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Well done Glinner, you all look fabulous!

Erm, Lucy Beaumont, what? If your friend is a feminist as you so claim, that person should understand the need for single-sex intimate spaces for women. Or does their feminism not extend to women?

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Nov 2, 2022Liked by Graham Linehan

It was the most brilliant night (and thankfully the giant baubles waited til the following evening to escape down the street!) with such a diverse crowd, really heartening to see. Thank you too for acknowledging KJK as you did, she fights as you have - uniquely bringing what you do best to the party, and there is space for all of us (one common cause, many cat skinning ways). The grassroots support and impact you both have had is nothing short of incredible.

So I chatted with some truly lovely people (including Beau? the fab DJ), got very drunk, danced like a loony and came home with a new t/shirt. Keep it special but I reckon you absolutely must do it again. Same time next year? Much love and thanks 😘.

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So looking forward to the video of your first live Mess! I'm chuckling (and shaking my head) at the vision of a dance coach trying to direct dancers who insist on using silly plural pronouns for their obviously singular bodies. Like herding cats. You. Who? Her. No, they. Who? Them? No, you. Haha, too funny. Now there's a skit to rival 'Who's on First'.

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Nov 2, 2022·edited Nov 2, 2022

I'm so pleased it went well, I hope you do more because I'd love to attend. Some very pertinent stories on here though. I'm so proud of those amazing women in Afghanistan, demanding what is theirs and not cowering or making themselves invisible. To all the arseholes who feel 'unsafe' because they've heard a word or concept that ruffled their feathers a bit. This is what feeling and being unsafe looks like, you bunch of indulged fuckwits.

And I'm pleased attention has been drawn to Labour's attitude towards Muslim women - to ALL women, but this is a group they've particularly exploited whenever they've wanted to use us to their advantage. A bit like the Guardian, really. Until a few years ago it never stopped going on about Muslims, and hit on Islamophobis with glee whenever they found an example of it, even if it was bullshit. It repeatedly gave away its own dislike of Muslims and Islam by attempting to defend the most outrageous abuses Muslim extremists were responsible for.

Muslims or Islam rarely get a mention now. Oh dear, how could it defend either in the current circumstances? It has invested so much in the politics of gender ideology. Muslims can join everyone else who have gone under the Guardian bus, where 'facts are sacred'.

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Glad it went well. Here's waiting for the next one. X

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Oh god, ANOTHER article about why Daniel Radcliffe doesn't agree with JK. You're a sell out, Daniel, we get it.

Daniel Radcliffe on why he spoke out against JK Rowling

“I’ve met so many queer and trans kids who had a huge amount of identification with Potter … seeing them hurt … I wanted them to know that not everybody in the franchise felt that way. And that was really important”

If people choose not to be enlightened by the truth, won't people get bored at some point?

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Any chance you can have a word with those spiteful left wing feminists, who are supposed to be our allies, lying and trying their very best to discredit Kellie Jay Keen on Twitter, like Bindel and Jones?

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"Posie Parker’s bravery in the face of terrifying attacks from violent trans rights activists"

My opinion on the pushback is "jealousy" (a negative trait which we all have and need to control)!

She like you Graham get your messages over, clearly and concisely … but with the entertainment factor.

Her USA trip is such a roller coaster to watch and fascinating.

You Graham are obviously quite mad hehe.

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Please be careful about using old sexist tropes like women being jealous of one another. I don't like how KJK is treated by some women (and lots of trans-id'd males of course!), either, but it doesn't appear to be about jealousy. I think it might be about genuinely held, though possibly misguided principles.

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Jealousy like anger is an imperfect trait we all have (men and women).

I have seen so many comments by men on Graham which are pure jealously

It is no good for anyone...

30 A calm heart gives life* to the body,

But jealousy is rottenness to the bones.

Proverbs 14:30

Putting Posie ( KJK) down for doing her thing...as some are doing, sounds so petty.

She is spreading the message in her own way...she is not a bimbo! or a skank!

Just a married woman with 4 children speaking truth in her way.

The negative comments I see on her (or on Graham) are pathetic and I can only see (men or women) who don't have her/Grahams appeal as jealous!

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Regarding the Google spreadsheet, if you remove "/htmlview" from the end of the link, you can find "Report Abuse" on the Help menu. I did, as this is clearly targeting abuse and harassment. Note that the spreadsheet says it isn't, but that crowd is always saying things and thinking that makes them true.

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Nov 2, 2022·edited Nov 2, 2022

You might need to be logged into a Google account for the above to work.

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Yeah, I couldn't find a way to search for anything.

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As a former dancer, I cannot imagine working on choreography with a "they" dancer. I am so grateful for the all female teen group I danced with in the 1970s. Dance is one field where the male and female bodies have different capacities. Separate spaces/groups/cohorts are so important! Brava to Rosie~

Ute Heggen, author, In the Curated Woods, True Tales from a Grass Widow (iuniverse, 2022)

uteheggengrasswidow.wordpress.com

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Congratulations, I’m so glad it went well. You all look very dapper! A good time was had by all from the looks of it!

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Any chance of taking this on tour? I can't get down to London. It would be nice to meet up with other provincial GCs and my son is your biggest fan!

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So glad it went well. Can't wait for the video.

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It was nice to briefly meet you Graham, if meeting means shaking your hand and lurking awkwardly nearby 😆

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Ooh is this a caption competition? 'India SillyWilly's cervix is this big, and I know because I saw him catch it'.

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Oops thought I’d linked to the article but just got the pic 🫤

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Nov 2, 2022·edited Nov 2, 2022

I wonder what got into him!? Mind you, I've never heard him very pro-child transition before. Was he!?

p.s. as we know, parental consent still doesn't make it ok. In Scotland, smacking children is illegal but sterilising them isn't. Cos that makes sense. Well done, Nicola.

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Eewww... don't wanna talk about this! :o)

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Haha. We all need counselling for PTSD! 😂

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I made it onto the spreadsheet!! Lol

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