Thread by @K_IngalaSmith

Obviously one of the main motivations for both @CountDeadWomen and @FemicideCensus is to raise awareness of men's fatal violence against women in the UK.

Consequently, I am pleased when either my work @CountDeadWomen or the team's work from @FemicideCensus is used in protests/art (or media or cited in academia).

Although it pisses me of when the source isn't cited, I also recognise that data becomes its own thing when it is released into the world.

Anyway, there was a fantastic demo last weekend of the names of UK 118 women who are suspected to have been killed by men this year, stitched onto pillowcases. The photos are really moving.

But look at this tosser, inserting himself with his TWIW placard.

At least 122 UK women killed with a male suspect this year but this fella wants to highlight 'transwomen'.
How many transwomen have been killed by men (or radical feminists) this year? None. Zero. 0 -as far as we know -and also,please note, the number of women *is* an undercount

In fact, at least 342 UK women have been killed by a man or (where the criminal justice process is not complete) in circumstances where the principal suspect is male, since the last known male who identified as a transwoman was killed in the UK on 11 Jan 2019.

342 dead women are totally irrelevant to that dude. Nothing.

For anyone who might be interested and who hasn't seen this before, I wrote this earlier this year about why Counting Dead Women is about *women* kareningalasmith.com/2021/03/16/cou…

And I wrote this too about the murder/manslaughter of people (all males) who identify as transgender in the UK - as far as we know - since 2009. kareningalasmith.com/2021/04/21/cou…

I should hope it goes without saying, I am very pleased that no person who believes themselves to have a gender identify that differs from their sex has been murdered in the UK this year. Long may this continue.