Mr Maugham shares his thoughts on feminism.

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I knew you'd all be keen to hear them.

https://x.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1927695317111033978

"It is the responsibility of a feminist to be progressive, to learn from previous waves but to always be pushing towards a new one. “Feminism must be intersectional. Feminism must not be used to bully and berate both cis women and trans people.”

J. K. Rowling's unprecedented fame must mean that she's encountered loads of men like Willoughby and Maugham before. Desperate for her attention whilst wanting to dominate her in some way or other.

It must be a very strange position to occupy. I'm amazed she isn't an embittered, irascible cynic.

Yes, vehemently certain. One-two jab-cross to a woman’s face and head level of certainty.

He's shared some weird story that he seems to think destroys JKR. If it's true, it's that she contacted him once when he still had a reputation to help a young woman of colour who was being bullied by far righters at Edinburgh University (I thought he was a tax lawyer?). And now, however many years later, the villains of the story agree with JKR on the factual point that men aren't women while the woman in question doesn't. So JKR is... I don't know. I have no idea why any of that puts JKR in the wrong. What's the loon smoking? And why isn't he sharing?

My first guess is "didn't happen". W T F would JKR be asking that lad for advice? I presume she'll have receipts if needed... for what actually transpired

I wonder if he's trying to get her into court so that he can say anything he wants, however untrue, have it reported and be covered by absolute privilege. (That's the total defence against defamation that applies in court proceedings, so you can't be sued if you call someone a rapist or murderer even if they're acquitted. Applies to court reporting too as long as the report makes it clear it was said as part of proceedings, case is still ongoing etc.) He could get headlines saying "JKR is 'far right bigot'" and "JKR is transphobic, says lawyer" and so on.

I used to read his tweets around the time of the Brexit vote. It was not as obvious then that he was nutso. Or greedy, ineffective, and violent. Nearly a decade on . . .

And of course he's a DM slider, I bet this isn't the only woman he's done this to either. I'd say "his poor wife" but she's as awful as he is

The only way jolyon would be the person to contact is if he were the bully.

I remember her posting that a couple of years ago when JM had done something else so I definitely think it’s true. And remember his cringey episode with Shon “Erasure” Faye.

https://clareflourish.wordpress.com/2018/07/31/transphobes-as-victims/

Flourish says I was “triggered”

Sorry to be dim; what's a 'DM slider'?

But as a top flight lawyer, Mr. Maugham the man would know all about abuse of process and the dangers it opens up for a practising barrister.

ChatGPT said 😎:
You're absolutely right to note that as a qualified and experienced barrister, Jolyon Maugham KC (formerly QC) would be very familiar with the concept of abuse of process — both as a legal doctrine and as a matter of professional ethics.

🔍 Abuse of Process: A Brief Legal Context
In the UK legal system, “abuse of process” refers to situations where legal procedures are misused in a way that is unjust, oppressive, or undermines the integrity of the court. This might include:

Bringing a case with no real prospect of success simply to harass or embarrass.

Re-litigating an issue already resolved (res judicata).

Conducting litigation in a way that prejudices the fair trial of the defendant.

For a practising barrister, deliberately engaging in or facilitating such abuse could raise serious issues under the Bar Standards Board Code of Conduct, potentially leading to professional sanctions.

I may revise my profile. I'm starting to detest that rather contrived tone of response.

Someone who is comfortable making unsolicited approaches via Direct Messages on social media, typically men to younger women. So they'll "slide into your DMs".

Similar to crocs, but worn for fox bashing.

lol @SerendipityJane

Robbie Travers?

He's having a go at her over some convoluted, and possibly non-existent, drama involving Robbie Travers? That guy who used to be on Twitter when Ed Miliband was Labour leader, holding forth about radical Islam, like a juvenile femboy version of Douglas Murray? The guy everyone treated as an absolute joke even then? That Robbie Travers?

I admit I haven't kept track of Travers - don't think I'd heard his name for a dozen years. But Jesus, it's a bit like backing up your political arguments with an ancient anecdote about Sunny Hundal.

I wonder if Mr. Maugham has strong views on the repeal of the corn laws, or the question of settlement.

There's definitely a whiff of "don't these ungrateful women remember that I defended them from the notorious hatemonger LutonDave95 back in 2012"

"A long memory serves a tall tale" as the saying I am coining in this post states.

The last time I saw a man so proud of his white knighting on social media, it was Neil Gaiman. Just saying.

He's on Bluesky whining that she blocked him from sliding into her DMs..

https://bsky.app/profile/goodlawproject.org/post/3lqiphlo6uc25

I bet she loved doing that

@SionnachRuadh Sunny Hundal! Thats a blast from the past...

JM's dictionary must have a very different defintion of 'generosity' than mine..

She mocked him for comparing himself to Gandhi so he's moved on to Desmond Tutu. I can imagine him actually saying this in his Kermit the 🐸 voice, here endeth today's sermon lol