@selina_todd @FiLiA_charity "I am shocked to have been no-platformed by this event, organised by Oxford International Women's Festival and hosted at Exeter College. I was asked to participate in October 2019, and I explained to the organisers that some trans activists may object to my being there...
@selina_todd @FiLiA_charity "I was then told that trans activists had already expressed hostility towards the event because they claimed second-wave feminism is inherently trans-exclusionary... filia.org.uk/news/2020/2/29…
@selina_todd @FiLiA_charity "However, the organisers decided that because I am a historian of feminism and working-class women, they would like to invite me, and were open to many different points of view being expressed at their event. I was delighted... filia.org.uk/news/2020/2/29… #IStandWithSelina
@selina_todd @FiLiA_charity "I am deeply interested in the history of the WLM - my first academic article focused on it - and my parents met at Ruskin shortly before the first conference was held there. Participating had personal and scholarly significance... filia.org.uk/news/2020/2/29…
@selina_todd @FiLiA_charity "Between October 2019 and February 2020 I helped the organisers to get support from Oxford History Faculty – in the form of student helpers, facilitators and some funding - and to find media contacts... filia.org.uk/news/2020/2/29… #IStandWithSelina
@selina_todd @FiLiA_charity "I was stunned to receive a phone call at 6pm on the evening before the conference telling me that I had been no-platformed. The organisers say this is because of pressure from trans activists and Feminist Fightback... filia.org.uk/news/2020/2/29… #IStandWithSelina
@selina_todd @FiLiA_charity "I refute the allegation that I am transphobic, and I am disappointed that the organisers have refused to uphold our right to discuss women’s rights - one that the original organisers had to fight hard for." filia.org.uk/news/2020/2/29… Thank you @FiLiA_charity #IstandwithSelina
