There remains out there too many people who still think this fight is about transexuals, so it’s great that Johann Lamont has brought attention to the fact that Stonewall’s trans umbrella is so wide that it would have covered Les Dawson when he was in ‘girl mode’.
If this was only about transexuals, I doubt we'd be having 1/16th of the problems in this debate. All the women (and men) I talk to about this issue are, to some extent, completely unaware that the term "trans" literally has no borders. I think a good strategy to fight back now is cracking this info wide open. Looks like the Scottish bill is already doing some of that work.
The most damaging and unstoppable, albeit, at one point, most polite, surrender society gave over with this whole trans movement was to adopt on a wide scale the terms "trans women" and "trans girls." Debates are framed as "these mean girls just won't accept these lonely trans girls." It automatically lights up the sympathetic part of people's brains, men and women, who all remember the queen bees of high school days. The focus becomes "Why are some girls such mean girls? Why are girls so cruel to one another?" And not "Why are boys such bullies? Why can't they leave girls alone?"
One of the reasons I ditched my kindle last year is the ability of big tech to change history/text without me knowing. Second hand for me, as less chance anyone has tampered with them. Lets hope there’s no book burning
If anyone ever needs more proof that TW are not women (and that even the ones saying it don't believe it), think about how quickly misogynists readily shout the mantra, and how quickly TW are fawned over for wearing dresses and lipstick 💄. Suddenly misogynists are supportive of "women"? Ha! Pull the other one. A certain beardy newly-woke comedian comes to mind. Previously all too happy to use slurs to degrade women in his act, but now believes ah yes, TWAW, let me show my respect. How about you fuck off instead.
I found that I was connected on Linkedin to Phillip/Pippa Bunce. I wanted to reply to one of his posts proudly showing off another LGBT+ awards he had one by saying that my fetish is to wear a gimp suit, and did he think I could wear that to work two days a week if I worked at Deutsche Bank, but sadly I didn't have the balls (pun intended)(unlike Graham and all his pals who take the fight on every day). I just removed the connection. But then again maybe it isn't a fetish, and I need to be open minded?
When I saw Abigail Shrier's tweet about When Harry Became Sally being delisted from Amazon it prompted me to revive a Kobo e reader I haven't used in a year.
(The book is still in the Kobo store as an epub, free Android & iPhone reading app available. Plus on a Kobo reader you can use Amazon Digital Rights management to but e books from other merchants if need be.)
Of course Amazon still seems books like Mein Kampf or e books entitled Kill TERFs.
If this was only about transexuals, I doubt we'd be having 1/16th of the problems in this debate. All the women (and men) I talk to about this issue are, to some extent, completely unaware that the term "trans" literally has no borders. I think a good strategy to fight back now is cracking this info wide open. Looks like the Scottish bill is already doing some of that work.
The most damaging and unstoppable, albeit, at one point, most polite, surrender society gave over with this whole trans movement was to adopt on a wide scale the terms "trans women" and "trans girls." Debates are framed as "these mean girls just won't accept these lonely trans girls." It automatically lights up the sympathetic part of people's brains, men and women, who all remember the queen bees of high school days. The focus becomes "Why are some girls such mean girls? Why are girls so cruel to one another?" And not "Why are boys such bullies? Why can't they leave girls alone?"
One of the reasons I ditched my kindle last year is the ability of big tech to change history/text without me knowing. Second hand for me, as less chance anyone has tampered with them. Lets hope there’s no book burning
Also on books, I haven't seen any sign of Ben Elton's Identity Crisis being digitally burned, or even of Ben Elton being denounced as a TERF.
I bet he would have been if he was a female author.
Oh I recommend Identity Crisis by the way, amongst other things it mocks present gender ideology, social media and cancel culture.
If anyone ever needs more proof that TW are not women (and that even the ones saying it don't believe it), think about how quickly misogynists readily shout the mantra, and how quickly TW are fawned over for wearing dresses and lipstick 💄. Suddenly misogynists are supportive of "women"? Ha! Pull the other one. A certain beardy newly-woke comedian comes to mind. Previously all too happy to use slurs to degrade women in his act, but now believes ah yes, TWAW, let me show my respect. How about you fuck off instead.
I found that I was connected on Linkedin to Phillip/Pippa Bunce. I wanted to reply to one of his posts proudly showing off another LGBT+ awards he had one by saying that my fetish is to wear a gimp suit, and did he think I could wear that to work two days a week if I worked at Deutsche Bank, but sadly I didn't have the balls (pun intended)(unlike Graham and all his pals who take the fight on every day). I just removed the connection. But then again maybe it isn't a fetish, and I need to be open minded?
When I saw Abigail Shrier's tweet about When Harry Became Sally being delisted from Amazon it prompted me to revive a Kobo e reader I haven't used in a year.
(The book is still in the Kobo store as an epub, free Android & iPhone reading app available. Plus on a Kobo reader you can use Amazon Digital Rights management to but e books from other merchants if need be.)
Of course Amazon still seems books like Mein Kampf or e books entitled Kill TERFs.