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Apr 30, 2020 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
This post by Barracker on Mumsnet has been on my mind since I read it and she has kindly agreed to let us share it with you:
"Jeez. The insanity that by necessity follows after you decide the law will 'recognise' a female person as 'male', when they are simply...not.
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Every aspect of sexed existence, every reference to female or male, girl, boy, woman, man, mother, father, daughter, son, sister, brother, they're all references to our binary, sexed bodies. Each one is ultimately a reference to reproductive biology.
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Feb 6, 2020 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
Mumsnet webchats used to be pretty famous for giving politicians quite a hard time and with good reason. Many politicians were expecting a fairly easy ride, only to be met with some of the most intelligent, well-read, and politically savvy women on the internet, 1/16
women who were not afraid to ask difficult questions.
But no longer; Mumsnet now tell its forum posters that “We're finding it increasingly hard to tempt politicians onto Mumsnet because of fears they'll simply be harangued about this single issue 2/16
Jan 23, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Universities must stop this, it is happening far too often;
''We heard evidence of attempts by students to no platform leading feminists and LGBT activists with a lengthy pedigree in campaigning for LGBT rights simply because they had defended the idea of women-only space''
P21 onwards publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201719/jt…
Nov 9, 2019 • 40 tweets • 7 min read
1. @MumsnetTowers have very particular guidelines on what can be discussed on the feminism board. This post from TalkingintheDark articulates very clearly why women struggle to avoid falling foul of them. Thanks for giving us permission to share this
2. "My problem with the guidelines - apart from the lack of clarity and consistency - is that they are predicated upon a fallacy.
The fallacy is that it is biologically male trans people who are the vulnerable and oppressed minority, and, ergo, women
Nov 2, 2019 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
"We just want to pee.
And use your changing rooms.
And shower beside you in the gym.
And sleep beside you in the hostel.
Also sleep beside you in hospital.
And if you’re a lesbian, we want to fuck you with our lesbian penis.
We just want to take your allotted women’s shortlist spaces.
And win your women in STEM or business or arts awards.
And count as you for pay gap data.
Also for the crime we commit, when counted statistically.
We really just want to pee.
