Sarah Austin

Not as quiet in real life.

[Sarah Austin @schmostin]

Perhaps if our neutral, non-partisan organisations didn’t use highly ideological nonsense language like ‘gender assigned at birth’ fewer normal people in the world would be lurching to right thinking that’s where the sanity is. 🙄

[Sonia Sodha @soniasodha]

Thread on why Labour’s existing position on gender and sex (“the Equality Act is clear on protections for single-sex spaces” - it isn’t - and “we’re going to make it easier for men to qualify for protections normally reserved for women”) waters down those protections for women.

[Sarah Austin @schmostin]

I’ve never felt so politically homeless. I’ve voted Labour my whole life but their stand on the rights of women and girls and the treatment of women in their own party leaves me cold.

[Rosie Duffield MP @RosieDuffield1]

Well, Day One has gone well then....! Strong women can't be broken that easily lads. And I have an army of them behind me, in front of me, beside me and holding me up 💜🤍💚 #BringItOn

[Sarah Austin @schmostin]

The world has always been stacked against women. Anyone thinking we’re anywhere near treated equal isn’t paying attention.

Arizona Supreme Court reinstates near-total abortion ban from 1864 https://t.co/7WVzoyt71b

[Sarah Austin @schmostin]

‘The rights and freedoms of actual women of girls’. The right to single sex spaces, fair sport, accurate crime data and being able to speak truth…

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

🎉🌼🌸April Fools! 🌸🌼🎉

Only kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren't women at all, but men, every last one of them.

In passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act, Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their idea of femaleness, however misogynistically or opportunistically, than on the rights and freedoms of actual women and girls. The new legislation is wide open to abuse by activists who wish to silence those of us speaking out about the dangers of eliminating women's and girls’ single-sex spaces, the nonsense made of crime data if violent and sexual assaults committed by men are recorded as female crimes, the grotesque unfairness of allowing males to compete in female sports, the injustice of women’s jobs, honours and opportunities being taken by trans-identified men, and the reality and immutability of biological sex.

For several years now, Scottish women have been pressured by their government and members of the police force to deny the evidence of their eyes and ears, repudiate biological facts and embrace a neo-religious concept of gender that is unprovable and untestable. The re-definition of 'woman' to include every man who declares himself one has already had serious consequences for women's and girls’ rights and safety in Scotland, with the strongest impact felt, as ever, by the most vulnerable, including female prisoners and rape survivors.

It is impossible to accurately describe or tackle the reality of violence and sexual violence committed against women and girls, or address the current assault on women’s and girls’ rights, unless we are allowed to call a man a man. Freedom of speech and belief are at an end in Scotland if the accurate description of biological sex is deemed criminal.

I'm currently out of the country, but if what I've written here qualifies as an offence under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment.

If you agree with the views set out in this tweet, please retweet it.

#ArrestMe #AprilFools #HateCrimeActScotland

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[Sarah Austin @schmostin]

@erika_benke Wow!

[Sarah Austin @schmostin]

Today I have been offered my year in exercise, my year in shopping and my year in… trains. 🙄

[Sarah Austin @schmostin]

@ruskin147 @sociabledog Those ears tho :)

[Sarah Austin @schmostin]

@NicolaCareem Congratulations!

[Sarah Austin @schmostin]

@erika_benke Fantastic!

[Sarah Austin @schmostin]

@streamly_video @museofmarketing thanks for the fascinating interview!

[Sarah Austin @schmostin]

@Hewete @BBCNews @BBCAfrica That sounds fantastic Hewete. And they are super lucky to have you!

[Sarah Austin @schmostin]

@dhrutishah Hey love, you ok? I’m about to do an hour’s car drive at 9 if you fancy keeping me company on the hands free?

[Sarah Austin @schmostin]

Anyone else pay lots of money for a haircut and then come home and get the scissors out straight away? Just me?

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

Been recording at @PrisonRadioUK for @TheOrwellPrize for Reporting Homelessness. We examined the forms, challenges & solutions to homelessness. Podcast dropping soon. If you’ve experienced/ reported on homelessness pls apply! Deadline 17th April 2023. Search ‘Orwell Foundation’

[Sarah Austin @schmostin]

There's lots more to come. I would love it if you tuned in for the journey. Streamly is also available on most other social platforms :)

[Sarah Austin @schmostin]

@streamly_video is just a few followers away from one of those magic tipping point numbers. Please consider giving us a follow and watching us grow. 🧵

[Sarah Austin @schmostin]

And we've got insight from the areas of business that touch everyone's lives like HR and Marketing. How about this fabulous video we recorded with @PamDidner 4/5
https://t.co/76lFHF6vAb