City of Women Tube Map

[Gumbomambo]

I’ve just seen this map and I think someone is missing. www.cityofwomenlondon.org/

I'd not realised that Emma Watson was in charge of "re-imagining" it. That explains a lot.

First name I saw was April Ashley. Noped out.

Waste of time led by a waste of space.

Do the non-binary people even want to be lumped in with women? It feels like it's become a way to eat your cake and have it. Like Laurie Penny being much too special to be one of those dull women, but still feeling it's fine to write books on feminism.

Where's Platform 9 and three quarters?

Paris Lees? Jeez - no thanks. Not great to associate tube stations with people convicted of violent assault.

Was this the thing that we all voted on a couple of years ago? (A year? I lose track of time.) I remember JKR was extremely widely nominated for Kings Cross. What a mystery that she hasn't made it onto the map.

Was this the thing that we all voted on a couple of years ago? (A year? I lose track of time.) I remember JKR was extremely widely nominated for Kings Cross. What a mystery that she hasn't made it onto the map.

She was indeed. I remember voting/nominating her for Kings Cross.

Am not in any way surprised not a see JK in here though. Very disappointed though.

@KookaburraSits

Do the non-binary people even want to be lumped in with women? It feels like it's become a way to eat your cake and have it. Like Laurie Penny being much too special to be one of those dull women, but still feeling it's fine to write books on feminism.

This appears to be the justification for including non binary people on a map entitled 'City of Women'.

'The inclusion of several non-binary people on the map recognises the resonance between their remarkable lives and undertakings and the anti-patriarchal spirit of the City of Women project (in all cases, they are in full agreement about their inclusion).'

Which is just bizarre.

And yes, as other pp's have pointed out, what a lovely little bit of spite to not include JKR.

So it's a Non-Men Map of London?

Right.

Man as default human still then. My my, what wonderful progress we've made.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck off.

Oh that smug self satisfied talentless twerp

Christine fucking Burns as well this is farcical

FOTTFSOFATFOSM!

“Women and non-binary people”

So it's a map of women which excludes a very notable woman and includes at least 4 people who were born male?

FFS Emma. Your privilege is showing

@Rodedooda

Oh that smug self satisfied talentless twerp

Yup. This really is so pathetically spiteful, it’s actually made me think even less of Emma Watson than I already did, which was already very little.

And Roz Kaveney is on there too, so that’s at least five adult human males now.

Happy International Women's Day though to all you actual lovely women!
And especially to JKR 💜🤍💚

Unless I'm mistaken but Margaret Thatcher isn't on that map either. Whatever your position on her politics, she was nevertheless one of the most significant women of the 20th century.

And where's Agatha Christie?

Not too happy to see Buchi Emecheta there, brilliant writer but went off her some years ago when it became common knowledge that her views on FGM are that it is a cultural practice not understood by the west.

@viques

Not too happy to see Buchi Emecheta there, brilliant writer but went off her some years ago when it became common knowledge that her views on FGM are that it is a cultural practice not understood by the west.

Talking of FGM, shouldn't Hibo Wardere be in there? She lives in Walthamstow

Or Nimco Ali, who stood for the WEP in Hornsby and Wood Green in the last election.

It's about the right kind of women isn't it?

Shall we do our own version?

Munro Bergdorf? Good grief….

So it's a map of women which excludes a very notable woman and includes at least 4 people who were born male?

At least 5.

April Ashley, Paris Lees, Christine Burns, Munroe Bergdorf and Travis Albanza.

Sorry. At least 6. I missed Roz Kaveney.

@OldCrone

So it's a map of women which excludes a very notable woman and includes at least 4 people who were born male?

At least 5.

April Ashley, Paris Lees, Christine Burns, Munroe Bergdorf and Travis Albanza.

Six. Roz Kaveney.

So it's a Non-Men Map of London?

Looks like it. Who do they imagine gives a single toss about Roz Kaveney?

Oh I didn't notice bergdorf on there. I think I was expecting someone really wow for Piccadilly Circus