Emma

Chatty Pluviophile. Sloth rhymes with both, scone rhymes with stone.

[Dr. Ellen Walker @EllenFWalker]

A panel from Persepolis I particularly enjoy.

[Emma @Clumsychops]

You know it's hot when your first cup of tea of the day is at 10.20pm. And you're only able to drink it if you're sitting outside. ☹️

[Maeve Halligan @MaeveHalligan]

"No, I don't subscribe to this 'kindness' - I'll tell the truth instead."

I spoke at the Cambridge Union last night about LGBs, children's safety and women's rights. Full video here:

[Emma @Clumsychops]

@MaeveHalligan This straight 50+yr old woman thinks you're marvellous. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being brave.

[Sall Grover @salltweets]

As we approach the Giggle v Tickle decision, I’m remembering that

• I received an Australian Human Rights Commission complain citing “gender identity discrimination” when I was 14/15 weeks pregnant.

• The AHRC was, imo, never neutral. It was gender ideology capture from the very beginning. While they were talking about “assigned sex at birth” and “lived experience”, I was 20 weeks pregnant & found out I was having a girl.

• To settle the complaint in the AHRC - and not have it escalate to federal court - I had to • agree to let him on the woman only social networking app I created • a
let all men who claim to be women on the app • apologize • attend “sex & gender education classes • pay $20,000 • moderate all content on the woman only platform so men who claim to be women weren’t offended by it.

• The AHRC never meaningfully entertained my argument that woman only spaces were lawful. I always felt that their stance was, “you’re guilty, admit it, accept it.”

• While contemplating the magnitude of what I had to do, I thought about my daughter & that I would eventually be teaching her to stand up for herself & do what is right. How could I do that if I ran away when something seemed too hard?

• I said “NO” to what the AHRC was offering. Tickle filed in federal court 60 days later and “Tickle v Giggle” began.

• A federal court case + full appeal & my daughter is about to turn 4 years old. Giggle v Tickle has been in the background of her whole life. Any time the case has been incredibly stressful - and there have been many times, I was losing my hair at one point - I have just focused on my daughter & it instantly became easier. I want her to have rights & will do everything I can to ensure that she does.

• I want every woman & girl to be able to say “NO” to a man, no matter how he identifies, and not be punished for it.

• At no point in the past 4.5 years have I been even remotely convinced that men can be women. Not once. In fact, I’m more sure than ever that they’re not.

• Thank you everyone for the support. It would be impossible to have this fight without it.

https://t.co/5qxNEfrSVj 🩷

[Mary Yellan @m_yellan]

@LeeMcClymont @BirdyBooky @sheawilliamsy @ramendik My husband is a teacher of 30+ years with 2 daughters & he doesn't need to be told why girls need privacy from boys. He observes daily the way that teenage boys behave towards girls cos he's not an ignorant misogynistic fool. You are clearly not up to your job

[Emma @Clumsychops]

@Helen_Fields 16yr old daughter raved over Andy Weir's The Martian and Project Hail Mary. And loved (and cried over) John Irvin's Prayer for Owen Meany (albeit took her a while to get into it). Also liked Donna Hart's The Secret Histories and Carlos Ruis Zafon's Shadow of the Wind.

[Emma @Clumsychops]

@AllanSchmidt @damechatprrr @yvessirae No it can't. But it could be misread by someone not really interested in what the OP is saying.

[Emma @Clumsychops]

@AllanSchmidt @damechatprrr @yvessirae OP didn't claim there hadn't been any/many research studies. She was disgusted funding had been given to one that studied sufferers' attractiveness. So you haven't disproved anything. Instead you proved you weren't interested in listening to OP. You 'just needed' to be right.

[Emma @Clumsychops]

Two Venetian postboxes. One a little sad, the other an old romantic. #postboxsaturday #spaceutopian #writemoreloveletters

[Narthex @NarthexJones]

@BBCNews BBC's treatment of her was shameful.
I quit listening to R4 when she left Woman's Hour.
RIP Dame Jenni Murray.

[Emma @Clumsychops]

I don't like to brag, but I've just received my first 5 star review on Momstore #motheringsunday #mothersday

[Emma @Clumsychops]

Hebden, Skipton. Andrew Triggs Hodge (rower) 2012 olympic postbox #postboxsaturday

[Emma @Clumsychops]

Grassington postboxes, Yorkshire Dales #postboxsaturday

[Emma @Clumsychops]

1850's Victorian postbox spotted earlier today in Warwick. #postboxsaturday

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Yes.

[Emma @Clumsychops]

I'm surprised burner phone dealers don't target mums in school WhatsApp groups. What I'd give to anonymously respond "For heaven's sake Lucy, just look at the school's website" and "Perhaps your awful son IS to blame, Alison". #alwaysonmute

[Emma @Clumsychops]

WFH means I get to witness the comings & goings of wildlife in my garden. Today that's included a heron treating the pond like an all you can eat frog buffet, a squirrel auditioning for Mission Impossible, and a bedraggled fox who's clearly not having the best of days. 🐸🐿🦊

[Emma @Clumsychops]

Gold double post box celebrating equestrian Nick Skelton's 2012 Olympic victory: Alcester, Warwickshire. #postboxsaturday

[Emma @Clumsychops]

They say things are better in threes. This golden triptych at Zurich station is certainly proving the point.
#postboxsaturday