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GC Feminist. Widow. Chronic illness. Philosophical musings. Wildlife. Organic gardening. Land reform. Scottish Indy. Europe. Funny things. Beautiful things.
Nov 18, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
One of the things that stuns me in the gender wars is the way in which TRA allies overlook/deny/don’t care about 50% of the population. Always, they put the needs of men first. And bad mouth any woman who complains. Same as it ever was. But my god it is depressing & enraging. It is like a double blow for women: first we are gaslit into accepting men as women (which is an insult to our intelligence & womanhood) & secondly we have to them accept that the ‘new women’ are more vulnerable than us, and that women should be a shield against men’s violence!
Jul 6, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
I am speaking of my story to try to stop this abuse. I have been diagnosed with PTSD triggered by my husbands death. But trauma from my childhood has been coming up and troubling me greatly. The trauma was vast and went on for years but at present it is one incident that is haunting me 5 decades after it happened. I was sexually abused at 4 years old and images, feelings, fear, smells, sounds have all been infiltrating my conscious and sleeping mind. I am having auditory hallucinations and that abuser’s voice is one such troubling voice. There is no