Twitter thread on Katy Tur’s memoir

[ARoombaOfOnesOwn]

I just wanted to share for the non-tweeters. Katy Tur is daughter of Zoey Tur. There is a video of Zoey Tur in the thread too, which some MNers may remember.

twitter.com/hatpinwoman/status/1537922190795911170

I've just read that OP. I recall watching the BBC documentary about Tur that detailed his repeated abuse of his wife. That poor young woman being his daughter. The clip of "Zoey" threatening to put Ben Shapiro in an ambulance really sums up the #nodebate tactics.

Sadly there are a lot of Turs around - all demanding to be in the showers alongside vulnerable women.

Wow. I too watched Tur threaten Ben Shapiro. Apparently Tur had another go at him in the car park.

What a nasty piece of work.

Now allowed in women only facilities.

violent male makes unreasonable demands

plus ca change eh?

Interesting thread. The author (daughter of extremely cruel and violent father who later transitioned) still holds trans rights activist style views. She's written a book about her personal experience with a violent individual and hasn't joined the dots that it's also about misogyny and a very misogynist movement gaining popularity in a structurally misogynist society.

The problem when women don't make these connections when they've experienced violent males, is that we tend to instead internalise the blame and the shame for what happened. It also prevents any deeper thought on how to stop other women being harmed and how society allows or even encourages the harm.

I wonder if the author's stance will allow the book to stand or whether she'll be abused simply because the subject is a transwoman? I hope she finds the support she needs.

When did the incident with Shapiro happen? Surely security should have been called. And the police!

2015 I think. This is the full clip. Shapiro was being firm, not rude. The threat was to shut him down. (I'm also impressed with how Shapiro was on the ball with this back when most of us were as yet still asleep to it all)

Wow what a violent male!!!!