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Thank goodness for good news. Sometimes I think my head’s going to explode with all this anger inducing bullshit. 🤯

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Coventry women I’m part of this group 💃🏻

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Gender ideology is white and privileged - I’ve been saying this for a long time. Women in some cultures don’t have the choice of opting out of their sex. I bet agp males wouldn’t dress up as women in countries where this would lead to violence, subjugation and imprisonment within the home

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In Iran, gay men transition to avoid the death penalty as sex change is tolerated where homosexuality isn't. There are plenty of steps to take before you can have a sex change, including two years of psychological treatment, from what I understand and afterwards, those people suffer a lot of discrimination. It's not really a choice if it's transition or die.

I'm reminded of developed world women who go choose labial surgery because they're dissatisfied with it (my reaction was also WTF), versus FGM imposed on girls in the developed world. We are so lucky in Europe or the US but don't seem to realise it.

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Wow, right on, Sole Sisters! This is what is needed everywhere: street organizing. Off social media and onto the streets (if you live someplace where there are people on the streets!). I admire them endlessly, and you, too, JL!

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Thank you so much! x

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Haha, 'keep peeping tom out!' ....Wonderful. And his pals, Dick & Harry too...

Excellent, as always. Love these Good News blogs, always bring smiles, JL xxx

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Thank you! x

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Great stuff. One in eight - thank you people of Scotland, this is really cheering news. How about a referendum on that?

Ref PCC for Swindon and Wiltshire, the BBC reporting pissed me off because they countered his very sensible comments with Stonebloodywall's dishonest viewpoint that transgenders women have always had access to women's facilities. It may have been true of the minute amount transsexuals, which, personally, I'm ok with. However, and it's not a complicated issue, regardless of how you identify, if you can hold your pisser in your hand, stay away from women's spaces.

Afghan women, and African American women who strongly object to that transgender bullshit make it really difficult for those who would describe us as transphobes, homophobes, right wing racists. Time to separate those labels I think.

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Does anyone know what is going on with the Webberley tribunal tweets? The account is suspended and Danial Webb's twitter account is locked.

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Tribunal tweets account is up again.

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I was wondering the same thing.

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Ohhh no!

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Completely off topic, but does anyone know if the Oxford Feminist Union discussion with Julie Bindel, Helen Joyce, et al, is going to be recorded or streamed? I'm sure it's going to be a fascinating discussion and would love to be able to see it.

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Marion Millars fundraiser has just been terminated by the platform. Marion now has no way of getting the ginancial support she'll need for her case.

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Is she still missing funding? There can be other ways I guess

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I'm confused now. Marion deactivated her Twitter account earlier this evening but has since reactivated it. I have no idea now about the crowd funder, if its on or off. There'll probably be more clarity later.

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*financial

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Brilliant round up; helps us know who to support and retweet.

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Karen Davis, the lovely woman who has given us You're Kiddin', Right? has a lovely song out 'Lady Dique' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ufySCJOPPs&ab_channel=You%27reKiddin%27%2CRight%3F with great words put to an Old Brian Ferry song. She's a neat musician too (guitar and piano). Good fun.

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Thank you for the joy of those esteemed words re Judith Butler, and in the Guardian's font.

(Moley?)

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David, I'm sorry but you are not funny. You have just described insanity, and insanity is by definition sad and very serious.

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Thanks for the admonishment. I only put those remarks in because I was uncertain whether my comments would be acceptable to others so I will delete the post and revise. Please add to your critique because it is only by airing opinions that one finds out if one is wrong. I won't delete just yet because your reply will get deleted as well.

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