How did we get here?

How did we get to a place where grown-ass adults in government are playing Let’s Pretend and forcing everyone else to play Let’s Pretend too?

Tom Swarbrick: 'Why would you include a biological man in a women's institute?'

Caroline Nokes: 'That's a really insulting way to regard trans women.'@TomSwarbrick1 disputes Tory MP @carolinenokes's notion of supporting trans women, 'with or without a gender certificate'. pic.twitter.com/mJeDwCkkQM

— LBC (@LBC) April 18, 2023

It’s not insulting to say that men are not women.

“To be quite frank I think we just need to be more inclusive and more understanding of trans women and the discrimination they face, and the hostility,” she says passionately.

How … Read the rest

Man tells women what women have to put up with.

“I’ll probably get a lot of angry letters now from WI members.”@WilliamJHague tells #TimesRadio the Women's Institute should welcome transgender women. pic.twitter.com/G1PKj4ZtAq

— Times Radio (@TimesRadio) April 18, 2023

He got a lot of irritated tweets, I can confirm that much.

Oh look a man telling Women when it is Women can organise for themselves! There's no such thing as a female Willy. Stay in your lane.#ThisIsMyNO

— WheeshtCraft (@Dis_Critic) April 18, 2023

“Get over it and get used to it,” William Hague tells women! Thanks, Willy, we won’t.

Women have a right to our own groups and spaces. We should not be forced to accept males into

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William Hague tells women to get used to it. Easy for him.

Lord Hague has argued that the Women’s Institute (WI) should welcome transgender women amid a backlash over its membership policy.

The WI is under pressure from a new campaign group called Women’s Institute Declaration, which argues its policy of welcoming trans women – announced in 2015 – puts it “in an untenable position”.

A petition, which has attracted hundreds of signatures, calls for a pause in admitting new trans members so there can be a wider debate on the implications of the move. It also demands a vote of WI members on its stance.

However, Lord Hague insisted those with concerns needed to “get used to

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Sigh.

“It’s a wholly depressing state of affairs that we regard people who are born as biologically male as dangerous.”

Caroline Nokes, Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, voices her support for the Women’s Institute’s decision to allow trans women to join. pic.twitter.com/d8epJxLMsL

— Times Radio (@TimesRadio) April 18, 2023

“Trans people are amongst the most marginalized, amongst the most abused, in our communities”

No they’re not. That’s an endlessly repeated bit of doggerel but doggerel is all it is. It’s an empty platitude that pops out any time someone presses the right button (which is extremely often).

There are so many kinds of people who are far more marginalized and abused than trans people – poor people for … Read the rest

Another entry under the heading “publisher tweaks wording of pop fiction writer”:

Jeeves and Wooster books have been rewritten to remove prose by PG Wodehouse deemed “unacceptable” by publishers, the Telegraph can reveal.

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The disclaimer printed on the opening pages of the 2023 reissue of Thank you, Jeeves states:  “Please be aware that this book was published in the 1930s and contains language, themes and characterisations which you may find outdated.

“In the present edition we have sought to edit, minimally, words that we regard as unacceptable to present-day readers.”

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An examination of the revised Wodehouse novels reveals that racial terminology has been removed or replaced throughout.

In other words they’ve removed “nigger” and similar disparaging words.

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Originally a comment by Your Name’s not Bruce? on Just such a toxic climate.

However constrained men are by the rules of gender, they’re not subordinated by them in the way women are. It’s like All Lives Matter again.

It’s understandable why transactivists are so desperate to avoid comparisons between TiMs and Rachel Dolezal:

Among other experiences, my interviewees described complaints to and by management, attempts to shut down events, no platforming, disinvitations, intimidation, smears and losing career progression opportunities, including being blocked from jobs.

Others spoke about being physically removed from events, alongside receiving torrents of abuse online that even included incitements to murder. One criminology scholar said her experience was “a continuum of hell”, while a law

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Laura Favaro’s article in the Chronicle of Higher Ed last September:

“There’s just such a toxic climate around this subject,” I was repeatedly told. A mid-career sociologist added: “There is conflict, and bullying, but no debate happening.”

But the topic seemed too important to ignore. In recent times, it has moved from Twitter (where it now trends almost daily) to the centre-stage of politics; would Liz Truss have been elected as the new Conservative Party leader by Tory MPs and party members without her consistent opposition to gender self-identification? Nowhere is the debate more febrile, however, than academia. It has ended friendships, research collaborations and even academic careers.

One recent case in point is the accusation that University and

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Breathtaking. (You know how sometimes when you read something really appalling you find yourself not breathing as you read on? I don’t think I’m the only one.)

A university has “confiscated” the findings of an academic studying Britain’s gender wars in a row over her “dangerous” research data, The Telegraph can reveal. 

Dr Laura Favaro began the first ever taxpayer-funded study into whether social scientists at universities feel censored over their views on transgender issues in March 2020 at City, University of London.

But it has descended into chaos, with the study’s author allegedly hounded out of the university, stripped of the findings she collected and barred from publishing them amid claims of transphobia.

How can they do that???… Read the rest

Hahahaha I got a spam comment in Latin. I’ve been trying to check them before deleting lately, because one or two genuine comments (from non-first-time commenters) got put in spam a week or so ago. Latin is a novelty.

First para:

Qui nam amet placeat ab reprehenderit. Consequatur rerum non natus numquam qui ipsum qui quod. Temporibus inventore dolore et eveniet consequatur impedit a. Dolores facilis autem id occaecati.

Google translate:

For he who will be pleased by the rebuke. The consequence of things is never born who himself who what. In times of discovery of pain and consequences, it prevents a. But it was easy to be blinded by sorrows.

I love “who himself who what,” also “it … Read the rest

What not to do.

Twelve people have died from heatstroke while many others have been admitted to hospital after attending an awards ceremony in India’s Maharashtra state.

The government-sponsored event took place in an open ground under a blazing sun and lasted for several hours.

In one of India’s hottest months.

Just don’t do that. It’s not difficult. Heat kills. Don’t put on events in the open when it’s hot.

Thousands of people attended Sunday’s event, which was held to felicitate a prominent social activist.

Many people complained of dehydration and other heat-related ailments after attending the function.

Navi Mumbai – a city close to financial hub Mumbai – where the event was held, recorded a maximum temperature of

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Whittle actually said welcome!!! And meant it totally sincerely and not at all sarcastically teasingly figuratively please beat them uply!!!

I actually said ‘welcome’ not protest !!! Buy got kicked off here for 12hrs & only got my ‘get out of twitter jail’ by agreeing to delete my ‘welcome ‘ tweet

— Prof. Stephen Whittle OBE, PhD, DLaws, FAcSS, (@stephenwhittle) April 17, 2023

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Originally a comment by latsot on Refusing to serve.

I was outside the pub in the beer garden (damn pub had a step to get in) so I didn’t see any of this. But the Scottish and Irish witches outside with me didn’t take it lying down. There was a lot of protest singing, mostly about penises, led by actual Julia Long, which I have to say I didn’t expect. There’s video circulating, I’ll post it when I’ve had chance to find it.

The attack on Tony was shocking. He’s a lovely and gentle man who attends loads of women’s events, all over the place, supporting quietly in the background and helping out. I hope the police acted quickly … Read the rest

Judy Blume clarified or explained or reworded or something yesterday.

pic.twitter.com/jaRYqNPJv1

— Judy Blume (@judyblume) April 16, 2023

It doesn’t really clarify though. More like that other thing. What does “support the trans community” mean? What does “stand with the trans community” mean? Why does she feel nervously compelled to say she does both in one short statement? Why does she mention a “trans community” at all? Why does she say “the trans community” instead of “trans people”? Was she told to word it that way?

As for “LGBTQIA+ people” (I guess it’s ok to call them people but not trans the community?) – what does the Q mean? Why is the A there? Was she handed a script and … Read the rest

Originally a comment by Rob on Give a New Zealand welcome.

First, not a ******* NZ welcome, the trans lobby can own that one all to themselves.

Second, advocating violence.

Third, The haka is not about intimidation, it is about honour and honouring.*

Fourth, to use the haka in the way he advocates would do both sides great dishonour and back in the day would be grounds for war.

Fifth, is a white English bloke really suggesting that white Irish and English (presumably) people appropriate the culture of brown Maori from the other side of the planet for their own nefarious purposes? Because if he is (he is), there are a lot of people who’d like to have a … Read the rest

Trans man Stephen Whittle, who advertises himself as “Prof” and OBE, PhD on Twitter, urged people to use violence against Kellie-Jay Keene in Belfast.

Just so everyone is aware of what Peter is now attempting to back-pedal from…

The image on the left was taken after an activist threw soup at KJK.

Seems an odd image to post if Peter isn’t endorsing physical assault… pic.twitter.com/aKoeHmmqMQ

— Andrew Doyle (@andrewdoyle_com) April 16, 2023

This movement sure does bring out the best in people.… Read the rest

Gee, they finally noticed.

‘Dangerous’ inmate Barbie Kardashian to move prisons amid fear she could follow through on threats.

Prison bosses are struggling to find a suitable segregation unit for dangerous transgender inmate Barbie Kardashian.

The 21-year-old was last month jailed for four-and-a-half years for threatening to rape, torture and murder her mother.

It is understood Kardashian will be moved from Limerick Prison in coming weeks because staff do not feel safe with her being housed there.

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A source said Kardashian, who was born Gabrielle Alejandro Gentile and changed her name by deed poll, is deemed too dangerous to mix and poses a serious threat to inmates and staff.

The source told the Irish Sunday Mirror: “Meetings are

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We need to set up a campaign group of women, says Ellie Mae O’Hagan, Head of External Engagement at The Good Law Project. Huh. We women agree, which is why several such groups exist. Standing For Women is one.

https://twitter.com/elliemaeohagan/status/1647585735883517952

Oh, women who support “trans rights,” by which the Good Law Project means “do everything men who identify as trans tell us to do.” No thanks – no anti-feminist women’s groups for me.

https://twitter.com/elliemaeohagan/status/1647586828982145027

Oh no, we’re emboldened and vocal. How horrifying.

Honestly what a fool to set herself up for derision that way, complaining about women being emboldened of all things. We’re supposed to be timid and shy and in hiding? She sounds like men complaining about the Pankhursts. … Read the rest

Remind us why they deserve all this?

Queen Elizabeth II may have been styled the “people’s monarch”, but for much of her reign, and especially its last 40 years, the amassing of vast wealth was simply de rigueur for the UK’s financial and landed elites.

As the Guardian investigation into the cost of the royal family reveals, the late queen was at the forefront of her class’s pursuit of wealth extraction. Using royal privilege, the crown secretively exempted itself from public scrutiny and taxation. Royal fortunes soared. And this was the rule, not the exception.

She wasn’t “styled ‘the people’s monarch'” by me thank you very much.

The consequent optics for the incoming head of state are [bad]. His

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The police are on the scene.

They are here now. We have a photo of the man who committed the assault. pic.twitter.com/tXGaAYZJuJ

— Emily Wilding Davison (@Wommando) April 16, 2023

I’m wondering what the temperature is in Belfast. Two people in short sleeves, one person in a puffa jacket. Is it cold or hot?!

But more seriously I’m wondering if the cop will arrest the victim.… Read the rest

More from the annals of violence against people who reject gender ideology.

https://twitter.com/Aja02537920/status/1647646051086598145 https://twitter.com/Wommando/status/1647633618800373761

There’s also this but the audio is useless so I can’t actually tell what he said.

https://twitter.com/ScottishSuffra1/status/1647632155105800192

Robinsons has declared that women's money isn't as good as men's money. Refusing to serve women with purple green and white on.#LetWomenSpeakBelfast pic.twitter.com/ZuL9fNvOZJ

— Dr EM (@PankhurstEM) April 16, 2023

That “refusing to serve” thing…what does that remind me of…hmmmm…………….

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