Aurora Ballard (@kirkwordsmith) 's Twitter Profile
Aurora Ballard

@kirkwordsmith

Editor, Writer, erstwhile opera singer, intactivist. 'No one means all he says, and very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.'

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Jon Pike (@runthinkwrite) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A small additional point about the *complete* corruption of the women's boxing at #Paris24 The boxing was a knockout competition. Angela Carini was knocked out by Khelif in the first round. She didn't get close to the medal bouts, so she can't be awarded a medal. We just

Aurora Ballard (@kirkwordsmith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

*Raises hand like Hermione* Oooo, I know, I know! Rich Rethuglicans & gullible MAGA supporters want it. Also, hostile foreign nations like Russia that want to see the U.S. destroyed.

The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The United States has crossed yet another Rubicon: the open politicization of the military for overtly partisan and personalist ends tied to Donald Trump. The nation is now well beyond the warning signs of autocracy — it is being actively conditioned for tyranny.

Aurora Ballard (@kirkwordsmith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exactly. It's tribal virtue-signalling for most of them, fear of thinking and reason and being shunned by the villagers. It's not a deep-seated moral conviction.

J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I love living on TERF island, where a female journalist demonstrates true journalistic integrity by speaking the truth about biological reality rather than parroting ideological language imposed on her from above.

I love living on TERF island, where a female journalist demonstrates true journalistic integrity by speaking the truth about biological reality rather than parroting ideological language imposed on her from above.
J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sex is anatomical. 'Womanhood' and 'femaleness' are not metaphysical or mystical states. I am a woman by virtue of my anatomy. Clearly, if I woke up tomorrow with a male body, I'd have had atypical experiences for a male, because I'd have experienced what it is to exist in the

Grahame Park Girl (@grahameparkgirl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Benjamin Ryan Lying to delusional people is cruel and rude, no matter how much you try to assert otherwise. Affirming untruths is harmful to the ‘transperson’ and to wider society. You convince them they ‘pass’, that they can go wherever and do whatever they want. You gaslight them into

<a href="/benryanwriter/">Benjamin Ryan</a> Lying to delusional people is cruel and rude, no matter how much you try to assert otherwise.

Affirming untruths is harmful to the ‘transperson’ and to wider society.  You convince them they ‘pass’, that they can go wherever and do whatever they want. You gaslight them into
J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When you tell a woman she must pretend a man is a woman, you’re asserting the right to control her speech and perception of reality, while also trivialising and devaluing her female-specific experience. You’re asking her to agree that ‘woman’ is a concept men can embody at will.

Grace Ryan (@richannir) 's Twitter Profile Photo

J.K. Rowling Femme I believe some people believe in God, that doesn’t mean I have to. Why is it different with people who believe they are the opposite sex? I believe they believe it but I don’t.

Aurora Ballard (@kirkwordsmith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Victory! UPenn records have been corrected so they only show women's times. His times have been removed! He is free to swim competitively, as he should be, in the men's races. A needed feminist win over patriarchy & misogyny in this political shit show! cnn.com/2025/07/01/us/…

J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) 's Twitter Profile Photo

You accuse me of claiming that all trans-identified people are predators, and of never acknowledging or mentioning that other groups also harbour sex offenders. Me, in the Sunday Times in 2022: 'Sex offenders have historically been found amongst social workers, teachers,

S Sebag Montefiore (@simonmontefiore) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Important reading. The best analyst of Kremlin politics Mikhail Zygar writing at the moment : Trump Has Soured on Putin. Putin Couldn’t Care Less. Everyone now realizes that Mr. Putin has no desire to end the war, which remains his main tool for controlling society. Worse, he