Elaine Miller | Venus Envy
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Frank, funny, factual, Fellow, physio. Come for the fanny, stay for the feminism. Writing on women’s health and women’s issues: https://t.co/X7XXb8Oyn0
Edinburgh, the dry bit
Joined September 2012
Evidence says #DoYourPelvicFloorExercises x3/day for 3 months gets 3/4 of women with stress incontinence dry (that’s the one where you leak a bit if you laugh, cough or sneeze). If it doesn’t work, hurts, or you’re not sure what you’re doing then come to clinic. #DryByChristmas.
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I’m still wary, but glad this has been resolved without having to take up court time. The Articles book group had a lovely meeting at the library yesterday.
It's been a long haul, but we got there. The board of Scotland's National Library apologises for how the Library treated The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht (the book title should have been a clue 😉) share token @LucyHunterB
https://t.co/ZXPCuK2FpX
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Among women giving birth vaginally, up to 85% of first time mothers sustain perineal tears that require suturing. Perineal injuries have been neglected and deprioritised, at the expense of women’s health and wellbeing https://t.co/mj2ZT7WWxx
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Perineal injuries have been neglected and deprioritised, at the expense of women’s health and wellbeing, write Kathrine Perslev, Niels Klarskov, Thomas Bergholt, and Hanna Jangö Women have always...
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National Library of Scotland apologises for gender-critical book ban https://t.co/mb9UdTaVoe
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This is the first literary institution in Scotland to apologise *directly and straightforwardly* to feminist writers for giving in to their hounders. I am thrilled for Susan and Lucy who were put under such unnecessary stress & upset over all of this. 💜 https://t.co/5tbS4nWet2
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Patients from gender clinics are handed over to GPs, usually after just two visits. GPs are expected to manage long-term monitoring via blood tests and prescribing of cross sex hormones (and in some cases puberty blockers if there was prescription in place from before the ban).
As we await the Levy Review findings please read the oral evidence given to the House of Commons in 2021: Due to difficulty recruiting specialists GICs they decided to use GPs in their new ‘extremely lean’ model for care (pilot GICs). Rapid transition into primary care enabled
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I have been heard of a young trans ID person seeking help from NHS pelvic health physio, told “we don’t do transgender care”. @CACEnotes and I have looked at the prevalence of pelvic health disorders in this population. They need physio @RosieDuffield1 @WomensRightsNet
When the gay male detransitioner I interviewed yesterday told the Sandyford clinic he was detransitioning, they had no idea how to support him in this (medically and psychologically) The clinician quipped: “Good thing you didn’t get the surgery then!” He was right at the top of
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“If you cannot define it, you cannot protect it.” My governing body has three definitions of transphobia. I’d say that’s more of a pick n mix than a definition, but, then, IANAL.
Philosophy of law in practice mixed with genius in a ten minute ted talk. If you ever wondered how meaning is breaking down, Sarah can show you why, from the frontline. This is affecting real people’s lives. https://t.co/ayQMSMctfr
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Actual kindness. Actual vengeance would have been an understandable course of action but these women are grown ups. They should stand for election.
See? These women are gracious. Well done @EthelWrites and @natlibscot - it’s lovely to see sanity restored without a court case.
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We are pleased to accept this straightforward apology from the Board of the National Library of Scotland, both for the initial treatment of our book and the Library’s initial response when this came to light. 1/2 https://t.co/iSeYljFuNf
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This was absolutely outrageous.
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See? These women are gracious. Well done @EthelWrites and @natlibscot - it’s lovely to see sanity restored without a court case.
We are pleased to accept this straightforward apology from the Board of the National Library of Scotland, both for the initial treatment of our book and the Library’s initial response when this came to light. 1/2 https://t.co/iSeYljFuNf
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Thank you for standing up for your contributors, and for what is right, @LucyHunterB and @DalgetySusan. I’m very much looking forward to book club tomorrow. 2pm, by the side of the library’s main stairs. All welcome. https://t.co/umtJVyS6SL
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I’d caption this with: “we got it right up them”. @DalgetySusan and @LucyHunterB are far more gracious than me. Link below
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As GPs we are seeing young women (‘trans men’) with urinary incontinence and painful vaginal atrophy, who had not been warned that testosterone would cause this. We see men (‘trans women’) who are suffering constant pain because of taking oestrogen.
The management of these patients is termed ‘shared care’ but in fact the gender clinics do not see these patients in person again.
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My email address for remote access is : (COMPLETE EMAIL ADDRESS) I understand that I may be asked to leave for any “in private” discussion sessions, as a member of the public. Yours …..
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would like remote access to observe the hearing on the following dates. (COMPLETE THE DATES ) I will be attending both in person and remotely as a member of the public.
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tsteam@hcpts-uk.org Dear HCPTS, Re: Final Hearing; Anne Woodhouse, 10th-16th December 2025, Edinburgh I would like to attend the above hearing in-person on the following dates. (COMPLETE THE DATES ) I
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Here are the details if you’d like access to this hearing. Thanks, P! I’d anyone wants do come to Anne’s tribunal were to give them notice. Please share, this is from the WhatsApp PLEASE APPLY IF POSS BY 12 MIDDAY TOMORROW FRIDAY 5th to the following email address:
Another week, another case. @tribunaltweets are covering this one where the HCPC upheld complaints by John Naples Campbell, a deputy head teacher and sometime drag performer against a psychologist who “liked” some tweets. No, I’m not joking.
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The mass histrionics over female only institutions is ridiculously predictable. It's twofold I think - there's the direct anger at not being able to access these institutions, but also the secondary fury of losing a fight to women who have said no.
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So, maybe I should get the (bloody) course finished (DBC is way behind), then the book, then the fringe show. Tom Daley won’t feature in it.
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