As we approach the Giggle v Tickle decision, it’s important to remember that the Australian Human Rights Commission argued in a court of law that men who claim to be women need pregnancy protections.
I shit ye not. They actually said this.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
“My role as SEX discrimination commissioner is to advocate for GENDER equality and also LGBTQI+ community” - Australia’s SEX discrimination commissioner.
Oh, is it? 😳
Buckle up for some astonishing incoherence. Grab some popcorn or, at the very least, a lot of hard liquor.
1/
“Do you now have a definition for biological man? What’s your understanding of it?”
“Senator, I’m not a medical expert…”
OK. So then how to you advocate for “trans people”? How do you know what anyone is? Why is one demographic a struggle but another isn’t?
2/
“Do you recognize that there are biological men & women?”
“As I said previously Senator, I am not a medical expert…”
Then give up your half a million dollar per year job to someone who is & who knows. Literally all you are admitting is you are ill-equipped for the role.
🧵The vast majority of Trans Rights Activists in the public sphere are “cis men” (using the term they prefer). They have pronouns (he/him) in their bio, despite there being no ambiguity about their sex or gender. They perpetuate lies about women.
This needs to be acknowledged.
🧵 These men, mostly journalists & academics whose livelihoods rely on truth & evidence, ignore everything women say to them when presented with the evidence of attacks on women’s rights. Instead, they respond with slurs & watch as women are attacked or told to “STFU”.
🧵They are not trans people. They are not women. Yet they routinely add fuel to the fire to continue the fight between trans people & women, despite having absolutely nothing to lose themselves. They abuse both women & trans people who challenge them.
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!
1
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
2
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 🤷♀️)
1. I'm the CEO of a platform for females & know I have a unique insight into the single sex space debate. I see it play out in real time.
During our 1st MVP test phase, 1000s of TW onboarded & created "KILL TERF" profiles.
Are we supposed to take these seriously or not?
2. I fought to include TW on Giggle but the reality is I fought not knowing the hostility of the situation. I was shocked & devastated by the KILL TERF & other obscene profiles, but...
Is "KILL TERFS", "RAPE TERFS" & "LOOK AT MY GIRL DICK" what we can except in the real world?
3. Is it "just" something said to women online or is it something that would be done in "analogue" female spaces?
It's a really important questions to ask, because not only do women not want to read stuff like this... we don't want to physically experience it either.