tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829162137963866383.post3710678909654234574..comments2023-10-19T00:42:35.763-07:00Comments on The Rant Mistress: My feminism is better than your feminism!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829162137963866383.post-80439935635042799542013-01-30T08:56:24.930-08:002013-01-30T08:56:24.930-08:00Thank you for this measured response. I also enjoy...Thank you for this measured response. I also enjoyed SM's article which you linked to. Personally I had never considered transgender issues in a feminist way before this row. So I have learned from it. I have always felt enormous compassion for boys who, for whatever reason, feel so uncomfortable in their bodies they wish to change them. It is not exactly a choice you'd make lightly, and I imagine a huge amount of pain is behind the aggression. I have witnessed horrific bullying of transgender males in the work place but really quite nice women. Seldom men, funnily enough. It baffles me. I feel nothing but compassion as a woman, for anyone who has suffered prejudice and bullying for not 'conforming' to something they don't feel. I don't know quite who is attacking Suzanne, who I admire hugely. I feel she has proved thin skinned in some ways, and made ill-judged comments. But again, she is human, she has apologised. She is NOT the enemy. We're all just trying to work things out. It's messy, like she says. The aggression she came up against did the transgender community no favours. I feel far more fearful about offering support than I might have otherwise, for fear of unwittingly offending someone. But my compassion remains. As a woman I care about all of humanity, I hope. Particularly those whose road has been harder than others. I salute both the transgendered for their daily courage, and Suzanne Moore for her decades of brave journalism. Pax.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829162137963866383.post-9354822857380603522013-01-14T13:49:12.506-08:002013-01-14T13:49:12.506-08:00The thing is, none of us are born women. We're...The thing is, none of us are born women. We're born babies and we become women. For some of us, that's relatively straightforward and for others it's more difficult<br /><br />I really wish Moore had just said "I'm sorry my words hurt you; I will try better next time." Julie Burchill, on the other hand, is just poisonous.Kirsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342450348681787211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829162137963866383.post-63703355128328893252013-01-14T11:41:53.495-08:002013-01-14T11:41:53.495-08:00Love the blog :) Love the blog :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11517783327236065532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829162137963866383.post-52338140605413256302013-01-14T11:19:06.816-08:002013-01-14T11:19:06.816-08:00is memory playing me false or did moore get into t...is memory playing me false or did moore get into trouble some years back about another 'throwaway' line about "fuck-me shoes"? or maybe that was julie bur chill. sometimes it's hard to separate these female columnists and opinion writers whose best work is at least two decades in the past...serious research question: just what percentage of transexuals are obese anyway?dave reederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13925955727419875731noreply@blogger.com