30 January 2022

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Spinifex Press

3 posts today

Spinifex author Cathie Dunsford is featured in this news article: "I wanted to write about my experience of the world. I didn’t care whether people liked my novels or not – again, it was all about giving people a voice who were not being heard." ...

January 30th @ 8:23 pm |

Andrea Heinz

2 posts today

RT @rusticfem: Wait until you hear about who makes the bulk of profits by owning the porn websites, the production companies, the camming websites, etc. Even if it were true, it says a lot about society that the only way for women to make more money ...

January 30th @ 7:42 pm |

Women's Voices

17 posts today

Lavery, a professor at UC Berkeley, used sissy porn and Pornhub in a curricula for English students. The problem is not that Lavery — and many others like Lavery — are "secretly" perverts, but that they demand the public participate in their ...

January 30th @ 7:40 pm |

Women's Voices

17 posts today

Ms Swayne, who describes herself as a feminist activist, said Gwent Police removed an "academic book", "hundreds of stickers" and "loads of notes" from her home. "It's like the bloody Stasi, it's terrible, absolutely terrible. I was pretty ...

January 30th @ 6:57 pm |

Julie Bindel

14 posts today

RT @Sorelle_Arduino: @JolyonMaugham today calling for a woman MP to lose her place in politics & another woman to lose her job as chair of the EHRC… in both cases because they are women that acknowledge there is a conflict when men ID as a women ...

January 30th @ 6:54 pm |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @DuncanHenry78: STOP doing this. Stop using “LGB” to legitimise your arguments on gender identity. The @EHRC listened to plenty of experiences of LGB people and intervened. You are a homophobic organisation if you treat all LGB as compliant pets ...

January 30th @ 6:30 pm |

Feminist Dissent

5 posts today

RT @kenanmalik: “The paras were still firing... We were terrified. This seemed like it was in our imagination, like this was film we were seeing. It was hard to believe it was reality.” On Bloody Sunday, 50 years ago today https://t.co/QZG7nq...

January 30th @ 5:44 pm |

Feminist Dissent

5 posts today

RT @BloodySunday50: Fifty years ago 14 unarmed citizens were murdered in broad daylight by the British Army. It was planned, then covered up at the highest levels of the UK government. That cover up persists. Why is anyone surprised that the police ...

January 30th @ 5:38 pm |

Feminist Dissent

5 posts today

RT @shabanahfazal: @GitaSahgal @NatSecSoc @sacw @sabrangindia @feministdissent What a woman your mother is! I can see where you get your courage, clarity, and refusal to settle for easy, comforting illusions. But there must always be hope for a ...

January 30th @ 5:36 pm |

Julie Bindel

14 posts today

This is a question that I am after a brief, straight answer to please. What is it with the blue fringes and this Dr Who obsession? I assume it's some kind of pretentious affectation? And why do they call themselves 'geeks' in that self-effacing ...

January 30th @ 5:29 pm |

Dr. Jane Clare Jones

17 posts today

RT @Octomare: @Euphemismic @skellyphone @janeclarejones @grace_hawthorn @sector_prime99 @mikeonthebrink @jbreffni @pzmyers @jasan68139142 @feministleaning @FondOfBeetles @MrPeterLMorris Name one trait that is universal and exclusive to humans

January 30th @ 5:07 pm |

Transgender Trend

2 posts today

RT @TwisterFilm: 1./ Another week, another misleading science report from LGBTQ+ lobbyists. Not content with picking a fight with the equalities watchdog, the @EHRC, this increasingly aggressive lobby is misusing a report on sexual violence to defend ...

January 30th @ 5:01 pm |

FiLiA

54 posts today

RT @AlinejadMasih: These two young women of #WhiteWednesdays are in jail alongside with their mothers because of saying NO to forced hijab in Iran. We the women of the Middle East do not have any media or freedom to march in the street. #LetUsTalk ...

January 30th @ 4:55 pm |

Not Buying It

2 posts today

.@kickitout ur high profile work on racism in football is much welcome .. but WHERE are the high profile campaigns over the misogyny that is so serious that premier league players are committing rape, assault & domestic violence? @PankhurstEM ...

January 30th @ 4:53 pm |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @mbergelyarnold: Police in Scotland are investigating people's "thoughts" and now the misogyny group is defining misogyny as a thought for the purposes of criminalising misogyny. I'm terrified. This is not absurd, thus is totalitarian. ...

January 30th @ 4:51 pm |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

Thank you @soniasodha. Because of Sonia & colleagues, The Observer continue to provide the proper analysis of the sex/gender debate from a left-wing perspective that has been sorely lacking in other outlets. https://t.co/BtQDFE...

January 30th @ 4:44 pm |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @Gurdur: Wishing @RosieDuffield1 all the very best. If the @UKLabour Party lose her, if she gets driven out by the obsessive harassment, it'll be symptomatic of Labour's slow, self-inflicted disaster. Right at a time when Labour could otherwise ...

January 30th @ 4:27 pm |

FiLiA

54 posts today

RT @LabrysLit: Thank you so much to all the women who came to today’s Labrys Lit meeting. Your questions were all fab! Also, thanks to the brilliant @hilarymcc7 for sharing so much about lesbian culture, Irish history, and the revolutionary ...

January 30th @ 4:18 pm |

FiLiA

54 posts today

RT @hilarymcc7: If anyone @LabrysLit is interested in reading more about lesbian historical fiction, you can access the critical part of my thesis in the thread below https://t.co/tbrBAR...

January 30th @ 4:17 pm |

FiLiA

54 posts today

RT @hilarymcc7: @LabrysLit Thanks for inviting me. And thanks to everyone for being so lovely about Golddigger, and especially to Claire for being the perfect interviewer. I really enjoyed myself

January 30th @ 4:17 pm |

FiLiA

54 posts today

RT @LabrysLit: Our February Book of the Month is When Katie Met Cassidy, by @CamillePerri. This uplifting butch/femme romance is a perfect read for Valentine’s Day. ❤️📖 We’re meeting to discuss it on Zoom. Sunday 27th February, 4.30pm GMT. ...

January 30th @ 4:17 pm |

Broadsheet

2 posts today

Yes! It is great that there is a concerted push made against men in women's sports. But the problem is much bigger than this. We thought "sport" might be a wedge issue but it is in danger of becoming an end in itself. That's no reason to stop trying ...

January 30th @ 4:01 pm |

FiLiA

54 posts today

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯! Visit our how to apply page - deadline 20th February "as an ex-worker I can vouch for this wonderful job opportunity" http://hortonwhc.or...

January 30th @ 4:00 pm |

FiLiA

54 posts today

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯! Visit our how to apply page - deadline 20th February "as an ex-worker I can vouch for this wonderful job opportunity" https://t.co/CYtpei... https://t.co/HnGd7J...

January 30th @ 4:00 pm |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

Susan on @andrewdoyle_com's Free Speech Nation. We take issue with many of @PeterTatchell's arguments, not least the support of women for self ID (recent polls suggest otherwise!) but we appreciate that he is one of few prepared to talk. ...

January 30th @ 3:47 pm |

Sasha White

1 post today

RT @plebity: 'meet Paul Stacy Rhodes...' aka @ChalmerIrving, @grievedgnats , @FauciMatthew, @antonygorsuch, @KeithPinker, @jason_aust, @cary_granite, @MametRichard @cartergiddens and others... You may find this amusing https://t.co/lv3WvK...

January 30th @ 3:46 pm |

FiLiA

54 posts today

𝗙𝗶𝗟𝗶𝗔 - Building Sisterhood and Solidarity - Amplifying the Voices of Women - Defending Women's Human Rights 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝟮𝟮 - 𝟮𝟰 𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 https://t.co/ZKlmGY... https://t.co/Pz93nm...

January 30th @ 3:00 pm |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @TessWhite4NE: This truly shocking.. when did the thought police start to take hold? This happens at a time when the independence of the judiciary is under threat. If you are not worried about this.. you should be 👇 https://t.co/E2F3qu...

January 30th @ 2:53 pm |

Women's Voices

17 posts today

Speaking with Meghan Murphy, @Mason134211f explains how two convicted trans-identifying ♂️ sex offenders who had "the surgery" continued to harass and abuse women inmates in Canadian prisons. @NoXYinXXprisons https://t.co/BTjp5N...

January 30th @ 2:23 pm |

Dr. Jane Clare Jones

17 posts today

RT @Rosebyanyname85: Mammals are not sexually dimorphic BECAUSE of human ability to recognise patterns. They are sexual dimorphic, and we know because a) we recognise patterns, b) sex functions to reproduce the species, which is something we need to ...

January 30th @ 2:13 pm |

Dr. Jane Clare Jones

17 posts today

Sex is reproductive function… or ‘having gone down the developmental pathway that should lead - barring accident anomaly or illness - to being able, when sexually mature, to fulfil one of the two reproductive functions.’ ‘Somewhat correlated.’ FFFFS. ...

January 30th @ 2:11 pm |

Feminist Dissent

5 posts today

"As the left has vacated the ground of free speech, the right and the far right have become encamped upon it. This has further distorted the debate, the cause of free speech coming to be seen as the property of the right, making many on the left even ...

January 30th @ 2:03 pm |

FiLiA

54 posts today

𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 #𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗡𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻 With thanks to @jen_hyatt #Day42 who passes the baton to @LisannejS tomorrow ♀️ Contact your MP ♀️ Sign the petition ♀️ Join the fast Sisterhood and Solidarity! https://t.co/Z065CC... https://t.co/VAEafl...

January 30th @ 2:00 pm |

Dr. Jane Clare Jones

17 posts today

‘Somewhat correlated.’ Yeah, we got exploited and appropriated for millennia because of some stuff that is ‘somewhat corellated.’ But carry on, being ‘way cooler’ than reproductive exploitation and rape. https://t.co/23xvBt...

January 30th @ 1:56 pm |

Not Buying It

2 posts today

Now potentially another MU Rapist footballer being questioned by police. The club should be donating ££££ to women's groups and extensive re-education for their young players re Violence vs women, including the truth about the porn/strip ...

January 30th @ 1:08 pm |

Dr. Jane Clare Jones

17 posts today

RT @SCynic1: For anyone else in this position the answer is as follows: “You have told me this is not a crime. I now want you out of my property. If you do not go you are trespassing. Please leave.” And get collar numbers, and names if you can. ...

January 30th @ 1:05 pm |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @Dis_Critic: Thank you for taking the time to read aloud my words on my disabled daughter's same-sex care today. As an anonymous account, I am grateful for your voice. #Sexnotgender #WomenWontWheesht https://t.co/KEb3aW...

January 30th @ 12:54 pm |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @jk_rowling: Nothing like logging into Twitter and immediately bursting into tears. Emma, I'm so very sorry to hear about your sister, and so pleased to know Harry helped. 💔❤️ https://t.co/M5fsFj...

January 30th @ 12:45 pm |

Women's Voices

17 posts today

Women's sports are not a backup plan for ♂️ athletes who age out of their own sex category. The gender movement is a hostile takeover of women's hard-won rights, and a loyalty test: will you entertain the sexist fantasy, or will you believe your own ...

January 30th @ 12:42 pm |

Julie Bindel

14 posts today

RT @helensaxby11: Where are all those anti-carceral and defund-the-police feminists leaping to defend the women being interviewed by officers for thinking thoughts and owning books. They've gone a bit quiet haven't they?

January 30th @ 12:37 pm |

Lisa MacRichards

4 posts today

When BC is no longer keeping accurate stats on Covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths, when do we know when we can move past this pandemic? Just wait for those who took away our freedoms and have enormous power over us to tell us when it’s time?

January 30th @ 12:16 pm |

Lisa MacRichards

4 posts today

RT @MelissaLantsman: It’s possible to respect the right to protest even if you disagree — while condemning the reprehensible symbols used by some who have attached themselves to this convoy. Nazi flags are wrong, always. 🙏 to the tens of thousands of ...

January 30th @ 12:12 pm |

LGB Alliance

3 posts today

Still time to submit your views on the govt's conversion therapy consultation! Given the lack of clear definitions of "transgender" and "gender identity", we call for sexual orientation and transgender identity to be split into two different bills.👇 ...

January 30th @ 12:00 pm |

FiLiA

54 posts today

RT @K_IngalaSmith: I don’t know what % of UK males are currently/formerly in the military. All the same, it sounds shocking to note that in the 10-yrs up to the end of 2019, 1 in 28 (3.6%) of all UK women known to have been killed by men were killed ...

January 30th @ 11:46 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

RT @solent_waspi: Many #WASPI #1950swomen forced to carry on working, even in poor health, because they weren't given time to prepare for life-impacting #StatePension age changes. We need #fairandfastcompens... for @DWP #maladministration ...

January 30th @ 11:44 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

RT @kongra_star: Free Yazidi Women's Movement (TAJÊ) organized a workshop in Shengal, together with Arab women from Iraq, discussing #feminicide and massacres in Iraq. https://t.co/3S7n7Z...

January 30th @ 11:44 am |

Canadian Gender Report

6 posts today

The UK will ensure a ban on conversion therapy doesn't negatively impact young people suffering with gender dysphoria and where reconciliation with their birth sex is clinically in their best interest. Cdn kids are not so fortunate. #BillC4 #canpoli ...

January 30th @ 11:24 am |

Julie Bindel

14 posts today

RT @SpecCoffeeHouse: 'Criminalising therapy for kids who believe they are trapped in the wrong body, as opposed to giving them support to live happily as they are, would be an abhorrence.' ✍️ Julie Bindel https://t.co/9Gu2pW...

January 30th @ 11:21 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

RT @HiboWardere: #nofgm £376 needed to reach £2000 for today. I am so overwhelmed with your generosity. Most grateful to you all. Keep going ultimate goal.£5000 then my dream charity begins https://t.co/9bhn1w...

January 30th @ 11:06 am |

Women's Voices

17 posts today

RT @ReduxxMag: Chicago Public Schools has implemented a teacher training program which declares sex a "social construct" that is not rooted in biology. Just last month, CPS rolled out a city-wide "inclusive" bathroom policy in all of their schools. ...

January 30th @ 10:52 am |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @joannaccherry: There’s an epidemic of bullying, intimidation and harassment of women in our public life, politics, our universities, the NHS, nowhere is immune. It’s time to call it out. #IStandWithRosieDuf... https://t.co/ltCzhk...

January 30th @ 10:04 am |

Canadian Gender Report

6 posts today

RT @BlanchardPhD: I and other clinicians have noted an element of exhibitionism in many (although not all) cases of autogynephilia. I think this is one reason why some natal male gender dysphorics insist on participating in women's competitive ...

January 30th @ 9:50 am |

Canadian Gender Report

6 posts today

RT @BillboardChris: As I exited the elevator this morning to head out (with my signs on), a woman stopped me. She was tearing up and told me how her 21-year-old niece took her own life last year, after transitioning. This young woman had other mental ...

January 30th @ 9:49 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

Good meeting with Richard Ratcliffe, Pragna Patel, Margaret Owen, Freya and Lisa-Marie to mark 40+ days of #Women4Nazanin Solidarity Action ♀️ Contact your MP ♀️ Sign the petition ♀️ Join the fast https://t.co/lXcR0c... #FreeNazanin #FreeNazaninNow ...

January 30th @ 9:49 am |

Canadian Gender Report

6 posts today

RT @ShannonBDouglas: It was emotional picking up the sign again with Chris. Incredible support from people downtown. It’s hard to describe the energy of the crowd. Intense. Canadians setting boundaries This is the feeling of frustration so many ...

January 30th @ 9:48 am |

Women's Voices

17 posts today

RT @ReduxxMag: The trend of medically intervening with puberty is even more disturbing in light of certain forms of transgender erotica and pornography shared online which feature, as their central and recurring theme, the sexualization of childhood ...

January 30th @ 9:39 am |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @andrewdoyle_com: Tonight on FREE SPEECH NATION: • @thatveganlass on being visited by police wanting to “check her thinking” • Dame Esther Rantzen on Barry Cryer • Susan Smith of @ForwomenScot & @PeterTatchell on the @EHRC’s comments on ...

January 30th @ 9:29 am |

Woman's Place UK

12 posts today

RT @OxFeministUnion: Proudly announcing the first video from our January #AmplifyingWomen event: The Healthcare Gap. The incredible @AnnFuredi discusses abortion rights and her time as @BPAS1968 CEO. More to come soon... Please share! ...

January 30th @ 9:20 am |

Woman's Place UK

12 posts today

RT @lnmackenzie1: Raquel's hearing is due in a week's time. She has been treated appallingly by her university. Their intransigence has led to increased costs for Raquel's legal team. Please consider supporting her if you can by donating or sharing ...

January 30th @ 9:19 am |

Women's Voices

17 posts today

RT @ripx4nutmeg: An Australian serial killer, who was released from jail in 2020 shortly after identifying as a woman, has been arrested for sexually molesting a man in a crisis shelter https://t.co/UEnRD5...

January 30th @ 9:10 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

𝗙𝗶𝗟𝗶𝗔 - Building Sisterhood and Solidarity - Amplifying the Voices of Women - Defending Women's Human Rights 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝟮𝟮 - 𝟮𝟰 𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 https://t.co/ZKlmGY... https://t.co/Vm9mf0...

January 30th @ 9:00 am |

LGB Alliance

3 posts today

It is an upsetting watch, but Four Lives is essential viewing. Chilling and heartbreaking, it lays bare the failings and homophobia of the police. It is a deep insult to the families of the victims that none of the officers have even been ...

January 30th @ 9:00 am |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

Apparently, @MaggieChapman is accusing constituents of "transphobia" when they raise concerns. Can she confirm if this is true? Perhaps something the Presiding Officer needs to be made aware of. https://t.co/CVXWC4...

January 30th @ 8:54 am |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @WG_Scotland: In response to ongoing disinformation re women's rights & trans rights, we have produced a rights breakdown to make clear which rights are facing challenge in the sex & gender debate. We hope this is especially helpful in ...

January 30th @ 8:48 am |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @fairplaywomen: Police Scotland should withdraw its statement “any kind of discrimination is deplorable and entirely unacceptable” making clear that discrimination on the grounds of sex can indeed be lawful and wholly necessary and appropriate in ...

January 30th @ 8:47 am |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @fairplaywomen: Police misrepresenting the law in this way is a serious matter. The idea that service providers are in any way deplorable and acting unlawfully is likely to foster bad relations between groups (in breach of their public sector ...

January 30th @ 8:47 am |

Transgender Trend

2 posts today

"Now under new leadership, the EHRC’s reassertion of its role as a fair and impartial regulator of the rights of both trans people and women is overdue but welcome." Excellent editorial in @ObserverUK today. https://t.co/afYZDA...

January 30th @ 8:39 am |

Julie Bindel

14 posts today

RT @RosieDuffield1: Kent Police, Parliamentary Security team and the Speaker's Office have been helpful but it is the Labour Party that have offered me no support at all since I unexpectedly became an MP 5 years ago. I am today considering my future ...

January 30th @ 8:29 am |

Julie Bindel

14 posts today

RT @RosieDuffield1: For several years now. It is obsessive harrassment. Neither the Labour Party or either the former or current Leader or the Whips' Office have done anything at all to stop it, to offer me any support, help or legal assistance. I am ...

January 30th @ 8:28 am |

Julie Bindel

14 posts today

RT @RosieDuffield1: I am aware of yet more personal, libellous, nasty and fictional crap being published about me again today. All published/written by ex and current @UKLabour members who are clearly absolutely obsessed by my private life for some ...

January 30th @ 8:28 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 #𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗡𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻 With thanks to @jen_hyatt on #Day42 of #Women4Nazanin What can you do? ♀️ Register to join over 1,000 Women ♀️ Write to your MP ♀️ Sign the petition to #FreeNazaninNow https://t.co/Z065CC... https://t.co/Xv ...

January 30th @ 8:00 am |

Rachel Moran

1 post today

RT @gcgaydude: Hi @caitlinmoran I note that you said in How to Be a Woman that trans women (who are MALE) are women. Are you - well-known feminist writer and journalist - pleased with the results that this position is causing in institutions that ...

January 30th @ 7:56 am |

Nordic Model Now!

10 posts today

RT @boliviamama: Humiliated, verbally abused, physically brutalized Grabbed, pinched, hair pulled, beaten, cut, burned, raped, gang raped Bruises & scratches, black eyes, concussions, unconsciousness, dislocated jaw, damaged eardrum, internal ...

January 30th @ 7:39 am |

Nordic Model Now!

10 posts today

RT @EVAWuk: 👏👏👏 Huge win for women and girls' rights this week, following tireless campaigning from survivors, our members @IKWRO and @MewsOrg and others calling for an end to hymenoplasty and virginity testing https://t.co/DGfpCl...

January 30th @ 7:35 am |

Fair Play For Women

4 posts today

Today, we have submitted a formal complaint to the Equality and Human Rights Commission about inaccurate and misleading information given by Police Scotland regarding the use of single-sex exceptions /1 https://t.co/ZeqyF6...

January 30th @ 7:32 am |

Nordic Model Now!

10 posts today

RT @LittleHardman: 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 - ...

January 30th @ 7:27 am |

Women's Voices

17 posts today

RT @WDI_China: “真正的女性正在被淘汰；第一步，说服她... 女性是真实的，它是生理性别，而女性气质... ― Germaine Greer 如果生理性别不真实，为什么强奸囚禁拐卖... https://t.co/e1C6PM...

January 30th @ 7:26 am |

Nordic Model Now!

10 posts today

RT @womensart1: New Zealand was tbe first country to grant women the vote in 1893. Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia (1868-19... was a campaigner for women's suffrage in New Zealand, a suffragist who inspired future generations of Māori women #WomensArt ...

January 30th @ 7:24 am |

Woman's Place UK

12 posts today

Stella Crofts (1898-1964) Ceramic sculptor, painter. Studied under Dora Billington. Member of the Society of Women Artists and the Women's International Art Club. Her sculptures of animals and birds, popular in the inter-war years, are held in ...

January 30th @ 7:13 am |

Woman's Place UK

12 posts today

Stella Crofts (1898-1964) Ceramic sculptor, painter. Studied under Dora Billington. Member of the Society of Women Artists and the Women's International Art Club. Her sculptures of animals and birds, popular in the inter-war years, are held in ...

January 30th @ 7:13 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

RT @FiLiA_charity: Labrys Lit is a book group run by, for, and about lesbians. In January we’re reading Golddigger by Hilary McCollum who will be joining us to discuss her work. Every month we read a new novel, short story collection, or memoir ...

January 30th @ 7:00 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

Labrys Lit is a book group run by, for, and about lesbians. In January we’re reading Golddigger by Hilary McCollum who will be joining us to discuss her work. Every month we read a new novel, short story collection, or memoir written by a lesbian ...

January 30th @ 7:00 am |

Women's Voices

17 posts today

Dr. Holly Lawford-Smith, radical feminist and associate professor in Political Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, reads her philosophical essay, "Ending Sex-Based Oppression: Transitional Pathways" arguing for the abolition of gender ...

January 30th @ 6:58 am |

Women's Voices

17 posts today

RT @ReduxxMag: NY Gov @KathyHochul proposed a policy allowing trans-identifying male inmates into women’s prisons. One inmate who may be eligible for transfer to a women’s jail is multi-convicted killer “Rona Sugar Love”, who in '92 shot a woman ...

January 30th @ 6:49 am |

Woman's Place UK

12 posts today

RT @ShonaghDillon: A huge thank you to @K_IngalaSmith for connecting me & @AuroraNewDawn specialist Armed Forces Advocacy service to this article. Really proud to feature alongside Karen and @FemicideCensus team in their work. Solidarity to ...

January 30th @ 6:03 am |

Woman's Place UK

12 posts today

RT @FemicideCensus: Our data, again, highlighting the consequences of institutional failure to respond to men’s violence against women: Fifty-two of the men convicted of the manslaughter or murder of women in the ten years to 2019 were current or ...

January 30th @ 6:03 am |

Woman's Place UK

12 posts today

RT @LabWomenDec: https://t.co/vezWkh... “Now under new leadership, the EHRC’s reassertion of its role as a fair & impartial regulator of the rights of both trans people & women is overdue but welcome.” @UKLabour take note. Your policy review ...

January 30th @ 6:02 am |

Feminist Dissent

5 posts today

RT @GitaSahgal: On the anniversary of Gandhi’s assassination, Indian writer Nayantara Sahgal says the values of the Indian republic are being erased. @NatSecSoc, @sacw , @sabrangindia, @feministdissent https://t.co/EzCg0w...

January 30th @ 5:33 am |

Woman's Place UK

12 posts today

RT @CallieMac88: “…should be paused because the consultation on these changes has not adequately taken into account their impact on women’s sex-based rights.” Women of Scotland defending our rights have been vindicated by the EHRC. It seems are ...

January 30th @ 5:30 am |

Julie Bindel

14 posts today

RT @shattenstone: If anybody fancies showing a bit of love for our @mayahattenstone you can do so by retweeting her latest graphic for Mind (below). Thanks loads from the both of us. And if you fancy moving for Mind at 3pm all the better! ...

January 30th @ 5:26 am |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @holyroodmandy: And maybe at some point there’ll berecognition from Scottish Government that it was complicit in creating a hostile environment where women, raising questions about whether there could be consequences for women of rights/laws ...

January 30th @ 5:18 am |

Julie Bindel

14 posts today

RT @HWistrich: So proud of my courageous client @Donna__McLean who has written this brilliant deeply personal account of her relationship with an undercover cop - the detailed telling shines a light on police perpetrated abuse and institutionalised ...

January 30th @ 5:12 am |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @martinradio: On @lbc, @TomSwarbrick1 show is covering this story at 12:30 and interviewing Nicola. Tune in. @WeAreFairCop @SVPhillimore @ForwomenScot @fairplaywomen @StandingforXX @ripx4nutmeg @tryingattimes https://t.co/KXdPgR...

January 30th @ 5:06 am |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @cliodhna_Danann: How about the police actually do something about the crime that already affects women. Rape, MVAWG, domestic abuse, coercive control. Deal with these crimes instead platitudes. https://t.co/aMAGMq...

January 30th @ 5:03 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

RT @FiLiA_charity: 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗔 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗶𝗟𝗶𝗔 You can become a Friend of FiLiA by gifting from £1 / month. All your donations support Women's particpation in FiLiA. #FriendsofFiLiA #SisterhoodAndSolid... https://t.co/ZS9GgU... https://t.co/wmjJZz...

January 30th @ 5:00 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗔 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗶𝗟𝗶𝗔 Help us to ensure that all women, regardless of circumstance, can participate in our events by becoming a Friend of FiLiA today. #FriendsofFiLiA #SisterhoodAndSolid... https://bit.ly/Frie...

January 30th @ 5:00 am |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @MGallacherMSP: Also, another point that this article raises is the need for politicians to treat this debate with respect and sensitivity. We have already witnessed some resort to name calling of those who are on the opposing side of GRA reforms ...

January 30th @ 4:56 am |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @MGallacherMSP: This is a really important and balanced article about the proposed GRA reform in Scotland and the impact on protected characteristics. The EHRC is right that these reforms have implications for sex based rights that the Scottish ...

January 30th @ 4:56 am |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @joannaccherry: As one of the many women wrongly branded “transphobic” for raising the concerns now legitimised by the @EHRC, our impartial equalities regulator, their intervention & this excellent editorial from @ObserverUK are very welcome. ...

January 30th @ 4:50 am |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

.@joannaCherry said it was “the stuff of totalitarianism”. “civil liberties are under threat and police time is being wasted because the police are being weaponised as part of a wider effort to shut down and punish public debate on sex and gender”. ...

January 30th @ 4:44 am |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

We are very concerned that the definition of "misogyny" devised by this group will, ultimately, be used against women. It is, in any case, incredibly vague and we do not think most ordinary women will understand their rights under it. ...

January 30th @ 4:39 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

RT @womensart1: Phyllis Wheatley (1753-1784). Born in West Africa, she was sold into U.S. slavery at the age of seven, yet later became the first published African-American female poet #WomensArt https://t.co/O9igMo...

January 30th @ 4:36 am |

Dr. Jane Clare Jones

17 posts today

This is an excellent take from The Observer on the importance of balancing rights and the failure of politicians to do their jobs to defend that in a democratic society. The only thing I would add however, is that the creation of this discursive ...

January 30th @ 4:36 am |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

"This is politicians fomenting rather than diffusing contested debates. It has created a culture where women of the view that biological sex cannot be wholly replaced by gender identity in law...get harassed out of jobs and visited by the police" ...

January 30th @ 4:25 am |

Woman's Place UK

12 posts today

RT @ProfAliceS: "... enabling people to change their legal sex through self-ID could in practice have significant consequences for ... female-only spaces, on sex discrimination and equal pay cases, and on data collection." https://t.co/5ktQkH...

January 30th @ 4:02 am |

Women's Voices

17 posts today

“Postmodernist thinkers are defending against the downfall of patriarchy by trying to be not male. In drag, they are aping the feminine rather than thinking their place as men in an obsolescent patriarchy.” — Jane Gallop ‘Thinking Through the Body’ ...

January 30th @ 4:00 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬 2 workers to live at the house and co-ordinate the day-to-day running of the Women’s Holiday Centre Deadline 20th February http://hortonwhc.or...

January 30th @ 4:00 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬 2 workers to live at the house and co-ordinate the day-to-day running of the Women’s Holiday Centre Deadline 20th February https://t.co/CYtpei... https://t.co/SiONME...

January 30th @ 4:00 am |

Julie Bindel

14 posts today

RT @soniasodha: In Scotland, politicians have been fomenting contested debates about sex and gender identity. The EHRC’s reassertion of its role as a fair and impartial regulator of the rights of both trans people and women is overdue, but welcome. ...

January 30th @ 3:53 am |

Woman's Place UK

12 posts today

“But because reforming the Gender Recognition Act will affect another protected characteristic, sex, it is critically important that any proposals to reform it in the UK are informed by proper consultation with all those affected.” Absolutely this. ...

January 30th @ 3:50 am |

Nordic Model Now!

10 posts today

‘I get plenty of sex at home but I like the buzz of turning up at a location and paying and having to make no effort!’ – Excerpt from a sex buyer’s comment on punternet https://t.co/oChMFi... https://t.co/AeLQjf...

January 30th @ 3:30 am |

Women's Voices

17 posts today

RT @Slatzism: The “skirt wearing” teen boy who raped two girls in two different Loudoun County schools will NO LONGER be required to register as a sex offender. The judge has reversed her initial order after a complaint raised by the defence. ...

January 30th @ 3:29 am |

Fair Play For Women

4 posts today

RT @holyroodmandy: “It is not uncommon for people’s fundamental rights to come into conflict. Democracies need legal frameworks and judicial systems that enable these conflicts to be resolved fairly and with civility.” Note: @EHRC⁩ is the regulator, ...

January 30th @ 3:13 am |

Women's Voices

17 posts today

Hefner fed “his girls” quaaludes—or “thigh openers,” as he liked to joke. He controlled their financial & social lives, imposed curfews and screamed if they violated his cult-like standards of appearance; needless to say, plastic surgery was ...

January 30th @ 3:04 am |

Fair Play For Women

4 posts today

RT @kathmurray1: Measured editorial on the recent EHRC intervention on GRA reform in Scotland. "the EHRC’s reassertion of its role as a fair and impartial regulator of the rights of both trans people and women is overdue but welcome." ...

January 30th @ 3:03 am |

Women's Voices

17 posts today

After a 35-year one child policy that led to the infanticide of 60 million girls, there is a sex-ratio imbalance in China. Authorities aim to coerce women to marry unemployed men by promising the men job training and priority for public service ...

January 30th @ 2:58 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

𝗙𝗶𝗟𝗶𝗔 - Building Sisterhood and Solidarity - Amplifying the Voices of Women - Defending Women's Human Rights 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝟮𝟮 - 𝟮𝟰 𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 https://t.co/ZKlmGY... https://t.co/vB7sKi...

January 30th @ 2:45 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 #𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗡𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻 Today Olga hands over to @jen_hyatt for #Day42 of the #Women4Nazanin global fast What can you do? ♀️ Sign the petition ♀️ Write to your MP ♀️ Follow @FreeNazanin https://t.co/Z065CC... https://t.co/jLt7Mv...

January 30th @ 2:34 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

RT @DiscourserES: La próxima semana publicaré los "trailers", los posters (EN y ESP), el nuevo sitio web y finalmente lanzaré #EXIT #documental. La fecha la primera proyección será en febrero en #Cataluña 💪💪💪 https://t.co/OpzvIS...

January 30th @ 2:15 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

RT @wdi_germany: "#Geburt und reproduktive Gerechtigkeit sind für mich der Kern unserer #Unterdrückung als Frauen". Lest mehr von der feministischen Geburtskämpferin und Autorin @Matriactivista auf der @FiLiA_charity -Website. #DieFrauenSindWir ...

January 30th @ 2:09 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

'According to The Times, there are 21,000 workers in Scotland on unequal pay by Local Authorities. In Glasgow 18,179 women face this discrimination, in Fife 1,200 women are in a similar situation and East Ayrshire, it is 200.' https://t.co/yuCKx5...

January 30th @ 2:06 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

'Hundreds of people protested on Saturday in #Amsterdam in a #MeToo demonstration sparked by allegations of sexual impropriety linked to a popular Dutch TV talent show.' https://t.co/y36VdI...

January 30th @ 1:59 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

'Half of all pregnant and breastfeeding women are suffering from malnutrition, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) survey found.' #Tigray #TigrayFamine https://t.co/v8ZvQC...

January 30th @ 1:56 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

'Mexican anti-femicide activist Ana Luisa Garduno Juarez was found dead by local authorities of southern Morelos state of Mexico in the early hours of Friday.' #Mexico #Femicide https://t.co/0eAv40...

January 30th @ 1:55 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

“It is a national scandal that we are sending Welsh women to prisons in England, far away from their family and friends. The incarceration of a mother has a significant adverse impact on her children." #Wales #WomenInPrison https://t.co/N0KR1Z...

January 30th @ 1:49 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

'My story runs deeper than a personal betrayal – it reveals something dark and disturbing about the kind of society in which we live.' #SpyCops https://t.co/eqF1zV...

January 30th @ 1:46 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

'The disparities between overall voter participation and female voter participation are greater in states with low literacy rates. Males participate in the same proportions whether they are literate or not.' #India #Education https://t.co/zO3bYO...

January 30th @ 1:44 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

'MPs passed a resolution by a large majority to rehabilitate the memory of more than 700 women who were tortured and put to death.' #Catalonia #Femicide https://t.co/5rsfJS...

January 30th @ 1:39 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

'At least one in eight Canadian women have a brain injury from violence at the hands of an intimate partner that is undiagnosed or unrecognized. Likely that number is higher because domestic assaults are under-reported.' #DomesticAbuse #Canada ...

January 30th @ 1:32 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

'Fifty-two of the men convicted of the manslaughter or murder of women in the ten years to 2019 were current or former members of the armed forces, according to data compiled by the Femicide Census.' https://t.co/TG9XPE...

January 30th @ 1:30 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

Yes, @Philippa_Perry really does condense the harm, exploitation, misogyny etc into this: 'But I can also understand it’s nice to have a little private pleasure. A bit like having a lovely, satisfying poo that you wouldn’t necessarily tell anyone ...

January 30th @ 1:26 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

'Protests were held in all the departments (provinces) of the country, demanding an end to rapes, femicides and other sexual abuse that women suffer daily.' #Uruguay #Femicide https://t.co/V4fTCf...

January 30th @ 1:18 am |

FiLiA

54 posts today

'The council, along with local partners like the police, is currently asking women and girls who live, work or travel through Ealing, how safe they feel in public places.' https://t.co/rpy0OX...

January 30th @ 1:11 am |

Forwomen.scot

37 posts today

RT @LucyHunterB: Going to be interesting to see if any MSP puts a parliamentary question down on what happened to Nicola Murray. And what the government response is, if they do. https://t.co/dXkORt...

January 30th @ 12:55 am |

Women Are Human

2 posts today

RT @fem_mb: I filed a Freedom of Information Act request, asking if Nieves is in the men's or women's camp at Danbury FCI (a minimum-security facility that houses both), but the DOC says it would violate Nieves' rights to tell me. @women_are_human ...

January 30th @ 12:00 am |