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If this is the tweet that cancels my career after 34 years in publishing, it's a hill I'm prepared to die on. At a point whenmy industry is allegedly welcoming diversity it is shocking that a Muslim author can be pile on
#Istandwith
@omjalirauf
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So just been told 33% of women afe sexually turned on by breastfeeding. Not quite sure how suffering from cracked nipples & mastitis is remotely sexy. Anyone else? Maybe we should do a poll๐คฃ
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I'm putting out there I think Joanne Harris should resign. She has brought the Society of Authors into disrepute.
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@PhilipPullman
I am not prepared to be silent & put up with being called a cervix haver/ a menstruator instead of what I am, which is a woman. Men are not being expected to be referred to as ejaculators/penis owners. Why should we put up with it?
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@AhemItsHolly
@anyabike
@PantiBliss
@BetteMidler
I've had a hysterectomy. I've also given birth. I am still a woman. A man's body can NEVER give birth. A woman's has the capacity to. That's the difference
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It is fascinating that
@daraobriain
@jimmycarr
@JKCorden
et al ALL knew that it was madness to say men can give birth in2008, and were happy to mock it. Yet now they stand silent while
@Glinner
tirelessly exposes the nonsense for what it is. Time to stand up and be counted, no?
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On a personal note I very much hope my brave and brilliant friend
@Gillian_Philip
wins her case tomorrow, but it's an important test case for all of us in the creative industries. A victory tomorrow will have profound implications for us all.
@jk_rowling
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There seems to be quite the crossover between people who think men can be women & people who think Hamas' behaviour in Israel is justified.
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@OwenJones84
@stonewalluk
But she won her case against her chambers. Belief in biological sex is a protected characteristic & she was discriminated by her workplace on advice followed by Stonewall. This is not the victory you think it is.
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@RekaGyorgy_
So outraged on your behalf. Well done for speaking out. Can't have been easy. Xxxx
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So a man who got his wanger out live on tv (which is bold and brave and not creepy and pervy as it would be if he did it in the park) thinks to lecture ME on IWD about what it is to be a woman. Go boil your head.
I had to check this wasnโt a parody. It isnโt. What it is, however, is full justification for using a word I normally avoid - mansplaining
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I disagree with both Kathy Burke & David Tennant but I wouldn't dream of hounding them, insisting they recant & demanding no one employs them. Show me where terfs are saying that & I'll be first to condemn them.
I wish every terf going after Kathy Burke and David Tennant a very get in the bin
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To all the brave detransitioners telling their stories today, I am so sorry you have had to through this And I salute your courage.
#detransitionawarenessday
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@jetfury
Here's a stat for you. Over 60% of TWs in prison are there for sexual offences. Do I think 60% of TW are sexual offenders? No. But the ease at which a man can claim to be a woman allows predators to access female spaces. That's the problem.
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@chainborne
Dear Brian. I am a woman who has had an hysterectomy. On behalf of all wombless women everywhere, I am here to tell you sincerely that we are NOT the same as transwomen. Please stop propagating this nonsense.
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@MarvellousMrsP
@PhilipPullman
No, but it is language that is being used in health leaflets here.
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I could not be more furious about what has happened to
@OnjaliRauf
.
#bekind
#beinclusive
. Except if an uppity Muslim woman disagrees. Then as an oh so LIBERAL white woman you can lecture her on where she's going wrong. THAT'S WHITE PRIVILEGE
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I would like to thank
@bindelj
@jk_rowling
@MayaForstater
@Docstockk
@BluskyeAllison
@JessDeWahls
@blablafishcakes
@RooneyRachel
@Gillian_Philip
& so many others whose courage heloed me find my voice
#thankashero
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It is distressing to see yet another pile on of an author who was merely expressing his regret for doing the same to another author. We are grown ups. We should be able to disagree without resorting to this. I find it upsetting that people in publishing feel it's ok to do this.
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@UKLabour
When are you going to stand up for women's rights? And when are you going to support
@RosiedDuffield1
against the appalling trolls who harrass her. And when will
@Keir_Starmer
get off that fence and finally say what a woman is. We know he knows.
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@tinaorkidea
@mrstomlinstan
I am a woman. That's it. I don't identify as one, I AM one. I refuse to accept a name that has been imposed on me.
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@OwenJones84
Don't you think it's pretty devaststing that a children's charity didn't do the due diligence to ensure one of their trustees wasn't a paedophile apologist? Where is the safeguarding? I'm sorry anyone has had abuse, but Mermaids have failed children hugely.
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Tonight I define myself as a dinosaur not just hoarding my rights but shrilling about them from the rooftops
@DavidLammy
@thejamesmax
Does shrilly dinosaur dance๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ
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How how how can you look at what
@OnjaliRauf
has done in her career so far & conclude she's hateful? Please everyone, buy her books.
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@MarvellousMrsP
@PhilipPullman
Sorry not sure what your point is? Do you think chest feeding is a better term?
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@BBCWomansHour
The word you're looking for is WOMEN. Only women menstruate. Or are you planning to rename yourself People's Hour as you seem to have thrown women under the bus?
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As I am standing for
@Soc_of_Authors
on a FoS ticket, I am often asked where I draw the line on FoS . And it is incitement to violence. So I ask EVERYONE in publishing to condemn the speech given at the weekend that did exactly that to a cheering crowd.
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@MacyGraysLife
@IndiaWilloughby
@PiersUncensored
@piersmorgan
@TalkTV
Go Macy! We're right behind you
#togetherwerise
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@CHIMPSINSOCKS
Bizarre isn't it? You are not alone. Many of us do agree with you. It feels though as if too many institutions: libraries, schools, art venues seem to have forgotten the importance of safeguarding.
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I am delighted to say that I have applied to joi n the Management Committee of the Society of Authors on a Freedom of Speech ticket. I would be grateful if anyone who is interested could read and share the the attached statement.
@Soc_of_Authors
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@ripx4nutmeg
Christ that's so tellimg that the 3 TMs in the woman's estate are there because being with men caused 'tensions' but any tensions caused by TWs being with women are ignored.
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@OwenJones84
1) I understand you are a journalist of some repute, so I am sure you won't mind me putting you right on one or two things about the recent
@SocofA
AGM. First, none of us are as we have been described by many as bigots.
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@thejamesmax
@HaydenHewitt
@rachel__g0ddard
@millihill
Shrill. Interesting word to use. Why do women who disagree with you have shrill voices?
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Fucking hell
@guardian
I am never buying your rotten paper again. What kind of people do you have working for you? Can't any of them put their personal prejudiced aside to ask after a colleague in distress. You are a bunch of useful idiots for Hamas.
A piece I encourage you to all read.
A first person account of a Jewish employee at The Guardian, in the immediate aftermath of October 7th.
If you're anything like me, it will make you incredibly angry. It also won't surprise you in the slightest.
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I am 58. I have been a parent, a carer, a writer, an editor in my life. I am also a realist and understand that there are two sexes and gender is a social construct. What I am not is a white supremacist who is being funded by right wing Christine groups. And my name's not Karen.
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Oh and also thanks to entirely dubious reporting by
@PinkNews
@helenstaniland
&
@HJoyceGender
have both received death threats. Right side of history my arse.
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@anyabike
@DavidLammy
@BBCr4today
At our last council elections, I raised it with every candidate. Only one gave me a straight answer. He got my vote. Spoiled my ballot for the first time EVER in 2019 on this issue. Wrote to every party about it. Not one reply.
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@KirstieMAllsopp
@JCCWilliams
3) We know it's not all men. Neither is it all trans women. BUT... we also know predators will do ANYTHING to get near vulnerable women & children. And the group of men that includes TWs don't get a pass on that any more than any other group.
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@PhilipPullman
Twitter is not the greatest place to have nuanced discussion, but we need to have this one. I respect everyone's rights, but sometimes rights clash & in this case women - it is always women are being expected to give up our hard fought for rights.
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@JCCWilliams
1)
@RooneyRachel
has just listed the names of some of the people who hounded her out of the book industry. Some of the same
#bekind
people tried the same stunt on
@onjalirauf
. Luckily they failed. Not without causing distress though.
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@MacyGraysLife
@Tomas_Mier
So sorry you are getting this crap. You've said nothing wrong, have spoken truth & there are legions who support you & thank you for sayimg what you didx
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@Soc_of_Authors
I think the Society of Authors urgently needs to take a stand on this. By making such judgements on authors whose opinions they disagree with librarians are depriving them of much needed income. This surely isn't part of their job?
UPDATE: Today we discovered the full list of books removed from shelves of
@CMBClibraries
. They include books by
@HJoyceGender
@Docstockk
@AbigailShrier
@brunskellevans
Spot a theme? We are told that: 'The decision to remove certain books from library shelves was not a political
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@KirstieMAllsopp
@JCCWilliams
4) & apart from anything else your tone deaf response to the distressed mother who talked about her daughter removing her healthy breasts was breathtaking. Sure. We can all find humour in dark times. But to joke about a young woman having unnecessary surgery?
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@RosieDuffield1
@jk_rowling
Congrats on your reselection. So thrilled for you. Can you now lead the Labour party please๐คฃ
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@mintyylamb
@chainborne
Exactly! I have had a hyster. I've also had four children. I am not in any remote way the same as a transwoman.
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@Keir_Starmer
@womensaid
@OfficialMelB
@vicderbyshire
How can we trust you to sort out violence against women and girls when you cannot bring yourself to say what a woman is?
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I think you know what most of your listeners want, and that's a fair and honest discussion about the way that women's rights are being eroded on a daily basis. Please interview Helen Joyce or Maya Forstater. And then I might start listening to your programme again.
๐ฃ Do you ever discuss a topic and think: โIโd love to hear that on Womanโs Hourโ?
Well, hereโs your chance!
Listener Week is coming up & we'd like to hear from YOU! Whether it's personal stories or guest suggestions, let us know what you want to hear โ๏ธ โฌ๏ธ
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@sally_hines
@HadleyFreeman
@guardian
So you are calling a woman of colour, liar? What happened to
#believeher
?
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I am very concerned about this story. Libraries are places where people should be able to read whatever they choose. It is NOT the job of librarians to hide "wrong think" books from punters.
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Also shout out to the wonderful guys I follow here who understand the importance of women's rights:
@Jebadoo2
@DreyfusJames
@CCSDvoice
@SophieXY44
@Wonkypolicywonk
& many others. Thank you.
#InternationalMensDay
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@theJeremyVine
@Jebadoo2
If you haven't heard about it
@millar_marion
has had this from the Scottish police for posting a picture of a suffragette ribbon on twitter. Apparently that is hateful. She was threatened with arrest & the prospect of her children being taken into care.
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@KirstieMAllsopp
@JCCWilliams
1) Or how about listening to what we're all saying? You mentioned mix sex wards not being an issue - yet this week has seen a report showing that rapes/sexual assaults are a massive problem in hospitals. Have you ever spent time in one?
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@Louiestowell
@mrjamesmayhew
@NikHaflinger
@RooneyRach
@mssusieday
Do you really think it is acceptable to hound someone out of the industry because you disagree with their point of view. Please point me to what is wrong with the beautiful inclusive book, My Body is Me? Where how is it/its author transphobic?
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@theJeremyVine
@Keir_Starmer
Really? You didn't expect that? Women are furious. I ballot spoiled on this for the fist time ever in 2019. Last year in council elections I voted for the one person who answered the question.
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Congratulations to
@jk_rowling
on the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter films. They and the books were a huge part of our family life. Thank you. And yes
#IstillstandwithJKRowling
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@OwenJones84
Also. Don't you get bored of bullyimg womem like
@RosieDuffield1
& do you EVER stop to wonder if you are actually on the right side of history or if perchance you might be the baddy? You know, bullying women ain't such a good look๐
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@andrewdoyle_com
@ChristmasBee1
FFS. As a menopausal woman it infuriates me that JUST as this topic is being properly discussed we get told that men experience it too. No you DON'T
#Labourlosingwomen
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Best of luck to
@Gillian_Philip
today. Remember, a victory for Gill is a victory for all of us in the creative industries. And if she loses, we must fight on. .
@Soc_of_Authors
.
@FreeSpeechUnion
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Do you have a mother, wife, sisters, daughters? Would you really want them to be in a hospital ward with a fully intact male? I have only been in hospital once after an op and felt very vulnerable. I would not have wanted a man sharing my ward.
This is deliberately exclusionary, wholly unnecessary and - above all - cruel.
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@Keir_Starmer
@Paul_Cornell
Unfortunately
@Keir_Starmer
despite your fudging on LBC today you are not convincing enough women who believe you've thrown us under the bus in order to be inclusive for us to vote for you.
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I am pleased to announce that I intend to stand for the Management Committee of the Society of Authors in the autumn.
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Thanks Andrew for recognising this. SO many women have been hounded out of jobs, had their reputations trashed & lost income for standing up for women's rights. I am 58 and this has been the most misogynistic era of my life. (And I got married when marital rape was still legal).
Understood. I wonโt. I can see itโs been bloody in the trenches and those in the vanguard have been sorely abused and traduced.
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@KirstieMAllsopp
No doubt you'll block me now, as you seem to be blocking everyone else who disagrees with you. But you know. We could have a proper conversation about this. I think you might find your new pals aren't nearly as friendly as you think they are.
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@theJeremyVine
@Jebadoo2
Ceri simply stands up for the rights of women & girls to have safe spaces. She supports women who have faced horrific abuse. She is a wonderful person & has done nothing wrong. But being vocal has made her a target of TRAs
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@OwenJones84
6) The reason we brought a motion to request Joanne Harris step down as chair was nothing to do with her views on a particular issue, but about the way she has acted in a partisan fashion on numerous occasions.
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@OwenJones84
3) We maintain that it is the job of the SoA to support ALL writers no matter what their views (so long as they are not saying anything illegal or inciting violence). It is the job of an author sometimes to be offensive/provocative.
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@OnjaliRauf
@jk_rowling
@BluskyeAllison
@suzanne_moore
How lovely to see such awesome women who have suffered so much to stand up for all of us being so joyful. Sheroes one and all!
@OnjaliRauf
@jk_rowling
@BluskyeAllison
@suzanne_moore
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@OwenJones84
2) We brought the motion on FoS to shed light on a worrying tendency in publishing for certain voices to be silenced. We all know people who have lost contracts for liking tweets or saying things that some disagree with.
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@PhilipPullman
@NickCohen4
@AmandaPCraig
@jk_rowling
We met many years ago in my Scholastic days, when I was proud to work in children's books. Now, sadly I'm relieved I no longer do.
@jk_rowling
needs the support from her peers she is not currently getting.
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@thejamesmax
@HaydenHewitt
@rachel__g0ddard
@millihill
6) Finally here is a list of women who have been targetted/abused/lost jobs because of their views:
@BluskyeAllison
@Docstockk
@JessDeWahls
@Gillian_Philip
@RooneyRachel
@MForstater
& many many more.
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I am just wondering if publishing needs an authorial code of conduct for online behaviour. If people consistently pile on others because of views they disagree with, should there be dome kind of sanction?
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@JCCWilliams
4) That the response to our speech was to hear the CEO say free speech doesn't have a place in the SoA was staggering. IF the SoA don't champion free speech, who will? And how can the many members who are afraid to speak now trust their union?
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@thenursemattie
@Sianysianyboots
@cassesque
@LaraRixon
@bindelj
@PeterTatchell
No it isn't my vagina has birthed 4 babies. Can yours?
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@OwenJones84
4) What one reader finds offensive another might not. Who is supposed to be the moral arbiter of this? Our union should be able to stand for all. And currently it is failing us.
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@Soc_of_Authors
I just wanted to raise again my concerns about the voting process for the CWIG Committee Election. It seems that anyone can vote multiple times. You don't have to give your membership number and when you have voted you can vote again. This worrying vid shows how.
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@janeclarejones
Why do they always say we reduce women to genitals when it's them changing language ... to reduce women to genitals?๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Thank you so much for all your lovely messages. It means a great deal to me. I will reply in due course but I am away for the next few days & taking a short break from social media. X
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@OwenJones84
5) Many many authors now fear for their careers (and with some justification) if they say anything out of line. It is for them that we raised this motion
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I find the hypocrisy of the CofE on this sickening. We're inclusive but not like that...
The only way the Church of England is willing to marry a same-sex couple is if one of them gets a gender-recognition certificate - a government-issued piece of paper stating that they're the opposite sex.
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Really glad to see that the Dublin police have done such a good job. Bravo to all speakers and everyone taking hold of their courage to come. BE SAFE everyone going home. Kelly Jay Keen is right, we are going to win this.
#LetWomenSpeakDublin
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@OwenJones84
7) Prior to the AGM we were attacked as bigots and hateful by numerous of Ms Harris's supporters. She did not denounce these unfounded allegations. I gave both speeches at the AGM and I have never been in such a hostile atmosphere.
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@OwenJones84
10) I am enclosing copies of our speeches. Perhaps you can tell me where we were bigoted?
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@PennyRed
No problem with anyone being trans. It is when trans rights are in conflict with my rights as a woman that I have an issue.
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@Aja02537920
@helenstaniland
@StandingforXX
@ScouseJayne
Yup. At my daughters' school there was a rash of self harming 10 years ago. Now at the same school everyone going trans.
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@FrauBobble
@NeeleEllers
I am just angry with the disgraceful way some entitled people feel they can behave. If not now, when? If not me, who? I'm ok. I give no shits anymore. Let them come
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@theJeremyVine
@Jebadoo2
These are only two stories of many. Women have been no-platformed, harrassed, lost their jobs, in the name of inclusivity by the
#bekind
mob for standing of women's sex based rights.
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For always pointing out the bleeding obvious I will always & forever declare
#Istandwithrosieduffield
@RosieDuffield1
SHERO
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@tot_empress
Stop pretending it's something it's not. Minor attraction = paedophilia. It is abhorrent. Children aren't yours to desire.
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What an absolute tragedy & travesty this is. Because some people in publishing didn't like a book that Rachel wrote - a lovely sweet book - they bullied and harassed her to the extent that she has left the industry. A great loss to children's literature. And a shameful chapter.
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@HadleyFreeman
The author acknowledges the polling is not conclusive because so many lesbians are too frightened to speak up. I'm not a lesbian either, but I speak to enough to know the cotton ceiling is a homophobic misogynistic way to pressure lesbians to sleep with men.
#istandwithlesbians
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It still takes huge amounts of courage to do this though,
@jk_rowling
. You have my huge admiration.
"Iโve looked around and realised that it has to be someone who can take the hit. And it has to be me. I can afford it.โ
J.K. Rowling at the
#FiLiA2023
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