Since
@Brandubh4
joined this platform last year, both she & I have been overwhelmed by the incredible support & community she has found here.
After my unexpected "outing" on twitter tonight, I want to offer each & every one of you my deepest & most heartfelt thanks. 💚🤍💜
If you "support" and "admire" the kid, calling for "everyone" on twitter to block her is a strange way of showing it.
@Atlethia
The adults around her neither seek nor care about your approval or otherwise.
#LetWomenSpeakDublin
#LetWomenSpeak
@brandubh4
@Swimmingsolo1
@Rodgers1Suzanne
@brandubh4
@TwitterSafety
Gráinne,
Enough.
You implied twice today that my daughter is dishonest.
You engaged with her *without* confirming parental supervision was in place and yet, here you are now castigating others who you *think* have behaved in a similar fashion. Performative nonsense.
Robust debate is welcome. You did not engage in same.
You couched your agenda in faux concern for
@Brandubh4
& attempted to silence her by reporting her to
@TwitterSafety
. You made snide remarks and insinuations.
You're a grown woman. Act like one.
@brandubhsmum
@Rodgers1Suzanne
@brandubh4
@TwitterSafety
Enough?
I'm challenging your agenda ie. that the Irish Secondary School system is "full of gender ideology".
You've taken one small aspect of the SPHE course, with materials furnished by
@Belong_To
and extrapolated it to populist faux concern for the education system. /...
Did I ever think my daughter would write a parody of Molly Malone (Molly Mo Thóin) including the line "with his cock & his balls he's a man, a man oh"
No. I did not.
I never thought she would be sharing changing rooms & toilets with bepenised and bescrotumed individuals either.
If the mere words cock and balls are so offensive to you, then you should be even MORE offended by their presence in what should be female-only spaces for my daughter.
You should be supporting her instead of trying to tear her down.
#LetWomenSpeak
#LetWomenSpeakDublin
My daughter's ability to find humour in the darkest of situations is one of the traits that has helped her through this horrendous period.
She laughs when most others would be crying and neither she nor I will ever make any apology for that.
#LetWomenSpeak
#LetWomenSpeakDublin
@brandubh4
I need no guidance, advice or suggestions from you or anyone else who believes that young women - who are passionately defending their rights and the rights of all women and girls through whatever means they see fit - should be silenced.
@Atlethia
#LetWomenSpeak
NO child should ever be forced to grow up before their time, but that is exactly what happened to
@brandubh4
when she was exposed to highly inappropriate and factually incorrect material at school.
#LetWomenSpeak
#LetWomenSpeakDublin
When teachers deny what is happening, obfuscate and gaslight, fail to respond to emails and registered letters and refuse to meet with parents, trying to "deal" with them is not the simple matter that your tweet so tritely suggests.
@Atlethia
@FrancesW05
Thank you Frances. I stay anonymous to protect
@brandubh4
. I will be forever grateful to you and all the incredible women who support & encourage her, during what could have been an almost unbearable time in her life. Instead, she has been lifted up by a global sisterhood. 💜🤍💚
If you "support" and "admire" the kid, calling for "everyone" on twitter to block her is a strange way of showing it.
@Atlethia
The adults around her neither seek nor care about your approval or otherwise.
#LetWomenSpeakDublin
#LetWomenSpeak
@brandubh4
@eille_sselt
@brandubh4
@ThePosieParker
@StandingforXX
We had a great laugh about that!
Brandubh? A TRA? How very dare you! 😳😂
At the same time though, we were genuinely grateful for your vigilance and proactivity.
What an incredible day that was.
@Gibson_U_Witch
@crazypuce
@brandubh4
Mum and daughter - what a team!
You are speaking the truth plainly to your daughter and fostering an inquiring mind and critical thinking skills. Brava!
Keep guiding her exactly as you are. 👏🏻
@FreedomMOM1776
@jk_rowling
Thank you for sharing my daughter's poem.
I remember her composing the first verses as we drove home late one night. Who knew what it would become?
As it happens, today marks exactly 1 year since
@brandubh4
first publicly performed
#IAmNotADress
. 👇🏻