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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Let women speak London 30.4.23

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TangledUpinBlu · 28/04/2023 23:57

Is anyone here going?
I booked train tickets a while ago and am looking forward to it but starting to get nervous and wonder how safe it will be?
Obviously there will be lots of tra as Posie is back for the first time since NZ.
I'm worried about escalation from the posts I've seen on Facebook/twitter.

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nilsmousehammer · 04/05/2023 15:14

A whole lot of fantasy boogey persons.

SidewaysOtter · 04/05/2023 16:09

A whole lot of fantasy boogey persons.

It kind of is, really. Made up monsters who aren't seen as nuanced people capable of rational thought and critical thinking who just so happen to have applied those but come up with a different opinion, but nebulous fears rolled into a dehumanised 'thing'. I just do not get where all this fear (literal violence/we're being erased/they're going to kill us all) comes from.

IwantToRetire · 04/05/2023 17:35

I wasn't totally convinced that the writer of the article was as unaware of the issues as made out.

But agree that as a snapshot of how an outsider arriving in Hyde Park might look at the two groups and just not understand what was going on.

I didn't like the implication that anyone protesting drag queens was right wing - or did I mis-read that?

And yes clearly dont understand that any event can be truely open to any one to speak.

Also the description of the police response to the steward being left isolated among the TRAs was obviously written to make it look like it was nothing, and the Met handled it well. (Have to say from the bits I had seen I thought the police woman was reacting to finding they had let one of the stewards be in a dangerous position, and in a sort of panic shoved her out, rather rather than hold back the TRAs and escort her out.)

I noticed that you can in fact comment on the article, but am very aware that LWS and KJK need to have a working relationship with the Met. But thought some of the article opened up the possibility of FWR humourous postings. ie if they think those attening are like the WI, next time should cakes be baked to be shared with the Met, but also an opportunity to drop in some facts about women's sex based rights, - or maybe not.

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