repeal the 8th?
fuck off, Jim, I tried to not respond but you're proving my point repeatedly. Please spell out what anti-trans argument I'd like to make. Perhaps you'd like to tell me my gender identity too? Is it that difficult to let female and non-cis voices be heard and their experiences treated as valid?
Everyone bringing up 'female toilets' is missing the point spectacularly yet it always becomes the first thing trotted out.
agh why am I doing this
― kinder, Friday, 19 October 2018 17:46 (five years ago) link
terf patter much more popular in the uk than it is in canada thankfully. a big thing i notice about the debate in the uk is how disingenuous the terfs are, talking about dangers of "men" using women's services when the majority of uk services for women ran by feminists, such as a rape crisis centres etc. are already trans inclusive and have been for ages!― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, October 18, 2018 9:28 AM
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, October 18, 2018 9:28 AM
Terf war here in Vancouver is intense. You should google the likes of M3gh@n Murphy, K@ri Simps0n, H1lla K3rn3r and many other of the lower mainland's anti-trans types. The Women's March, the Dyke March and the Women's Library were all undermined by terf activity this past year. And did you know Vancouver Rape Relief & Womens Shelter excludes trans-women?
― everything, Friday, 19 October 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link
yeah, i am aware of all of that, the women's library is ran by terfs iirc, rather than just being undermined by terf activity? i remember friends of mine leaving a gathering to go and protest it when it opened. i just mean that in the uk there is a lot of coverage in national liberal press of trans issues from an anti-trans perspective, and in many left-wing groups or spaces anti-trans perspectives are uncontroversial and commonplace, whereas in canada the mainstream airing of those sort of views seems to primarily come from the right
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 19 October 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
so i expressed myself very poorly as usual
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 19 October 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
This is one of the worst lead paragraphs I've ever read by a 'name' journalist
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/18/michael-moore-we-have-the-power-to-crush-trump-fahrenheit-11-9
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 19 October 2018 22:54 (five years ago) link
saw that earlier and just groaned without clicking, cos M M. Knew it would be rank!
― calzino, Friday, 19 October 2018 23:01 (five years ago) link
Priti Patel given an opinion piece the other day we didn't really notice.
― nashwan, Friday, 19 October 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
And then there’s the money. Back in the mid-1980s, when we had influence in Europe, Margaret Thatcher went in to bat for the UK. She demanded “our money back” and secured a rebate for the UK, reducing our contribution and saving our money instead for vital public services.
.. for the price of a frothy latte you can have quality journalism ....
― calzino, Friday, 19 October 2018 23:33 (five years ago) link
I mean you do expect braindead "iron lady" hyperbole from moronic far-right Tories, but ....
― calzino, Friday, 19 October 2018 23:38 (five years ago) link
I’m joining Facebook to build bridges between politics and techNick Clegg
delet
― calzino, Saturday, 20 October 2018 09:44 (five years ago) link
The Atlanta architect known for his ‘Jesus moments’ – when visitors would look up and exclaim ‘Jesus!’ – remade his home town in ways few get to
Ah the old Guardian sub-heading brain scratcher. I eventually figured out the astounding revelation that few people get to remake their home towns.
― Toss another shrimpl air on the bbqbbq (ledge), Monday, 22 October 2018 10:28 (five years ago) link
that's quite magnificent tbh
no reason you'd write like that if you wanted to be understood but as a crossword fan theres.... something.....there
― lie back and think of englund (darraghmac), Monday, 22 October 2018 10:34 (five years ago) link
in marble clothed, he leaves the city
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 22 October 2018 21:21 (five years ago) link
Shooting Harrisses in a barrel, but:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/23/rock-music-survive-testosterone-guitar-female
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 07:59 (five years ago) link
Heard of the cars (best friend's girl is a tune) but not the leather trousers
― All right! A new season! (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 08:59 (five years ago) link
The leather trousers s/d?
'what if rock, but girls?' ponders veteran cultural commentator john harris in a visionary column published today
― i’ll hufflepuff i’ll blow you away (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 09:04 (five years ago) link
Why is he so painful to read? Does he even want to write about this subject? Does he even enjoy writing? Or music? It's like reading someone's media studies essay.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 09:14 (five years ago) link
"It is much more noble and easier to write condescending fuckwit copy about female rock bands than write about legit concernism in the provinces" old Harissian proverb.
― calzino, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 09:16 (five years ago) link
At least we know he's never heard Springsteen.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 09:25 (five years ago) link
line breaks in the mobile version made me do a double-take:
the still overlooked genre-cum-upsurge known as riot grrrl
― Toss another shrimpl air on the bbqbbq (ledge), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 11:10 (five years ago) link
fp'd for making me think about john harris' cum upsurge
― i’ll hufflepuff i’ll blow you away (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 11:26 (five years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/24/truth-british-soldiers-northern-ireland-troops
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 26 October 2018 06:59 (five years ago) link
QTWTAIY?
― Madchen, Friday, 26 October 2018 07:39 (five years ago) link
god that really made me think
― lie back and think of englund (darraghmac), Friday, 26 October 2018 09:12 (five years ago) link
If it's good enough for the IRA it's good enough for the British Army, sez the Guardian.
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Friday, 26 October 2018 11:08 (five years ago) link
i have a soft spot for Priestley but dear god he is the all-time champion of DO YOU SEE? middlebrowcore
― the Warnock of Clodhop Mountain (Noodle Vague), Friday, 26 October 2018 11:15 (five years ago) link
also interested to identify the "we" in that headline
― the Warnock of Clodhop Mountain (Noodle Vague), Friday, 26 October 2018 11:16 (five years ago) link
That Manchester E.N. story is brutal. That poor woman.
― brokenshire (jed_), Friday, 26 October 2018 12:42 (five years ago) link
The Maybot has appointed a minister for suicide prevention, so everything is OK now.
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Friday, 26 October 2018 13:05 (five years ago) link
https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/oct/27/blind-date-tom-catherine?__twitter_impression=true
Would you introduce him to your friends?Probably not. Tom has never been to Surrey, which wouldn’t go down well.
Guardian core readership revealed.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Saturday, 27 October 2018 11:56 (five years ago) link
https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/02/guardian-editorial-response-transgender-rights-uk
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Friday, 2 November 2018 22:54 (five years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/03/pina-colada-song-improbability-data-journalist-crunches-numbers-james-ball
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 4 November 2018 10:13 (five years ago) link
rupert holmes' autocuckoldry classic
― All right! A new season! (Bananaman Begins), Sunday, 4 November 2018 10:41 (five years ago) link
i managed a couple of skimmed paragraphs of that before gently murderous rage made me stop
― the Warnock of Clodhop Mountain (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 4 November 2018 10:44 (five years ago) link
And this particular track – a US No 1 on its release in 1979 (although it recharted in 1980, making it the only pop song to hold the top spot in different decades)
bollocks
― Colonel Poo, Sunday, 4 November 2018 10:57 (five years ago) link
Didn’t hack comedians mostly stop doing the “go line-by-line thru a song taking it literally” bit 20 years ago?
― coetzee.cx (wins), Sunday, 4 November 2018 11:10 (five years ago) link
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Paul Foot AwardNominations: Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils
lol these awards are clearly fucking worthless.
― calzino, Sunday, 4 November 2018 11:48 (five years ago) link
xp
that sounds like standard R4/Edinburgh fringe comedy gold that has people dying from broken spleens etc.
― calzino, Sunday, 4 November 2018 11:52 (five years ago) link
men who look like old lesbians
― ||||||||, Sunday, 4 November 2018 12:58 (five years ago) link
https://duaw26jehqd4r.cloudfront.net/items/3w1741021r2f021a0y20/IMG_8797.jpg
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 4 November 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
Jfc
― the Warnock of Clodhop Mountain (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 4 November 2018 14:55 (five years ago) link
Saw that the other day and it crashed my brain.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 4 November 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
Here are the nominees for 2018 #TheTrashies Awards. Strangely some of them seem to appear on the @CommentAwards #EiCA18 shortlist too ¯_(ツ)_/¯— The Trashies (@TheTrashiesUK) November 5, 2018
congrats to the Graun for managing 10 trashie noms this year!
― calzino, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 09:53 (five years ago) link
https://amp.theguardian.com/inequality/2018/nov/13/coming-out-as-working-class-difficulties-gay
Dear oh dear
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 10:00 (five years ago) link
You really have no idea what it’s like for Americans from single-parent/working-class homes who manage to get to very selective tertiary education, do you? I thought he nailed it.
― suzy, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 10:43 (five years ago) link
It's based on flawed logic - he admits it to students at Vanderbilt, who he assumes none of which are from working class backgrounds, so that high school kids in blue collar areas can be told it'll be ok. There's no thread there at all.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 10:55 (five years ago) link
Did you read the last paragraph?
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:31 (five years ago) link
Yes, that's why I referred to it.if that's his goal then telling non-working class students (his own assumption) in 'very selective tertiary education' (to borrow Suzy's phrase) doesn't go any way to achieving it.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:35 (five years ago) link
Alternatively, if publicity in general is an aim, what's the Guardian's standing in the sort of communities that only have a "tiny, rural high school, where there was no college counselor, no one to expose the children of sharecroppers to options after graduation beyond working on a farm or in a factory"?
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:42 (five years ago) link