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Cathy Devine

@cathydevine56

Independent Research & Consultancy: Sport Policy. Feminist Philosophy.
Ex. Senior Lecturer, Uni. of Cumbria. Ex. Sec. British Phil. of Sport Assn. Labour Party.

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Oh dear Jonathan Liew (I'm blocked) strikes again in a frankly dishonest & bonkers The Guardian piece.
Once again, the right can only make capital out of females wanting female categories at parkrun ๐ŸŒณ when the liberal/left reveal themselves as totally unreconstructed sexists. 1/

Oh dear @jonathanliew (I'm blocked) strikes again in a frankly dishonest & bonkers @guardian piece. Once again, the right can only make capital out of females wanting female categories at @parkrun when the liberal/left reveal themselves as totally unreconstructed sexists. 1/
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Let's see. According to JL, even though I'm a left wing feminist academic whose expertise is women & sport, I'm:
1. A rightwinger
2. Restricting the access of trans people to sport
3. Illogical & absurd
4. The radical trans-exclusionary police 2/

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5. Not really interested in sport at all
6. Want PR stripped of money
7. A useful idiot on social media
8. Insulting, noisy, venomous, cruel
9. Blowing it out of proportion
10. Promoting conservative talking points 3/

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11. Being whipped up by malign actors
12. The reactionary right
13. Erasing trans people from physical sport
14. Want trans people legislated out of existence
15. Part of an anti-trans movement 4/

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16. Want genital inspections
17. Want transwomen outed
18. Defiling PR
19. Making PR a toxic & less welcoming space
20. Part of the rage machine 5/

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Seriously Jonathan Liew & The Guardian, take a long hard look in the mirror. You are creating this culture war by insisting that permitting males in female sport is somehow progressive & of the liberal/left. You can end it now by accepting that female people are people too. 6/

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