Susanna Rustin

Social affairs leader writer for the Guardian. Author of Sexed: A History of British Feminism, now in paperback. Views on here are mine

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

📢 My book Sexed is out in paperback this month! I haven't actually seen it yet thanks to a missing parcel but it has a brand-new preface (including some thoughts about US women's rights under Trump) & a new cover 1/2

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

On Thursday I wrote about the 2014 injunction Russell Brand obtained against a woman who accused him of assault.

I've now obtained the final order. It's breathtaking.

She had no lawyer. No trial. Yet she was silenced for life - even barred from speaking to the police.

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[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

@harrietgrant Yes absolutely, the industry deliberately warps people's minds and desires (and thus sexual culture for everyone) and i think many users should be recognised as being among its victims. Tho obvs not in same way that children being abused are victims

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

Excellent report by @harrietgrant on England & Wales' new extreme pornography ban. Interesting quote from police about how some men viewing child abuse material are glad to be caught: 1000 arrests every month (link next)

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

@harrietgrant https://t.co/1uENPXYJDT

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

I agree with Jill

[Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic]

I think it means that voters don’t hate trans people and welcome them in civic and professional life but think it’s unfair to have trans girls and women competing in women and girls sports.

[Geoff Barton @RealGeoffBarton]

A thoughtful, informed, and illuminating blog (as ever) by @BarbaraBleiman, demonstrating how it's possible - even on Twitter! - to disagree agreeably ...

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

I am not au fait with all the sex-based rights Democrats (*not anti-trans, just anti- the ideology that says gender trumps sex).
But Jonah Wheeler is one i am aware of and i am v glad he has been reelected

[Jonah Orion Wheeler @jonahowheeler]

Thank for your continued trust.
I do not take it lightly.

What a night…

There’s much to discuss about the election, but what’s important now is the next session.

The 170th General Court has been elected, and now it’s time to get to work.

[Ezra Klein @ezraklein]

One of the more exciting parts of this election - among many - is the return of a religious left.

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

@patricksturg I know but given how much trans activism has messed things up this is a great result. In US "trans inclusive" became synonymous with "good, kind, progressive". Of course, huge battles still to be fought (prisons!)

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

Very pleased to see this subplot to Republican Midterm losses. Totally different method of securing sex-based rights from the UK's For Women Scotland case but same effect on sports: some American girls are getting their opportunities back💪

[Lynnwood Times @LynnwoodTimes]

🚨#BreakingNews Washington voters overwhelmingly voted to restrict biological boys from competing in female sports with statewide results of 56.74% (1,117,424 votes) to 43.26% (851,957 votes).

[Laurie Macfarlane @L__Macfarlane]

Four years ago, @MiriamBrett and I set out to build a new think tank for Scotland. In early 2023, @FutureEconScot was born.

It’s been an incredible journey, and after helping the organisation go from strength to strength, the time has come for me to step back 🧵

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

https://t.co/1UHzrx1jlo

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

Lots of Guardian letters on adult education (following our recent editorial):

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

@wontsomeonethi2 Katie i am so very very sorry to hear this. Sending kindest thoughts and deepest sympathy. X

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

@janeclarejones I can see that. And am interested in how you see it playing out. Like many others i am quite desperate for it to be over (conflict resolved)

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

@janeclarejones I agree this is a risk, always have. But i dont think its wrong/irrational/crypto-fascist for women to treat legal sex erasure as biggest threat (given gender ID movement's total contempt for safeguarding/privacy & quite mad denial of biological facts eg male physical strength)

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

@janeclarejones I know you know this but GC left women have been complained about, denounced, ostracised in their organisations (media, political parties, unions, universities, NHS, etc)
To what extent is GC anti-wokism a consequence of sex-erasing wokism?

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

@janeclarejones You are (always were) much more involved in grassroots left sex-based rights movement than me, i can't and wouldnt want to argue with you about that experience.
But non-left-aligned GC women made choices in a context in which institutional left (including unions) rejected them

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

@janeclarejones And just to be clear i remain strongly supportive of Filia and of your work including the magazine

[Susanna Rustin @SusannaRustin]

@janeclarejones I totally get that there are associations you don't want to be part of, & are critical of others for making. But i dont agree with framing of captured/ utterly intertwined/ compromised. Sex-based rights are in a complex, fraught relationship with left-right politics and parties