However, the team member who just quit told Duffield: “I am a radical feminist; this is central to my politics. I have spent a lot of time thinking and reading about ‘gender critical feminism‘.
“It is tedious and unedifying to watch you claim that you are being bullied or victimised by trans Labour members, young activists, and even the co-chair of LGBT Labour.
“I think you will ultimately find the adulation of people with JK Rowling hashtags in their bios proves hollow succour.”
For those who don’t want to click on P** News, here’s my favourite part of the piece - such very fine writing deserves to be shared more widely, don’t you agree?
Whoever they are, making the claim that they are a radfem would suggest that their creative and imaginative prowess is on a par with that of JK herself. And they’re very good at using lovely long words: unedifying, victimised, adulation - ooh, delicious!
But le comble is surely that last sentence, which would have been worthy of Private Eye’s Pseud’s Corner, back in the day! Hollow succour. Marvellous. I can sense the author's bosom literally swelling with pride at having written those words, and rightly so.
Thank you, OP, for bringing this gem to our attention. And in return we have educated you about the existence of internalised misogyny in women! What a fruitful exchange.
(And also it appears that lesbians are not a completely homogenous group! Astounding! Is someone going to tell me they don’t all wear sensible shoes, too? Goodness me.)