BookThatMatter exclude "terfs"

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BooksThatMatter are a book subscription service that focus on books by female writers. They went on dragons den and ended up refusing funding as they didn't want to compromise this. All good.

They've always been lib fem but you could choose to ignore that if you still wanted to support a female-focused business.

However they've just rebranded as AphraBookClub and in the introductory Instagram post they've clearly stated "no terfs". When some women pointed out that this is offensive, they've stated that "terfs are swiftly being blocked".

How very disappointing.

The spiel sounds incredibly juvenile.

Book babes?
Cute packaging?

OK, I can understand why they’re blocking us. The whole thing seems to scream ‘girly’ gender stereotype.

'A safe space' 🙄

It's always important for dirty great hairy men in pleated micro skirts to feel safe.

They come across like young students. It's juvenile and unthinking, which is a shame given the apparent focus on women writers.

They run a book subscription service but cannot spell "existence" properly.

Hmm.

Do they have girly sleepovers and pillowfights?
The whole thing sounds like it was written by a bloke trying to be girly.

I loathe the word ‘cute’ unless it’s being used for small children or baby animals. It should have bugger all to do with products for adults.

They are relatively young (under 30yo I believe).

Interesting their space is for women (they include transwomen under this umbrella) and non-binary people and they promote books by these categories of writers, but they're also going to include Elliott Page's book. I wonder if they actually see EP as a woman?

Terribly amused at the complete lack of self reflection that can produce a line claiming that they are 'inclusive' but also excluding women. For book people, they don't seem to know how words work.

Is this the output of one of those youth enterprise projects that encourages schoolchildren to set up businesses? (Do those still exist, or did they end with Thatcher?) Because they sound about 12.

Never heard of them. They consider Elliot Page a woman? That's kinda transphobic.

Pathetic children.

Awful reviews on Trustpilot and their Instagram is filled with customers asking when they'll receive their June/July/August subscriptions! Maybe they should focus more on providing a good service istead of just banning Terfs and deleting their comments.

Quite

they sound pathetic and not very bright. Like a book club version of the Popsy Facebook group. I’d leave them to it

My impression, likewise.

I'd assumed this would be something to do with Aphra Behn. Should I start the clock as her being retroconned as non-binary, Q or transmasc?

I thought this too! The spelling and grammar are awful...back to uni you go, young pink haired male intern..

How do so-called terfs deny the existence of women? I’m confused.

Aphra Books? as in, Aphra Behn? they've probably transed her, haven't they?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphra_Behn

We deny the existence women with penises, no worse crime apparently

The irony of 'our's is a safe space' while excluding women fighting to keep those spaces appears to have whooshed right over their heads.

We deny the existence women with penises, no worse crime apparently

it doesn’t say that but then I am old and just can’t keep up with it all these days.

Inclusive as fuck indeed.

I wonder why the are rebranding? Something to do with their reluctance to pay their bills I'd hazard.

What a great business strategy, alienating a significant proportion of your target market from the offset. Their investors, if they have any, must be thrilled!

idiots.