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Mel North

@leekartspace

Leek, Staffordshire Katılım Ekim 2010
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Mel North
Mel North@leekartspace·
@Caillearchy @SusanH_ENC “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in a scornful tone “it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.” “The question is” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is” said HD, “which is to be master – that's all.”
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suzanne moore@suzanne_moore·
I want more drama. Burnham has arrived in London on a train. He should have been on a horse surrounded by knights in armour or something. The King of the North needs to up his game.
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Mel North@leekartspace·
@glosswitch I *love* your posts. I know it's you from the clarity and pertinence before I even clock your account. Thank you. You keep doling out hope and reason and I keep finding it calming and anchoring. Have the great day you deserve Glosswitch! xx
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Victoria Smith
Victoria Smith@glosswitch·
I find this suggestion that women personally feel their "womanhood" or "identity" is erased if they can't talk about it in class terms really odd. It's not an individual loss rooted in insecurity, but a collective one rooted in political consciousness.
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Victoria Smith
Victoria Smith@glosswitch·
One of the first times I had misgivings about trans activist demands was writing a piece on abortion where I used "pregnant people". I didn't think "oh no, I'm erased!" I thought "this makes it harder to connect reproductive coercion with the status of women at all life stages" >
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Mel North
Mel North@leekartspace·
@free_equal Nobody conforms to gender roles but it doesn't matter because they're BS
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Ray Alex Williams
Ray Alex Williams@RayAlexWilliams·
The question, “What is a woman?” admits several layers of analysis: First, collectively, how do we define the English term, “woman,” in various social and legal contexts? Notice this is not strictly a scientific question. Science uses validated constructs like “female/male” to study empirical reality with collective and public operational definitions i.e. scientists for the most part know how to measure femaleness/maleness in validated methods. But notice the first question involves a philosophical choice: we have a choice about whether to define the English term “woman” to refer to the same thing as the scientific construct “female.” Historically, in English, this IS how the word was used implicitly. Because it was a useful way of using language (and still is for the most part.) The pragmatic school of philosophy asks the fundamental question of not whether a definition or concept is “true” but whether the concept is useful: the truth value cashes out in whatever is useful for your given context. And clearly the scientific context is conceptually distinct from social and legal contexts, though they obviously intersect in important ways when thinking about practical social policies like sex segregated spaces. But this is why the TRA vs GC debate is essentially pointless: each side screams at each other about “facts”; but we are not going to conclusively settle the debate about what is a woman by going out into the world with a microscope: it’s fundamentally a philosophical question which necessarily must remain unsettled as empirical facts never truly settle actual philosophical questions. The key question for society going forward is: are there new pragmatic contexts for having an additional (but not replacement) definition operate in society to accommodate passable transsexuals who blend pretty well into certain female social roles?
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Mel North@leekartspace·
@bindelj What a sad story. I hope Claudia has found peace and connection xx
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Julie Bindel
Julie Bindel@bindelj·
"As a rule, I do not use she/her pronouns when referring to trans-identified men, but I make an exception for McLean. We have been friends since the moment we met — and I had no reason, back in those pre-gender-war days, not to accord her this courtesy. I always knew her story, and she always accepted that she was not in fact a “real” woman." unherd.com/2026/04/i-tran…
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Mel North@leekartspace·
@campbellclaret @jk_rowling @RestIsPolitics @SarahEMcBride Very disappointing and even offensive Alastair. We have listened. We have done the work. We have researched and learned. We find the only true and fair line to be drawn is between the sexes. We think it's you who lacks compassion and critical perspective.
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Alan Bradley
Alan Bradley@AlanBradleyTram·
@campbellclaret @jk_rowling @RestIsPolitics @SarahEMcBride JK Rowling chose the weirdest hill to die on. Dragged herself out of poverty with stunningly successful books - then became absolutely consumed by what is or isn't in the trousers of people she'll never meet. I'll never understand it.
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Mel North@leekartspace·
@DalgetySusan @campbellclaret is quite open about taking his views on feminism from his wife and daughter. I wonder if he outsources his thinking on any other areas of policy?
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Susan Dalgety
Susan Dalgety@DalgetySusan·
Grace Campbell (right) nepo kid of Alastair Campbell there screaming in her North London vocal fry about the “ugly, ugly freaks” screaming outside the Supreme Court with their “worst clothes, worst hair, worst views”. Grace darling, you are no feminist.
Terf_Rocks@Terf_Rocks

1. Here is Alistair Campbell’s daughter showing us just how much of a trans maiden she is & how much she hates women, especially the women who spoke up at the Supreme Court. I think it’s pretty obvious who is helping AC’s form his opinions. Full video in part 2.

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Brian Roemmele@BrianRoemmele·
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.
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Jo Bartosch
Jo Bartosch@jo_bartosch·
Sex matters have sent a One Year Later booklet with direct examples of women hurt by gender identity to every Parliamentarian
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Ann Bauer
Ann Bauer@annbauerwriter·
I've been reading the classics nonstop for months and I swear I can feel it healing my brain from the fracture of the last 10 years. All of it. Austen, Alcott, Bronte x2, RLS, Shelley, Tolstoy, Thackeray. It's like different flavors of some magic potion.
BONESAW 🕊️@BonesawMD

Insane how you can just read the books and writings from the greatest minds to have ever graced this earth. In all of human history it has never been easier to do this. Still, most people will never even bother.

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Friendofthepiggies@LoveAGuineaPig·
@leekartspace @Martina @LibertyKatJG @icons_women 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕No space missing here. You MUST irritate the shit out of everyone around you Mel but for me I’m finding you interesting,in you’re a dipshit and a flipping fool way but interesting nonetheless.
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