I hope these violent threats against women who believe sex remains relevant – made openly at yesterday’s Trans Pride – are something everyone would condemn regardless of their stance on sex and gender. Can you imagine the outrage if this was said about any other protected group? https://t.co/PRYDbysmyP

— Sonia Sodha (@soniasodha) July 9, 2023

But of course they’re absolutely not something everyone would condemn regardless of sex/gender views. We’ve already seen that Labour MP Clive Lewis brushes them off with the ridiculous lie that radical feminists also call for punching trans people in the face.

I think institutions on the opposing side of the debate have a particular responsibility to call this out. Charities like @stonewalluk. I wonder

This is pretty appalling coming from an MP.

Advocating violence against others is wrong & this is no exception.
But as you’ll be aware violent language and actions are not unique to one side on this issue. That doesn’t justify the above in anyway, but it does require we acknowledge the general toxicity & step back from it

— Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) July 9, 2023

We’ll be aware of no such fucking thing, because it’s not true.

What a stinking cowardly woman-hating liar.… Read the rest

I think the BBC is telling a whopper here.

A teenage boy who was sexually assaulted by two women woke up with his clothes removed and injuries to his head and body, Sussex Police have said. The 15-year-old was walking along Cants Lane in Burgess Hill before heading through a wooded area towards World’s End at about 18:15 BST on 4 June. He was assaulted and woke up on the floor, police said.

The floor? The forested area has a floor? Ffs Beeb, you’re not teenagers. He woke up on the ground.

But more to the point – I don’t believe you. Women don’t sexually assault teenage boys. Why would they? What would be the payoff?

Both women were

Pouring gasoline on the fire.

Yesterday was the busiest day for commercial aviation that we’ve ever tracked. We tracked 134,386 commercial flights on 6 July and today is shaping up to be another busy day. More than 20,000 flights are in the air right now. pic.twitter.com/E7wheAo86B

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) July 7, 2023

H/t Rev David Brindley… Read the rest

This is nice.

So enlightened and progressive.… Read the rest

Shock-horror:

Young V&A removes trans poster and LGBTQ+ books

A poster supporting transgender rights and two books discussing LGBTQ+ identities have been removed from the Young V&A (YVA) ahead of the museum’s reopening on Saturday (1 July).

According to an email sent to Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union members at the V&A, shared anonymously with Arts Professional, the decision to remove the poster and books was made by V&A Director, Tristram Hunt, last week.

The poster was produced by charity Stonewall and read: ‘Some people are trans, get over it!’. The books removed from the YVA bookshop – Seeing Gender and Here and Queer – are illustrated books, the first on expressing and understanding the complexities of gender and

Happy birthday to WRN!

From Manchester to Melbourne, women across the world have been celebrating the @WomensRightsNet 2nd birthday and the first ever #GlobalWomensDay Proud to be a part of it and will never stop speaking up for sex-based rights to protect women and girls. 💚🤍💜 pic.twitter.com/cqNrZpGVlu

— Jill Foster (@JournalistJill) July 8, 2023

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This headline looks like a rebuke of Steven Spielberg’s absurd “climate activism” in light of his purchase of a gigantic yacht, but the article offers no hint of rebuke or even surprise.

Outspoken climate activist Steven Spielberg has taken delivery of his $250 million superyacht – Even longer than a football field, the diesel-powered 4,444 ton vessel has two swimming pools and, in all possibility, a plush movie theater and a helipad.

Mind you, that’s also not a headline – it’s a lede where a headline should be.

Anyway. Spielberg sold one giant yacht and bought another. Conclusion: Spielberg is in no sense a “climate activist.” A climate vandal, yes, but activist, no.

The $250 million vessel built in

So maybe we should actually do something? Or nah?

A remarkable spate of historic heat is hitting the planet, raising alarm over looming extreme weather dangers — and an increasing likelihood that this year will be Earth’s warmest on record.

New precedents have been set in recent weeks and months, surprising some scientists with their swift evolution: historically warm oceans, with North Atlantic temperatures already nearing their typical annual peak; unparalleledlow sea ice levels around Antarctica, where global warming impacts had, until now, been slower to appear; and the planet experiencing its warmest June ever charted, according to new data.

And then, on Monday, came Earth’s hottest day in at least 125,000 years. Tuesday was hotter.

“We have

Uh oh.

Earth’s temperature was off the charts last month as an extreme heat wave scorched the Southern US and Mexico and ocean warmth soared to alarming levels, a new report shows.

The analysis from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service found that last month was the planet’s hottest June by a “substantial margin” above the previous record, which was set in 2019.

The nine hottest Junes have all occurred in the last nine years, according to the agency – evidence the human-caused climate crisis is driving temperatures to unprecedented levels.

In other words it’s speeding up. A lot.

“This is alarming,” Jennifer Marlon, a climate scientist at the Yale School of Environment who was not involved

Belfast Pride wants to see more women injured by men in women’s sports.

Ulster Rugby will not be allowed to march in Belfast’s Pride parade because of the ban on transgender women playing in female contact rugby games. The organisers of the Pride parade said any group which was “engaging in trans exclusionary practices” would not be permitted to participate in the march.

But of course keeping men out of women’s rugby isn’t a “trans exclusionary” practice, it’s a male exclusionary practice in women’s sports. Women should be allowed to have their own sports, because otherwise they can’t have any sports at all.

In August 2022, the IRFU said only rugby players whose sex was recorded as female at

Solidarity with that man who pretends to be a woman and a nursing mother:

The most important thing for any child is love and care. And the most important thing for a mother is to have the adequate support and resources to raise her child. 

Love and care are two things, so it should be “the most important things.” Support and resources are also two things, so again, “the most important things.” Also the statements are a tad obvious and banal, but whatever.

As feminists and mums, we give our wholehearted support to Mika Minio-Paluello who has faced a vile wave of personal attacks for speaking on TV while trans. 

Ok what? Why would feminism and mum-hood be a … Read the rest

Julie Bindel tells us the Lumos Foundation is a charity set up by JK Rowling to support vulnerable children in orphanages including in Ukraine. Suzanne Moore had the idea to hold a fundraiser for Lumos.

 Suzanne got a message from James Chiavarini, saying “I think we can do better” than a simple fundraiser, and suggesting hosting a dinner at his restaurant, Il Portico, in Kensington.

“I do charity stuff myself,” James told me at the time. “It is the least I can do to help those less fortunate than me. I’d read about how Lumos had been providing support to kids there since 2013, at which time there were well over 100,000 children in institutions across the country.”

A good … Read the rest

In general you want prosecutors to know some basic facts, like the difference between women and men.

Worried about ideological capture of @CPSUK ? Their revised domestic abuse guidance now includes 'refusing money for transition' as an example of criminal abuse. https://t.co/yVJSa18zQ7

— Sarah Phillimore (@SVPhillimore) July 6, 2023

It what?

So I follow the link and find the subhead Trans and non-binary victims and start at the beginning…and am dumbfounded. The CPS sounds like gender fanatics on social media.

Gender identity is not the same as anatomical sex. Gender identity is what you know your gender to be and can only be decided by the individual for themselves. Gender identity might be the same as assigned sex (cisgender) or

So it seems I can share tweets again, which is good. Quoting them is not the same.

Friday 15:17. Professor's log. Location: Sunny uphills of the future.

ET finds in favour of Fahmy v Arts Council, Forstater awarded +£100K in damages, Mermaids legal challenge to strip LGBAlliance fails, Bailey awarded max costs £20K against GCC for unreasonable conduct. pic.twitter.com/v1vVlWC4Nv

— Prof Jo Phoenix (@JoPhoenix1) July 7, 2023

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This just in:

BREAKING: Allison Bailey wins 20K costs in rare cost award by employment tribunal, Garden Court fails entirely in costs claim against her.

— Dennis Noel Kavanagh (@Jebadoo2) July 7, 2023

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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been kicked out of the House Freedom Caucus. That’s kind of like kicking Trump out of the Bad Stupid Greedy Men’s Caucus.

Well, it’s official: the QAnon-loving, conspiracy theory-spouting, potentially sedition-encouraging congresswoman is out of the Freedom Caucus, Politico’s Olivia Beavers reported Thursday. Maryland Republican Andy Harris described the vote to Beavers as an “appropriate action.”

Wud she do? Chase fellow Freedom Caucusers down the halls shouting abuse at them?

Pretty much.

This is the first time the Freedom Caucus has kicked out one of its own. Harris said the reason for Greene’s ouster was primarily because “the way she referred to a fellow member was probably not the way we expect our

Greta Thunberg arrested for disobeying the police:

Ms Thunberg, 20, joined a group of young protesters blockading oil tankers at a port in Malmö in June. Police said she refused to leave when asked to. She could face a six-month prison sentence or a fine.

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Climate activists around the world have targeted the fossil fuel industry, including the UK group Just Stop Oil which has been disrupting high-profile sports events this summer. Much of the oil and gas industry says that continued production is necessary in order to meet global energy demands.

Well, one, of course it does, because it’s the oil and gas industry. It’s not going to say “shut us down” now is it.

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Peter Tatchell is revolting.

LGB Alliance has negligible support among LGBTs

It’s goal is to split the LGBT+ community, turn LGBs against trans people & oppose trans inclusion & equality

It does very little work to promote LGB rights. It’s promised LGB helpline has never happened

#Mermaids does great work

Mermaids ruins children’s lives.… Read the rest

Freelance journalist Jill Foster says:

Just off phone to one of the brilliant schoolgirls who wrote the ‘Can we have single-sex toilets back please?’ letter to Sunak. Wow.

Intelligent, articulate, focused, can spot gender BS from 100 miles. Oh lads, you thought you had problems with some pesky middle-aged women…

Possible testimony on the side of “they did write the letter themselves.”… Read the rest