Some people might
Our pal Benjamin Cohen (CEO of Pink News in case you’ve forgotten) is still at the woman-hating.
Which people would those be? By “might use to describe Helen” does he mean certainly would and he would be right there with them? Why would these mysterious people be deploying “the sort of language” he hints at? Not really a hint though; we know he means “cunt” and variations.
These guys would be happier hanging out with Donald Trump than with Kamala Harris.
Jeebus Frakkin’ Wept . . . there are no cross-dressers in “Troubled Blood”.
None. Nada. Zilch.
Spoiler Alert (not really a spoiler) – there is one male serial killer (who’s victims are all women) who one time wears a wig and a woman’s coat, to abduct one of his victims. It’s not even a relevant plot point, it’s just a bog-standard mystery novel “shiny-thing-over-here” distraction.
The coat isn’t even pink FCS . . .
More to the point Creed dresses that way to give the illusion that he’s a gay man and thus less threatening.
In case anyone else shares my confusion: “Helen” is Helen Lewis:
https://twitter.com/helenlewis/status/1316454452191264770
Having read the book (it’s excellent) and without wanting to get spoilery, I can’t help thinking one of Cohen’s objections is more towards the theme of “predators use camouflage” – which is, of course, one of the big GC arguments. By making it harder to challenge men in women’s spaces, by making women doubt their instincts, by insisting over and over that “no TW could ever be deceitful”, it’s creating exactly the sort of social camouflage that predators can move in (see also: priests, children’s TV presenters), and I think they really didn’t like JK for drawing attention to other examples of that phenomenon.
Such an obvious, blatant lie. You, Sir, have not read the book.
It seems to be a “cross-dressing serial killer book” in the same way that the third Harry Potter is a “tap-dancing spider book”. Those words are in it, so there we are.
Min, if the fact that predators use camouflage is so transphobic then why aren’t they out in the wild shouting at big cats?