Anti-Trans "Feminists" Go Full Mask-Off
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DISGUSTING! Gender Critical "Feminists" Supporting Russell Brand!?!
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How exactly are the victims 'silencing' the loud, obnoxious media figure with millions of followers?
They invent myths and mantle the victimhood that they actually impose upon others. Many of them are even true believers in their own sick narratives
By pointing towards him
They're saying he's bad and that's literally like Hitler, don'tcha know...
@@AngelusNielson I mean i've seen GCs be quite apologetic to hitler lol
@@albummutation2278I mean after what he and his fanclub did to the works of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld and the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (basically the trans community's answer to the destruction of the Library of Alexandria) how could they not love Austria's most infamous art school reject?
Was gonna write 'well at least HITLER knew what a woman is!!' As a jab at TERF logic.
I then remembered that this is just something they say unironically
I remember a lot of old gender critical rhetoric was about how gender was an opressive structure that Trans people upheld in some way.
This was just bigotry disguised in the language of feminism but like that veneer of feminism has disappeared more or less by now. Gender Critical spaces were very quick to prominently adopt traditionalist and fascist values as soon as the right wing sphere decided trans people was the next new existential threat
And it's not just that they're ignorant of how Nazi Germany opressed women, or believe that this is preferencial to having transnpeople visible. A lot of them really just want to see those power structures return
Just remembering that "At least the Taliban know what a woman is" is a real tweet 😵💫
I've already seen the "I don't agree with everything hitler did but when it comes to trans and gays he was right" or some form of that, this is rhetoric i have witnessed on all of the popular social media platforms.
@@gwencere9383 Good, I hope they catch the TERFs first lmao
I think the “never invaded women’s spaces” thing blew my mind the most. Like, damn, you don’t think their vaginas were women’s spaces? Did they not belong to the women attached to them or did they belong to Russel Brand or their father or husband or what?
it seems like terfs are obsessed with women's spaces as a nebulous concept and exclusive club more than actual spaces for women to feel safe and find community. that's why they're obsessed with public toilets even though technically anyone can walk in and besides from in very specific scenarios like at nightclubs they usually aren't havens for safety.
Hell, half the time GCs want you to believe that a vagina is all there *is* to a woman.
Didn't you know? All vaginas belong to men. Just ask the GOP.
What would you do if anonymous accusers accused you of raping them 10 years ago?
I would say they were not telling the truth, and had no evidence. Which would be true.
Here I was, thinking that gender criticals cared so much about cis women's safety. Silly me, I guess 🧐
No, they just wanna cozy up to the transphobic right-wing men whilst pretending to still be on the side of women`s rights.
They're about nothing more or less than policing women
They want to be vile men deep down, only explanation
Like most people on the right they only care about hurting people they don't like.
They love cis women the same way beef farmers love cows.
My next door neighbor tried to coerce me into his house when he realized my parents were gone for the weekend.
He was the person they told me to call in case of an emergency. The adult they trusted.
I was 17. He tried to drag me to his house but I ran away to mine and locked all the doors. He came to the door, rang the bell, called the house phone, begging me to hear him out because he's just so lonely.
My elder sister was able to come be with me. That's when I learned the neighbor made a pass at her, too, but mom and dad didn't believe her when she told them.
My parents invited him to Thanksgiving 2 months later, as if nothing happened.
I spent my last year in that house terrified every time I had to go outside and saw him, working in the garden and planning how I might use whatever tool I'm holding to defend myself if he decides to cross the property line.
I got the hell out of that house as fast as I could, and I don't love going back because the fucker still lives next door
So sorry your parents didn't defend you and protect you. It's so hard when the people we expect to protect us, our parents especially, let us down like this
I would never go back. Found family can be so much better than toxic blood family.
It's a whole other layer of abuse when parents don't believe their children or respect them enough not to have a toxic creep around.
I am so sorry that happened to you, and I am beyond glad that you have escaped.
I am so sorry that happened to you and your parents did not believe you or your sister. I hope you’re in a safer place.
It's just astoundingly bad optics to label David Tennant, one of Scotland's greatest actors, beloved by probably half the damn planet, as a danger to children when his "crime" was only ever SUPPORTING children as they are, including one of his own children.
I'm not sure how anyone thinks accusing an almost universally adored actor of being a ''groomer'' is going to end well. As a trans man and Doctor Who fan, it makes me so happy that my favourite Doctor supports my right to exist.
Those are the moments where I am very glad that Tennant is not on social media. He's simply in his lane, living his best life with a lovely family and a highly successful career.
David Tennant seems like an all around lovely person. He seems totally dedicated to his family.
I love David Tennant so much. It disgusts me that people label him in such a way. Sadly, such accusations are proof of their ignorance, and nothing else.
@@doctordavidchan1044exactly! All that's gonna do is make people who would otherwise be interested angry and realise GC people are assholes and make Posy more of a laughingstock then she is.
56 to 58 years ago I discovered that boys too, can experience sexual assault and rape. No family believed me then or now. I am the only one involved who is still alive. Good on you Caelan for speaking, telling your story and the stories of others. Your work is always interesting and helpful. Keep at it!
I'm so sorry that you were sexually assaulted it's horrible that parts of society don't believe that boys and men can be victims
Yes, was molested too, before transitioning. Nobody would even listen, and police initially didn't even record my report. Just atrocious that nobody holds mothers who commit these crimes accountable.
I believe you. I'm so proud of you, so so proud of you!
Im so sorry. Im glad you're here and glad you can be open, even if just here. Thank you for that.
From one durvivor to another.
It's almost 60 years late, but I believe you. Thank you for not only being strong enough to share, but also for not letting these awful experiences taint who you are. Too many people get taken by that darkness and get lost.
It's never about protecting the women or protecting the children. It's about having an in-group that the law protects but doesn't bind and an out-group that the law binds but doesn't protect. Rules for thee but not for me.
Are you saying they want to form a bourgeoisie of a chosen group or groups on the back of a proletariat comprised of all others groups, with little to no regard for the humanity of those otherized groups?
Because I believe we have a discrete word for that...
@@chompythebeast Yeah, that sounds soo familiar! There's also this odd trait where their statements often seem hypocritical, contradictory, or devoid of all evidence but still appeal to people who are already on their side regardless...
@@Mnemonforempressooh yeah! And there's this weird thing where the big baddies are both weak and easily crushed under heel by this ruling bourgeoisies' mighty boot, and strong enough to kill the boot-havers at the same time!! Wow, what is that word again...?
@chompythebeast@@gemcorker3982 Sorry guys, it's on the tip of my tongue. I'm sure it's never happened before, no warning signs whatsoever. But just in case, I will take a looksie into my Eastern European country's history, something's bound to jog my memory. I wonder why there's a maze of bomb shelter tunnels nearby...
@@gemcorker3982Think it was called "fashion-ism" or something around those lines. Can't seem to remember right now..
As a Black femme, this Russell Brand apologia is giving me R. Kelly/ Bill Cosby whiplash 😵💫
Same 😂
deadass like these women just wanna be fuckin picked by him. shit is so gross
it's giving.... "he was about to buy NBC!" like stfu
This
@@juicyparsons or "whabout Heffern Huge!"
The one tweet comparing Brand to Brianna Ghey was just rage inducing! To even suggest that somehow Brand is better than a teen trying to be herself who was stabbed to death in a hate crime is absolutely vile, despicable, abhorent, morally bankrupt! My vocabulary doesn't really encompass the adjectives I would like to describe this tweeter as.
"Brand is just like Ghey" not enough, take from that what you will.
@@candyh4284ooooooh, holy shit. don’t disagree though but damn
These folks are deeply deeply evil, for a grp of people claiming to want to protect girls and women theyve been railing for the danger to women and girls, brand while shitting on the name of and causing mass distress to the little girl hurt, Brianna Ghey. She was barely 16.
As a 59yr old Brit cis feminist, this has me furious. Brands first book reads like the diary of a sex pest, at the least. His own freakin' words. The sycophants defending him disgust mme to the core.
I think everyone forgets about the veiled allegations Katy Perry made about their relationship. He's always been disgusting
Ikr? I'm a 37yr old British cis feminist myself, and I was just: 😐 wow so shocked. He got away with such disgusting behaviour cos everyone took it as a joke, he was being "edgy", he was "pushing boundaries" - see, the joke is how shocked you are!! Oh and he's a party boy, free love & all that - very New Age, very spiritual. Except "New Age" tends to be reactionary, patriarchal nonsense cobbled together with psychedelics and crystals and more patriarchy.
He's set sail on the Alex Jones conspira-sea now, screaming that his accusers are trying to silence him because the New World Order think he's important etc instead of reflecting on himself.
Like, dude. You admitted to crimes. "Oh, Can't TaKe A jOkE? sTuCk Up BiTcH" maybe you shouldn't joke about shit like that? If your comedy is just shock value, you're a bad comedian. I really hope the people he hurt get justice.
As a 22 year old cis feminist, what would these women think about women with PCOS?
They usually refuse to believe they’re women at first, and then pretend to support them when they find out that they’re women.
@@lowwastehighmelaninyes! All of this shit coming out now is obviously so horrifying and I feel so awful for his victims, but I am not at all surprised. He’s always been gross and predatory. His old “comedy” is riddled with rape jokes and misogyny. And Katy Perry never outright accused him of anything, but the way she talked about her experience with him very obviously implied her boundaries were crossed at the absolute very least. I’m surprised nothing came out during the “height” of his fame. I think the only reason is probably because victims were even less likely to be believed then than they are now. My heart truly goes out to everyone who he’s victimized.
As a stagehand I just realized how grateful I am we've never had to stage anything featuring Brand. We've blacklisted performers for less than what he's accused of now because it doesn't make for a fun/safe work environment.
Based. Not that comparable but I feel like people need to draw hard boundaries like that in other scenarios, like online communities. Gaming communities in particular do so much excusing of bad behavior and poor treatment of fellow players, and very few in them have much more advice than “just don’t take it personally.”
More people need to have solidarity and stand up to those that make workspaces or playspaces hostile or else nothing changes. It’s not wrong to blacklist people who are a mental and/or physical threat to others
@@notNajimi In my early days I've saw too many rock stars and aspiring rock stars that were all to willing to take advantage of drunk young girls and I honestly want no part in that. I'm happy to work for a company that has no issues telling awful people to fuck off. Shame the rest of the entertainment industry is still catching up with small venue stagehands.
I've seen myself videos of women interviewing Russell Brand where he does stuff to them that would get him fired from most jobs on earth if he did it to a coworker. Aggressively hitting on them, stroking their hair, grabbing their hands, etc.
@@notNajimi But, but, but, but what about the bottom line? Did you even THINK of the shareholders????
I am a straight male and agree with everything you have said.
I have been arguing with people about this as i did when Question Time in the UK did a hatchet job on trans folks.
I looked up the figures for the last few years to see how many women had come forward regarding abuse and rape. I then looked up to find how many of those cases were committed by a trans person. I found none out of thousands.
Someone suggested i maybe didn't look hard enough (oh i did) but i pointed out that if there was a case involving a trans person it would have been front page of every UK rag. They couldn't argue with that.
I pointed out those thousands of women had been harmed by people in my social group, straight men in normal clothes. I see no one fighting to change that or suggesting that straight men in normal clothes should perhaps be locked up once a month so cis women didn't have to deal with us! That would of course be unfair on those who behave. Yet those same folks expect to punish all trans folks for just the POSSIBILITY of a trans person doing wrong.
I believe in fairness and justice along with equality for all. Those of us who are not trans (in my opinion) need to stand up for trans folks.
I wish you well. Take care.
You're a good bloke, mate
Holy shit you've said it in a way I've been trying to say it for years. Thank you for that. And thank you DEARLY for standing up for the rights of trans people. It means the world to us❤
Well said.
@@Jane-oz7pp thank you. I wish you all the best too.
@@ryanmackenzie6109 Thank you for your kind words. If I have been able to help in any way I am happy. All the best to you.
I'm sorry but RB has admitted to being a sex addict, has been arrested already, how far fetched it is to believe he may have crossed a line? Especially with the evidence. How are these people so deep into their tin foil fedoras of misinformation that they are looking for a conspiracy in this specific case?
You can empathize with him for whatever led him here, but how are people always so quick to forget that the victims are also real people who need to carry the trauma not only of the experience, but of the public turning their back on them.
@@AverageCommentor do you have evidence for what you're saying? it doesn't sound like it, "Perhaps they don't have a clear memory of the events." what do _you_ base _that_ on? it sounds like a straw man to me. why are you so keen to defend this person with no evidence? just jump to conclusions it's not true? do you realize you, specifically you, are the problem. you are the exact person being discussed here, making excuses for alleged abusers, and you didn't just reserve judgment. you jumped right in, defending this guy as if you know a dam thing more about it than anyone else. that, pal, is pretty dang stupid
*damn
@@AverageCommentorone of the women sent him a text accusing him of being taken advantage of to which he replied he's sorry. Allegedly. Unless you are a member of the jury you won't have access to the evidence, neither will we, but various women having similar experiences... also why are we pretending he's an underdog, or a victim somehow? He is a Hollywood celebrity ffs, he's not Julian Assange.
@@AverageCommentoryour "innocent until proven guilty" point was addressed in the video. This isn't a court of law. And who decides when it's "proven"? Jury are just people. This is likely always going to be a case of Russell's word against those who have accused him.
@@AverageCommentor to act as though nothing happened only benefits one party. We shouldn't have to wait for the law to decide before we're allowed to voice our own thoughts on the matter.
As a trans woman who was subject to SA throughout her youth this is hits me double. It took me years to even admit that what happened to me was SA because nobody in authority took it at all seriously. Most of it happened in public, in the locker rooms before and after PE classes, and nobody gave a single shit. It was just easier to paper it over and think that I was overblowing things rather than to deal with the fact that I was a victim of sexual violence and nobody cared. So to see the same people who label me as SA on two legs just for getting the medical trearment that has allowed me to finally start enjoying life join in on downplaying actual SA of the same sort that nearly made my life unlivable is just doubke dipping the trauma.
I'm a fairly vanilla girl. I dont really want much more than to be some girl's everything. To be her girlfriend, fiancee, and eventually wife. To grow old together, maybe some kids if we're ever stable enough to make that work. To just live the same lesbian dream dreamt by every other gay girl on this planet. I'm just a normal girl. Why do people have to hate me for wanting to be happy?
i know how you feel, i dealt with something similar too. sometimes transphobes have used my abuse as a cause of me being trans (in fact it happened because i was so feminine, and it made me reject my identity). they do not care about the safety of anyone, not even children, they'll use it as a weapon to attack me. but i know it says more about them than it could ever say about me
They are just horrible people, and their cruelty will never ever reflect on you. Even if you weren't vanilla, etc, you would be no less beautiful and valid and what happened to you no less awful. I'm so sorry you face this. I hope you get your lovely dream.🙏 You deserve it ❤
I don't hate you. I hope you have a great life. You can only do that if you are you.
You don't deserve to be called horrible things like that, know that there are, and will always be, people who support you and see you for who you REALLY are: a woman deserving of peace and happiness.
The horrible people who say all those things to you are dead wrong. You are a wonderful woman who deserves understanding, dignity, happiness and love. You are worth it 🩷
Just because someone does something you perceive as good, doesnt mean that the same person cannot do a bad thing and all people should be held accountable. Absolutely wild
GCs believe in a binary world. If you support their ideology, you're good. If you don't, you're bad. Full stop.
They don’t believe in good or bad actions. Only good people who can do no wrong and bad people who can do no right
Yes exactly some people forget this
I learned and observed this concept well before I even turned 18. I’m now 30. Why haven’t people who are even OLDER than me gotten it yet?
I mean, the UK already should’ve learned their lesson with Jimmy Savile.
@@carolineholland5841they clearly have not.
Especially that one as Brand is on record sharing 'jokes' with JS and making quite obvious he was in tune with JS.
It's really ridiculous how GCs can't even pretend to be feminists when a golden opportunity appears. Even more ridiculous that anyone *believes* that GCs are feminists at this point.
they are feminists in it for themselves, white woman power. a youtube therapist once said something that really stuck with me, about how isms tend to congregate, like a narcissist is generally by default going to be racist, sexist, etc. because its all about them.
while i agree with your sentiment, just call them what they are. theyre bigots, transphobes, terfs. calling them "gender criticals" is sugar coating it. it uses their language and makes them sound less harmful than they are. they arent critical of gender, theyre evil, disgusting bastards who have nothing but hate in their hearts.
Those are the best and the only feminists that the right has on their side.
They're just blatantly trans-eliminationist, reactionary fascists. And gender conservatives.
They're not GCs, they're TERFs - Trans Exclusionary Radical Fascists.
Appreciate you bringing up that GC reactionaries constantly attack and demean any victim of sexual assault or abuse that doesn’t fit their narrow paradigm of acceptability. Really shows why all victims of SA need to have solidarity, and all those who have suffered under patriarchy.
Their behavior is extremely similar to how racists can't see systemic racism because it doesn't fit their narrow idea for what racism is.
@@1MarkKellerI don’t even what their definition is anymore. At first, I thought they at least believed in racism on an individual level. But anytime there’s an instance of individual racism that leftists are pointing out, conservatives are tripping over themselves to prove it’s not racism.
I’m beginning to think it’s all about being contrarian to leftists (and a lot of leftist strawmen) and not about having an actual cohesive ideology 🤔
@@carolineholland5841Conservatives are reactionary? Where'd you get that idea from?
"what Brand was doing is normal in Hollywood" uh SIS THAT'S A BAD THING! How can you get so close and then so far?
I never liked Russel Brand, he always came across as creepy to me. I hate the fact that my feelings about him were right...
"i am extremely concerned about men dressing up as women to sa women."
well here's a man who did that and didn't dress up
"mmm dont care"
When will these people realize that if they are scared of *men* dressing up as women, they are scared of CIS MEN pretending to be trans, not actual trans women
This one is rough so if you can't handle it, I get it. Love you
Truth is these harsh realities just drive me further to beleive in better just to survive. Thank you for fielding these sad truths, but truths more worth recognizing then anything these anti-trans advocates look for in ghost of their delusional drama and dreams.
I just wish there were follow ups in far-flung parts of the net that showed some of these monsters getting their just desserts, the ones they so desperately fear and act as though they've already tasted
Love you too. ❤
Thank you, I couldn't handle the quotes, so I turned the sound of and let it run, for the algorithm. Thank you for everything that you do, it's so amazing how you survive investigating all this horrific hate ❤
@@chompythebeast you can't cancel someone you won't stop looking at:
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d'oh
A shame what can call themselves a "feminist" these days while they're actively endangering, discriminating against and harrassing women.
i know you... say hi to your uncle kermit for me... he'll know what it means
As a dude that was raped by a woman, this crap really grinds my gears.
Are you okay mentally now? Have you opened up to other people about this? These are the only questions i will ask for now since i dont wanna ask anything personal, im just worried and curious tho
@@ZZZ90_ it's been 16 years. It took a while to accept what really happened. I would down play it. Some people told me it wasn't what it was.
But yes over time I've found help. Now I can talk about. It doesn't hurt me any more.
@@WillACarpenter thats good, keep going man
So who gets to tell Rosetta that Russell Brand has a fifth grade vocabulary and understanding what he says isn't a flex?
It's always the same with these right wing idiots if you can throw enough word salad with big words at them they think you're a genius.
He's Jordie Peterson with pot instead of benzos.
@@tjenadonn6158 Not just pot - Brand has done pretty much everything but he's admitted to heroin.
When he uses bigger words he often uses them wrong. Americans just think he’s smart cos he’s got a British accent.
@@tjenadonn6158as vile as Kermit the fraud is, he hasn’t been.accused of SA. Yet.
I’m so sorry if this is completely out of place to say but I recently experienced sexual assault and the gaslighting that this man put me through was an absolute nightmare and to see your video where you stand up and advocate for these victims while adamantly refusing to buy into terf ideology is just so helpful and it grounds me back in reality and helps me realize that there are truly people out there unwilling to throw marginalized groups under the bus. I am really thankful for your work and I am always happy to watch your insightful explorations on these topics. Much love!
💕
😘 Digital hug
Edit: OK. Now I have to do my Pamela Reif ab workout tomorrow.
Stay strong Ava, the best revenge is a healthy future. Sending love 💜
You've got this. One day at a time, it's scary now, absolutely, but you can make it and have an amazing life afterwards. The road to healing is long but it is traversible. We desperately hope you get justice. You are greater than the sum of the things that have happened to you, and you've got this.
From a UK law perspective. The problem isn't the specificity of the word rape. But that all the other (equally illegal) forms of sexual assault aren't taken as seriously.
As a society we should really stop building hierarchies of abuse in our heads.
And just treat all abuse as unacceptable.
good point, for something to be bad it doesn't have to be the all time worst thing to ever happen. more than one bad thing can exist. it's not a contest. unacceptable is unacceptable
When you politicize everything which they do, you end up having to defend rapist and come up with all kinds of pathetic reasons why they're innocent.
Yeah, they could have at the least tried to ride the bench for a while longer before showing their true colors. I thought liars were better at holding onto the lie than this.
Can't really agree, everything is political and there are obvious political aspects to this case. Their problem is they cosied up with the fash and they're garbage humans with garbage politics.
Is the "cosied up" part even necessary at this point?
@@taranullius9221 Everything is political because they make it political. When footballers take a knee against racism it's not a political standpoint. It is not them coming out as left wingers. When people boo this anti racist statement(100% same people who defend Brand) you then politicize it. Basic human rights isn't a political standpoint. Thinking these women are telling the truth isn't a political opinion..
So no not everything is political but they make it political because they desperately need to create this for and against, pro/con, us against them atmosphere. That's why Brand is saying he came to close to the truth. Always politicize and create this us against them scenario.
Can u give me a reason why he’s guilty?
Lot of peoples guilt bubbles up when rapists are called out. They get real worried about "false allegations".
"Why are you reporting it now?" is just a way of moving the goal posts. It's a way to silence victims.
The people who cry the loudest about grooming are tripping over themselves to defend someone accused of being a groomer
When they tell you who they are, believe them
so damn right, it begs the question of why? these people all have skeletons in their closets this ideology is thinly blanketing for the time being. in the future, sadly i feel like we’ll have many more stories echoing the sentiments of brand’s. the only reason why they scream from the rooftops so loudly is because they have something to hide and lgbtq+ and gnc people are just their scapegoat
2:55 the thing that pisses me off with their chosen color sequence is they’re misappropriating THE GENDERQUEER FLAG
Also apparently it’s supposed to be suffragette colors but they can’t be bothered to google the correct and historical version
Right? Those colors are ours. Terfs hands off
The genderqueer and suffragette flag are exactly the same, these Gender Criticals are not suffragettes though they're just hate filled bigots so shouldn't even be using that flag either.
Honestly, if I had a Twitter account I'd probably spend so much of my time on it commenting "I like the genderqueer flag in your username!" on anyone with that color sequence. Those are our colors, thank you very much!
damn suffragettes did the same fn this to ms tubman
@@NiGHTSIntoMemes is that the yummy looking cotton candy one?
Misogyny coming from women always hits the hardest. This is next level hard core misogyny and hatred and I can’t even. To all the gender critical out there I have to remind just one thing “Abuse begets abuse”. Also it’s pretty hypocritical and performative to defend women from trans people but not consider Brand a cis white male a problem and to keep on with the “promiscuous bulls*it” like just because he say it, it does not mean he was not abusive while also being promiscuous. As far as even JK claimed, she was abused by a cis white man not a trans man or a trans woman. Here they are defending and abuser because it’s part of ther right wing clique and hold loads of money and thus loads of power. The should stop claiming that they are fighting to protect women and girls… well unless they are coming for their right wing demigod, in which case to hell with r*ape and any other type of assault and abuse.
Being sexually assaulted is an excuse for JK Rowling hatred. Nothing more. When I was 19 I was beaten the living shit out of by a dozen Indian guys, literally broken nose, knocked out, kicked in the face and the eye, stamped on, blood everywhere. I don’t have any right to go round being racist towards brown people as a result. And I’ve been sexually assaulted plenty of times. I don’t go round hating every man I happen across. JK Rowling is doing nothing but weaponising sexual assault for her hatred. It’s quite frankly abhorrent. Same with all terfs. They are awful people who weaponise the fear rape and sexually assault to justify persecuting a minority.
True i've seen it's with my own eyes with my mom her foster siblings (some of them are trans) helpt her rais me and my brother because our dad didn't feel like being a active parent, but now that she is with a new king baby she became a nasty person. Her parents raise her to be a good person and to not juge others because they are different from you, but now she makes stupid attack helicopter jokes because her king baby finds the funny or if a girl is a victim of SA or DV she would say it was the girls fault and that the girl should have pick better/kept her legs close. It feels like being staped in the back by someone that learned you all the things that made you the person you are now today
Internalized misogyny will get you smacked by me.
@@juliaboskamp9666 Keeping going is how you keep that version of them alive, so that when, if, they come to their senses, they know they can come to you, because you would've come to them when they were like that.
Since you asked my only preference in terms of bleeping or non-bleeping sound effects is creators not use angry cat sounds so that I can listen to my favorite creators (you) around my traumatized adopted fur baby. She's a good girl who supports trans rights and hates TERFs, and she likes listening to your content. I dunno, I don't mind the silences, I prefer it over sound effects, maybe that's just me but sound effects sound like over compensation at best. My brain fills in the blanks when it's quiet.
Seconded on sounds that don't startle the fur companions and also the easily startled (e.g. me)
yeah a silence or a soft static sound I think would work best.
I will propose an dolphin noise, but I think my brain was corrupted by Spongebob.
I also really prefer the silences over a sound effect. Because they're "bleeping" short things, the sounds always end up being very jarring.
yeah i get stressed when i hear pet noises too, silence however has always been nice in videos since an absence is impactful without being startling
The assumption of innocents applies to accusers too. When Brand's defenders use 'assumption of innosence' they quite often in the smae or next sentence claim the accusers are liars... where is the innosence of the victims?
At the risk of quoting Fight Club, I am Jack’s complete lack of surprise that GC’s real issue with TERF as a label is that they too aren’t a fan of the F part.
i mean at least Kelli AKA Posie has already said she doesn't care about feminism. so yeh
Let's act shocked 😳
Yeah everyone agree to act surprised okay?!
😱😱😱 BIGOTS SUPPORTING A CHILD RAPIST?!?! WHAT A TOTALLY UNEXPECTED AND UNFORESEEABLE THING THAT HAS DEFINITELY NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE!!! 😱😱😱
I'd like them to at least pretend to care too tbh
I'm sincerely shocked actually. Gross. I knew she was bad, but this is next level. So so so sad
@@shytendeakatamanoir9740nah, i prefer my bigots to be mask off and obvious.
Shouldn't this "presumption of innocence" extend to the victims as well? They seem to forget that in blaming the victim they are also presuming the victim is Not innocent.
Well said Caelan, everytime they claim to be feminist it makes me feel dirtied. How @#$%ing dare they.
"You are just triggered..." I call it empathy. 👏
This is so unbelievably infuriating. I can’t even say much else right now. But thank you for speaking up on behalf of victims.
@@AverageCommentor It's hard to see or hear evidence with your eyes closed and your fingers in your ears. "Wokeness is the new SECRET police and cancel culture is it's primary weapon"... can you be any more goofy???
Before my old church revoked my volunteer "privileges" (to you know, to do labor for them for free) because I'm gay and I guess couldn't be trusted around children, I used to volunteer in the kindergarten room once or twice a month and I was 12 (I'm a teenager now but I've always been... Developed for my age, for someone born female I'm non binary but I wasn't then) the lead volunteer for the room was a 60 year old man. He was creepy as fuck and even tho all the other volunteers were also teen girls he specifically targeted me. He was always finding a way to put his hands on me and rub my back and hug me. He asked me about my relationship with my dad (which isn't great, because he's transphobic and homophobic) and I didn't see it then but he maybe thought it was easier to take advantage of a girl who had daddy issues. But anyway I told my mom what he was doing and how his behavior made feel uncomfortable and I told him stop and he would she told me that she believed me and that I could change the room I was working in. I can remember how violated and isolated and just sick I felt while it was going on and he didn't even sexually abuse or assault me, I remember how good it felt when my mom said "I believe you" and how she kept her promise that she'd always believe me or my brother if something happened. I can't imagine how brave those women are and how violated and isolated they must have felt and how hurtful it must be to called "liars" and "attention seekers" by the internet.
I'm deeply grateful to you for the work you do, Caelan. I just wish I lived in a world where it wasn't necessary. Please protect your beautiful heart in whatever ways you can.
i also remember not being believed, i remember being stupid enough to go to the police and then not interviewing my rapise for weeks then deciding not to continue with the investigation because i was inherently untrustworthy an unsympathetic as a trans woman accusing a cis lesbian of rape.
fuck that noise.
i will ALWAYS believe victims.
Omg I'm so sorry
ACAB. Can't trust class traitors.
And then the right wing response is always "who ya gonna call when you need help???" And it's like, that's exactly the problem. They don't get it, they don't care
Yeah I ended up in the opposite situation and faced a very similar response. It's ironic that people are publicly freaking out about what I went through but they attacked me. Even though the laws where I live don't use male/female etc. in the definition I still faced so much bs.
Someone is not abusive because of their race/gender etc. They are abusive because of their actions.
I've really struggled to talk about the situation because I'm afraid my peers won't have the maturity to understand what happened. I'm worried that my story will be politically used against me. All survivors deserve support from their community and anyone who chooses to hurt someone like that has it coming.
David Tennant id a god damn king. Model parent right there.
This!
😱 This is me acting shocked that openly evil, vile people are openly evil and vile.
In seriousness, thank you so much for making this video. My heart breaks for the victims and I'm so proud of their bravery. GCs are only bigots and they need to be seen for exactly what they are. Thank you 🙏
"It's called presumption of innocence, and it's a fucking human right!"
You know, I believe in presumption of innocence; it's an important part of the justice system that protects defendent and claimant alike, but I don't need a lecture on POI from the same people who judge all trans women guilty by virtue of existing
18:28 innocent until proven guilty is for the court system. When it comes to things like this, I believe the victims until proven wrong. I’d rather be wrong a couple times every 3 years or so than add to the harassment of dozens of people trying to warn others of harmful people.
Well said.
People seem to think that "innocent until proven guilty" means "you can't say a cross word about someone until they've been convicted". Twitter is not handing out sentences, they're just talking about the topic. No one is immune from discussion.
The vast majority of r@pists never are convicted. IIRC it's estimated to be between 1-5% in the USA are convicted.
That's why most r@pists have a number of victims?
It's not an accident or something.
They're into the profound violation of abusing someone in a s•xual way.
The abuse aspect, the power, hurting someone else, is what they're going for.
...I note this because Russel Brand wasn't hurting for women who WANTED to bang him.
So that takes explaining, right?
He wanted to hurt someone, nonconsensually hurt someone.
I rather believe no one than destroy the live of a potential innocent person or a victim of rape til the thing is settled. Also accusing someone on the internet of rape is easy, especially if you were not actually raped. Instead you should give financial and emotional support to the victims.
@@fantuswitt9063 You don't believe them but you want to give them money? On an unrelated note, I have a bridge to sell you.
Going to the police about a rape is a horrible dehumanising experience where it’s unlikely you will get any justice for it but still have to have your whole life put on blast. I have a friend whose partner tried to strangle her to death and after 2 years of being stuck in the court system, despite her having hospital records and pictures of his handprints around her throat he got 6 months in jail. When he was released they simply called her to warn her he was being let out and tell her this is a high risk time for being murdered so she should watch out or go to a friends house, not that they would send out an officer to watch over her just “be careful”. This is what happens in a case where she had clear evidence of his crimes.
I am soooooo relieved you spelled it out, “R-A-P-E” in the video.
TH-cam monetization policies mean virtually no creator will say the word, usually bleeping it or just leaving a beat of silence instead. Same thing with “child rape” and “child sexual assault.” I even saw “domestic violence” bleeped the other day.
I get you guys need the videos monetized, but I feel like I’m being erased. I live on TH-cam, and the very words needed to explain so many things about my life are banned.
Spelling was a perfect workaround (assuming TH-cam hasn’t demonetized that as well)
Genuinely, thank you for caring about this.
i was on here bitching she has to spell it when so many people on yt are getting away with openly hateful rhetoric. can you spell double standard?
Is it really that difficult for people understand that a lot of people who are/were victims of SA do not want to come forward because they may feel shame, guilt, and maybe they need time to process the anxiety, along with all the pain that accompanies that sort of violation?
Victims of SA should never have to feel guilt and shame over what happened. But sadly, that's a consequence of SA/r*pe.
People suffering from bigoted personality disorder have a diminished capacity for empathy.
considering how incapable some of these absolute ghouls seem all but incapable of feeling shame or guilt themselves and delight in the pain of others if they even think those people might be trans/support trans folks... well
I didn't come forward about my SA simply because it was easier to gaslight myself into believing it wasn't SA than for me to believe that I could be repeatedly SAed and SHed in the boy's locker room during school hours and have nobody do anything about it. I literally sat across the aisle from my main assailant doing my high school graduation ceremony and didn't say a word.
Thank you. It takes a long time for the reality to truly settle in. I remember getting phone calls and just wanting them to go away. They also don't understand that the police force encourages you not to take it to court. At 16 years old I had police come to my house when a guardian wasn't present and subtly encouraged not to pursue the case. I was told my mental health diagnoses would be weaponised and I'd be eaten alive in court. I thought back then maybe it was to protect me, but now I'm not too sure.
It’s not about not understanding, it’s that Brand is too important to their twisted cause.
Always the ones you most expect.
This reminds me of an old co-worker that 'knew the allegations of Cosby were false because she had met him and he didn't do anything to her and he was 'pleasant'.' Ignoring all of the other people who DID have something happen to them.
That girl bragging about being 16 and wanting to be picked up by Russell Brand is freaking wild. She's as much of a predator as anyone. But she wants the tigers to eat her face
And how vulgar to those people who have experience assult. She's over here upset she wasn't assaulted, that's absolutely vile. That lady needs mad amounts of therapy
@@Weiner-Worm But of course! After all, she's attractive and talented and such a good and amazing person and deserves to get anything and anyone he- I mean she wants!
You'd think feminists who are drawn into a movement seemingly about protecting women would feel a sense of familirity with this kind of behaviour but I guess not.
@@Weiner-Worm please, i don't know this situation, but it seems you are talking about a child, a child experiencing a paraphilic crush on a celebrity and conflating fantasy and reality. she is not the monster here, but you're probably right that she could benefit from therapy
@@intellectually_lazy Child or no she ought to learn that her actions and thoughts *were* terrible.
No one is a "monster." Everyone "fucks up."
@@intellectually_lazy She said when she was 16. I would agree. If she was a teen, then a crush is normal. But as an adult, wishing a man would have had a relation with you as a teen, that's not normal
"Hoarder of rights".. that's a great way of saying you are obsessed with taking away other's rights! Good self-descriptor, Sarah!
Brand has always been a gross creep with an inflated ego. Even as a cishet dude myself, the guy skeeved me out from the get go.
It's SO GROSS that I got a transphobic ad before this video. Something about how I need to learn the truth and questioning why "they're all doing this!" while showing Gonzo the Muppet admit they'd been a princess at the ball XD like oh no, what a threat, the curly nosed MUPPET
Gd Epoch Times, I've reported their cult-made hateful misinformation ads so many times. TH-cam just cares about that $$$
Was it Epoch Times? They make it impossible for you to block those. You can block Pizza Hut ads no problem, but Epoch Times doesn't show up if you go to the Ad Center and it just let's you "reduce" ads about "TV and movies", but you can't specifically block Epoch's literal hate speech, and they target vids like these on purpose. I have left multiple enraged messages to Google about this, but I'm sure all it achieved was putting a flag on my account if I rock the boat too much more
Yeah there are two that I keep seeing. I didn't get it this time but yeah I have seen it several times
It's so exhausting how none of this is surprising. Believe survivors is important, but in this case it's also just believe what you see and hear from the perpetrator? He bragged about raping women. He constantly harrassed and assaulted women ON CAMERA. But GC people are just completey not concerned with actual reality, at all.
Sometimes, an abuser just seems so obvious that I feel baffled by their defenders. But then I remember my own experiences being denied.
I hate this, "Why didn't it come out before," narrative. It is such bull. It DID come out before, just like Harvey Weinstein. It was an open secret. And men made funny jokes about it on late-night television. Jimmy Carr mentioned it more than once, as did Jo Brand on QI. I'm not even British and I knew. I knew he was a creep before I knew anything else about him. God!
Another entry in my, "fcking REALLY, white women??" file.
Not so much Terfs as GenderKarens.
Like seriously what the fuck did Russell Brand even do to get these people support? What did he expose nothing he just talks like a lunatic all day.
Yeah, I’ve commented this elsewhere. I’d really like to know what these clowns think Russell Brand was “exposing.” I found him slightly interesting when he first started talking into a microphone on TH-cam but it didn’t take long for me to realize he’s just a vapid charlatan. Most of what he says is just superficial, vague “the elites are tricking you” meant to trigger the conspiracy crowd and it apparently works very well and has made him some money. The comments on his videos are absurd, people worshipping him like he’s truly some original deep spiritual thinker who is speaking truths. What a farce. So what has he truly exposed? What earth-shattering revelations has he been at the forefront of uncovering? Nothing.
Thank you for reporting on this Caelan. This is one of the first things that really shocked me about the gender critical movement as a victim myself. Obviously the transphobia was horrible enough, but seeing how these people don't think twice about using very real trauma as a weapon to recruit into their hate movement, all whilst having no actual care for survivors is sickening. It's so simple to see where their priorities lie, and it's upholding a patriarchal system that does not benefit them, whether they realise it or not.
wow this is disturbing. they've gone completely mask off. but i think that's actually good for us in a weird way.
6:39 btw iirc the 16 yo was BEGGED by the TAXI DRIVER not to go in when he saw what house it was. He knew what would happen
Using a fake account for this one. I want to scream every time someone asks "why now? why not sooner?"
[ tw childhood incest ]
I reported my father when I was 12. He'd been doing it since I was AT LEAST 5. When I reported, my mom told me if she couldn't feed me and my siblings, it would be my fault. One of my most trusted friends told his entire Bible study group without my permission and said he thought I was making it up for attention. My church told me I was like an old bandage that had been used too much to create a meaningful bond with someone else. When I told people I wouldn't vote for Joe Biden because of his own sexual assault allegations, I was told I'd be to blame if Trump became president again, despite living in a VERY red state. (really looking forward to going through that again)
This is why we don't say anything. This is why I'm not using my usual account. This is why I can't trust that anyone ACTUALLY cares about me.
Holy fucking hell I hate everything
So that lady in "terf colors" was doing the plot of that Always Sunny episode about the coach? How tasteful.
Thank you for asking for input. I vastly prefer silence or a silly sound effect to bleeps. That popular gag of going on a foul-mouthed tirade and bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeping into oblivion makes me leave a video and not come back.
Also, this is exactly what I imagined was the ultimate outcome of TERFification. It was never about cis women's physical safety. It's just pure bigotry.
"Gender criticals" must truly hate women and children. My heart goes out to the SA victims. ❤️
Given Brand’s history, the claims against him came as no surprise whatsoever. He’s creepy.
There is one common link between Brand and Ghey..
Neither got what they deserve.
We all knew GC’s had a cult-like devotion to the us vs them mentality. It’s just sickening to see it in action.
I guess vile people will stick together
They like the idea as a cover, not policy
Yep
Every time you think it's worse, it's worse than that twice over.
Wait... youtube demonized videos with the word 'Queer'...?
...why?
@@theharlequin3088 Because TH-cam is so dedicated to pandering to bigots that even pointing out bigotry is demonitizable. The only time they demonitize someone with horrible views is when they're getting too obvious about how terrible their views are, and even then they'll be back. Just look at how many times Steven Crowder was demonitized and he still has a huge TH-cam channel.
Has JK thrown in her tuppence? What is it with these "protect women's spaces" people they choose not to believe r allegations.
Not personally, but she's been named as why people don't believe the survivors because the Times also made "false allegations" against her.
Her liking the talisman comment made her cry to Musk to hide the likes so....
"Protect women! Except that ones I don't like!"
@@caelanconrad which is interesting because it was The Daily Mail that spread the """false allegations""" not the Times, and they werent about anything close to what brand has been accused of, they were about her being a bigot (this was 2013. do we still call them false?) The Times actually has repeatedly defended her.
Starting to think all GCers may be projecting. Hm
@@RampalaSuch as disabled, druggies, and colored ones too!
Soon they won't hide it anymore
There are literal black n white text exchanges where Brand admits and apologises for his behaviour. He had a full blown relationship with a 16 year old in his 30s!!! Again, not a secret, not even at the time it was happening. At this point, it's just wilful ignorance. There's no arguing with ppl in their own alternate make-believe reality, where facts no longer matter, and the aim is simply to win, no matter how hypocritical. They're all about ego, humanity gets thrown out the window.
THANK YOU for covering this story. As a survivor of sexual abuse and assault from multiple persecutors my heart aches seeing the way too familiar pain in your eyes as you went through this. You are so brave for standing up for the victims despite how much it drags up all your pain. I’m appalled by what these TERFs are saying but in no way surprised. The more money and fame a man has the more it’s “Everyone is just out to get him! That poor, poor rich and powerful man who, by virtue of his money and power, is naturally in an uneven power dynamic with everyone around him and is statistically more likely to take advantage of this fact than not! We MUST defend him!” It’s even MORE repugnant when these TERFs are sexual assault/abuse survivors themselves and yet can’t even scrape together the barest scrap of empathy from the bottom of the barrel for other survivors. What do they have to lose in believing the accusers? And why does the passage of time between the offenses and the victims coming forward somehow prove they’re all lying? It’s because of the very way these TERFs treat these victims that they wait so long to come forward in the first place! Every time someone calls them a liar they’re violated ALL. OVER. AGAIN. TERFs are just using the label of “feminist” to Trojan horse their sick, antitrans rhetoric and people need to wake the fuck up to it!
3:14 The idea of "predator-radar" is dangerous. Because it makes you think only creepy, smelly guys are predators. When in fact it can just as easily be the self-proclaimed feminist who carries tampons in his bag for his girl-friends. (Spoiler, it was him) I absolutely despise this categorisation of men into "good" and "bad", because no, the men you think are "good" can also be rapists too.
Edit: time stamp to clarify what I am talking about.
It's just apologia by another means imo
You are aware you're on a trans friendly channel, right?
@@roxassora2706Yes...did I say something?
@@TigerPrawn_ The person you're referencing is a trans woman.
@@roxassora2706they were talking about Russell brand (male "feminist" tm) carrying tampons for his girl-friends
I'm running out of strength. More and more, I'm approaching "Humanity was a mistake" levels of nihilism at this point. How can people be so monsterous? How can these people defend a literal rapist?
I just can't take anymore.
eternally grateful for you and the work you've done and continue to do. its huge to deal with and as a survivor also thank you for the respect, empathetic nerve, and comfort you bring, you deserve so much of it in return ❤
It's almost like all of the worst people in the world agree with each other about just about everything and support each other. Funny how that happens.
It's also laughable that she called his work journalism when he's literally just an alt right grifter now
@@BelindaShort yeah there is very little about his job I'd call journalism. He's a performer, his 'news' is about as accurate as the news women on North Korea's State news network. The irony that Brand used to work on Big Brother is not lost on me, now he works for a different kind of Big Brother
The rhetoric from these 'feminists' is such a Gryffinbore, amirite?
I really wanted HP to die but older millennians can't let that go
@@falconeshield I blame scholastic for not pushing animorphs instead
@@AarenbyAnimorphs was always better, too
@@falconeshield "I just really like video games and I've been waiting for this for years, you have no right to tell me how to spend my money, she's already rich anyway, what difference is it gonna make, my personal entertainment choices are equally sacred to your very life and human rights, can't you ever enjoy anything, I never should have supported your kind in the first place you all turned on me!!"
@@falconeshieldI hated Harry Potter back when it was bigger than Jesus and I've never been lore grateful to miss a boat in my life.
“Why now?”
God, where to start?
Most sexual assault victims don’t come forward right away or at all
There has been plenty of evidence of him being a predator before now - Danni Minogue called him a predator who wouldn’t take no for an answer over a decade ago, he was accused of assaulting a masseuse years ago, he was dropped from Comedy Central because he sexually harassed Katharine Ryan
Not to mention the victim blaming reactions show how scary it is to come forward
I am so sorry Caelan, for what little it is worth I believe you. I am sorry you have to keep revisiting these dark places to spread awareness, you and all other people forced to be advocates just because of who they are deserve so much better. I hope to one day live in a world where this can just be a passion, not a necessity. Sending you strength and love
I prefer your language being completely uncensored, but unfortunately TH-cam does not
at this point I'm surprised that they aren't Jimmy Savile apologists.
I was on reddit yesterday and there was one, I expect I'll see more and everytime I'll feel my skin crawl in the same way I did seeing that one, I will say the amount of people calling him out was at least good to see.
I’m new to your channel and I’m so happy I found you. I’ve been a fan of David Tennant for years and since I saw that photo of him with the trans youth ally shirt my respect for him skyrocketed. I’ve since learned just how often he speaks truth to power on his support of the LGBTQIA+ community. My disdain for Brand has been steady and consistent for decades. I’m not surprised I was right about him. Thank you for this conservation and your efforts to speak truth to power. I look forward to more of your content.
Fantastic work on this. Truly gut wrenching stuff to go through.
Thank you for your help! 💕💕💕
Just, wow. I really love your work! Dealing with a friend I just found out is a TERF and it's just weird how much they sound SO much like angry old white men at times
In advance, sorry for the Dostoevskian length.
I am a 52-year-old cisgender male who was fortunate to be raised by a very progressive single mother. She was politically active from her youth and gradually transitioned from non-formalistic Marxism to leftism, and finally, to anarchism. Of course, she was also an organized feminist for decades. Feminism, and particularly radical feminism, has been a part of my upbringing since childhood. Because I was an anarchist (nowadays, I prefer to identify myself as politically autonomous in a broader sense), I have personal experience with feminists and their groups, organizations, and so on. I've witnessed the fluctuations and variations in mentality, theory, and strategy within feminist activism, as they evolved from my vague childhood perspective in the late '70s to the present day. This has given me a deeper understanding of the subject.
I have always supported feminists, believe in their cause, and consider myself a feminist. Most of the feminists I've met in my life have been kind individuals. However, there have always been dogmatic and monolithic feminists who displayed a form of subterranean puritan conservatism, which is the exact opposite of my libertarian perspective. I understand that many of them may have become hardened due to their life experiences or excessively battle-ready, but a smaller portion had a "fundamentalist" approach to their agenda and a reluctance to include anything less focused on women's liberation. Over the years, a not insignificant portion of feminists have become even more mindlessly aggressive towards a wider spectrum of people. This is not unique to feminists; I've observed it happening with anarchist comrades as well.
The rise of the manosphere in the 2000s and the subsequent radicalization of incels (and other misogynistic online subcultures) through alt-right propaganda have taken their toll. The "hippie to Nazi pipeline" has been well known and adequately described since the late '60s and early '70s. Russell Brand is neither the first nor the last "well-being yoga anti-establishment wannabe philosopher and political commentator influencer" who turned to concealed fascism through antivaccination and fascist conspiracy theories. Perhaps he exploits a trend for money, or he's genuinely a political crossover influenced by propaganda, or maybe he was always like that. He and his bitter kind worry me less than the feminists who are deeply entrenched in male sexism, women who have partly internalized some of the "straight white male horny baboon kept in the zoo" narratives.
It saddens me to watch them act in accordance with the most disgusting principles of patriarchy. I also feel disheartened when I hear people who identify as progressives, people who belong to the left or, even worse, to the anti-authoritarian political spectrum, parrot online alt-right propaganda and fake news. A significant number of contemporary feminists display a discouraging lack of empathy by embracing sexism, homophobia, transphobia, racial and social prejudice. They often act as if everything related to gender issues is their domain, as if they are entitled to harshly criticize minorities. And now, they defend Russell as if they've long been members of his indoctrinated online following. It's truly sad.
When I said, some years ago, that GC will defend even a rapist if they are transphobes I pretended to be a little exaggerate... Then, they started supporting people like Lilly Cade so...
Well, Kellie Jay Keen literally said she would stand with the Devil himself, if it meant getting her way when it comes to trans people. And most "TERFs" are no different, whether they admit it publicly like her or not. They are so obsessed with hating trans women, that nothing else matters to them. Their whole lives are consumed by transphobia.
This reminds me so much of the way my mother, who died before GC took off but was a part of the same movement of feminism as these guys, talked about the CSA that she knew happened to her classmates in the 70s. When operation Yew tree (basically a pre curser in the UK to the me too movement about a lot of celebrities committing CSA) happened she talked about how it was was witch hunt because times were different then and the 14 girls really wanted it. She died before I hit puberty and it really makes me worry how she would have acted about my experience with csa
The logic of "This person is innocent of statutory r@pe because I came onto them when I was underage and they turned me down and obviously it's not cus I wasn't HOT enough" has me so sad. There's a kernel of something I can empathize with, but only to the extent that this is literally the same character arc Mac went through in S1E7 of IASIP.
lol that one GC saying your claims don't matter unless you report to the police. Girl, what kind of "feminist" doesn't know the SA conviction rate or about the treatment any accuser faces by the police? What kind of "feminist" thinks SA & R accusations are a conspiracy? S. violence is like, THE big issue actual feminists are focused on, not whether someone's parts match the mind.
As a sidenote, Germaine Greer has a history in Australia. She wrote a book or two about how Indigenous & blak folks here need to just get over racism and the Stolen Generations - the mass, decades-long standard of abducting Indigenous children, interning them in "schools" designed to essentially turn them white, with some connections to then-legal forms of slavery like adoption-for-labor. When Indigenous people were like, girl, what are you doing, she was like no no it's OK I was adopted by [X] mob, at which point [X] mob answered, "we don't know you, you aren't one of us, go away." All of this might not translate to people who aren't in community with Indigenous folks, but the books are obvious racism, the claiming to be part of an Indigenous community without actually being in that community is, in cultural context, BIG TIME racist.
When I saw the headline about Brand, I immediately texted it to my best feminist bestie with the comment “least surprising headline I’ve read in 10 years”, so I guess you’d have to peg me with a presumption of guilt. But i honestly thought, based on my preconception of Brand, it would be some cringey, creepy stuff but not actually violent. Then I read the article. And was sick. My god, GCs, they’re doing this now, they’re doing it to him because the accusations are grave, and people need to know. No one, NO ONE should ever be protected from the consequences of doing stuff like that, no matter who they are.
Susie “Eddie” Izzard never even assaulted me the three times I met her. I was super teenaged and abusable the first time and everything.
So that was super weird to write. It’s true, but freaking weird.
Funny I have met a lot of women born with unexpected bodies. None of them assaulted me as a teenager. Cis men on the other hand….
Carol Marinara is the perfect pseudonym - it’s not quite improbable enough a name to be suspicious, and it’s far to silly to sound made up.
What a beautiful way to say that. Stealing it for my book 😌
It's been a weird progression. Can't quite see how we went from "At least the Taliban knows what a woman is", to "At least Russel Brand knows what a woman is". Great company to be in.