@Pret I just picked up a Chocolate Shake from your south bank branch but there was no ice in it...was literally chocolate milk and the milk wasn’t even cold....I didn’t even get a chance to complain cos it was too busy
Just so we’re clear: Mengele sewed non-conjoined twins together; he froze children in ice baths to induce hypothermia; he performed vivisections on the brains of live human subjects; he exposed naked prisoners to mustard gas. Valid fucking comparison.
I have never felt that more clearly than here, because Cathy herself, publishers, editors and thousands of people who have also read this book have all believed what she said is completely fine-but it’s not. It’s really not.
I am currently reading Bloody Brilliant Women by @cathynewman because as a feminist I wanted to now more about women through history did not get the credit they deserved. However there are two things which NEED to be talked about urgently.
As a Jewish person reading these passages has deeply deeply upset me and I genuinely don’t know if I can finish this book now...Recently I read @Baddiel book about anti-semitism (now that I WILL recommend) and he talks about people ignoring us.
It became such natural behaviour that I didn’t even think about it. I still haven’t thought about it, but I don’t walk alone in the dark ever. If it’s dark out, that’s it for the day unless I can drive/bus. Dark=unsafe is built into us. Smh what a sad world this is
Also on Only Connect we'll be asking if Jews count as an ethnic minority.
NO WE WON'T. BECAUSE WE ASK DIFFICULT QUESTIONS, NOT F***ING MORONIC ONES.
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