The actual racism of dividing women by race. Unlike Angela I see Muslim and Arab women as the same as me. I see free your face as a call to action rather than an order. We all know women don’t choose this.
Women across the Arab region inspired this, it is because I look sideways and not down at them that I am honoured to be a vehicle for their stories.
Why are try hard feminists so utterly shit at messaging?
18 members of Palestine Action including Sam Corner and BBC script writer William Plastow are charged with carrying out an armed attack on Israeli defence firm Elbit Systems UK in Patchway, Bristol. A female police officer was allegedly beaten with a sledge hammer in the attack.
'Peter Krykant became the poster boy for a drug policy resistant to scrutiny.” This is an extraordinary piece of journalism from @JoanMcAlpine one that slices through the spin, the slogans, and the sanctimony with rare clarity and courage.
A heartfelt thank you to Joan & @HolyroodDaily for this brave, balanced reflection on Peter’s life, his relapse, and the way public health theatre ultimately consumed him. And thank you for taking the time to listen to both @lokiscottishrap and me. In a culture that’s allergic to complexity and punishes dissent, writing with this kind of honesty is no small act, it’s a necessary one.
Because this story isn’t just about Peter.
It’s about what happens when ideology replaces evidence, when recovery is derided, and when real people become disposable props in someone else’s policy narrative.
If you care about truth, about compassion, and about the lives we’re still losing read it.
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Lovely to see @_Lisa_Townsend in court today at the Stephen Ireland sentencing. Vindication, in this instance particularly, is not something to celebrate, but it IS something. Ireland harassed and defamed this good woman by using the 'transphobia' slur. He operated in plain site
Important thread from the always impressive @SonyaDouglas. I'm quoted in the second post on the thread. And can I just reiterate that despite the terrible damage to my career, creativity, health and income since 2015, I'd do it all again. It's always been about women's rights.
And that's those which are recorded by police.
Estimates are that 2/3 of all sexual crime is unreported.
So that figure is likely to be 1 rape or attempted rape every hour in Scotland.
1 every hour.
Let that sink in.
And our Govt decided they would spend £M's of our money fighting to jail those male rapists in women's prisons.
I hope their never have another peaceful nights sleep in their lives & those victims face's haunt them.
A heartbreaking Reddit post reveals a young man's anguish, crying out for help after being enabled to live as transsexual since age 8 and medically transitioning at 13.
Now, he feels it was a grave mistake, his life irreparably altered. This tragedy underscores why children should not access "gender-affirming care" for what is often a transient phase.
These are irreversible decisions that can rob them of their future selves, and anyone denying this is lying.
Thousands of paedophiles and rapists have successfully applied to be removed from the sex offenders register since 2019, prompting calls for a comprehensive overhaul of the system.
Campaigners have described the findings, which show a 75% success rate for applicants to be taken off the register, as alarming and claim the system is prioritising offenders over victims.
New figures obtained through freedom of information requests by The Independent show at least 1,998 sex offenders in England and Wales have had their applications approved by police forces since 2019. This equates to three-quarters of the 2,664 offenders who submitted applications to the 30 forces that provided data.
Among those who had their details taken off the register were offenders convicted of at least 471 paedophilia-related crimes, including child rape, incest and sexual assault.
Laura Stewart is among those calling for reform after she found out last year that the man who abused her as a child had been removed from the register and was living nearby. She was sexually abused from the age of 11, with the assaults growing more severe throughout the years.
Her case highlights the dangers of a system that allows offenders to disappear from official monitoring without adequate safeguards.
Under current legislation, after someone is convicted or cautioned in relation to a sexual offence, they are added to the sex offenders register, meaning they are required to notify police of their name, date of birth and home address.
Offenders must also notify officers of any intended travel and at least once a year confirm their details are still correct by visiting a police station.
If they are sentenced to more than 30 months in prison, they remain on the list indefinitely. However, the system was changed in 2011 after two sex offenders claimed it was unfair to be kept on the register indefinitely as it infringed on their human rights.
As a result, offenders placed indefinitely on the register can apply to be taken off after 15 years.
When considering an application, officers look at factors such as the seriousness of the offence, how long ago it was committed, the age difference between perpetrator and victim, and any subsequent convictions.
A Home Office spokesperson said: “Sex offenders will never be removed from the register if they continue to pose a risk to society after the 15-year minimum duration has passed.
“Any review is carried out by police and a thorough individual risk assessment of each offender will take place before they are considered for removal.”
However, Emily Konstantas, CEO of the Safeguarding Alliance, said that the high number of approved applications suggested the system might not be “fit for purpose.”
She called for urgent reform, arguing that the process of removal lacks sufficient safeguards in a system in which there should be “no room for error”.
“Sex offenders are placed on the register for serious reasons. The process that allows them to be removed is not robust enough, and the entire system is in need of reform,” she told The Independent.
“The process needs clearer definitions of how risk is assessed if 75% are being allowed to come off the register. What’s the point of the register if offenders can simply apply to have their names removed? The UK system prioritises offenders over survivors.
“Survivors cannot simply apply to stop being survivors and it is extremely traumatic for them to know there is now no authority monitoring their abuser.”
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@ClydesdaleDH@NeilMackay I aint judging them women, am judging dirty fcks like you who see women as slabs of meat to be fucked by men whod rather put their dick in her mouth than give her some money to help her get by. Now fuck off, every1 knows what kind of man you are. Inadequate, skin-crawling creep.
A leading LGBTQ+ activist was jailed today for 30 years. It’s a racing certainty the LGBTQ+ lobby is riddled with predators because it doesn’t take child safeguarding seriously, endlessly promotes the sexualising of children and refuses to condemn nonce apologist Peter Tatchell.
It doesn't matter what the organisation is - police, the church, schools, the scouts - none must be above scrutiny when it comes to safeguarding children.
Everyone who defended Pride In Surrey's founder should be hanging their head in shame.
@GHRSurrey It's worth pointing out that since he was arrested, Pride in Surrey's leadership has now been taken on by two men Stephen Ireland was in a crystal meth smoking polycule with. And they've since run baby showers and got a convicted murderer to sing for them
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