Well. It would have been nice if ‘the whole of trans studies’ had spoken up before now - before your house of cards came crashing down and the prospect of legal action got ever more real. https://twitter.com/sally_hines/status/1309061086382039041">https://twitter.com/sally_hin...
This ‘born into the wrong body’ hogwash has been pushed at every opportunity and was the prime reason why women objecting were dehumanised as monsters - how could you deny some poor little child the right to escape the wrong body? You terf. You bitch.
Focusing on children was however your biggest mistake - not your first, your last or your only, but the one that allowed us to galvanise.
It takes a particular kind of person to persuade unhappy teenagers that what they really, really want is irreversible medical intervention.
It takes a particular kind of person to persuade unhappy teenagers that what they really, really want is irreversible medical intervention.
I hope you have finally woken up to whats coming. I hope that I am right that all the signs point to a compelling victory for Keira Bell.
And I will very much like to know what those such as Jolyon Maugham will say.
And I will very much like to know what those such as Jolyon Maugham will say.
Because it seems the tactic now is to simply deny what was said before - no matter how often you said it and how many times we all read, screen shot and archived.
For a movement based so long on lies, no doubt this feels like a comfortable and reliable tactic. But things are different now.
So. To keep their lovely money, er I mean refocus the discourse, we now have a new refrain - that women have penises, get over it!
This is excellent. Queer Theory is a delicate beast. It can survive in a protected environment - like the campus of a third rate university -
This is excellent. Queer Theory is a delicate beast. It can survive in a protected environment - like the campus of a third rate university -
But it will not last a week outside those protective walls of foggy thinking and impenetrable Butleresque word soup.
Good. This is really good.
Good. This is really good.
And time to examine who funds these people and why. https://herriotts.wordpress.com/2018/10/13/the-usual-suspects-sally-hines/amp/?__twitter_impression=true">https://herriotts.wordpress.com/2018/10/1...
Receipts. Lots and lots and lots and lots of lovely receipts. https://twitter.com/lizziecornish/status/1309379135354163200">https://twitter.com/lizziecor...