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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Mermaids getting eaten from the inside out

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feelingcadoubleledlove · 31/01/2023 18:43

Simping fools

mermaidsuk.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/EDI-Audit_-Recommendations-and-Next-Steps.pdf

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Boiledbeetle · 01/02/2023 02:30

FrancescaContini · 01/02/2023 01:53

😳 what is that shit?

The original minus unimpressed smilies was available on Darrens Twitter, to any 12 year mermaids user who searched his name. It sat there on his twitter until it was brought to mermaids attention. He left mermaids the same day. This was just after the map apologist trustee had to quit.

FrancescaContini · 01/02/2023 02:31

Boiledbeetle · 01/02/2023 02:30

The original minus unimpressed smilies was available on Darrens Twitter, to any 12 year mermaids user who searched his name. It sat there on his twitter until it was brought to mermaids attention. He left mermaids the same day. This was just after the map apologist trustee had to quit.

And Darren was hired as the SM or tech guy or whatever that bolloxy job title was?

Darren sounds very very dim.

Boiledbeetle · 01/02/2023 02:32

This was the trustee

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Boiledbeetle · 01/02/2023 02:33

FrancescaContini · 01/02/2023 02:31

And Darren was hired as the SM or tech guy or whatever that bolloxy job title was?

Darren sounds very very dim.

Yeah! Dim isn't the word I'd use. More like the male of the bride and......er

Boiledbeetle · 01/02/2023 02:35

NicolaSturgeonsSOGIbottom · 01/02/2023 01:52

I have never been so pleased to have insomnia.

It’s a masterpiece, Beet.

I’m saving a copy!

Did you notice the Harry potter smilie!

FrancescaContini · 01/02/2023 02:35

Oh yes I read about this person a while ago. Dodgy fucker who tried to normalise paedophilia 🤬

NicolaSturgeonsSOGIbottom · 01/02/2023 02:35

It’s truly horrifying. it was all gussied up in academic word salad, hiding in plain sight.

The papers reported on the story but didn’t go into the details of his writing but it was all out there to find. Thankfully he couldn’t have been in role long (appointed last July).

Mermaids excuses were pathetic

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11279121/amp/Mermaids-trustee-steps-speaking-event-hosted-paedophile-supporting-organisation.html

Breslow’s appointment only came to light because it was in the paperwork released relating to the court case with LGB Alliance.

www.spectator.co.uk/article/where-did-it-all-go-wrong-for-trans-charity-mermaids/

Susie Green got shoved out (probably with compo) and we’re all awaiting the result of both the afore mentioned court case and the Charity Commission investigation into Mermaids massive safeguarding cock up.

Boiledbeetle · 01/02/2023 02:36

Yeah they aren't great at checking their staff!

FrancescaContini · 01/02/2023 02:36

Boiledbeetle · 01/02/2023 02:33

Yeah! Dim isn't the word I'd use. More like the male of the bride and......er

Groom? Yes.

Boiledbeetle · 01/02/2023 02:40

Yes. Why else would you have that in your twitter and work with children. It's just sick!

NicolaSturgeonsSOGIbottom · 01/02/2023 02:41

It just occurred to me that back in October London School of Economics announced that Breslow would be on Sabbatical til January.

Well, it IS January so I wandered over for a looksie.

It’s been changed to ‘medical leave’

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Boiledbeetle · 01/02/2023 02:42

Hmmm. Interesting. The lobotomy appt must have arrived then

Dougalskeeper · 01/02/2023 02:44

Can someone enlighten me, what is "white fragility"?

FrancescaContini · 01/02/2023 02:47

NicolaSturgeonsSOGIbottom · 01/02/2023 02:41

It just occurred to me that back in October London School of Economics announced that Breslow would be on Sabbatical til January.

Well, it IS January so I wandered over for a looksie.

It’s been changed to ‘medical leave’

His area of interest is “the idea of childhood”. Idea?

Boiledbeetle · 01/02/2023 02:47

Dougalskeeper · 01/02/2023 02:44

Can someone enlighten me, what is "white fragility"?

Apparently

White fragility refers to feelings of discomfort a white person experiences when they witness discussions around racial inequality and injustice.

For example, people of color may find it difficult to speak to white people about white privilege and superiority. The white person may become defensive, and the person of color may feel obligated to comfort the white person because we live in a white-dominated environment.

White fragility differs from both white privilege and white supremacy. White privilege refers to the fact that white people have advantages in society that others do not. White supremacy is the belief that people with white skin are superior.

FrancescaContini · 01/02/2023 02:48

Jesus. More labels. More manufactured feelings.

Boiledbeetle · 01/02/2023 02:48

🙄is all i have to say on the matter

EpicChaos · 01/02/2023 03:05

The oppression!
All the oppression!
How on earth do they move for all the oppression?!
How on earth do those people function on a day to day basis?!

More importantly, where's the public apology for all of the safeguarding failures? That's what i'm interested in hearing about and hopefully police charges in connection with those failures!
Beyond that, they can shove their intersectionality where the sun don't shine, sideways!

Dougalskeeper · 01/02/2023 03:53

Boiledbeetle I'm white ( well most Scots are) and I must admit I do feel defensive when that seems to be weaponized into a fault - everything is the fault of whites. This desire to inculcate a sense of "white guilt" into everyone white I find disturbing and dare I say it, racist.

Slothtoes · 01/02/2023 06:33

It’s a slow, complex social reckoning that’s happening in many countries due to the amplifying effect of social media but white people however well meaning need to recognise that a lot of problems (not everything) ARE down to racism . As part of dealing with that we also need to factor in and deal with theUK’s pervasive class-ism, sexism, homophobia, disabled-ism, ageism and the systemic effects of relative and absolute economic disadvantage on people’s lives- if we want to actually combat oppression not just address pockets in piecemeal ways. It’s reductive and wrong to make ‘everything’ about white oppression (but credible organisations don’t do that) or to believe that discrimination of various kinds doesn’t also happen to some white people (but again credible organisations don’t do that).

It’s right that everyone should be thinking about their own contribution to discriminating against others and their own experience of being discriminated against by others and working together to address all that and looking to dismantle the structural factors in society that encourage prejudice. It’s a long slow process that’s been slowly happening for centuries with advances and then push backs. Not looking at any of it would be is wrong. Not looking creates and continues social injustice and no-go areas for public scrutiny like in Rotherham and other towns where the authorities appeared not to want to tackle organised sexual abuse gangs when they were from specific cultural groups, much more likely. They were scared of appearing racist. Despite majority of grooming gangs nationally being white.

Slothtoes · 01/02/2023 06:35

This from Mermaids looks like a distracting expensive gloss being applied as a misdirection to distract attention from real scandals.

The extreme focus on staff representation around protected characteristics is notable for sidelining sex and age and sexual orientation but that’s pretty consistent with Mermaids’ contribution to a sexist, ageist and homophobic agenda trashing the rights of children (especially over represented girl and children and young people who may become lesbian and gay adults) by encouraging their invasive social and medicalised transition in pretty irreversible ways over the years.

guinnessguzzler · 01/02/2023 06:57

Well I'm sure that report will offer significant reassurance to the Charity Commission, they might not even need to bother completing their inquiry now they can see Mermaids have everything in hand 😂

Again, we all initially thought SG had left because she had made Mermaids too Mermsids-y, turns out she was not Mermaids-y enough for them. I'm sure she was a problematic leader in lots of ways but FML I would not want to deal with that lot. And I'd say that report makes it clear the organisation is actually unmanageable. I don't see how they can come back from this; the expectations (demands) from staff are so far away from realistic in terms of good governance. So on one side significant pressure from within to basically spend all their time on the naval gazing recommendations in this report and on the other side pressure to actually sort out their governance and standards. They will either lose their charitable status or lose all their staff and have their reputation destroyed by them. This was all quite predictable at the point they were recruiting for their interim CEO last year.

dunBle · 01/02/2023 07:12

@Boiledbeetle I think the brown chicken on the left hand side needs to be moved up so the top of it is level with the top of the bright pink pig to its right. It may just be hair on his belly, going by the one in the similar position on the opposite side, but it does look a bit iffy.

risefromyourgrave · 01/02/2023 07:16

All that’s going to happen if they implement this is that they will constantly be squabbling about which one of them is the most oppressed. And any plain old white cis (bleurgh) heteronorm-y will be used as a punching bag until they leave. Then Mermaids will collapse under cries of ‘no, I’m the one who is most marginalised!’ If it wasn’t for all the kids they’ll fuck up along the way it would be a great outcome.

lordloveadog · 01/02/2023 07:27

Point 5 is very Cultural Revolution, isn't it? I feel the phrase 'brave conversations' may end up being quite sinister if it sticks around.

Also the punctuation is bad.

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