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13 August 2022

 

Forwomen.scot

24 posts today

This is not the brilliant "own" that the visitor at Oxford (oh, my alma mater!) thinks it is. Women were NOT ALLOWED on stage. This was a bad thing. Small sentences and capitals seem needed... https://t.co/EPPGnY...

August 13th @ 2:01 pm |

Forwomen.scot

24 posts today

RT @_Leyanelle_: So telling JK Rowling she is ‘next’ in relation to the attempt on Salman Rushdie’s life won’t get you a permanent suspension from Twitter, but saying a man playing football against girls, is a man, will. https://t.co/QSvZHq...

August 13th @ 12:14 pm |

Forwomen.scot

24 posts today

Quite. And extraordinary how many have used the same arguments ever since. Rushdie has never stopped standing up for free speech. Now is the time not to repeat these mistakes but to learn from his example. https://t.co/2FmgSm...

August 13th @ 6:06 am |

Forwomen.scot

24 posts today

Why did Libby Brookes not ask Sturgeon what, exactly, women and transwomen have in common and if the structural and social roots of inequality are the same. If she really was a feminist, she'd be able to attempt an answer. https://t.co/fEsk4e...

August 13th @ 5:31 am |

Forwomen.scot

24 posts today

RT @Baroness_Nichol: Praying hard …… as a former Booker person I recall all too well the massive security at the Prize Dinners with him on the shortlist - Douglas Hurd was utterly committed to freedom for writers @jk_rowling https://t.co/ViaBar...

August 13th @ 4:54 am |

Forwomen.scot

24 posts today

The incredible Christopher Hitchens defending freedom of speech from violence and extremism. So much here that we should continue to fight for and do many lessons that, sadly, we failed to heed. https://t.co/6TtbVn...

August 13th @ 3:29 am |

Forwomen.scot

24 posts today

RT @euanmccolm: the wretched society of authors has managed to comment on salman rushdie. if only it had the decency to condemn death threats against writers such as gillian philip, julie bindel, rachel rooney, jo rowling, and many others.

August 13th @ 3:15 am |