“the perpetrator wasn’t even muslim” and “imane khelif isn’t even trans” are both very plain examples of how fascists manipulate well meaning liberals into conceding ground. islamaphobia and transphobia are wrong regardless of if they are misdirected

look you can be white *and* working class but you can't organise politically around being 'white working class', if you're organised around class it's the whole working class otherwise you're actually just organising around whiteness, which is very obviously what's happening.

These riots are clearly racist, Islamophobic, and are borne out of a culture of racial hate, structural violence, and white British exceptionalism. It shouldn’t be hard to name that.

There’s a racist protest happening 10 mins from my house tonight, & my wife & neighbours are discussing how to stay safe. I’m an immigrant too, but I’d be fine walking down that street. Don’t tell me it’s about migrants - it’s about white supremacy

In all seriousness Brand Ashworth has PR to die for. I swear I’ve seen more of him since he screwed the pooch and got booted out of his extremely safe Leicester seat than I did as his constituent for over 10 years

“trained not to question” & there we have the basic theological issue about ‘leadership’ & ‘authority’ that pretty much undermines all best practice safeguarding & in many churches & The Church of England too.

Lane When I was a student sharing an all male flat, a female friend visited and left her tampons in our bathroom. Being lazy we never bothered to put them away or anything. Months later another female visitor remarked what thoughtful guys we were having tampons in our bathroom!

Excellent thread from Sally Doherty writes 👩‍💻 here.

That's the thing, there is no one measure that defines all women. Trying to define anyone by just their gametes, genitals, genes, chromosomes, physicality, ability, ethnicity... it's all dehumanising nonsense that belongs in the 20th Century, along with patriarchy and eugenics.

The Secret Barrister 🦋 Or even sealed in June 1215...

Your seemingly daily reminder that Imane Khelif is not trans. The freaks calling her win unfair are literally anti-women creeps who won't rest until women return to 1950s housewives. These people, including Matthew Pinsent, are the opposite of feminists.

Matthew Pinsent is very upset that a Muslim Arab woman from north Africa who doesn’t conform to racist, sexist or Islamophobic stereotypes won a gold medal. What a prick.

Llongyfarchiadau mawr i Emma Finucane o Gaerfyrddin ar DAIR medal ym Mharis. Ni gyd yn Sir Gâr mor falch ohonot. Big congratulations to Emma Finucane from Carmarthen on THREE medals in Paris. Carmarthenshire is so proud of you. 🥇🥉🥉

“why does a hospital not have a/c?” because Oxford is north of Vancouver and this building is older than the hole in the ozone layer. take it up with the tories, I’m not happy about it either

Yes Victoria Coren Mitchell Scunthorpe is in the south - it's Lincolnshire and south of the Humber.

Robert Thompson (he/him) The Church of England Eventually our point was taken and it moved beyond the parish boundary but - a couple of years later they began again in the parish. The archdeacon even tried to persuade us to accept them this time. NO! Very poor oversight of BMOs. At no point was the parish ever consulted!

I still strongly believe that fashion is uniquely disrespected because it has historically been coded as frivolous and feminine. Similar areas of culture that are coded as "masculine," such as architecture, do not endure this sort of derision.

We have received lots of messages stating how a team of Trans Women would win leagues and beat every cis team. Facts we have fielded a team of solely trans women against a team of solely cis women on 2 occasions. We lost both games without scoring a goal 7-0 and 1-0