My ffs was the whole thing - because of the word men and because i read the tweet as pro the police investigation - ie potentially going against anarchist principles, inviting police harassment of trans people and political radicals, inflaming the situation further, and putting HS and her comrades between a rock and a hard place - rather than ska's hopefully correct reading that its a factual statement.
On a nicer note I thought the Bookfair seemed really well attended this year, and the meetings all seemed full and buzzing, and I think the new venue really works well. Thanks to the Bookfair collective!
seems legit (backed up elsewhere online)
dont really agree. the meaning is exactly the same. To be Trans Exclusionary is (to some) the slur not the term.
I dunno. I'd imagine many radical feminists aren't that keen on defining themselves quite so tightly. Why not ask one of them?
not all radical feminists are trans exclusionary, so quite. radical feminist does not equal trans exclusionary radical feminist. but once someone has shown themselves to be trans exclusionary and a radical feminist then i think the label becomes completely justified and accurate, surely.
from the sisterhood for a start. do you really need this explaining?
this and similar is the only context I've really heard it in. It isn't really used in any other context, except to insult or dismiss IME.
when talking about this faultline with others you have to use it to describe those with the position...personally ive never used it inflected with insult. The interview linked above has it exactly right: " Since it’s become in more common usage, no doubt there are some people that use it as a slur. The same thing happened to “radical feminist” and also to “feminist” – any group-identifying word can and will be used as a slur by those who find that group challenging, but that doesn’t mean that the word is fundamentally/always/only a slur."
Me too, sorry.
What, like cis?
No one who has ever been and has a brain and any kind of concience would assert this.
i count about 6 of the signatories who were definitely at the fair this weekend - there may be more...i am quite shocked that people would make such a serious claim and not substantiate it. The detail is likely left out as I think "allows racist imperialism, anti-semitism, Islamophobia, misogyny ... to ingratiate themselves as part of the culture of the Bookfair" all refers to the Active banner that says religion is (murderous sexist) shit (or whatever it is that it says) remaining being allowed to be hung up! Thats pretty much the claim made by signatory Jacob V Joyce in his much shared facebook post (posted here a couple of pages back).
Yeah, although not to the same extent.
