/2020 18:25

Fuckers Angry

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MoltenLasagne · 29/06/2020 22:36

An awful list - I would love the mainstream media to pick it up and ask the awkward question - why does Reddit hate women so damn much?

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MoltenLasagne · 29/06/2020 22:37

Funny, I was thinking the same about quilting... fuck it, back to Pinterest.

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JKRismyhero · 29/06/2020 22:38

[quote risefromyourgrave]@JKRismyhero Isn’t it just? It makes me so bloody angry. I’m pissed off that here’s another thing I’ve got to boycott. To be fair I only really went on gender critical and cross stitch, but where do I get my cross stitch fix from now?![/quote]
I was on baking subs, and embroidery too. I don't have Facebook. I only have Instagram. It was a good community. I'm genuinely so disheartened by it all.

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THRILLHO · 29/06/2020 22:39

@risefromyourgrave

Some wonderful women on Reddit have compiled a list of subreddits that are still allowed up, reading it actually reduced me to tears at how much women are hated.
I feel so crap today. Sad

Reddit is horrendous some times, it's easy to be cloistered in subs you sub to and not recognise the wider culture. This has all come in the same week that it came out that an (admittedly niche) ex streamer on twitch that I had watched a lot was accused of horrendous things.

Faith in humanity fading.
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Hulo · 29/06/2020 22:42

It is interesting that the TRAs are not pushing for these misogynistic subreddits to be banned.

I think that they are not objecting to /r/rapekink or /r/deadeyes says much about their real feelings towards and real interest in women

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prolefeed · 29/06/2020 22:43

Can we please stop the ‘ooo FWR will be forced to shut down’ chat? They’ve targeted us for YEARS and we are extremely lucky that mn has solid statistical data about FWR use and recognizes that they provide a space for discussion. Play by the rules and no one is shutting down anything. Particularly with the premium subscription.

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risefromyourgrave · 29/06/2020 22:43

I came off Facebook years ago because it was toxic and I came off Instagram a few months ago because I spent too much time browsing completely inconsequential shite. I think I’ve run out of social media....

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THRILLHO · 29/06/2020 22:45

@prolfeed you are taking things for granted. There are lots of people on this very site who don't support fwr. When you are out on a limb its easy to chop it off.

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googledontknow · 29/06/2020 22:49

Thanks @BaronessWrongCrowd I'll start paying for the subs, you make a good point which I hadn't considered that it secures MN against the pressure of losing sponsors.
I wouldn't ever want to dip my toes in the cesspit of reddit (have years ago, but it's not a place I would want to be) , and although I'm not a contributor to this board, I read and I lurk and I try to engage with people about this issue in real life.
I also boycott the shops/brands mentioned on here that are anti women.

There is no other way, we have to keep fighting this, women's rights matter, we will not be buried alive.

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BaronessWrongCrowd · 29/06/2020 22:52

The FWR brings in a high level of traffic. As I said earlier we play by the rules, there is no issue. There have been numerous attempts to get MN to close this board down. Numerous pile ons. Yet MN, despite ghat pressure, continues to give us a voice.

I don't always agree with some of the moderation but I think they do a good job and I'm grateful to them all.

I also believe that that if ever Justine and MN thought of closing the board, they would give us a chance to air our views first.

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BaronessWrongCrowd · 29/06/2020 22:53

No problem @googledontknow Smile

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FlamingoAndJohn · 29/06/2020 22:54

[quote FemaleHumanSubreddit]We are setting a subreddit that follows the new rules so women can still (partially) discuss without breaking the rules. Please share it:

www.reddit.com/r/femalehuman/[/quote]
That’s come up as banned.

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Kettlingur · 29/06/2020 22:56

I do think that after the huge victory that closing GenderCritical must be for the TRAs, they're going to quadruple their efforts here and really put even more pressure on Justine.

Which is why we need more spaces. We can't rely on having just one or two.

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PurpleHoodie · 29/06/2020 22:57

MummBraTheEverLeaking

Not a reddit user myself but came on to say the femalehuman ban was a probably result of TRAs scouring MN, one of the little toerags admitted on twitter this was where he found the information then encouraged a mass report.

I bloody well hope they don't close the feminism section here


GrinGrinGrin

The FWR section only exists because women were "Feministing" all over the

LEGAL

CHAT

AIBU

RELATIONSHIPS

LGB

etc boards, and "people" (MRAs, and their hand holders hated it)

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ErrolTheDragon · 29/06/2020 23:04

Is reddit really anything other than lots of echo chambers? - some may contain debates but I'm never aware of them impinging on real life or being quoted in the MSM.

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SameOldBS · 29/06/2020 23:08

I've signed up to Spinster. It's looking good for an alternative to Reddit.

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Sushiroller · 29/06/2020 23:15

@DandyMandy

Absolutely disgusting how subreddits dedicated to promoting rape and murder and still allowed on that platform, but women discussing their oppression is apparently too far. The internet sucks so much.

This in spades.
They're a shower of arseholes
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Apollo440 · 29/06/2020 23:25

I see r/terfisaslur has gone. What a surprise. Suggest everyone sign up to premium.

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Kettlingur · 29/06/2020 23:36

My local gc feminist group created a new subreddit vowing to stay within the rules (the old one did too, though) and it was banned within an hour. Before any discussion took place.

It is not about hate speech or following rules. Being GC is clearly the issue.

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prolefeed · 29/06/2020 23:43

[quote THRILLHO]@prolfeed you are taking things for granted. There are lots of people on this very site who don't support fwr. When you are out on a limb its easy to chop it off.[/quote]
We’ve been out on a limb for years. Hasn’t stopped us yet.

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AwakeNotWoke · 29/06/2020 23:45

This is a new low. No debate or discussion allowed between women on issues massively affecting their rights and freedoms.

I've had a big cry this evening to my DH - I feel overwhelmed realising at 35 how much the world hates women, how much they want to silence us and how far we have to go. I worry so much for my children.

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Apollo440 · 29/06/2020 23:51

Twitter, Reddit and Facebook aren't the internet. They are popular social media platforms but their censorship policies will kill them. Parler and Saidit are alternatives. Just watch them grow. How do they think this ends? Women just shut up and go home? I don't think so.

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Delphinium20 · 30/06/2020 01:09

Wow! Some of the smartest, well read feminists posted on GenderCritical. I'm gutted. I need to take down my Reddit account but like the quilters and crafters, I'm going to miss my knitting group. Rather ironic that violent rape fantasy subs still exist but women who found sisterhood in r/Knitting and r/radfemmoms are now banned. Ironically, r/GenderCriticalGuys is still up! They are wondering how long they can last, is being an ally of women and girls now a hate crime?

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 30/06/2020 01:12

I've had a big cry this evening to my DH - I feel overwhelmed realising at 35 how much the world hates women, how much they want to silence us and how far we have to go. I worry so much for my children.

Thanks

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ALittleBitofVitriol · 30/06/2020 01:16

Kettlingur

I am gutted and furious and tbh surprised. I know I shouldn't be, but reddit houses discussions on rape and violence and all kinds of depraved shit and women discussing among themselves get banned?? Fuck them. Fuck the activist mods on most "women's" subreddits who only cater to women with dicks, fuck the admins, fuck all of them sad little wankers who can't handle women having an opinion.

I feel exactly the same way. I just deactivated my account and not-so-politely told them why. Silencing women, so woke, much progressive. Fuckers.

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