Ulrika from York

[beastlyslumber]

You are a legend! Just wanted to say Happy New Year to you if you're on here.

(Apologies if there's already a thread? Had a look but couldn't see one. Will delete this one if I've missed it.)

Seconding that. Brilliant explanation and one that is hard to ignore, though JM tried, he did also say you were bang on before trying to deflect. You are bang on.

Oh go on... what happened?

Ooh sorry. Didn't give the link! Hopefully this works - twitter.com/talkRADIO/status/1476928399520280578

sent flowers to Ulrike on the thread discussing Kellie's interchange with JM. Ulrike if you are here, you were excellent in making your points and in keeping going. JM wasn't listening, simply batting back points from his notes, so it was a tough call, but you stood your ground so well. The point he made about "everyone under 35 disagreeing" was ridiculous and zero mention of the silencing campaign that has been conducted for the last 5 years. Further, he says he disagrees with JKR but couldn't cite what he disagreed with. Really well done.

Well done, Ulrike!

Apologies for spelling your name wrong Ulrike!

You were amazing. Cool, calm, collected, very fair and reasonable. I loved how you just kept making your point and didn't let JM derail you. You were fab and I hope you're having a great day

Ulrika - if you are on Mumsnet (bet you are!) we bow to you.

That was awesome.

We are with you! Talking commonsense. Brilliant woman.

"Everyone under 35" really? All the under 35s I know understand biology and its effects. Most are kind and respectful of individual circumstances, but that doesn't stop them being able to recognise the difference between sex and gender identity.

Ulrika 👑💐

Bloody well said Ulrike

That was fantastic. Ulrike managed to properly explain the problem with changing the definition of woman despite whatshisface trying to interrupt and tell he she’s wrong. It may be that he will never actually get it, but someone else will.

Thanks for the link , she was great. That guy was obviously not listening to her very valid argument. So dismissive.

you are awesome Ulrike!!!

Good lass!

twitter.com/Aja02537920/status/1379854492913504259

This is a brilliant response on Twitter.

Really annoyed with JM telling Ulrike the definition of woman was her definition!!
And such interruption from JM - mansplaining like crazy.
Who is this guy?

The emergence of another Shero! Well done Ulrike!

@Eyesofdisarray

Really annoyed with JM telling Ulrike the definition of woman was her definition!! And such interruption from JM - mansplaining like crazy. Who is this guy?

I thought that too. Saying 'your definition' is the heart of the problem. She held her ground brilliantly though and didn't lose her ground despite his constant attempts to interrupt.

Very well done Ulrike! JM admitted he has no idea what he’s talking about and that it must be very frustrating for women when men with no skin in the game get involved . You got your points across really well! And I know a lot of GC women under the age of 35, myself included.

As for telling Ulrike 'it's complicated' !!! Er no James; it really really isn't 🙄

Very well done Ulrike.

That was fantastic, well done. At least he was upfront in basically saying ‘I am a man and this doesn’t affect me so I don’t give a shot’

Excellent! Just what I needed to hear this morning.

Thank you Ulrike! 💐

Thank you all so much for your feedback, it means the world to me!
Amazingly I’ve had next to no abuse even on twitter (well India Willoughby’s not happy) - I really think we’re turning a corner!