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Victoria Smith I love the earnest worry that his side of the argument needs avoid looking mad, as if they were kittens only now emerging blinking into the discussion, and not the people who platformed a torturer who ate his own testicles, and encouraged a crowd to beat up women who disagreed.

Last thing on the cowardice of (vast majority of) the philosophy profession about sex and gender. Possibly the most annoying thing: it is blindingly obvious you are turning yourself inside out to avoid noticing trans women are men, trans men are women etc simply because you are

Good idea. I'm sure it will include questions about the bullying and shunning of employees for their perfectly lawful views, as seen in the Everyday Cancellation in Publishing Report, which the Bookseller took issue with because of its 'inflammatory' tone. thebookseller.com/news/the-books…

If there’s one piece of advice I’d give to my younger self it would be judge politicians by their deeds not their words. Talk is cheap. Robin McAlpine on Mhairi Black’s achievements or rather lack of, as a politician. robinmcalpine.org/mhairi-black-j…

menstrual flood. True? SP No JR Nearest toilet to where you were working wasn't the F CR SP Yes JR Could have gone there SP No, my underwear and trousers were in the locker room JR Reads c policies and privacy. Was your menstrual flood a cover SP no JR Nothing further.

It’s really wonderful to see something you’ve fought hard for make it into policy. And it has taken an immense effort. Academics from across disciplines. Advocates shouting on the streets and out of our TVs. Journalists and commentators who platformed us despite the pressure

Have I done something to upset Edinburgh International Book Festival? I know I'm not a big deal in grand scheme of things but this is now the second book I've had out and no invite to come and do an event - at my home country's flagship book festival. My work on trauma is current, it ties in nicely to

The biggest book festival in scotland not inviting a Scottish Orwell prize winner and former Reith lecturer regarding his new book is a hell of a look. What happened to it?

The Mail have covered the story about the outrageous email written by the director of Edinburgh International Book Festival to a punter who asked why none of the GC writers who have published successful books this year have been invited to speak /1

The full story is here, with a link to a 🔥 comment piece by the brave and brilliant author of Hounded, Jenny Lindsay /2 dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Jenny Lindsay No Jenny Lindsay, no Hannah Barnes, no women at all who have been hounded, slandered, threatened and abused for writing books about women’s rights, or about the harm done to children by ideologues. This is a scandal. /5

Joyce Carol Oates Hang on, do you think those things were OK? They aren't and neither are feeding kids experimental drugs.

So because some states sanction child marriage and used to conspire with rapists, we can't object to feeding kids dangerous experimental drugs? How about thinking ALL of that is bad? This is terrible logic from a supposedly intelligent person!

♀️Jennifer Gingrich ✡️ For Women Scotland I’m entitled to say this, because I just turned 60. A lot of older liberals (in both the US and the UK) have brought very old-fashioned sensibilities to this debate. They’re still locked into the idea that all trans women are, or were, effeminate gay men, and they’re perplexed

On Tickle v Giggle: This isn’t satire. These were real legal submissions - made by the government, the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, or accepted by the Federal Court. Every word was serious.👇

I know some people are disappointed there won’t be a court case. I do appreciate that a trans identifying male barrister cross examining a female rape survivor about her male-triggered PTSD would have been fascinating if the rape survivor wasn’t me.

It’s #InternationalCatDay & I’m looking after my favourite boy. Mr Busy Paws. Isn’t he gorgeous? 😻

I’m not really supposed to talk about how it felt when a man identified as a woman to access rape crisis therapy so I wrote an entirely unrelated story about a fox identifying as a chicken so he could access a chicken coop open.substack.com/pub/sarahsurvi…

Good to see Janey Sutherley getting this attention. It took two years to clear her, in court, of criminal charges. She had refused to say that a man with whom she was imprisoned under Sturgeon’s self-ID policies, was a woman. She lost parole while awaiting trial. Oh no, wait.

Here’s my essay on the questions Nicola Sturgeon’s memoirs should address including her failed independence strategy, demonisation of critics & persecution of Alex Salmond. If they don’t then other memoirs, including the one I’m currently working on, will be available.