Zoe Williams
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Guardian, galaxies. Almost certainly have two other defunct mastodon accounts that I've locked myself out of *this is the true likeness*
I should put a warning on this piece, that it'll leave you furious for days https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/19/were-not-all-broken-the-woman-who-pursued-her-rapist-for-five-years-and-won
Glossary for international readers: Mick Lynch is a celebrated union leader who can do what he likes, according to me; Nick Ferrari is a RW shock jock with a sweet nature
I never clip shit bc I don't think it's classy but I was pretty happy with this handiwork
He's implicitly admitting this army doesn't exist, while simultaneously bemoaning that it has trivialised and toxified public debate. You know, I like the guy! But this is silly!
'Can you remember any of their names?', he asks rhetorically. Well, no: me neither. But if there were this army he describes, getting spotlight and airtime, running nebulous organisations, making a living from their trans allegiance, we'd be able to Google them, presumably? If there were a pro-trans equivalent to Janice Turner, writing a weekly column about all the bad things anti-trans activists had done, we'd have heard of them.
At the risk of coming off like I'm only interested in one thing, there is a fascinating, I think unintentional, reveal in Matthew Parris's column on woke (it's paywalled but te:dr, he basically equivalises anti-trans and pro-trans fringes, cheers Janice Turner but calls for respect for trans people, makes a plea for the beleaguered centre). But look at what he says about that pro-trans fringe
But she wasn't cleared of those 3 charges, they were shelved, most likely bc they'd have no impact on sentencing (she was already given life). So that makes 5; but because the Ministry of Justice won't confirm which offence is connected to which prisoner, they wouldn't print that, so GCs are still making hay on Twitter claiming that 7 sexual assaults is 7 separate trans prisoners & therefore almost all trans women must be sexual predators. It's *absolutely maddening*
The annoying thing about this piece - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/01/trans-rights-prison-rarely-defended - well, first I should say that it's great they ran it, it's extremely difficult to get any pro-trans rights content into anywhere at the moment.
Just one thing: of the 7 sexual assaults recorded in women's prisons by trans prisoners, *it is more or less certain* that 5 were committed by the same person, Karen White. She's accused of 4 assaults and 1 rape, convicted of 2 assaults, the other charges lie on her file. >>
Just one thing: of the 7 sexual assaults recorded in women's prisons by trans prisoners, *it is more or less certain* that 5 were committed by the same person, Karen White. She's accused of 4 assaults and 1 rape, convicted of 2 assaults, the other charges lie on her file. >>