Some thoughts on "The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht" and the NationalLibrary of Scotland's censorship of it.
1/12
The book's importance is that it tells the story of an astonishing grass roots movement involving women of all ages, classes, political views, mediated through ......
1/12
The book's importance is that it tells the story of an astonishing grass roots movement involving women of all ages, classes, political views, mediated through ......
2/12
........ Mumsnet, women’s groups, official & unofficial networks in political parties, within professions, in feminist organisations, volunteers, lawyers acting pro bono & many others, women learning about the law, doing the research, demonstrating, speaking, arguing, ....
........ Mumsnet, women’s groups, official & unofficial networks in political parties, within professions, in feminist organisations, volunteers, lawyers acting pro bono & many others, women learning about the law, doing the research, demonstrating, speaking, arguing, ....
3/12
... writing, informing the public & funded by donations from ordinary women.
They did so in the face of insults, attacks, being told “No Debate, their concerns were not valid,” accusations of every sort of “ism” & “phobia,” loss of jobs, contracts, professional isolation...
... writing, informing the public & funded by donations from ordinary women.
They did so in the face of insults, attacks, being told “No Debate, their concerns were not valid,” accusations of every sort of “ism” & “phobia,” loss of jobs, contracts, professional isolation...
4/12
.... and so on.
And now Scotland's National Library has continued this by refusing to have in an exhibition an important book about a significant political, social and legal movement, a book chosen by ordinary people.
Politicians, political commentators and other .....
.... and so on.
And now Scotland's National Library has continued this by refusing to have in an exhibition an important book about a significant political, social and legal movement, a book chosen by ordinary people.
Politicians, political commentators and other .....
5/12
.... organisations would do well to understand how & why this movement happened & how it worked. This is politics in the raw: real, passionate & effective. They might contrast it with how they tied themselves to & funded lobby groups who sought to embed gender self-ID .....
.... organisations would do well to understand how & why this movement happened & how it worked. This is politics in the raw: real, passionate & effective. They might contrast it with how they tied themselves to & funded lobby groups who sought to embed gender self-ID .....
6/12
.... without bothering to consult or get agreement or think about anyone other than those who wanted it. It was a dishonest malicious way of proceeding.
One example described in this book will suffice: the deliberate decision in 2019 to make female prisons the place .....
.... without bothering to consult or get agreement or think about anyone other than those who wanted it. It was a dishonest malicious way of proceeding.
One example described in this book will suffice: the deliberate decision in 2019 to make female prisons the place .....
7/12
..... where they would embed self-ID regardless of the law to create a precedent for the rest of the public sector, a decision recorded in writing, such was their arrogance.
Targeting vulnerable, voiceless women without the vote, women no-one really cares about & who ....
..... where they would embed self-ID regardless of the law to create a precedent for the rest of the public sector, a decision recorded in writing, such was their arrogance.
Targeting vulnerable, voiceless women without the vote, women no-one really cares about & who ....
8/12
.... are often the victims of male violence, by placing dangerous male prisoners with them – a practice which continues to this day – is not a progressive civil rights cause.
.... are often the victims of male violence, by placing dangerous male prisoners with them – a practice which continues to this day – is not a progressive civil rights cause.
9/12
Hubristic politicians heard only what they wanted to hear from those they funded to tell them.
Nemesis will involve learning to follow the law and think about the consequences of the mantras they have so blithely and unthinkingly been chanting like a child’s catechism.
Hubristic politicians heard only what they wanted to hear from those they funded to tell them.
Nemesis will involve learning to follow the law and think about the consequences of the mantras they have so blithely and unthinkingly been chanting like a child’s catechism.
10/12
Censoring this book because some of the library's staff don't like it is just another version of “be kind” ie don’t make the men feel bad.
No.
You don’t get to tell us – again – that we should put your feelings first. We’ve won the right not to be forced to do that.
Censoring this book because some of the library's staff don't like it is just another version of “be kind” ie don’t make the men feel bad.
No.
You don’t get to tell us – again – that we should put your feelings first. We’ve won the right not to be forced to do that.
11/12
That is the point of the legal victories culminating in the For Women Scotland case.
Difficult as this appears to be for commentators, politicians and the library to grasp, the important thing about women’s definition in law, women's rights and women's activism .....
That is the point of the legal victories culminating in the For Women Scotland case.
Difficult as this appears to be for commentators, politicians and the library to grasp, the important thing about women’s definition in law, women's rights and women's activism .....
12/12
.... is not what some men or employees feel about them.
Women have been saying this for the best part of a decade. At least.
Pay attention this time.
@threadreaderapp - please unroll
.... is not what some men or employees feel about them.
Women have been saying this for the best part of a decade. At least.
Pay attention this time.
@threadreaderapp - please unroll
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