New book coming out! "The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht"

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Co-edited by Lucy Hunter Blackburn and Susan Dalgety.

Comes out in a fortnight:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Women-Who-Wouldnt-Wheesht/dp/1408720701/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Evn51TzBTQrJe9b9GbEHyEFxl2MMln5spNZq8KWlzZA.Z6MAj1OSoGOZ1ctUF1Qr819FGWFktyVV0qkMp_0q3pc&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+women+who+wouldn%27t+wheesht&qid=1715848364&sr=8-1

"On the 25th anniversary of the Scottish Parliament, this book captures an important moment in contemporary history: how a grassroots women's movement, harking back to the suffragettes and second wave feminists of the 1970s and 1980s, took on the political establishment - and changed the course of history.

Through a collection of over thirty essays and photographs, some of the women involved tell the story of the five-year campaign to protect women's sex-based rights. Author J.K. Rowling explains why she used her global reach to stand up for women. Leading SNP MP Joanna Cherry writes of how she risked her political career for her beliefs. Survivors of male violence who MSPs refused to meet are given the voice they were denied at Holyrood. Ash Regan MSP recounts what it was like to become the first government minister to resign on a question of principle since the SNP came to power in 2007. Former prison governor Rhona Hotchkiss charts how changes in prison policy in Scotland led to the controversy over Isla Bryson.

It is the story of women who risked their job, reputation, even the bonds of family and friendship, to make their voices heard, and ended up - unexpectedly - contributing to the downfall of Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first woman first minister."

Features essays from JKR and others.

https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/jk-rowling-writes-essay-on-standing-up-for-women-for-new-book-on-campaign-to-protect-rights-4629745

Book arrived yesterday. I sooo want to read it, but have to work ☹️ will set aside time this weekend though!

Why do people always misrepresent what she says. They should at least provide a like to the article in question so people can read it and decide for themselves.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7mQ0Noog1A/?igsh=MW4wYm9hejh5enRnOA==

Oh I went to order on Amazon so I could leave a review and it won't arrive for 1-2 months!! Fantastic that it's sold out already!!

We should send a copy to every MSP that voted for the GRR bill.

never underestimate the buying power of pissed off women! I think they'll be getting more stock into Amazon quite quickly!

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24356884.felt-demonised-party-just-wouldnt-wheesht/

12% discount in the Guardian bookshop 😁

https://twitter.com/DalgetySusan/status/1796455209268654386?s=19

Ooh, that's a good idea!

Both of the 1* reviews are by accounts who do not appear to have bought the book (or it would say verified purchase) so we can probably safely assume that they haven't actually read it and treat their views with the contempt they deserve.

I know this is missing the point but JK Rowling is not a boomer. She is gen x, if you wish to apply such labels. But I realise saying "boomer" is seen as a clever put down.

Putting aside the usual 'right wing, kiwi farms, anyone who disagrees with me is a bigot, yadda yadda yadda', JKR is one of more than 30 contributers to the book. Any comments on the other essays? Or the content of the book? Or the very clear timeline of how it all came about?

Anything?

Or it is just a foot stamping exercise?

Hooray it’s arrived. Probably won’t get through all of it today but will certainly make some headway.

With JK Rowling and Joanna Cherry,
I stand, the more women the merry.
Their voices stood out,
And we say, with more clout,
These women won't wheesht, pass the sherry!

I see it was textbook #OperationLetThemSpeak 🙌

The comments underneath that article are a bit depressing through...

I've just bought a copy from my local Waterstones. Looking forward to getting stuck in.

-JK Rowling offers a million dollars if people provide proof of transphobia.
-JK Rowling herself is the one who approves or rejects submissions.

Shouldn't it be a neutral 3rd party who looks at submissions?

"she support an Anti-Trans Charity that pretends to be Lesbian and Gay Charity, one that received objections from dozens of actual LGBT charities when it applied for charity status."

Fixed for you.

Can't be a very good "gay charity" if wearing a hat and shirt with the name of it will get you kicked out of gay bars or pride events.

Also bought a copy from Waterstones. Couldn't see it on display but had ordered to collect. Thanks for recommending it here!

Clocking off NOW and heading into town to pick up my copy. Woo-hoo!

I got mine from the trolley of books waiting to be put on the shelf: not hidden but not obvious either.

Again, have you any comments on the actual book which is what this thread is about? At all?

Just picked my copy up from our local Waterstones, was served by a blue haired trans woman who barely looked at me after I put the book on the counter.
It was pretty hidden on the shelf too.
Just making myself a cup of tea and I’m going to get stuck in.

Ooh I hope there's still some left, I can pop in there.

Having screwed up my Amazon pre-order, I've just popped into my local independent bookshop on the off chance they had a copy, they didn't. I noticed two books that I might in a non-genderwoo parallel universe have picked up. One a book by Louise Minchin (forget the title) and another History of women in 100 objects (forget the author). But I didn't because I was unfamiliar with both titles and I don't want to buy books where twaw. It goes without saying that while tw may have interesting and important stories if the books are about women, well that's what I want to read about. As tw have popped up in books about the evolution of females, menstruation and even wombs, ffs!, I don't think AIBU to be cautious.

I picked my copy up from my local independent bookshop on the way home this afternoon. I ordered it from them to make sure they had to at least get one! I spotted three other copies on the 'New non-fiction' shelf, one with the cover facing outwards in full view, the other two sideways with the spine showing. I should have taken a photo but I didn't think of it. I started reading Section 2, on the "early skirmishes", on the bus on the way home. It's the period I know least about so I was curious to find out about what happened in the years before I got involved. I'm finding it both upsetting and infuriating to read about how those women were bullied and harassed. It's not like I didn't know that, but reading about what happened to some of the women we don't get to hear about because they're not in the public eye, in direct first-person accounts, is incredibly powerful.