Thread by @salltweets

For months, I have watched men in Australian media pretend to care about women who have been sexually assaulted, harassed & violated.

These are the same men who will verbally abuse women who speak up for women's rights.

I've had enough of this bullshit. So... Buckle up!

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A man masturbating on the desk of a female MP is one of the big new stories in AU right now, as is the reckoning of sexual assault against women.

I have my own story of male masturbation & this here publication, Junkee. @michellerennex

SPOILER ALERT: Junkee didn't give AF

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I was attacked on Twitter for defending McIver Ladies Baths when they were called "transphobic" due to their over 100 year status as a place exclusively for females.

The attacks on me escalated when Junkee staff members arrived. (Junkee, a new site, has since blocked me 🤷‍♀️)

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Then, a man came at me from an account featuring videos of him masturbating.

I'd already blocked him & when he came back at me with the new account it was clear the clips were intended for me to see. They were gross & disturbing. I Goggled & found his connections to Junkee.

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So I emailed the Junkee boss, who had joined in on calling me a TERF, a transphobe & celebrating me being silenced on Twitter.

Just as the Female MP on the receiving end of a man's masturbation fantasy felt violated, I too felt violated.

I was just defending a female space!

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The managing editor responded.

Now, I understand that, it turns out, Junkee has no jurisdiction over this guy b/c he hasn't written for the publication in some time. The M.E of Junkee could have said just that.

But no. He JUSTIFIED the behaviour. He's a "provocative artist"
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4 out of the 8 stories on Junkee's "Politics" page are to do with sexual assault & misogyny against women.

But, in my experience, their editorial staff do not practice what they preach. They're happy to justify the violation of a woman. I've experienced it.

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Brave women in Australia are raising the alarm about women's sex-based rights. For this we are attacked, doxxed, threatened & dismissed.

But I won't shut up.

And I will call out this disgusting double standard of men pretending they care about women when clearly they do not.

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If there is going to be a reckoning of women's treatment in Australia, it has to include ALL women. That is, ALL adult human females.

You can't ignore some women because they intimidate you or challenge your world view.

Misogyny is misogyny & all of it must be addressed.

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