Fuck Oxfam

[DismantledKing]

Anyone seen the tweet by Maya tonight about this little animation by Oxfam? Here’s the link:

https://twitter.com/mforstater/status/1665817901327085568?s=46&t=U7-xooKExwmFQ8mivn72lw

as I said, fuck Oxfam.

I refuse to believe this was a coincidence! Racism, antisemitism and misogyny in one nice little bundle

New version of the video
https://twitter.com/Oxfam/status/1666096378299416577?s=20

Miranda Yardley tweeted the email oxfam have sent to their staff today. I think his comment is spot on

https://twitter.com/EmmJayYardley/status/1666095431775043584?s=20

“We are sorry for the offence it caused”. That’s not a proper apology, Oxfam! Be sorry for doing the damn thing, not for the reaction to it. They need to do better than this.

The new video still uses the word queer, which some LGB people find offensive.

So they're leaving the blatant racism in then... Idiots!

Still got the mastectomy scars, 'queer' and someone at the end with a 'love is love' flag.

They apologise to their 'trans' staff, but not to women? Fuckers!

I have been spreading this message and I know 3 people already who’ve diverted their charity sponsorship from them….they’re disgusting

Aaaand now they've managed to piss off absolutely everyone on all 'sides', if the comments are anything to go by. Amazing.

Yes, that is very clear.

I just cancelled my standing order and told them I will no longer use their shops. The woman I spoke to was very nice, she took my details so that she could pass my views on. I didn’t get the shut the door behind you , byeee! Vibe I got when I cancelled Good Housekeeping after a ridiculously positive feature about a 13 year old trans girl. I explained that I am a trans exclusionary feminist, but that I don’t hate anyone, I simply believe women need separate spaces. And that their video was hateful towards me and those with my views. I should have done it after the sexual exploitation scandal, but had hoped so much that they would learn from it and become a beacon of good practice. Frees up money for gardening!

I imagine they wouldn’t like it if someone rang them up and offered to donate £10,000,000, in monopoly money of course, because money is a social construct and they hold a philosophical belief that monopoly money is real money.

It's horrific.

But what to expect from oxfam given the history.

I didn't realise one of Oxfam's abusers in Haiti was the fucking head honcho there!!

I note the statement says trans rights are human rights but NOT women's rights are human rights.

I'm getting definite 'women and girls are subhuman and not actual humans like men (obvs including those who ID as women, because we all know they're the important sex really)' vibes from Oxfam. Which honestly makes them completely useless as they work in many countries where women ALREADY don't have human rights. Or perhaps that's the point, less chance their staff will be called out for any alleged rapes of minors there, perhaps?

I wonder how many trans staff they have vs women who know that a blouse and eye shadow does not a lady make (but are too scared to say so)

Jesus that’s an upsetting read

sex with children. That’s definitely how you know you’re one of the good guys

Bloody hell @IcakethereforeIam my post was a cross post ..... unbelievable this man was allowed to give a month's notice etc....

Oxfam, in my opinion, got off very lightly over that. The organisation should have been closed down then and those who had raped and abused women and girls in Haiti should be in a fucking jail cell IN HAITI.

I agree. Were any of the perpetrators of these crimes ever punished, I wonder?

Ah well I've never donated to them anyway.

I have occasionally bought a book in one of their specialist charity shops but I won't again until there is a change of staff. I have no idea why they've not been investigated and wound up by the Charity Commission following what happened in Haiti.

Also why the 'this may be upsetting, particularly for trans staff' - it's women they've demonised in their hate filled video. Are women not allowed to be upset?

No concern for women at all.

So - they say trans rights are human rights but not women's rights are human rights, they're concerned about trans feelings but not women's feelings and they allow their staff to get away without any investigation into multiple allegations of rape of female children.

I also very much hope Lorna is sued for defamation as the reason the former Oxfam employee left was not related to 'trans inclusion' at all. Lorna has a really poor understanding of the law, seemingly.

I cannot get over that mastectomy image to go together with the words that they protect women and girls, or that they are using a girl’s voice from a country where girls already have enough problems without getting transed.

I have no idea why they've not been investigated and wound up by the Charity Commission following what happened in Haiti.

Because poor women and girls don't matter and aren't really human.

We can all think of various other groups of people who would have been unlikely to be victimised in this way in the first place, but if they had been, we'd never have heard the end of it and Oxfam would have been shut down and the individuals allegedly involved would have faced investigations and possible criminal charges.

Lorna Fallon, you have betrayed women for bowing down to men's feelings - shame on you!

It's fucking stark.