Philip Pullman blames the victims.

I despise transphobia.

— Philip Pullman (@PhilipPullman) September 19, 2022

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One scrap from Brighton yesterday:

The transgenser activist in the dungarees who shouts 'fucking fascist' in the face of a baby is Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle's policy advisor https://t.co/mgYcLu2ojd

— ripx4nutmeg (@ripx4nutmeg) September 19, 2022

Carly-May Kavanagh – the woman who shouted 'fucking fascist' at a baby as part of her transgender activism – has changed her bio so that it no longer states that she is an MP's policy adviser pic.twitter.com/fuIDzcUIoe

— ripx4nutmeg (@ripx4nutmeg) September 19, 2022

All that venom and name-calling because we decline to pretend that men are women.… Read the rest

Originally a comment by Your Name’s not Bruce? on No they don’t.

The National Organization for Women is defining “woman” as a “gender identity” now. How fucking feminist of them.

This is going to age really well, right? At some point, they are going to be mortified by this.

Compared to the UK, the US and Canada seem to be behind the curve. Over there, the tide appears to be turning; genderists are more on the defensive, what with the Cass report, and all of the court cases that are being decided in favour of GC belief. It’s not as if an ocean is still the same obstacle to information it once was. The legal and legislative regimes on … Read the rest

NOW is fully captured, just like the ACLU and Planned Parenthood and the National Women’s Law Center. Nothing for women any more, always people. Women don’t matter any more; nobody campaigns or proselytizes for women any more; women are so much chaff.

They systematically avoid the word, even though it’s IN their NAME. The W in NOW stands for Women, but NOW has become ashamed to use the word.… Read the rest

Meanwhile – the item that prompted me to try to reply to a NOW tweet only to find I’m blocked –

That’s a moronic lie. Men don’t need access to abortion, because men can’t get pregnant. It’s only women who need abortion rights, and no longer have them.… Read the rest

I wasn’t aware of this, and I have to admit I’m slightly shocked.

I’m blocked by THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN????? The oldest, biggest, most mainstream feminist group in the US? That organization for women now blocks women for not agreeing that men can be women? In other words the oldest, biggest, most mainstream feminist group in the US is now shunning feminist women in favor of anti-feminist misogynist men?

How did that happen?

Mind you, I’m assuming that’s why I’m blocked, but I don’t remember anything specific.

But it’s grotesque. It’s grotesque – mainstream feminist organizations shunning feminist women for the sake of non-feminist men. How is that going to advance feminist goals? How is that going to do … Read the rest

Texas governor plays cruel childish games with other people’s lives:

About 50 migrants, including a one-month-old baby, have been sent in a bus from Texas to the Washington DC residence of Vice-President Kamala Harris, in the latest move by Republican-led states to transfer migrants unannounced across the country.

The bus let off the migrants, who are believed to be mostly Venezuelan, outside the Naval Observatory, the traditional home of US vice-presidents, on Saturday morning.

They had been sent by the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, while another group were flown to Martha’s Vineyard, in Massachusetts, on a flight organized by Florida governor Ron DeSantis earlier this week.

GEDDIT??? “You love migrants so much YOU take care of them nyah … Read the rest

Some snaps from I think Brighton:

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— East Sussex WRN (@WRNEastSussex) September 18, 2022

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— East Sussex WRN (@WRNEastSussex) September 18, 2022

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“Rapey McForehead” is trending on Twitter so I looked to find out why. The Washington Post:

Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told a former White House aide that he was seeking a preemptive pardon from President Donald Trump regarding an investigation in which he is a target, according to testimony given to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Johnny McEntee, according to people familiar with his testimony, told investigators that Gaetz told him during a brief meeting “that they are launching an investigation into him or that there’s an investigation into him,” without specifying who was investigating Gaetz.

McEntee added that Gaetz told him “he did not do anything wrong but they are

Aaaand The Atlantic runs an article by freelance writer Maggie Mertens that announces Separating Sports by Sex Doesn’t Make Sense. It’s every bit as stupid as it sounds, and then some.

Though school sports are typically sex-segregated, a new generation of kids isn’t content to compete within traditional structures.

Ah yes, it’s just a matter of “traditional structures,” like women having to wear skirts. Thank god the new generation of kids has seen through it at last.

School sports are typically sex-segregated, and in America some of them have even come to be seen as either traditionally for boys or traditionally for girls: Think football, wrestling, field hockey, volleyball. However, it’s becoming more common for these lines to blur,

What a horrible man.

School prepares for backlash over high school teacher who claims to be trans. I think the teacher is just taking the mickey.

The Halton District School Board is “standing behind” an “accepted” transgender teacher who has gone viral in social media video posts.

In addition, HDSB Chair Margo Shuttleworth tells the Toronto Sun that staff are looking at “going through creating a safety plan” to ensure the Oakville Trafalgar High School teacher’s security as they prepare for potential protests when the school opens for classes Monday.

Gone viral why? Potential protests why?

Trans? Or mockery? It looks more like mockery to me. Anyway I wouldn’t want to be in a high school class taught by that teacher.

Anna … Read the rest

Which one really has the stupid argument here?

I think trans women are just another category of women like white women and black women, like trans men are another category of men like white men and black men, obviously all are different, this is a really stupid line of argument!

— Owen Jones (@OwenJones84) September 17, 2022

The “like” there isn’t “like,” because of the meaning of the word “trans.” OJ is pretending that all adjectives are just additions, but that’s a really stupid thing to pretend.

For instance: pretend; artificial; fake; counterfeit; fantasy; mock; sham.

That’s the thing about the adjective “trans”: that’s what it means. That’s its only meaning.

For that reason, it’s both fatuous and dishonest … Read the rest

Originally a comment by Your Name’s not Bruce? on Near-total control.

In the press article, my experience of abuse by GCs and their far-right allies is not represented (and I did describe this; some of it was also read out to me). I assume this is also the case for other trans inclusive feminists who were interviewed, as the account is one-sided.

Pardon me if I fail to believe you. First, I have grave doubts about your ability to distinguish “abuse” from “criticism.” It’s a natural response to the transperbolic claim that “misgendering” is “actual violence,” and that your critics are hell-bent on trans genocide. Please. Second, the whole “far-right allies” thing is an immediate indication that yours is … Read the rest

First of all, what is Forbes Power Women’s Summit? I’d never heard of it so I had to look it up. (It’s tricky trying to figure out the grammar. Is it a summit for power women? If so, what are power women? Is it a women’s summit organized by Forbes Power? If so, what is Forbes power? Is there a third option?) Google explains all:

In 2013, Moira [Forbes] launched the annual Forbes Women’s Summit in New York City, which brings together 250 female leaders to discuss and solve the world’s most intractable issues.

I don’t know or care who Moira Forbes may be, but at least we know where we are. It’s some kind of corporate jamboree for women. … Read the rest

It’s physical.

So apparently "nobody's saying lesbians have to sleep with TW" yet approx 30 aggressive TRAs have managed to get the #LesbianStrength march cancelled for the women's safety. Sexist behaviour from the police. Arrest the aggressors!

— Wicked Willow (@WickedWillow02) September 17, 2022

But. It seems the aggression failed.

And we are off#LesbianStrength2022 pic.twitter.com/nLMS4xMvLN

— LesbianStrength (@StrengthLesbian) September 17, 2022

Our first speaker Jo, is talking about growing up as a 'tomboy' GNC as all of us are. And very proud to be so #LesbianStrength2022

— LesbianStrength (@StrengthLesbian) September 17, 2022

Updating to add more snaps:

The homophobes #LesbianStrength2022 pic.twitter.com/01BrZhb6J2

— JoJoBucks (@JocastaMoney) September 17, 2022

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More on the Leeds march:

In a few hours we will be off to Leeds for the Lesbian Strength Rally. Thank you for all the goodwill messages we have received. A big thank you for today goes to the @StrengthLesbian Team who have worked together for months so Lesbians can meet together & celebrate visability pic.twitter.com/wscFY0rQKr

— LesbianLabour (@LesbianLabour) September 17, 2022

THE CLANS ARE GATHERING#LesbianStrength20222

— LesbianStrength (@StrengthLesbian) September 17, 2022

That was 5 minutes before the march was due to start. Nothing since. I expect they’re way too busy working to uncancel the march to do any updating. Please tell us again how vulnerable trans women are.

Wait here’s something.

Yes West Yorks Police please do … Read the rest

Alarming development.

Saturday 17th September
2pm
City Square in Leeds will see an assembly of lesbians from far and wide proudly proclaiming that lesbians are exclusively same sex attracted and NOTHING can change that!#OutAndProud#LesbianNotQueer#LesbianStrength#LesbianStrength2022 pic.twitter.com/mzauNx1IYd

— LesbianStrength (@StrengthLesbian) September 13, 2022

That’s now. The march should be in progress. But

Hostile crowd of trans activists heading towards #LesbianStrength march in Leeds.
Fight homophobia, defend the rights of lesbians to express and celebrate same sex attraction. pic.twitter.com/kP5HP9UjhF

— Helen Steel (@helensteel12) September 17, 2022

https://twitter.com/drlouisejmoody/status/1571121082899505154

People are seeking confirmation.… Read the rest

A hot topic for today: a piece by Laura Favaro in the Times Higher about the tyranny of gender idenniny.

Warnings that the field was risky for an early career researcher to investigate came from scholars on all sides – from “gender-critical” feminists, who described being vilified and ostracised for stating that sex is binary and immutable, to those who saw that position as callous bigotry, or, moreover, “a genocidal project” (including journal editors thus endorsing censorship).

Some people warned of vilification and ostracism, others vilified and ostracized.

More than two years ago, I set out to find whether the warnings about entering this domain were justified, or, as others suggest, spurious claims made by those keen to spark

Marina Hyde notes the UK has toppled into absurdity:

In the wake of the Queen’s death, these moments of hopelessly unintentional, tenuously sane hilarity have surely been produced by the behaviour of any number of our commercial brands. Them and Nicholas Witchell, anyway. It’s been like a competition to see which retailer can act the most preposterously, the most self-regardingly, and with the most complete commitment to the twee.

Could it be Morrisons, announcing that it had turned down the volume of its till beeps “out of respect”? Could it be pawnshop chain Cash Converters formally announcing its self-seclusion from social media? Or could it be – and this one’s the correct answer – Center Parcs decreeing that holidaymakers