TEDx London - why we’re using womxn

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But not mxn funnily enough 🙄

Still the ratio is a joy. Idiots!

I really hope JKRowling sees that thread x

Ah, what a glorious ratio that is to behold.

Fxckwxts, the lot of them.

Fink

ratio refers to the number of comments or times the tweet has been ‘quite tweeted’ usually with a negative comment vs being ‘liked’.

In this case it has over 3000 comments that are mostly negative and very few likes. So it is an indication that the tweet is disagreed with or raised a negative reaction rather than been held up as something positive or agreed with.

Now, when they back pedal from this, will it be because of the offended females or the offended TW?

And looking at TedXlondons twitter, it usually has little engagement with its tweets. So, this makes these tweets even worse as a brand awareness exercise as it means a) they aren’t likely to truly engage with their audience and b) they are coming from a low brand awareness rate as it was.

Aw it all reminds me of Slade, with their gender non conformity and random spellings.

Is that M.Slade?
Or Nxddy Hxldxr?

It is good to see the comments debunking their stats on that intersex tweet. It is taking off too now. That is what happens when you draw attention to your timeline, people start to question false information.

This is not a good week for them! And it is all driven by their choice to follow the genderist version of reality and not truth. And I thought Bringing truth to the world was one of their aims....

twitter.com/tedxlondon/status/1300542203975159814?s=21

To those who try to steal our language of how we describe ourselves

Thanks Winesalot.

non-cisgender women - seriously.

I was going to say “fxck thxm” but I see I’m a bit late for that joke

I don't think this is just to support TW, but is also meant to disrespect women.
I suspect numerous misogynistic men will also be against it because they know blatant sexism causes a strong backlash from women. They'd rather sexism be sneaky and insidious.

I see their survey is currently not accepting new responses. I wonder why?

It’s a more progressive way of spelling ‘women’?
Personally I think it looks like someone dropped their phone on their keyboard and tried to style it out.

I see their survey is currently not accepting new responses. I wonder why? (Not really 😀).

Let’s all use ‘TXD’ for them from now on and see how they like this erasure of their brand name.

TXD pronounced 'thud'

Womxn is a more progressive and inclusive spelling of women

You can't just assert that you bunch of bellxnds!* Where's the intellectual rigour?!

*Bellxnds is a more inclusive word as it includes people who now identify as bellends as well as people who are bellends

Julie Bindel is tweeting the Director of TEDx London to ask for comment on an article she’s writing about the use of “womxn”. This is not going to end well for TEDx!

@ArabellaScott

TXD can Fxck xff.

with knxbs xn

Has the Tweet gone? I can't find it.

Ah - found it again. Sorry!

On their tweet they have a link to a survey for people's views about Ted. I filled it in identifying. Don't think they'll like my submission!😁

Identifying as a potential attendee!