Thread by @msjlindsay

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I thought that was pretty good. (That being #GenderWars)

Obvs everyone would have wanted more time for their partic angle, but let's face it, there's about four hundred different docs that could be made on this.

And probs will be. 1/

I was personally struck by the final comment of @bindelj about how, when you get called 'TERF' that's all you are allowed to be. Your entire history of good things wiped out. I've had that the last few years and it *does* hurt. Like your entire memories are scuffed 2/

Similarly, though, Nicole Jones makes the point about how true friends aren't those who do that. I also enjoyed the final scene with Linda and Katy Jon, and was struck that, in the Edina poetry scene, that's where I *was* before the hell of 2019. I see the pain of being 3/

a 'discussed person' but what is so shockingly absent from gender activists sometimes is that having years and years of being female and being told that's an unimportant category and you're a bigot for saying it matters feels appallingly abusive. It doesn't matter 4/

if some women call themselves 'cis' and go along with it; for me and many, hearing this is as hurtful & insane-making as some trans identifying people claim to feel by Stock.

Who, by the way, is an inspiration. So utterly reasonable, intelligent, as calm as possible... 5/

fair, and *holding the line* on so many things I hold dear (pursuit of truth, intellectual freedom, the right to speak on difficult but important issues without penury) It is unreal how her words have been twisted. I know some ppl, inc some followers, are upset. But 6/

I view that as a fair documentary. When we cast back to Bergdof's 'What Is A Woman' a few years back, this one allowed a significantly better insight into people's views. Yes, not a full account. That'll come later, I imagine. Well done to @Docstockk after a bit of a mad day. x