Amanda
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Londoner. Barrister. Immigration & public law. "I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves." "If Not Me, Who? If Not Now, When?"
Joined March 2009
@JohnSkelton @kopek_riley @KirstySNP @MarshallLaw_81 @SugarspotAnnie @hatpinwoman It's weird. My "aggressive beardy bloke" bingo card gets filled up so fast:. 1. Targets women ✅.2. Police's women's likes and or tone ✅ .3. Swears at women ✅.4. Uses slurs at women ✅.5. Random anime ✅.6. Aggressive ✅.7. Tells women what to think ✅.8. self-righteous ✅.
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Ridiculously proud of my 18 year old son, who got his A level results today, & his university offer confirmed. He'll be reading History at Cambridge. Many thanks to @jk_rowling - her Harry Potter books persuaded dyslexic 9 yr old that reading wasn't just parental torture.
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“Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved no enemies, practiced no cruelties. Its battles have been for education, for the vote, for better working conditions, for safety in the streets, for child care, . 1/2.
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@ask_aubry They moved to an entirely different place because of his job. They work the same hours. And he thinks it's reasonable he doesn't even know where the hoover is and washes up once a week?. The 1950s called, they want their man back.
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This is horrifying beyond belief - the twitter thead of Dr. M Webberley's disciplinary tribunal. A 22 yr old woman who had multiple suicide attempts, incl within the past few weeks, had history of hearing voices and external commands on behaviour. 1/4.
Getting started now. Chair: new documents introduced, an email chain of specific dates and revised patient chronology. SJ: Can I deal with those. In terms of the email thread, can I take the tribunal to the email from MW: it goes to the origin,.
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@jk_rowling Hang on, does this mean women are co-ordinating and organising?. Last month lunches, now politics. Hell in a handbasket.
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There's mansplaining, super-mansplaining, and lastly there's telling @Martina Navratilova about Wimbledon.
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I have questions. 1. Are officers supposed to point weapons for the lolz?.2. Is this an appropriate image?.3. Did nobody think this image was scary?.4. Police image as grinning, threatening lunatics?.5. "Was, in fact, female" 🤦♀️.6. Have you totally lost the plot?.
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. for social welfare, for rape crisis centres, women's refuges, reforms in the law. If someone says, 'Oh, I'm not a feminist', I ask, 'Why? What's your problem?”. Dale Spender . 2/2.
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@jk_rowling The whole "more of a woman" thing is just weird. It's not a competitive scale. One person doesn't get 8/10 grades and another 5/10. A female baby who survives to adulthood is a woman.
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@Lady_Lazarus7 @HunterDrewTFA How is a mother in a dress a better mother than an identical one (or the same mother on a different day) wearing trousers?. I'm wearing a dress today. Will I be a worse mother on a beach in Devon next month wearing a wetsuit?.
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@ElunedAnderson Unwise of them to put their overt, direct discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 in writing, innit?.
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What are potential conflicts between trans & single-sex rights? . There are trans rights which don't cause conflict. Time off work for relevant medical appts, treatment, etc. The protections against discrimination & harassment. The right to be able to rent a flat, or similar. 1/8.
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Talking about "lactating individuals" is awful. Firstly, it's just offensive. It reduces new mothers to a biological function. A new mother is not just a birthing machine and milk producer. She's a mother, with all of the implications for her, her family & baby. 1/8.
Covid-19 vaccine guidance for lactating individuals is flawed, experts say - STAT
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First rule of misogyny: everything is women's fault. That crowd at the Capitol definitely looked like radical feminists, amirite?
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When you are so self-obsessed that going to a *funeral* is all about you. 🤔 via @Telegraph.
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. borderline personality disorder, on anti-psychotic meds, living in a supported environment AND HE JUST PRESCRIBED TESTOSTERONE. No multi-disciplinary approach, no conferring with existing doctors, no referrals, just chucked strong hormones at the patient. 2/4.
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auditory processing difficulty. So difficulty in understanding either written or oral information. There were special communication needs." as well! .Reading that thread is utterly depressing. The sheer scale of carelessness & departure from any normal medical standards. 4/4.
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A 9 yr old put on puberty blockers having said nothing at one session, again, no multi-disciplinary approach, no mental health assessments. Not just so young, but "there are a few indications that the child might have communication challenges: dyslexia, ADHD. 3/4.
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Positive lateral flow test (mild cold symptoms, I'm not ill). My sons have been amusing themselves 🧐
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@jk_rowling Lloyd Whatshisname MP: I decide what is threatening to women. Also Lloyd: I had no idea that screaming with rage at a woman, waggling my fingers at her, sitting close & glaring at her would be threatening. No clue. Who'd have thunk?.
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Warning - if you get an email from the Department of Health saying not to eat tinned pork because it contains Covid-19, ignore it. It’s spam.
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The utter, unbelievable sheer misoygny of this. One of the first women in recorded history to break out of a patriarchal box, and Amnesty announce she was "really a trans man". Have they no empathy? Historical knowledge? Understanding? 1/3.
During #LGBTHistoryMonth we are highlighting notable LGBT+ figures from history. Hatshepsut (1507 BC - 1458 BC) fifth Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, one of the most successful pharaohs in history. born a woman, used female pronouns but presented herself as a King #LGBTHM19
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Saying “Transwomen are women” & “no debate!”doesn't answer any of these issues. “TWAW” doesn't define issues – what does it mean? What is a woman? Who gets to determine this definition? 8/8.
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@shaindelr @SukhiVG That's not a commercial. That's just normal life for millions of people.
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@Bex_Stinson Boxing is possibly one of the most dangerous sports to "include" transwomen in the women's category. All the risks identified by World Rugby, plus actual deliberate punching. Women should NEVER be expected to tolerate male-bodied transwomen in boxing. It's dangerous.
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@carridarri @cerothstein I remember with gratitude all those who helped me carry a pushchair up and down at my nearest tube station (no lift). Helping people is a Good Thing.
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Transwoman playing rugby in Wales. Hilariously, Kelly is known to be a physical danger. He can't resist a joke. adding: "She's going to be a good, good player for the next few years, as long as we can stop her injuring players in training." 1/3. 1/3.
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At first I was afraid, I was petrified,.There was no loo roll down at Aldi and I nearly cried. Oh I spent so many nights just thinking how you did me wrong,.I used to wipe,.And now I’m forced to just drip dry !.No anti-bac !.No bloody soap,.
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Stating that those raising the above issues are bigots / fake feminists / acting in bad faith doesn't remove these issues. They still exist. They are serious. They need to be discussed, I think, calmly and in an evidence-based way. 7/8.
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@HunterDrewTFA @kvmac2011 @Red_Pill_Dad I'm wearing a dress today. In what way will I be a worse mother next month wearing a wetsuit on a family beach holiday?.
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I think you might fundamentally misunderstand how charity law works, and the Equality Act 2010 to boot. Which is a touch alarming. It is perfectly legitimate for any charity not to be "inclusive of marginalised groups" because it depends on its purpose, intentions, etc 1/5.
LGBA will now be subject to the regulation of the Charity Commission. They must be held accountable for their actions. It is vital for all charities to work in a way that is inclusive of marginalised groups, including trans people.
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@essity "Menstruating persons"? I reckon you'll find this ludicrous phrase causes a lot more irritation & annoyance to women & girls than social interactions do.
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This is absolutely ridiculous. In many sports male people have distinct advantages. In some, that makes it dangerous. Rugby is a full-on contact sport. Are @WelshRugbyUnion & @porthquinsrfc completely insane? . Taking oestrogen for 9 months doesn't make this safe or fair. 3/3.
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If you are going to apply Photoshop very enthusiastically, it's always a bright idea to leave the left arm of your glasses on the photo. Otherwise it just looks a teeny tiny bit obvious. 🤦♀️.
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@WalkerMarcus This letter to the Times has everything. Firstly, communication with your children via letters to the Times. Secondly, the ambiguity about whether his mother had two husbands, or one husband with consecutive jobs. Thirdly, the "especially". Fourthly, the "Bangkok" ending.
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Dear Kier - you were asked about women. Answer the question - about women. Not every question about women means you should answer about trans rights.
Andrew Marr: "Is someone who thinks that only women have a cervix welcome in the Labor Party?".Keir Starmer: "We need to have a mature, respectful debate about trans rights." .The question was about WOMEN.
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One day Stonewall is hosting an "anti misogyny" conference with @stellacreasy . The next day it is "deeply disappointed" that World Rugby has prioritised the safety of women playing rugby. 🧐.
We’re deeply disappointed in World Rugby’s decision to move ahead with proposals to stop most trans women playing in competitions they govern. We stand in solidarity with those who will feel shut out from the sport they love.
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Someone who was born female, and grew up female, and is now an adult human female, is trans because she feels she should have been born male and transitioned to female. What fresh hell is circumgender-trans?.
Lewisham councillor comes out to council colleagues as circumgender/trans:.a circumwoman is someone born female & identifies as female, but thinks she should have been born male & transitioned to female, because they feel like they are trans. My head hurts.
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@Davidlaz He was also incredibly tolerant of the sincere but sometimes not very comfortable affection from my sons.
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@ask_aubry "The deputy registrar called the civil suit an abuse of process and said the court would not be an accessory to Mr Kawshigan's "calculated attempt to compel engagement" from Ms Tan.". I like this judge.
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There is a curiously large group of men on twitter who like telling women to give up their rights, their language, their thoughts, their existence as a sex class, how they should "be kind" & how to do womaning and feminism. Today it's JK Rowling. IStandWithJKRowling. 1/3.
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I can strongly not recommend coronavirus. While I'm not seriously ill, it's a not a barrel of laughs. Temperature, sore throat, cracking headache, cough, and exhaustion. I've been asleep about 18 of the past 24 hours, and having had tea & paracetamol, going back to bed.
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It's like arguing with a toddler who denies scoffing the biscuit but has chocolate round his mouth and crumbs down his jumper.
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Public facilities. Many TW want to use women's facilities. Many women feel uncomfortable in circs incl sleeping, undressing, medical care, privacy to share facilities with people with male physical characteristics. This is a conflict that requires discussion & analysis. 4/8.
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@reece_dinsdale @pdsmith74 @Garymv Trans women are male. if they weren't male, they wouldn't be trans women. 🤦♀️.
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@JamesEFoster @RKDasgupta @UKLabour Mate, that actually has happened and lefty bearded dude bros thought it was "progressive".
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I am appalled that a British journalist, employed also by a firm of solicitors, should say this.
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Rights of particular groups of women – many women have religious, cultural, personal or historical trauma-related objections to sharing single-sex spaces with non-female bodies. There is a risk of lessening these groups' access to public life. 6/8.
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Sport. Trans women who wish to take part in sport in women's teams or categories. The conflict here is obvious, I'd suggest. Views, opinions etc vary on physical advantage, tests, hormone limits. There is a clear conflict here. 3/8.
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The Queen, aged 95 and sitting alone at her husband's funeral without even able to have her children near. Her children & grandchildren, having to sit apart. It feels like a personification of all the people who have died alone, buried alone, mourning alone, in the pandemic.
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@WomenAreWomen3 @GBNEWS She hasn't said that 9 year old boys can benefit from sex with older men either - pretty much ignoring Peter altogether.
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@comicrelief You start a new "women's Wednesday" blog and decide to start with someone born male. How unusual.
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Forced circumstances. Prisons, for example. People don't chose to go into prison (on the whole!) but there is a conflict between TW in the female estate & other women prisoners. 5/8.
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@rights_info @davidallengreen If it is their "only means of survival" its not exactly a free choice and "consensual" is it? 🤔.
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@AlisonSydor @Tomoulds @spikesandspokes @MForstater @Drusilla451 @Scienceofsport <Mansplainer nips off for burns cream>.
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@Davidlaz I found a very young kitten wandering along a road near my flat in 2004. Took him home to make sure he was OK while I found his owner. He died last year, after a lifetime with first us and then my parents. TL :DR taking a kitten home for a day or two rarely works.
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Kelly "folded a girl like a deckchair" and fractured a coach's ankle. Nicknamed "the beast" by teammates. Apparently this is affectionate. Kelly knows of the physical advantages. "do feel guilty, but what can you do?. I just want to play rugby."2/2.
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Foster v Jessen N. Ireland libel case. I've read many headlines and articles stating, correctly, that the court ordered Dr. Christian Jessen to pay £125k in damages + costs. I'm glad to see a woman taking action against abuse on social media. Women in public life suffer. 1/6.
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@katekilla @bonappetit I think my son covered this in primary school, though, he's 12 but understands "is your answer sensible?" as a checking concept.
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Humberside police contacted a man at work, threatened him he might lose his job, over something they knew wasn't a crime. Now they are doubling down & justifying it. 1/4.
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@camarogirl91 @GOPPollAnalyst @DRUDGE_REPORT I think London will just about stagger on under the burden of grief caused by your absence.
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@cerothstein If this is the worst thing in your life, or even actually matters at all, congratulations! You officially only have first World problems.
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@DefenceFaithful T-shirt with "Only God can judge me". Demonstrably incorrect at the Magistrates' . .
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@BBCNewsnight @sophiecooktalks This idea that "womxn" includes black women and "women" does not is ludicrously racist, and ridiculous. Solidarity to any black woman watching this insanity and hope they managed not to heave the telly out of the window.
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Helen Islan of Mermaids was the complainant. Miranda Yardley the Defendant. The District Judge chucked the case at half time as no case to answer - defence didn't have to give evidence, it failed even on prosecution version.
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The irony here makes my head hurt. When males who identify as women become women's officer, this man (along with many others) says it is bigoted to question whether a person raised & socialised as male can represent women. 1/3.
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@DamoJohn1 @RKDasgupta @UKLabour When male born people have been aborted because of their sex, died in infancy, been badly educated and fed, married off as children to old men, suffered childhood pregnancy, abuse and death, then they can represent women.
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@RadFemLawyer @tribunaltweets Or. You could leave lesbians alone and not try to "persuade" them to do anything?. 🧐.
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Virtue Signalling, Misogyny, Abuse & Revenge. Liverpool City Council tonight adopted "Standing With Our Trans Community" . . The motion & mayor were, I believe, unfair, abusive,in breach of Equality Act 2010 & neglectful of their proper duties. 1/15.
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@Telegraph "He wants to be the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral, and the baby at every christening.". As Alice Roosevelt said about her father, Teddy.
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@SqueakinglyJen If you think that women getting injured in rugby by people who have the additional strength, weight, height and muscle mass from having gone through puberty is funny or TERFy I'm not sure I agree with the self-declared "feminist" label.
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Here is today's harassment. Lots of people have condemned the Sun's awful headline. Rightly. But it's easy to condemn the Sun. Worse, much worse - the appalling Pink News. #IStandWithJKRowling but Pink News doesn't disagree with her, it abuses and harasses. 1/4.
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This is a very confused article. It refers to sports separated by "gender" a million times. Sex. Sports are separated by sex. 1/3.
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All of those rights & protections under the EqA 2010 are not in conflict with the rights of other protected characteristics. However, there are some which do lead to a conflict of rights. I'm not suggesting answers here, raising the issues. 2/8.
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@JammersMinde I gave some lectures last week on assorted topics regarding deportation and nationality law. I managed to get myself dressed, brush my own hair, stay sober, etc. Amazing!. No woman I know would ever dress like that for a formal or serious event.
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Liz: sensitivity training is in order.Also Liz: I will name a heretic on social media while also tagging in her employer.
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Have Scottish Labour completely lost the plot? A candidate as MP who has been convicted of assaulting a pregnant woman recently?.
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This is very funny - a GC lawyer attended (with some difficulty) the Garden Court trans law seminar.
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@ask_aubry My best mate had her son the day after I gave birth to mine. We were both delighted for each other. How does another woman you know having a baby "ruin" your pregnancy and birth? I don't get it.
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@JamesEFoster @RKDasgupta @UKLabour If a straight white man who identifies as a lesbian won women's officer the OP would be applauding all the way. I don't think in general a straight man should be LGBT officer but in this case I'm too busy laughing to care.
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When Body Shop doubled down on its trolling of JK Rowling by sending this lot of patronising word salad in response to a complaint.
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Pink News has finally revealed that it is, in fact, a parody. Well-played, lads, well-played. Must admit, you took me in for ages.
UK's biggest cervical cancer charity shuts down disgustingly transphobic lie that 'only females get cervical cancer'
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@supergutman @v_j_freeman I, too, started primary school at the age of 4 having carefully weighed up all the pros and cons of international politics, and having chosen appropriately.
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@Girlguiding Girl guides: speak out! Protest! Your rights!. Also Girl Guides: shut up. Not *those* rights, obviously.
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The 18th century called - it wants its headlines back from the Daily Mail in 2021.
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Recipe for when you're really quite peckish. 5 tablespoons of pepper doesn't seem enough, though?. Off to check my largest casserole dish.
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@thomstark @helenstaniland Basic biology lesson - this is one reason among many why women want to keep uncontrolled (and according to you, uncontrollable) penises out of women's spaces. No matter the gender identity the penis is attached to.
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Surely manhood in all its glory is capacious enough, generous enough, diverse enough, to accommodate and perhaps even to welcome a small number of men who want to appear to be or see as women?
NEW: How the trans row will end in compromise . My column in @thetimes.
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@DamoJohn1 @RKDasgupta @UKLabour So it's fine when a woman loses a post to a male person who identifies as a woman, but when a man misses out, outrage?. Gottit.
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It's a great relief that Parliament in general appears to have woken up to the "pregnant persons" debacle, and to have noticed the concentrated, focused attempt to erase the word "woman" from public life. All credit to those MPs and members of the Lords who stand up for women.
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So, perhaps you should think about your dubious assertion about "marginalised groups" because it's not possible, not true, entirely impractical, and makes it appear you are substituting virtue-signalling for thought. 5/5.
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@YoungLiberalsUK For the avoidance of doubt, "TERF" is an abusive and derogatory term that a political party should not use.
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