We couldn’t afford to make alliances with those that appropriated the language of feminism to achieve their long term goal of unraveling the feminist struggled for reproductive rights or the struggle for migrant justice Pragna Patel,former director Southall Black Sisters FILIA22
Lefty here. Imho, it's completely unacceptable for trans woman Sarah Baker, who spent 30 years in jail for attempted murder after being imprisoned for kidnapping & torture, to say at
#TransPrideLondon
: “If you see a
#TERF
, punch them in the fucking face.”
@drtlaleng
You are a UN Special Rapporteur yet think this targeted harassment is 'epic'? Joanna Cherry was quite right to draw attention to the threats implied in that post - & others. I doubt your colleague,Reem Alsalem, would be so dismissive of this violent misogyny.
This is the Executive Editor of the Critic claiming that Allende was responsible for the US backed military coup which led to a 17 year dictatorship. Utterly shameful drivel.
Allende should be seen as culpable for the regime that followed him - Chile was a democratic society driven off a cliff by a socialist government which oversaw hyper-inflation, a collapse in the standard of living and a massive erosion of democratic norms.
🔊 This is the sound of pain.
Tied down, screaming in pain whilst workers tear the hair from their bodies. Cashmere is TORTURE for goats.
#LFW
#LondonFashionWeek
If I am forced to choose, I will not be giving up the right to the existence of the female sex in law/ policy; to female only spaces, e.g., showers/lockerrooms; to female only sports; to an ontological category free of men; to female only services & shelters to have an abortion.
@UN
@UNFPA
The stigma is intimately tied to the oppression of women & girls, who you feel unable to centre or name. Male 'people' would not be treated in this way.
@Matthew_Hodson
Woolf is suggesting that gender roles are societal rather than biologically ordained. Imaginary sex changes allow her to explore the imposition of gender ie the way in which men are permitted more freedom in the world.
‘Italian lesbians defeat the far right’. I look forward to ALL the gender critical women who claim to stand with lesbians, cheering this victory, especially as so few did so when we first heard about Meloni’s attack on lesbian mums.
Kate Osborne should apologise to Labour voters who can spot her clear dishonesty. She knows full well that epidemic can mean a rapid spread or increase in the occurrence of something. Also, young LGB people being misdiagnosed as trans is 'bad', at any scale.
An epidemic has obviously negative connotations.
Dictionary definition = a disease, an undesirable phenomenon, of something bad widespread in community
It shouldn't need to be said that calling any group of people an epidemic is a bad thing
The Minister owes me an apology.
Now that some of you’ve realised that Posie Parker is an authoritarian bigot, you might also start noticing that she isn’t simply a single issue campaigner.
@MartinLaBelle
@jk_rowling
@deborahross
You must surely know that the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in the Israel-Gaza war & said that Hamas “attacks cannot justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people”.
According to Posie Parker Pride marches are FULL of paedophiles. This goes way beyond any legitimate critique of LGBT + politics. Isn’t it time that there was more honestly amongst her supporters about what she stands for & the danger of such hateful rhetoric?
“The risks for the family are enormous; if the legal parent dies or becomes seriously ill, the surviving partner has no rights over the children, meaning the children could become wards of the state or handed to other relatives.”
@alisapower
@thequeeremporiu
Several shops that displayed the flag hastily took it down once given accurate information about FILIA, the largest annual feminist conference in Europe. I guess feminism never was your strong suit? Here’s an example of one of the workshops.
I’d hazard a guess that most decent people are more critical of Neo Nazis than someone who puts pronouns in their bio. The only question should be ‘is this true?’ followed by ‘how come this happened again?’
Both Heather Brunskell Evans & KJK/Posie Parker are RTing disinformation supplied by the exec editor & co-host of Steve Bannon’s War Room. Once you share false right wing narratives, you can no longer claim that you agree with these people on *one* issue alone.
@millihill
The same accounts have attacked WPUK,JCJ/TRN, Emma Hilton, Julie B, Jeni Harvey..their usual targets are left feminists, though not in HJ’s case. Maybe more high profile gc women will now pay attention to a pattern of bullying & abuse that has gone unremarked, thus far.
@stellaomalley3
@genspect
Do you never think how much damage you are doing to Genspect by embracing a range of crank Republican causes? This is mission creep with a right wing bias.
Calvin Robinson has been expelled from the Conservative Party for associating with Tommy Robinson. When the tories have got more political judgement than Let Women Speak supporters you know they are really in trouble.
"We could not afford to make alliances with those that appropriated the language of feminism to achieve their long term goal of unraveling the feminist struggled for reproductive rights or the struggle for migrant justice." - Pragna Patel, Southall Black Sisters FILIA " 2022
@dgurdasani1
Feminism isn’t obliged to “include” anyone who isn’t female. The important thing is that our analysis takes into account differences/divisions amongst women which are based on class, race, sexuality & disability.
@BinhamidAli
I think most people will look at the video & see a young woman being physically assaulted. She posed no threat & this was not the way to respond to the protest, whether you approve of the latter or not.
Ian Banham quite clearly doesn’t support women. He tweeted supportively to Andrew Tate when he was released from prison. Maybe he was fired for the wrong reasons ie correctly sexing a convicted abuser but let’s not pretend he’s not a misogynist himself.
You fired him because he supports WOMEN. Because he refuses to call a violent man a woman, because he refuses to call a grifting attention seeker, Mulvaney, a woman, because he knows that women are adult human females. Shame on you
@bandwildyouth
and fuck your 'Eurovision values'
The LGB Alliance expresses horror at Putin’s latest attacks on LGB & trans identified people & Posie Parker chastises them in a sub tweet. A moment that speaks volumes.
One reason why KJK supporters are unable to listen to legitimate criticisms - tribalism apart -is because of journos who get things wrong, to a wilful degree.Neo Nazis did turn up in support of the LWS Melbourne rally but they weren't invited & nor was there a mass nazi salute.
@zoesqwilliams
A YouGov poll in 2022 found that only 16% of the public favour transwomen athletes participating in women’s sporting events. So SD is absolutely right on that score.
This is a disgusting post. Many feminists are calling for a ceasefire & support the ICJ case. Palestinian women & girls make up the majority of those killed, wounded and displaced. We won't be silenced by men weaponizing rape to justify war crimes against a civilian population.
Anyway, not a single person who isn't happy to see Hamas rape Jewish women will take the least notice of this ruling by the ludicrous ICJ. So let's get back to the real world now.
Posie Parker thinks Debbie Hayton &, by definition, all trans (male) teachers, should be prohibited from working with children. These are the ugly politics that have been facilitated by high profile gender critical women who ignored warnings about the direction of travel.
Due diligence would have been welcome at a much earlier stage but, at least, a few of KJK’s high profile supporters are beginning to be alarmed. Will the British gc tweeps who’ve expressed support for ‘Stand by Your Women’ publicly retract that support?
🧵I suggest everyone needs to do due diligence in looking into who is involved before attending the Stand By Your Woman events.
It's difficult as those of us who want a convo about women's rights are being put in the middle of extremists from both ends & it is hard to navigate.
Humanitarian groups called for safe routes to UK after 4 adults & a little girl of 7 drowned. Her broken hearted father saw her die. I don’t like to swear but fuck these inhuman racists.
Who do you trust to protect women & girls against grooming, trafficking & sexual abuse? A fascinating poll in which KJK supporting accounts mainly lined up to agree that Tommy Robinson is their man.
@DougBrunt
@Martina
By 1990 Navratilova had won the women's singles championships of the French Open twice (1982 1984), the Australian Open 3 times (1981/83/85), the U.S. Open 4 times (1983/84/86/87) & Wimbledon a record 9 times (1978/79/82–87/1990).
The ADF are key architects in the overturning of Roe V Wade. Graham Lineham once spoke passionately in favour of abortion reform in Ireland. In the US, the group is laying the groundwork to end protection for birth control..
@aytchellesse
The Head girls/academics v salt of the earth campaigners narrative was created by KJK & fans. Few of the women they target are academics.
* It’s best for children to be raised by a mother and father
* Some forms of corporal punishment are neither cruel nor unusual
* Earth is not dying
* Public education has failed
* TERF is definitely a slur: cis definitely isn’t
* Licorice is delicious
@MForstater
‘People who think drag queens are adult entertainment’. No. HNH’s focus is the far right mobilisation against these events eg Patriotic Alternative. The same ones who are protesting outside asylum hostels. Also, the section on KJK is accurate. Do you really want to publicise it?
🧵 Women and Prisons - a thread. Our 2019 manifesto made explicit demands for change: Implement the recommendations of the Corston and Angiolini reports and reduce the imprisonment of women…. /1
@BraddockBessie
You won’t be passing on the opportunity of deliberate misrepresentation either, will you? You’re one of the women who spread false claims about Jane’s partner so your motives here are entirely suspect.
Gina is talking about Matt Trihey, a Neo Nazi who lent his sound system to the Let All Women Speak event in Melbourne & was permitted to be the 1st & last speaker. This event was modelled on the one organised by KJK 1 yr ago where a Neo Nazi group pitched up. Go figure.
@ICanSeeForever1
He was an okay guy, provided a decent sound system and gave a lovely introduction to the women speaking.
Hope you kept watching, the women's speeches were awesome.
Gotta say Mel's silent minute was the most powerful.
If you post continuously about the safeguarding of children & have nothing to say now, please be quiet indefinitely. You’re fooling nobody outside your little bubble.
Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls
On
#PalestinianChildDay
, the appalling way in which the international community has failed Palestinian boys and girls will forever haunt our humanity and our collective history. Make no mistake, this is a blow to the rights of the child worldwide in times of war and peace; a
It seems that all a regular right wing, misogynist has to do these days is oppose the ‘gender madness’ (see bio) & he’s guaranteed a ton of gc followers who overlook this crap.
True of KJK’s clique, of course. Not true otherwise. Shame on the rad/rev fems who gave this woman political cover including core WDI women, WoLF, Object - & anyone who confuses shouting about ‘men in dresses’ being paedos & perverts with feminist activism.
There’s little point pretending, at this stage, that this combination of unashamed racism & political idiocy doesn’t represent a significant minority (at best) of accounts sporting dinosaurs & suffragette colours. Why & how this happened is worth documenting, sad as it is.
@sharrond62
This is fake news from anti vaxx activists. Please consider deleting. You've got a big platform and this is just going to alienate a lot of your supporters.
Last year Posie Parker met with the Heritage Foundation to discuss joint working. This is the Christian Right group which has detailed plans to dismantle US democracy. Amongst other targets they are coming for contraception. Mary Harrington is another of their useful idiots.
Told ya. Heritage is the lead organizer of Project 25. They want the next Republican president to give them control over approving and withdrawing approval of drugs. They are coming for birth control via the FDA, regardless of the courts. 1/
So a number of people are aghast to discover that a woman who they thought was a brave, effective & astute campaigner is, in fact, a rank bigot who thinks trans identified people shouldn’t have civil rights. Did they support her in ignorance of her long stated positions?
@AlastairMcA30
@Martina
Martina continues to be respected & loved by huge numbers of women & men. She will surely survive without the approval of a random man who pretends not to know about the physiological differences between male & female bodies.
Mums for Liberts, TPUSA, Conservative Ladies & the traditional family sheltering from that scary rainbow rain. Also, the term 'Parental Alienation' is a massive red flag (as they say..) for all feminists who know about Fathers/mens rights activism & the family courts.
@BevJacksonAuth
Which people, Bev? You’ll find they are, without exception, KJK supporters, many of the same accounts that went after JCJ & have abused any women who questioned the wisdom of taking extreme right platforms or engaging in hateful rhetoric. The connections are plain to see.
Anyone wondering how LWS supporters ended up at a racist rally might look at some of the earlier warning signs. Carl Benjamin, one of the speakers, has ivd KJK 4 times. As well as founding the Lotus Eaters, He helped launch Hearts of Oak, alongside Tommy Robinson...
Meghan Murphy & Nina Power both spoke at this right wing festival in Hungary. The MCC is Orbans old college & Frank Furedi heads up their Brussels branch (of interest to Spiked watchers). I look forward to more feminists asking wtf is going on.
A white nationalist, extreme Christian identitarian, far-right conspiracy ideologue, Balázs Orbán, Political Director of PM Viktor Orbán poses with a gun in the name of the peace on the 3rd day of the MCC Festival in Esztergom city, Hungary on 29.7.2023.
Domestic violence is a kind of small-scale terrorism. What OJ Simpson did to Nicole Brown Simpson was not the event of one night—it was a years long campaign that thousands of women suffer at other men’s hands. Read Andrea Dworkin’s memorial to Nicole:
The 'only way out of this is discipline and respect'. Evidence of Steven Crowder's abuse of his pregnant wife who's now filed for divorce. Another right wing, misogynist given a free pass because he's anti trans. KJK:'I do adore Steven Crowder which probably means I'm terrible'
“Working class women will HOLD THE LINE”. I guess the line is the one where LWS supporters stand behind a police cordon on the side of racists. They love to bring class into it - pure Farage & an insult to the many anti fascist wc women.
"Inimitable". Please don't whitewash this banal, common-or-garden bigotry which lesbian mothers have done so much to challenge. KJK thinks lesbian families are second class. She clarified this in a video after yesterday's tweets caused so much anger.
I see
@ThePosieParker
has, in her own inimitable way, raised the issue of birth certificates and opened up a bit of a hornet's nest of disagreement within the GC camp. What’s really at issue is what we think the birth certificate is; what it records? I hadn’t thought about it
Douglas Murray claims that Europe is being murdered by hordes of Muslim immigrants, aided by liberal politicians. I have questions too. How has such racist scaremongering become so popular amongst a section of gender critical women? I'll post critiques of Murray below...
While I was a way last week I read Douglas Murray’s Strange Death of Europe. As someone very much on the left who has always been concerned about refugees and with a liberal attitude to immigration, I am afraid we have made a massive mistake. I don’t have the answers but I have
@polblonde
@guardian
@KathViner
That’s not true, Joan. She’s not a feminist & is most definitely anti trans. Her Oz tour was financed by CPAC & hopelessly entangled with right wing racists. This is part of a well documented pattern.
Ben Lawrence from Patriots of Britain was arrested today after being violent at the "Let Women Speak" Posie Parker demo in Hyde park today.
He was also on the Anti-LGBT side at the Honor Oak demo yesterday, despite GCs claiming he is a "TRA"
@sappholives83
Pregnant women in Florida must show proof of rape or incest to be allowed to have an abortion beyond six weeks under new law signed by DeSantis. You have no idea how unhinged you look to the vast majority of feminists.
JK Rowling and Kellie-Jay Keen come out batting for team Aja after she was heavily criticised by feminists for attending the recent anti-Muslim march in support of Tommy Robinson.
Australia’s Womens Action group banned lesbian & bi women from bringing rainbow flags to an event at which this organiser used the sound system of a far right activist & allowed him to speak twice. Now she is expressing her opposition to lesbian & gay marriage.
The British Medical Association has consistently opposed reducing the 24 week time limit. The ADF, a Christian Right group, is opposed to abortion in all circumstances. As ever, the time limits focus is cynical & strategic. Feminists won’t be fooled. ‘Sex realists’ might be.
There’s a long history in the UK of women of colour resisting religious fundamentalism, in all its forms, whilst also opposing racism. This has nothing in common with LWS supporters joining a racist rally organised by the most well known figure in the British far right scene.
@running4rights
@HanoverHussy
@kaia_tylo
How is pointing out the dangers of Islamism in any way bullying? So many men and women have left Islam and have exposed the vile misogyny and hatred.
It’s not “right wing” to say this.
And it isn’t bullying either.
@bindelj
You want reasoned debate, KJK does not. She thinks all trans identified males are dangerous perverts. In addition to the TRAs we all face at our meetings, KJK now attracts far right actors, increasing the risks faced by attendees. As
@shesrightyoukno
argues..
Matt Trihey distances himself from his neo Nazi history whilst wearing a t shirt with the death rune, one of the symbols most commonly used by Neo Nazis. He heads up a far right group aimed at preserving western culture & opposing all immigration. So that’s ok then!
Please don't call yourself a feminist if you are liking & sharing this grotesque video whilst Palestinian women & their children are bombed & starved. Words have meanings, remember?
@sappholives83
@LarawayJulia
I'm sorry but I can't share your single issue focus. Trans (male) inclusion in women's prisons is entirely wrong but it isn't the biggest issue facing female prisoners. Anyone prepared to vote Republican, at this stage, is willing to give up on democracy itself.
It's not reasonable to describe Maya Forstater as a 'colleague' of an ADF operative. They were on an ADF sponsored panel on Lawfare at the Battle of Ideas event last Oct. (BOI is a Spiked front).It's reasonable to point out that the ADF are coming for abortion rights...
Maya Forstater's colleague Lois McLatchie (ADF) on Free Speech Nation.
'The abortion issue - let's have the conversation & move forward'
Make no mistake, they're coming for reproductive rights in the UK.
"In the US, 90% of abortions are performed before 12 wks, 9% after the first trimester, & 1% after 20 weeks. Third trimester abortions are “vanishingly rare” and no one is advocating for this to become widely available... See
@kelly_white_2
@TheMoominmama
It's probably the way that the USA should look. They lurched from anything goes to a total ban in many states. The problem of Roe Vs Wade is that they rested on their laurels until it was too late.