Thread by @Scot_Feminists

The 25 Deeds of Christmas. Sharing actions from feminists over the past year, it’s been a busy one and we’re preparing to #SleighTheGRA! #WomenWontWheesht the fight goes on.

Deed 1. #SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Deed 2 - the amazing Sole Sisters and women voting with our feet. #SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Deed 3 - women across Scotland have created amazing works of art to be left in public view and gain attention to our cause. This beautiful slate is from @kaymoonshadow #SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Deed 4 - @womenspeakscot1's Manifesto for Women's Rights, for the 2021 General election, to challenge the prospective elected representatives what *they* were doing for women's right & why we should vote for them (or not)
#SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht womenspeakscotland.com/manifesto-for-…

Deed 5 - taking David Lammy’s dinosaur remark and absolutely running with it. With humour as well as honesty, we rise above our challengers. Hear us roar! #SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Deed 6 - in April @MForstater appealed an Employment Tribunal ruling about her beliefs. She won her appeal & her (our) beliefs that sex is immutable are worthy of respect. Our jobs are a little bit safer as a result ❤
#SleighTheGRA
#WomenWontWheesht
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-574265…

Deed 7 - writing letters! Some women can’t join in with physical activism, due to disabilities or fear of repercussions, for example. But every single one of us can write to our political representatives. These actions make real differences. #SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Deed 8 - inspired by women in Fife, Forth Valley feminists held a public meeting on Monday. 3 women spoke with passion about the impacts of self ID on women and children. Getting word out! #SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht h/t to J for the amazing video

Deed 9 - on October 31 the Weegie Witches took to the streets in Glasgow to dance for women’s rights. See their statement and the fabulous dance below. #SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Deed 10 - @ForwomenScot have been to court twice in 2021 for a judicial review of @scotgov's GRPB Act that allows a male to be defined as a "woman". Scottish women funded the challenges. Judgement is due soon 💪: #WomenWontWheesht crowdjustice.com/case/stop-scot…

Deed 11 - Women from all over Scotland and the UK gathered in Glasgow to make visible the fight back against the erosion of our rights, and to exercise our right not to wheesht. Glasgow Green became Glasgow Green White and Violet for the day. #SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Deed 12 - a celebration of all the feminist artwork we’ve seen created this year. We can only include a tiny fraction, there’s so much more, please add your own below. Thanks to @errinnyes, @sewingwithsteel and @AbdnAutismCare for this selection. #SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Deed 13 - Oct 22, women protested in London, Belfast and Edinburgh to highlight how national institutions (NHS, BBC, government depts, etc) and private companies have been captured by #Stonewall ideology 1/

https://twitter.com/Scot_Feminists/status/1451852100900724744?s=20

#SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Deed 14 - When we were told to be silent, we made our own noise. If they wouldn't listen, they'd see our voices. We painted cities, parks, bridges - suffragette. We spread the word, Woman. We wrote it in ribbons, let it swell in the breeze. #SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Deed 15 - in June women gathered at Holyrood to protest Scot Gov removing women’s rights. According to our govt, woman can be a feeling in a man’s head. Under his eye, indeed. #SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Deed 16 - another celebration of those amazing Sole Sisters @VoteWithOurFeet. Tirelessly campaigning to highlight how ScotGov has ignored women’s voices. #SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Deed 17 - @mbmpolicy are 3 policy analysts that Scotland's (grateful❤️) women rely on to put Govs, politicians & lobbyists straight. Their calm but forensic approach has been a godsend in 2021's heated arguments over hate crime legislation, accurate data collection & census. 1/

Deed 18 - gathering at Holyrood to demand the government listen to women’s voices. An amazing turnout on a beautiful Edinburgh day, we let MSPs know exactly how we felt. #SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Deed 19 - In the middle of lockdown, on #InternationalWomensDay, a few local women thought Bobby was looking a wee bit cold so he got a coat in suffragette colours & a bonny mask to stop the bloody tourists from rubbing his nose bare.
#SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Deed 20 - protestors gathered outside North Lanarkshire council offices in October to highlight the defunding of three Women’s Aid projects. These services are vital, you can donate here to ensure their work continues nlwaid.com #SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Deed 21 - the ScotFem network! We began with twitter groups created by @shirleysascot covering all areas of Scotland. We’ve gone from strength to strength, supporting the great work of @ForwomenScot and carrying out activism across the country. #SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

https://twitter.com/scot_feminists/status/1447231158790639617

Deed 22 - Today we acknowledge one woman's deeds in Scotland in 2021. A woman who has done more than any other to unite Scottish Women, our "feminist to her fingertips" First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon 1/
#SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Sturgeon feels concerns that women have expressed over proposed legislation her Gov is pushing, to allow males to self ID as females (and so acquire their sex-based rights), are "sincerely held" but "not valid". 2/
#SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

https://twitter.com/GlenaArtisso/status/1436248558760603663?s=20

Not that Sturgeon, or her Ministers, would dare to talk to such women, of course. They'd rather spend time with the person (male) who runs the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre. They clearly have had a long friendship. How touching. /3
#SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Has that friendship led to women in Edinburgh/Lothians not having a female-only support service following sexual assault & rape, while employing males, despite advertising for a female vacancies? 4/
#SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht
forwomen.scot/10/08/2021/the…

As well as (@scotgov-funded) Rape Crisis Scotland & the Scottish Government fighting the amendment for victims to choose the SEX of their medical examiner following a sexual assault in the Forensic Services Bill (Dec 20)? 5/
#SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht holyrood.com/editors-column…

The Scottish Gov, under Sturgeon's control forced a non-Scot Gov funded women's group, @ForwomenScot , to challenge legislation that redefines "woman" to include "man" as long as he had a gas bill in a woman's name. Yes, you read that correctly. 6/
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That's why on 2nd Sept 21 there was the largest women's protest outside the Scottish Parliament there has ever been (until 2022). Sturgeon was booed & hissed. We rallied in spite of her "feminism", against her "feminism" /7
#SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

https://twitter.com/Scot_Feminists/status/1472242154391101447?s=20

So, 2022 beckons along with a HUGE fight against the proposed changes of @scotgov that will undermine & remove women's rights in Scotland. Women are networked, informed and ready. Sturgeon, bring it on 💪🧙‍♀️ /8
#SleighTheGRA #WomenWontWheesht

Thanks to @moleatthedoor and @crit_gen for lovely images 😊