I remember a nice moment on twitter when Ash Sarkar asked what Julie Bindel had ever done for women. Many comments ensued detailing Julie’s decades of work with incarcerated women, victims of male violence, etc etc
Imagine saying that about someone who has been actively (and publicly) working for women's rights since the 1970s. bleeping hell. The arrogance of it all, honestly.
Proof they've never read a single bleeping word of her work. These older feminists being cancelled and deplatformed have done immeasurably more got actual women than any of these bits who feel "unsafe" because a woman might think women are female and sex work is exploitative in a patriarchy.
I recently saw a video of Shon Faye after only seeing Instagram and photoshoot photos. Let's just say those filters and flattering angles are working bleeping overtime.
Amen. Still looks like a fella with long hair and make up.
Where did this photo and quote come from? Is it real? Did he really say he will break your face? I’m struggling here.
and I mustn't say anything to his parents. 
I go to UoY and had heard about this event and the society who organised it. I was entirely expecting it to be cancelled. Just checked in the student media and I also vaguely know the 'bluefringe'
who wrote the letter to the Students' Union asking for Bindel to be deplatformed.That's so gross and I'm sorry that happened. They really can't help themselves. I used to play a lot of online hames during my student days and a TiM was involved in the wider group. He would ask all sorts of questions about doing hair and makeup - some of was normal enough, like "is this a good mascara". I didn't think anything of it and thought he just needed a bit of help. It turned into him questioning me on the underwear he should wear, should he buy a thong/was that what women wore, and so on... it is such a violation that these nasty creeps involve us in their fantasies and clearly get off on itJust had a really weird experience on an app called Olio where you can share things/give things away to people nearby. I've put up some interview clothes for people to borrow as I thought it'd be good for the environment and to help out people who don't have the money to buy interview clothes etc. Had a man (obviously masculine with a male name) whose profile picture was him in a skimpy bra ask to borrow a skirt to wear to an interview. Yeahhhh... I'm not participating in your female fetishism mate. The more I think about it the more I worry what he would've done with my skirt
I must admit I've tried (and failed) to understand the they/them thing.My daughter now has 2 friends that I'm told have 'they' pronouns. The first has an androgynous look but is female and attracted to men, the second is a female who has up to now identified as gay.
I'm totally puzzled why either of these young women no longer wish to use female pronouns. What advantage is there in declaring you are 'they'?
The younger brother of one of her friends (who is high functioning autistic) and in his late teens told his parents he was gay last year. I know his parents would be totally accepting of that so it wouldn't be difficult for him and they probably guessed anyway. Now my daughter has told me that this boy is secretly trans!
I seriously doubt that this young man has had much time to really explore life as a gay man. Again am very puzzled that he is now apparently a she.
Thank you! I knew about Kathleen Stock and Julie Bindel but not the others. These are great references to have.
Ugh, it always starts innocuous to build trust and quickly descends into tank fantasies… just like MumsnetThat's so gross and I'm sorry that happened. They really can't help themselves. I used to play a lot of online hames during my student days and a TiM was involved in the wider group. He would ask all sorts of questions about doing hair and makeup - some of was normal enough, like "is this a good mascara". I didn't think anything of it and thought he just needed a bit of help. It turned into him questioning me on the underwear he should wear, should he buy a thong/was that what women wore, and so on... it is such a violation that these nasty creeps involve us in their fantasies and clearly get off on it
Yes I agree. What's the point of the pronouns unless you have an ambiguous name?
But I thought this quote summed up so much of *waves hand around* so well.It is pointless. My work asked us but no one in my department has done it because having spoken to quite a few, they think it’s ridiculous and pointless. So it’s just the head of department that has, she is out there on her own, a married woman with kids and a female name, letting everyone know she goes by she/her. Idiotic. I’m embarrassed for her. She will go along with anything, no questions asked. Imagine we were asked to put our religion or political affiliation on our signatures? That’s what I equate it to. Why does my workplace assume I believe in gender identity?
Would you actually care even if you did get misgendered? I wouldn’t. I once had a takeaway delivered and had short hair at the time and didn’t bother putting the hall light on to answer the door. The guy handed it over and said ‘there you go, mate’ and I laughed, at which point he realised I wasn’t a man and went ‘oh er, sorry love’. I shut the door and went about my evening, rather than having an existentialist crisis about what gender norms I was presenting to the physical world
Of course, I now realise I should have called the takeaway and asked them to educate their staff to do better and reported them all to Stonewall.
