Interesting juxtaposition of tweets in my timeline.
Exhibit A. £385000 awarded to Hull’s transgender community hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east…
Exhibit B. £160000 desperately needed to keep a BAME Women’s service running, in Hull uk.gofundme.com/f/safe-shelter…
Population of Hull was 260000 in 2019.
White population 89.7%, 233000 people, so BAME population 10.3% or 27000 people. Female BAME is 50% of that, or 13500 women.
This support group appears to support 6 individuals at a time, with ‘hair and make-up advice’ and peer support hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east…
But wait: it appears that the group behind the hair and make up and peer support for 6 trans individuals at a time’ group are the same people that just got £365000 lottery funding, to keep them going for 5 years.
13500 BAME women are seeking just *half* the funding that was just awarded to the trans group (that might support 6 people per group, 3 groups a year, for 5 years= 6 x 3 x 5 = 90 people). Just so we’re all aware of who is considered worth supporting.
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Have just received notice from school that @LeedsCC_Help are offering FSM ‘hampers’ of food to help families like mine over Xmas. This is another example of people trying to help and getting it very very wrong
Families like mine have very specific needs for our food. And I plan my ‘budget’ very carefully. I don’t have a car, or a chest freezer, so I have to plan the pantry storage, too.
I don’t want factory farmed meat in my Christmas hamper. I plan my money carefully to eat less meat, but better quality and better farmed meat, with more protein and less water per lb and per £.
The other important anniversary for U.K. feminists happening today: it’s 3 years since the assault on Maria McLachlan, at Speakers’ Corner, in London #MariaMcLachlan
Maria was standing with a group of women, waiting for instructions of how to get to the secret venue where a feminist event to discuss proposed GRA Reform, was being held. They were being protested by a rowdy group of trans activists #MariaMcLachlan
The trans activists were chanting; Dr Julia Long was singing through a megaphone. #MariaMcLachlan, whom had never attended a feminist event, and simply wanted to understand the arguments surrounding GRA Reform, decided to take a picture of the crowd of transactivists
What’s described here isn’t going to break down the sex-based oppression of women. It’s just going to confuse this kid, and isolate them from their peer group
Raising girls, in struck with the gendered differences in clothing that are offered to children. It’s beyond pink and blue. Boys clothes encourage activity, they’re made of fabrics, patterns, and colours that stand frequent washing and resist damage during play
Their shoes are more practical for playing football and climbing trees, and they are designed to keep the entire foot dry on wet days! There are subtle nods to subjectivity: superheroes and sports themes that encourage them to feel able to impact their surroundings
It’s 13 years since I had an emergency c-section, to save my life, and the life of my baby (thank you NHS!)
The operation was performed in minutes. The violence of it, coming after such a long and painful Labour, caused me to dissociate. My baby was alive: I was elated!
It was hard to re-integrate with my body, afterwards. The extraordinarily long labour; the pressure on the surgical team that meant my section was so delayed; the imminent post-natal depression that was crashing down on me. I didn’t recognise myself
My stomach had been cut: not the tidy, 10cm incision you get with an elective section. A 30cm cut that was necessary to get to my baby as quickly as they needed to. And the psychic shock of someone doing that to your body with only a few minutes notice, is huge
Guess what’s happening in #Leeds, the #WomanFriendlyCity tomorrow? That’s right: Male performances of objectified and ridiculed femininity, and of sexual subordination... for toddlers and children. #DQST.
The text of the advert reads:
“Looking for a unique story hour for your little one? Well we have a novel suggestion!
Drag Queen Story Hour UK and Leeds Libraries have joined together to provide a new and innovative storytime...” #Leeds#WomanFriendlyCity#DQST
“The fabulous Aida H Dee has been reading her stories across the country for the past 3 years, including festivals like Brighton, Glastonbury and Edinburgh Fringe. Her passion not only brings a story to life but promotes kindness...” #Leeds#WomanFriendlyCity#DQST
A note about biological sex. I am not a biologist, but I can accurately predict sex in almost every human I see. Why is this, given that some people have cross-sex identifications, and intersex conditions can be present?
We know that female= large gamete production capability, and Male= small gamete production capability. But people keep saying biological sex is so complex, and biology has ‘moved on’, because there are edge cases within categories
Is it true that we must abandon sex classifications, because there are very rare cases where biological sex isn’t immediately apparent? We know that DSDs are traumatic, complex medical conditions, often resulting in distress, infertility, and lifelong health issues