Tag: Stonewall
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Philosophical question for the weekend
The vast majority of women who get involved with Woman’s Place, or go to its meetings, do so for these two reasons: Reason one They have experienced the mind-numbing horror of childhood sexual abuse, such as rape, manipulative sexual behaviour in the family or FGM; or the fear and frustration caused by sex discrimination and…
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The G-police* and the gender-wars
You cannot stop the women. All you can do is make their lives difficult and harm your reputation by being seen bullying them. These are the armies you are trying to fight (do you want to pick a side?) Mothers, sisters and allies 1. The confabulators Almost all women and girls – the vast majority…
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2022: Sisters, the campaign starts here
“This is the year our collective righteous bloody-minded refusal to shut the fuck up finally broke the impenetrable wall of ‘no debate’” – Jane Clare Jones on Twitter, 31st Dec 2021 Click here to read the whole message. So we have won the right to have the debate. Now, we need to win the debate.…
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The gender-critical stance: a review of the basics
***Long read*** originally written for those thinking about Coming Out on the 19th The core principle: sex and gender There is ‘sex‘ – our species is naturally divided into male and female: not just us though. We are one type of the huge biological group called ‘mammals’. There has never been any doubt. Women and…
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I know the date the world will end
Every generation, someone says that – and there are other favourite dramatic ideas that come round again and again. And when they do, people rally to them so eagerly. What is belief, that it can light such fires? Some get involved because they’re just longing to believe something. Some get involved because it’s such fun…
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Really useful feminism
Why we should all read Julie Bindel’s new book I’ve been wondering why feminism grabbed me so much the second time I looked, but not the first. I remember feminism going on around me when I was a teenager. I had a vague idea it involved a lot of arguments about whether you should shave…
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Anatomy of a witch hunt
A newly elected councillor (let us call her Councillor A) abstains in a council vote to make another councillor (let’s say Councillor B) Deputy Mayor. No news there, you would have thought. But when news gets out, the inevitable speculative social media posts appear, quickly escalating to accusing not just Councillor B but every councillor…
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That horrible anti-transgender campaign
Why on earth would anyone be so mean as to campaign against transgender rights? The notion of a socialist doing so is especially absurd. No wonder people are angry!
Kay Green 