Hera Cook

Historian sexuality and emotion; gun control activist

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

@glosswitch @Mocha_Soul So hard to be sarcastic on twitter!

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

@archivegenocide Seab Bell is not even speculating - he's just saying if the IDF say x is so, then x must be so. That type of statement does not relate to the presence or absence of evidence in the original claim.

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

@karolyn_is At every event on "Lexie"'s way up to representing Aotearoa his male body has taken away the one chance to win from the females competing against that body. Only one person can win & often only one continues to the next level. Competing with a male body gives an unfair advantage

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

3/Here's 2 Australian pods on the guardianship issue. I've been surprised by how little awareness there is here in NZ of this form of abuse. Thanks to @anneconnollyabc for her reporting.
https://t.co/3Kv1fUM5Hw

https://t.co/bG89U32Jiw

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

1/What rights do people with alzheimers or other dementia have? The illnesses develop &are on a spectrum-when does a person lose the right to reject surveillance? Good journalism but @guardian must keep up the tradition of alerting readers to such issues https://t.co/uS2ChB58Ua

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

2/This is about the Australian system of guardianship and the abuse that can make possible. And what about giving Power of Attorney over those with dementia-what safeguards exist in respect of POAs in the UK or OZ or NZ @nzpeacesafety ? https://t.co/xKCKzr0cq9

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

@nzherald & a lot of people are taking Georgina Beyer's name in vain. There's no evidence our first NZ trans politician supported the current trans ideology. She lived a different approach to being trans, one I hope we can all support.@glosswitch https://t.co/HIopDwdPhj

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

Money for the Ministries of War across the globe.

[Medical Association for Prevention of War @MAPW_Australia]

$368 billion to #AUKUS #nuclear subs, without scrutiny or consultation. Meanwhile GPs, nurses, hospitals, ambulance, community health, disability sector are crying out for proper investment. Shameful. @RACGPPresident @RACGP @acemonline @anmf_federal @RANZCP

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

@bkampmark @sjabulhawa @m7mdkurd TransG is the heart of left cancellation culture -a leaderless mess funded by USA philanthropists incl Repub war-memorialists. Kicked off by older gen trans & supporters with limited worthy aims to extend LGB rights to trans. Out of this has sprung a narcissistic misogynist hydra

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

@bkampmark @sjabulhawa @m7mdkurd I've huge respect for your perspective. Are you supporting those of us who question the gross distortion of rights & medicalisation of kids promulgated by the transgender movement? This isn't your fight so I don't expect you to centre it but are you reading learning listening?

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

@bkampmark Most people simply don't smell the coffee. How to wake up people to changes that signaled war in the past and are doing so today?

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

@ewarren In the 1950s UK the Stock Market was boring and only boring people took it up as a career. Ordinary peeps despised it and compared it to gambling & roulette. Yeah that was a lot less popular back then too. Troubles don't come together by accident.

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

Climate change is why I voted & donated for @nzgreens Not because they refused open & transparent debate on transgender policies & are racing down the road of ideological purity. They need a crank movement like they need a hole in their heart & that's what they have.

[Green Party NZ @NZGreens]

#BREAKING the Labour Cabinet has just announced it is rolling back several climate & environmental actions:

❌Easier access to EVs for ppl on low incomes
❌Incentives to swap petrol cars for EVs
❌Plastic container return scheme

and more. THIS is why we need more Green MPs.

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

@AnneCooke14 I enjoyed her a lot. I do think there is an obvious example of behavioural change at a similar level and population reach to covid - WWII home front. There was a physical and psychological enemy in WWII. But I doubt that disqualifies the comparison.

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

@MrRexPatrick Is there any penalty for govt if they lost docs?

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

@ijakk2 I read you as a person who thinks they shd be able to buy whatever they want, where ever they want. Why shd most young peeps' reality be buying a brand-new affordable 3 bed house in the centre of a major city? Go small or go provincial.

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

@DatCatDer Get some exciting education. That's the classic solution and it works. Just make sure the topic and the place excite you so spend time looking and reading.

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

@rat_liker Do I take it you have seen more women with concerns about trans ideology and you've changed your mind? If not, it's evergreen and open to responses. FYI I am not a radical feminist & I support trans rights -But I don't see that rights for trans needs to take away women's rights

[Hera Cook @EmotSexHistory]

Libby Brooks doesn't write that rights and concerns need to be for everyone. Trans advocates only talk about trans needs. We need to talk about all vulnerable people. @guardiannews https://t.co/2qzEp2IDoW