Eddie Izzard Interview in the Times

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Written by the sports writer who wrote several comments in the Times over the years supporting transwomen in female sports, so no surprise there is no challenge (that I can see) to Izzard's bletherings:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cbc9589d-2019-434e-8c60-0fa6ac854519?shareToken=2725d49866bad689752abad5ab7d085d

Ah, whatever happened to the old Eddie? You know, Eddie the transvestite, anyone remember him? In fact where did all the men go who got a kick out of wearing women's clothes? It's a puzzle...

Well if anyone sees him, let me know. Because he was fucking funny in the 90s and a bit of a hero of mine for pushing the boundaries of masculinity. Now…not so much. On either count.

https://x.com/Jebadoo2/status/1794634320348581903

Clive Simpson's comment nailed it!

Were you both wearing the same frock?

<wonders if people still say "frock">. 🤔

A few years ago, I had a post on FWR deleted for using the word frock 😃

🤣🤣

Weirdly (or not) he was in jeans and a shirt. I may well have been too though, actually. 🤔🤔🤔

Seriously? I’m intrigued in what context you used the word?

Although you probably shouldn’t say. You might get a ban.

Someone complained and the post was taken down. I think it was believed to be a derogatory term when used in connection with transwomen, although I did point out that priests wore frocks.

It is telling that Eddie doesn’t realise this

Oh, he realises it.

They ALL realise it,

In fact - we know that not all men (non-trans-identifying) are predators either - but we still want them out of women spaces because of the small proportion who are.

Plus it isn't just for safety - privacy and dignity are important, too.

Hell's teeth!

😮

I got one deleted yesterday for "35000 lady dicks" which I guess was quite triggering for Steer Karma's number on Stan

In addition, safeguarding isn't just about keeping people safe, it's also about people feeling safe. If you don't feel safe then you're being put in a stressful situation.

The chance of men being in a changing room/a shower/a ward/a support group with our daughters, with us, makes us, women and girls, old and young, feel stressed and anxious.

It's therefore a safeguarding fail

I am absolutely loving Myra Hindley on the game. Someone give that man a medal for winning the Twitters.

I like the way that headline mixes up the pronouns. I know Eddie has said he she is fine with either being used but I think I too will start to use she for Eddie and he for Susie, because it really makes no difference , does it?

I see what you did there.

Fuck me, really?

I use the word “frock” all the time. It’s an old-fashioned word for “dress”. What can possibly be deletable about that?!

I think it was around the time we got thrown off feminist chat given our own board. Lang was still posting. TRAs were trying to get us all banned, successfully in some cases. I remember it because - touchwood - it is the only post that I have had deleted. And that is tempting fate. May be I should say my goodbyes!

(edited to say board not thread)

Possibly it was being used in a rhyming phrase where it was being worn by a male chicken?

Two words: widow twankey.

Nice dress though…..anyone know where it’s from? 🙈😁

but yeah, the bloke is a self absorbed arse.

He looks about average for a man in his early sixties who caught the sun a lot when he was younger.

Sarah Ditum's comment in the Times:

Izzard really wants to be in politics. And he has so much to offer! In an interview with The Times on Saturday, he rattled off his personal qualities: “I have all this energy, I can analyse things, I can analyse systems, which is needed in politics, and I can communicate.” This does make him sound like an android that’s spent too long on charge, but maybe that’s what Labour is missing.

😂