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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

JKR on Twitter, a thank you.

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MummBRaaarrrTheEverLeaking · 08/03/2022 21:24

Today, on International Womens Day, it's been rather depressing seeing all manner of organisations throw in a quick lip service tweet, only to be pulled up by that bot on their sex pay gaps. Then a vagina museum essentially goad women by doing a big thread about celebrating some people that don't have vaginas. A police force pissing off women too, and then removing the tweet with a post telling us all to "be kind". The hashtag that popped up in the middle of the day, telling women what the right kind of feminism is: the intersectional aka everyone kind.

Basically the general shite we've all come to expect because we can't have one flipping day to ourselves.

So, I would like to say, thank fuck for JK Rowling. Who has stormed in from yesterday and continued today at her magnificent, no holds barred and no shits given best. It's made it an IWD to remember.

That is all. Happy IWD Grin

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WinterTrees · 09/03/2022 11:01

Anyone calling JKR - JK actual Rowling FFS - a loser is pretty funny.

Coming from Katy Montgomerie it's pure comedy gold.

BraveBananaBadge · 09/03/2022 11:01

Stem from and come back to, obv...

DialSquare · 09/03/2022 11:06

Monty can only dream of being the supposed loser that JKR is. In more ways than one.

ScreamingMeMe · 09/03/2022 11:15

Monty tries to project this image of beinga noce, smiley "feminist" with good arguments, but the mask slips again and again.

ScreamingMeMe · 09/03/2022 11:16

*nice not noce Hmm

babyjellyfish · 09/03/2022 11:16

Did anyone catch her spat with Laurie Penny the other day?

Absolute gold.

twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1500890856265498626?s=20&t=8FLrHBeOhWeZxv6GPuFFHQ

Hasselhoffsheadband · 09/03/2022 11:43

Katy Montogomerie does have a proper job (engineering I think?). I can imagine Katy being quiet in real life. I feel a bit sorry for Katy in all honesty but I wish they would just consider and listen to women a bit more, rather than just flinging insults at women who don't comply.

OrlandointheWilderness · 09/03/2022 11:44

@babyjellyfish blimey!! ON FIRE!

Hesperatum · 09/03/2022 11:44

Thank you JKR, a strong and fearless woman.

VestofAbsurdity · 09/03/2022 11:54

A police force pissing off women too, and then removing the tweet with a post telling us all to "be kind".

I missed that, anyone care to elaborate?

Did the Police Force who did all the performative flag crap for TW do the same for IWD? I think I already know the answer to that.

VestofAbsurdity · 09/03/2022 11:55

Oh yes and a huge thank you to JKR, strong, unflappable woman.

Hasselhoffsheadband · 09/03/2022 12:08

Yes, which police force was it?

babyjellyfish · 09/03/2022 12:40

Staffordshire Police maybe?

They showcased Skye Morden (trans woman famous for being in their publicity photos wearing a bad wig and pointing a taser at the camera) for IWD and lots of people asked whether all the actual female police officers were unavailable etc.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 09/03/2022 12:42

Yes SP definitely posted a #BeKind tweet re Skye Morden as pp said.

ScreamingMeMe · 09/03/2022 12:48

@babyjellyfish

Staffordshire Police maybe?

They showcased Skye Morden (trans woman famous for being in their publicity photos wearing a bad wig and pointing a taser at the camera) for IWD and lots of people asked whether all the actual female police officers were unavailable etc.

After the backlash last time they posted about Skye, that was really taking the piss. And I feel slightly sorry for Skye, being used as a political football. Slightly.
Cailin66 · 09/03/2022 12:49

@babyjellyfish

Staffordshire Police maybe?

They showcased Skye Morden (trans woman famous for being in their publicity photos wearing a bad wig and pointing a taser at the camera) for IWD and lots of people asked whether all the actual female police officers were unavailable etc.

Any chance of a link, would love to see that and the comments.
Ereshkigalangcleg · 09/03/2022 12:53

And I feel slightly sorry for Skye, being used as a political football. Slightly.

I guess I'm a bit more cynical about how Skye feels about the attention.

babyjellyfish · 09/03/2022 12:57

Any chance of a link, would love to see that and the comments.

They seem to have taken it down.

FloatOn · 09/03/2022 12:58

Thank you so much JKR, stunning tweets yesterday spelling out exactly what every rational person thinks.

The TRA loons losing the plot is a bonus! Keep up the good work, sunlight is spilling through now...

vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 09/03/2022 13:34

I think that eventually a little sprinkling of Magdalen Berns gets into us all.

"Who am I? I'm JK Fucking Rowling"

Maray1967 · 09/03/2022 13:41

Well said JKR 👍

MummBRaaarrrTheEverLeaking · 09/03/2022 13:49

@babyjellyfish

Staffordshire Police maybe?

They showcased Skye Morden (trans woman famous for being in their publicity photos wearing a bad wig and pointing a taser at the camera) for IWD and lots of people asked whether all the actual female police officers were unavailable etc.

Ding ding ding. They must have known what reaction it would get, and they did it anyway.

They then removed the tweet, tweeted about the fact they had done so, and told us all to be kind 😒

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ScreamingMeMe · 09/03/2022 13:51

@Ereshkigalangcleg

And I feel slightly sorry for Skye, being used as a political football. Slightly.

I guess I'm a bit more cynical about how Skye feels about the attention.

I draw the line at feeling sorry for Katy Montgomerie though! Unpleasant, manipulative, fake person imo.
teawamutu · 09/03/2022 13:51

I feel slightly sorry for Skye, being used as a political football. Slightly.

I'm afraid I don't, not one iota. Skye chose to occupy a woman's space and is a repeat offender.

ScreamingMeMe · 09/03/2022 13:52

Ding ding ding. They must have known what reaction it would get, and they did it anyway.

They then removed the tweet, tweeted about the fact they had done so, and told us all to be kind

That sounds goady as fuck. I bet some misogynistic men in the force had a good old chuckle about that.

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