"That Furman is unquestioningly fawned over as a ‘mom’ when actual mothers are forced to refer to themselves as ‘chest feeders’ and ‘birthing parents’ couldn’t make it any clearer that gender ideology is a men’s rights movement."
I think it's really important that people, mainly women, use civil dis.obedience whenever possible when it comes to these linguistic hijinks. No one should be going long with saying chest feeder or birthing body unless their job is on the line or their is a gun to their head. I feel with deep conviction that people are not going to reframe language for .5 percent of the population for very long. I think it's a trend, and the more people resist the sooner it will be over with. What would be fun in my view is to make a pool of all the mtf influencers and take bets on which ones end up in jail for pedophilia or sexual assault first. Because most of them will be outed eventually, and the sooner the better
I've seen so many posts referring to LGB Alliance as an anti-trans hate group. You might as well say that the Heart Foundation hates people with cancer unless they change their name to Heart and Cancer Foundation. It's sickening, I hope LGB Alliance get to sue at some point.
In another item yesterday (26 April), Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2 discussing the Turkish Baths in Harrogate deciding to do away with single sex sessions where nudity was optional. I've been to these baths and I'm quite shy so wore a swimsuit but after about 20 mins decided to strip off because most others were and we were all women, various ages, shapes and sizes, some with scars, some near perfect. It was so liberating to be in that space and not feel at all self-conscious. Now they are going to insist on swimwear at all sessions - the programme was treating it like a joke, inferring it was all to do with prudishness and Brits being hung up. The real reason is that the council know that female only sessions will be invaded by male bodied people claiming to be women and insisting on being allowed to get naked with actual women. Hence the council are talking about making it more inclusive by making everyone cover up. This nonsense has to stop.
Oh it's such a shame about the baths in Harrogate. I think we'll see this happen more and more. Female only sessions and spaces etc will disappear because businesses daren't try and navigate the trans lunacy and risk bad publicity and law suits etc.
So have I, it really has proven to me that this is a very organized network of propagandists blanketing media with talking points. I've been saying from the beginning that their organizational skills are comparable to the GOP, as someone who's watched republicans proliferate their talking points for 30 years. It's really interesting to me that this campaign more than any other has really challenged the GOP and has them panicked. This is not so much because of platforms but because they are up against what is exponentially the most powerful political lobby in United States, probably ten times wealthier than the second most which I think is the NRA. I'm totally convinced pharma is behind ALL of this, aside from the Rothblatts and Pritzkers, etc. I keep thinking about the history of Ahkenaten, the intersex heir/Pharoah who turned Egypt to monotheism (sun worship) for a generation. It really proves something like this can only happen from the top down, wealth and power demanding submission from the less powerful. Ahkenaten even had the males of the kingdom drawn in hieroglyphics in feminized form with female hip curvature, etc. But it did not last, in a generation, poof! it was gone, and Egypt reverted back to polytheism at his death.
The more time goes by the more I feel the problem is literally the ENTIRE internet, especially porn tubes, large social media platforms, and video platforms where children are groomed most. What is happening now is lawyers are moving in on the porn tubes and there are at least five or six major lawsuits. One major judgement for non-consensual content is all it will take; I'm hoping the suit against twitter of CSAM of a 14 year old male will net a judgement in the tens or even hundreds of millions. Then it will be blood in the water and the feeding frenzy of attorneys looking for a payday. But to fix this problem the ENTIRE internet has to be forced to stop grooming children, and these sites like google/facebook/twitter, etc, the porntubes, and the video chats have to be forced to pay out hundreds of millions if they do not. They will have to forced into stopping the grooming of children by financial motives because that is all they care about. When the child grooming stops, this entire Trans scam will wither and die.
I have contacted Nicola Sturgeon first on Twitter then in an email to ask what she is doing about Mhairi Black MP and John Nicholson MP who seem to have it in for the LGB Alliance even though the Charity Commission investigated and found no case to answer. MPs are meant to represent their constituents. I have asked how many constituents in each of their constituencies have asked them to intervene on their behalf (since they are Scottish MPs and LGB Alliance is regstered as a charity in England and Wales - not applied to Scotland as yet) and how many of their constituents are members/supporters of the LGB Alliance. In the interests of fairness and transparency, they should be willing to publish the figures on the SNP website. Bet they don't!!
I am happy to ask awkward questions either as basic questions or FOIs. I am a member of the Steering Group for the Campaign for Freedom of Information Scotland (CFOIS). I am a Community Councillor (with a huge wooden spoon). And I used to be a Policy Officer for a Scottish membership organisation. I spend my own time stirring it on behalf of people affected by deafness, people with language/ communication support needs, women, and people in my geographical community. Always got time to write a researched email...
I don't know who Scottish women have left to vote for. My Labour candidate is a man in a dress. Alba are gender critical but I don't want another independence referendum. <sigh> P.S: JL, Grace Lavery is now advertising on his website that he's going to subtitle his memoir 'Diary of a Hung Girl', because apparently now gesturing to holocaust victims with your lady dicque is okay as long as you're 'genderqueer'.
Yes, it's an impossible choice for Scottish women. Grace Lavery... eugh. He's just vile. His poor students. Everyone around him is just a bit part player in his little theatre of narcissism.
I have to admit I really struggled to find any party to vote for on the regional list. And I had to go with a friend on the other one - not that I support the party - just there was no one else. So sad that democracy in Scotland has come to this.
It is infuriating, isn't it?! Only last week they published an article bemoaning the 'banning' of 'trans girls' from female sports. Aside from the hyperbole - they're not 'banned', they can play on the appropriate male teams - it totally ignored ALL the evidence that shows even after transition trans identified males retain physical advantages. And now this. Hard not to assume they know the score, they've just take a side. The one against women.
FFS, apologies for swearing, but I used to live in Sidmouth. Tomorrow, I'll be on the phone to The Sidmouth Herald, RANTING at them for doing this. I mean, SIDMOUTH, of ALL places, Land of The Elderly, bless 'em (I'm there now too, elderly, that is), of beautiful manners and elderly folks who have standards above and beyond what most are even aware of these days. They'll have read that and gone "Excuse me? Why is this man being described as a woman?"
Oh thank you so much, Ellen. That's really kind of you. But it's not Julia. Honest! I know there was a suggestion that I'm Julia Long but, although she is a friend of mine, I'm really not. Sadly! 😊
"That Furman is unquestioningly fawned over as a ‘mom’ when actual mothers are forced to refer to themselves as ‘chest feeders’ and ‘birthing parents’ couldn’t make it any clearer that gender ideology is a men’s rights movement."
Yes, yes, yes! Thank you for this! You nailed it!
Thank you so much!
I think it's really important that people, mainly women, use civil dis.obedience whenever possible when it comes to these linguistic hijinks. No one should be going long with saying chest feeder or birthing body unless their job is on the line or their is a gun to their head. I feel with deep conviction that people are not going to reframe language for .5 percent of the population for very long. I think it's a trend, and the more people resist the sooner it will be over with. What would be fun in my view is to make a pool of all the mtf influencers and take bets on which ones end up in jail for pedophilia or sexual assault first. Because most of them will be outed eventually, and the sooner the better
It breaks my heart to see so many women nodding along with this lunacy.
Ha! I was just about to post this exact quote too, GR. Yup, 100% spot on!
I've seen so many posts referring to LGB Alliance as an anti-trans hate group. You might as well say that the Heart Foundation hates people with cancer unless they change their name to Heart and Cancer Foundation. It's sickening, I hope LGB Alliance get to sue at some point.
In another item yesterday (26 April), Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2 discussing the Turkish Baths in Harrogate deciding to do away with single sex sessions where nudity was optional. I've been to these baths and I'm quite shy so wore a swimsuit but after about 20 mins decided to strip off because most others were and we were all women, various ages, shapes and sizes, some with scars, some near perfect. It was so liberating to be in that space and not feel at all self-conscious. Now they are going to insist on swimwear at all sessions - the programme was treating it like a joke, inferring it was all to do with prudishness and Brits being hung up. The real reason is that the council know that female only sessions will be invaded by male bodied people claiming to be women and insisting on being allowed to get naked with actual women. Hence the council are talking about making it more inclusive by making everyone cover up. This nonsense has to stop.
Oh it's such a shame about the baths in Harrogate. I think we'll see this happen more and more. Female only sessions and spaces etc will disappear because businesses daren't try and navigate the trans lunacy and risk bad publicity and law suits etc.
So have I, it really has proven to me that this is a very organized network of propagandists blanketing media with talking points. I've been saying from the beginning that their organizational skills are comparable to the GOP, as someone who's watched republicans proliferate their talking points for 30 years. It's really interesting to me that this campaign more than any other has really challenged the GOP and has them panicked. This is not so much because of platforms but because they are up against what is exponentially the most powerful political lobby in United States, probably ten times wealthier than the second most which I think is the NRA. I'm totally convinced pharma is behind ALL of this, aside from the Rothblatts and Pritzkers, etc. I keep thinking about the history of Ahkenaten, the intersex heir/Pharoah who turned Egypt to monotheism (sun worship) for a generation. It really proves something like this can only happen from the top down, wealth and power demanding submission from the less powerful. Ahkenaten even had the males of the kingdom drawn in hieroglyphics in feminized form with female hip curvature, etc. But it did not last, in a generation, poof! it was gone, and Egypt reverted back to polytheism at his death.
The more time goes by the more I feel the problem is literally the ENTIRE internet, especially porn tubes, large social media platforms, and video platforms where children are groomed most. What is happening now is lawyers are moving in on the porn tubes and there are at least five or six major lawsuits. One major judgement for non-consensual content is all it will take; I'm hoping the suit against twitter of CSAM of a 14 year old male will net a judgement in the tens or even hundreds of millions. Then it will be blood in the water and the feeding frenzy of attorneys looking for a payday. But to fix this problem the ENTIRE internet has to be forced to stop grooming children, and these sites like google/facebook/twitter, etc, the porntubes, and the video chats have to be forced to pay out hundreds of millions if they do not. They will have to forced into stopping the grooming of children by financial motives because that is all they care about. When the child grooming stops, this entire Trans scam will wither and die.
I have contacted Nicola Sturgeon first on Twitter then in an email to ask what she is doing about Mhairi Black MP and John Nicholson MP who seem to have it in for the LGB Alliance even though the Charity Commission investigated and found no case to answer. MPs are meant to represent their constituents. I have asked how many constituents in each of their constituencies have asked them to intervene on their behalf (since they are Scottish MPs and LGB Alliance is regstered as a charity in England and Wales - not applied to Scotland as yet) and how many of their constituents are members/supporters of the LGB Alliance. In the interests of fairness and transparency, they should be willing to publish the figures on the SNP website. Bet they don't!!
No they probably won't. But good on your for trying! We have to keep trying to make our voices heard at every opportunity. They can't ignore us all!
I am happy to ask awkward questions either as basic questions or FOIs. I am a member of the Steering Group for the Campaign for Freedom of Information Scotland (CFOIS). I am a Community Councillor (with a huge wooden spoon). And I used to be a Policy Officer for a Scottish membership organisation. I spend my own time stirring it on behalf of people affected by deafness, people with language/ communication support needs, women, and people in my geographical community. Always got time to write a researched email...
I don't know who Scottish women have left to vote for. My Labour candidate is a man in a dress. Alba are gender critical but I don't want another independence referendum. <sigh> P.S: JL, Grace Lavery is now advertising on his website that he's going to subtitle his memoir 'Diary of a Hung Girl', because apparently now gesturing to holocaust victims with your lady dicque is okay as long as you're 'genderqueer'.
Yes, it's an impossible choice for Scottish women. Grace Lavery... eugh. He's just vile. His poor students. Everyone around him is just a bit part player in his little theatre of narcissism.
I have to admit I really struggled to find any party to vote for on the regional list. And I had to go with a friend on the other one - not that I support the party - just there was no one else. So sad that democracy in Scotland has come to this.
The Guardian is *that close* to an epiphany!
"Teenage girls face almost double the concussion risk of boys playing football"
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/apr/27/teenage-girls-face-almost-double-the-concussion-risk-of-boys-playing-football
It is infuriating, isn't it?! Only last week they published an article bemoaning the 'banning' of 'trans girls' from female sports. Aside from the hyperbole - they're not 'banned', they can play on the appropriate male teams - it totally ignored ALL the evidence that shows even after transition trans identified males retain physical advantages. And now this. Hard not to assume they know the score, they've just take a side. The one against women.
FFS, apologies for swearing, but I used to live in Sidmouth. Tomorrow, I'll be on the phone to The Sidmouth Herald, RANTING at them for doing this. I mean, SIDMOUTH, of ALL places, Land of The Elderly, bless 'em (I'm there now too, elderly, that is), of beautiful manners and elderly folks who have standards above and beyond what most are even aware of these days. They'll have read that and gone "Excuse me? Why is this man being described as a woman?"
Excellent blog, as always, Julia.
Oh thank you so much, Ellen. That's really kind of you. But it's not Julia. Honest! I know there was a suggestion that I'm Julia Long but, although she is a friend of mine, I'm really not. Sadly! 😊