Caroline Hardman
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Gosh, I’m shocked. Absolutely no one said this would happen.
Gender-neutral Brit awards nominate all men for 2023’s best artist
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Editors are now contacting me because they're interested in acquiring 'gender critical'* feminism. How times have changed.
*Otherwise known as 'feminism'.
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However much we wished novels written in the past shared today’s sensibilities (or not), changing them is wrong. How can it be okay to posthumously alter an author’s work? What will we lose? Won’t we be constantly re-writing history? I know it’s become trite to quote 1984, but…
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I very much hope that children’s publishers, agents and authors are paying attention to the
#CassReport
- & the news coming from other countries, including the US, Finland, the Netherlands - & adjusting their output accordingly.
Culture has played a big part in this scandal.
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“Please don’t print my name. I work in publishing and can’t afford to be bullied out of my job.”
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There’s a Robin’s nest inside my dad’s walking boot.
❤️
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This
@parkrun
situation has been very instructive.
When women’s records are affected “it’s just a fun run; why do you care?” As soon as men’s records are affected as well, it’s on the news & men are up in arms.
Well done
@mara_yamauchi
Report on parkrun featuring
@mara_yamauchi
is here from around 26:10 if you missed it last night.
#savewomensparkrun
#savewomenssports
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The coolest thing about baby humans is that before they can walk, talk or control their bodily functions, they laugh and have a sense of humour.
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We think of witch burning as a thing of the past. In reality it’s mutated into other forms of public persecution for heresy - though, as in the past, the motivation is often jealousy, malice, spite. Beware those who enjoy tearing others down whilst performing their virtue.
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Intentionally or not, Eddie Izzard shows how supposedly intelligent people will go along with anything if they think that’s the approved opinion.
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I want to get on board with “gentle parenting” but I read things like this & wonder why we should be validating every emotion? They need to know that the way a banana has been peeled isn’t a big deal, surely? Kid’s lucky to be getting the sodding banana.
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The phrase "lived experience" is tautologous. Let's stop using it.
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Ah good, the Waterstones children’s book prize has a self-harm manual on the shortlist.
Suggesting to children that the answer to (temporary pubertal) body dysmorphia is hormones &surgery is utterly irresponsible
@SafeSchools_UK
@SexMattersOrg
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Really pleased we’ve sold German, Spanish & Korean rights in
#MaterialGirls
by
@Docstockk
. Reality matters for feminism all over the world.
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Listen to this interview. It blows my mind that I’m surrounded by people who consider themselves progressives and feminists who are actively encouraging this blatant injustice against women. What world are we living in?
UPenn transgender swimmer Lia Thomas says it's completely fair to compete against women:
"Everybody is able to compete in the category they’re most comfortable with unless there’s a proven unfair advantage that they have."
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So a victim of human trafficking & sexual exploitation goes to the police - Scotland Yard no less - and the police tell the man she’s made the complaint about and now “her whereabouts are unknown.” WTH?
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Glad I took 5 mins over lunch for the latest
@PrivateEyeNews
- they’re not backing down re bullying at the Grauniad.
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Went for a Thai massage and had to overhear the receptionist patiently explaining to a man coming in to make an appointment, who was blatantly after more, that they ONLY do massage. Masseuse told me that they get it all the time - and the men still try it on anyway. 🤮
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I've had some emails about this - for anyone who would like to send Kathleen Stock a note of support, you can send via my office and we'll pass along. Please share.
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I work for the Guardian. I have no argument so I must baselessly smear those who disagree with me. I am very clever.
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I do enjoy it when negative responses to
@glosswitch
’s forthcoming book HAGS: the demonisation of middle-aged women (which no one else except me and her editor
@suladoyle
has read yet) prove the book’s central point.
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I just read a review of a book that’s aimed at kids 12-18 and all I can say is: pay attention to what your kids are reading and what’s in their school libraries. 🚩
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My act of feminist resistance today is not apologising on the class WhatsApp for having a job and not being able to volunteer for one of the many things school relies on parent volunteers to do. (None of the dads ever apologise for working.)
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This is not progress. This is not kind. This is not a neutral thing to present to teenagers. This is a medical scandal.
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The police investigating tweets by women and not rapes by men is peak 2021.
#IStandWithCeri
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“Unfair Play is a hard-hitting, important, scientifically rigorous polemic…
@sharrond62
wants people to stop whispering to her that they agree but are scared to speak up. She wants no more cheating at the expense of women.”
@_ForumPress
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Here is
@Docstockk
’s interview on
@GMB
. I think it might have helped if
@edballs
had read her book. Or had done even a tiny bit of research. Or even let her speak without speaking over her.
Ed - I’ll send you a copy.
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No, using incorrect pronouns (or “cis” for myself) isn’t a matter of politeness. Putting aside the darker aspects of what it leads to,I’m not expected to refer to Scientologists as Thetans & myself as a “non-Thetan”. You accept others’ beliefs. They can’t compel you to share them
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Three cheers for community notes. How the Guardian has fallen.
Róisín Murphy: Hit Parade review – a masterful album with an ugly stain
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“We are teaching children that what makes you a boy or a girl is your performance of stereotypes… It’s the most regressive thing I’ve seen in my lifetime.”
Piece on
@HJoyceGender
in
@NewStatesman
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People are actually defending that man. We are utterly lost.
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@francesweetman
What if they’re not respecting your privacy? What if you need protecting from harm?
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If anyone is confused by Scotland’s First Minister’s contradictory statements or by the fact that men are being incarcerated in women’s prisons in several western countries, you may find these books by
@Docstockk
and
@HJoyceGender
instructive.
Does Scotland’s First Minister believe all trans women are women?
Scottish Gov has just implemented an effective ban on trans prisoners who’ve committed sexual & violent crimes against women being moved to a women-only prison.
@itvnews
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Apologies in advance for a grumpy "in my day" style tweet, but when did it become acceptable to allow kids to call the shots? We absolutely should listen to them, but pander to their every whim? No.
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I love this. ‘Women who’ve had kids? Politics isn’t for you. Get back to breeding and bum wiping!’
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@oggyboytchev
Women spent years - centuries - fighting for their own awards, sports, spaces and rights. In many countries women still don’t have those things. It’s offensive to call the erosion of those things in this country a “phoney culture war”.
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Congratulations to
@hannahsbeec
@_SwiftPress
&
@tobymundy
. Pleased to see Time to Think in the bestseller chart. Especially since I went to 6 central London major bookshops on Friday & couldn’t find a single copy. Imagine how many it might have sold if they were stocking it well?
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Books removed from Canadian public school libraries because they are deemed “harmful” include: To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies and the Handmaid’s Tale.
Books deemed 'harmful to staff and students' are being removed from region's public school libraries via @
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When there's a debate about something, it doesn't automatically mean some sort of middle ground is correct. One side is just as likely to be right & the other wrong. We don't say "well okay the earth is a bit flat & a bit round".
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“Hello, this is the 1950s calling. We’d like our stereotypes back. We think you should have moved on by 2022.”
What an insult to all the talented male dancers & sportswomen out there. 🤯
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There’s nothing radical or nasty about the truth: an employed male trade union activist is not a “struggling mother”. In fact, I think it’s insulting to struggling mothers - of which there are many, sadly. Factually and legally, men cannot be mothers.
The RD trans tweet furore highlights how blindly radical many people have become. An MP targeting a trans member of the public with a nasty tweet is so obviously wrong it’s something even moderates object to. But even saying that leads to *thousands* of replies, many abusive.
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Solidarity with
@JustinOnWeb
who has been sanctioned by
@BBC
for doing his job and reporting facts.
Perhaps they need to replace that Orwell statue with one of Big Brother’s face.
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I couldn't be more thrilled to be announcing this deal!
@suladoyle
at Hachette imprint
@FleetReads
will be publishing HAGS: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women by the always incisive
@glosswitch
next year. Get your pre-orders in now!
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I know it’s the Mail & some will take issue with that, but this article on that girl who glued herself to the floor during the Oxford Union / Kathleen Stock event is hilarious and so incredibly telling.
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Inspiring scenes from the massive feminist protest in Spain today.
Voy a tratar de reunir algunos videos de hoy citando en cada tuit a los que han decidido silenciarnos, los grandes cómplices, los MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN. Compañeras, pediría colaboración🙏
Manifestación feminista abolicionista
#MujeresALasCallesYa
#MujeresAMadrid23Oct
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Did anyone suggest Dawkins and Hitchens shouldn’t write about religion because they were atheists?
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It's not every day that two of the books you represent are mentioned in a parliament!
Thank you
@joannaccherry
for recommending Material Girls by
@Docstockk
and Trans by
@HJoyceGender
in your incredible, impassioned speech in the House of Commons today.
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What’s the psychology behind doubling down, rather than reassessing your position, when faced with overwhelming evidence that you’ve done something wrong, or were incorrect?
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It’s almost unbearable to witness this level of hyperbole and propaganda. How did so many people become divorced from reality? Is this the consequence of enabling rather than challenging delusional thinking? The age of social media and worship of The Self?
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@HadleyFreeman
@hannahsbee
What a savage indictment of the publishing industry this is, that most editors were too cowardly or too captured to publish a book on the medical scandal of our time.
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Seems an opportune moment to recommend reading this eloquent book, by
@Docstockk
, an author I’m proud to represent.
Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism
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Is it possible to have children and not eat their leftovers?
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How is anyone supposed to recover in hospital when there’s constant noise, it’s impossible to sleep, and there’s barely any daylight? These places are inhumane.
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Great to see
@HJoyceGender
's Trans in
@thetimes
best politics books and
@Docstockk
's Material Girls in the best philosophy & ideas books of 2021. Trans also made
@TheSpectator
's books of the year and Material Girls was
#3
in
@Telegraph
books of the year.
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What’s worse: believing in something obviously irrational & untrue, or pretending to believe in something irrational & untrue because it’s socially, politically, or professionally convenient?
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I cannot buy anymore books until I’ve read the ones I have.
I cannot buy anymore books until I’ve read the ones I have.
I cannot buy anymore books until I’ve read the ones I have…
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@JustinOnWeb
Likewise, all but one publisher turned down
@Docstockk
’s MATERIAL GIRLS and
@HJoyceGender
’s TRANS. I still get a bit panicky thinking that those three books nearly didn’t see the light of day, because publishers were too captured or too cowardly to cover it.
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“A methodical dismantling of weak, misleading and false arguments... A call for cool heads at a time of great heat and a vital reminder that revolutions don’t always end well.”
@thesundaytimes
review of
#MaterialGirls
by
@Docstockk
@FleetReads
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Two titles in Amazon’s most sold non-fiction chart this week: HAGS & MATERIAL GIRLS.
@glosswitch
@Docstockk
@suladoyle
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"Once your faith...persuades you to believe what your intelligence declares to be absurd, beware lest you likewise sacrifice your reason in the conduct of your life...Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities" Voltaire
Publication Day
@Docstockk
!
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🎉 It’s my birthday today & I’m off to
@FiLiA_charity
conference to spend it with lots of amazing women! 🎉
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Why would a group of men be so threatened by women that they force them to do this?
#Taliban
Ministry of rights and virtue of Taliban Announce this 👇🏻 as a dress code for women while stepping out of home, those who disobey will face consequences they say!
If Immediate Action not taken Next will be prohibition of women Even stepping out of home.
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How can you be an atheist that believes in souls? How does it work?
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How is it in novels that characters always lose weight when they’re stressed? When I’m stressed, I sleep badly and that makes me want to stuff my face constantly to give me a bit of energy.
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If you’re wondering why the Vagina Museum doesn’t want to use the words ‘women’ or ‘girls’, try reading these books by
@HJoyceGender
&
@Docstockk
Instead of 'women's health', say 'reproductive health' or 'gynaecological health' (whatever you prefer)
Instead of 'women and girls', say 'people who menstruate' or 'people who have periods'
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If watching people lose their minds to ideology in real time weren't so infuriating, it would be absolutely fascinating. What a case study.
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I thought I knew a lot about this, yet I’m reading Time To Think completely aghast at how this medical scandal unfolded, aided by ideology, influence of lobby groups, social contagion, bad management, no/ poor/ ignored research & underfunding. It’s out tomorrow - hard recommend.
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My theory is that this reasonableness is why some people are targeted more aggressively than others, because reason is the greatest threat to ideology & religiosity.
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UNFAIR PLAY by Sharron Davies & Craig Lord (
@sharrond62
and
@StateOfSwimming
) is longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year!
The
@WilliamHill
𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 is here! 📢
From over 150 sports books entered, our reading panellists have whittled them down to reveal the top 1️⃣8️⃣ books that have made it into this year’s
#WHSBOTY23
longlist 👇
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It’s surprising how many people think this sort of soft censorship is a good thing, but imagine if librarians were destroying the books of those whose opinions you support?
When I worked on the local library, everytime we received a new book by Nadine Dorries I marked it as damaged and threw it straight in the bin. Did the same with David Cameron's autobiography.
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This is a dystopian nightmare. When’s the asteroid due to hit?
Watch this commercial for an artificial womb facility that aims to grow human babies in a factory.
Aside from assisted suicide, this is the most dystopian thing I’ve seen.
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The hegemonic power of the “most marginalised” and their demonisation of those resisting. This could have been a video looking at anti-gay legislation in Uganda, but no, they went for targeting women who want fair sport & safety.
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I'm making our wedding album. We got married in 2012. Here's an out-take. 😬
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"An intelligent, thorough rejoinder to an idea that has swept across much of the liberal world seemingly overnight."
It's US publication day for
@HJoyceGender
's UK bestseller and I'm delighted that it has been reviewed by
@jessesingal
in the
@nytimes
.
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I’d be very interested for someone to do an investigation into why the UN is churning out so much propaganda - who is influencing these decisions to push a certain narrative and what money is potentially behind it.
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I wonder if people realise how this skews crime statistics and why that’s important.
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Happy publication day to the force of nature that is
@sharrond62
& her fantastic co-writer
@StateOfSwimming
. And thank you for tirelessly fighting for fair sports for women & girls. 💪
#SaveWomensSports
#UnfairPlay
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Why are so many “feminist” writers intent on undermining the premise of their work?
What an interesting book to get for feminist friends for Xmas, all about how female bodies have evolved over time and are so different from men's, but yet still society is geared towards male bodies. Whats this bit?.. "It's clear that trans women ARE women."
*puts back on shelf
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It’s quite extraordinary to see how many fellow left-wingers still think it’s okay that a *bank* withdrew its service from someone whose views they don’t agree with.
Apply the same principle to people whose views you share.
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Podcast round-up in
@thesundaytimes
includes
@Docstockk
on
@BBCWomansHour
&
@philosophybites
, as well as the brilliant
@StephenNolan
&
@dt_ni
on Stonewall, and
@bindelj
on
@bariweiss
.
(Let’s start asking “What is a man” now, shall we?)
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British feminism in 2021 is an exciting thing.
#CWTLive
in Cambridge.
@HJoyceGender
@Docstockk
@janeclarejones
@bindelj
all in one place!
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"Freedom is the freedom to say 2+2 = 4. If that is granted, all else follows."
Happy publication day
@HJoyceGender
!
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@NeoRadfem
@Docstockk
Bromley Waterstones have been great - they’ve always had Helen Joyce on display there, alongside others incl Julie B. Here’s my pic - this is how bookshops should work, stocking a range, letting people choose. Hopefully they’ll get more Stock in stock!
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We just had to blame the heatwave for why the tooth fairy didn’t come last night. For a first tooth as well. Epic parent fail.
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We have a cover! Out in May from
@FleetReads
but available for pre-order from Waterstones, Amazon, etc NOW.
@Docstockk
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Someone is taking steps against the fork thief in our office building (shared kitchen). And I salute them.
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“Stock is incapable of uttering words she believes untrue, whatever the personal cost.”
So many quotable lines from this interview with
@Docstockk
(looking badass) by
@VictoriaPeckham
in
@thetimes
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With William and Harry I think we’re witnessing a modern incarnation of an ancient phenomenon. In the past they’d have been locking each other up in towers, plotting or waging wars against each other. Now they’re fighting it out in the media/ social media.
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The strongest reason to vaccinate I’ve ever read.
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@OldRoberts953
I agree it’s not better now, just different sort of sexism (but with the same self-congratulatory “we’re the good ones” mentality)
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@glosswitch
I think if Richard Madeley’s wading in, it’s probably a good sign that pretending not to know what a woman is isn’t cool & edgy anymore.
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