Catchup

[rozk]

I deliberately didn't post on Tuesday, because Julie Bindel attended the screening of Regretters, the Swedish documentary in which two detransitioners interview each other,and the panel afterwards, which I was on. I think it likely that she will post a piece at some point which we are going to have to rebut, especially if she misrepresents anything Christina and I said, so all I will say is that 1. it was very moving 2. the way that they interviewed each other meant that no-one was putting words into their mouths and 3. it was terribly intelligent programming to couple it with the short Latecomers which made the point that some people regret not transitioning when young and leaving it to a time when their adult commitments are time-expired.

As Christina said, everyone has their journey...

On Wednesday, I did my reading at Middlesex University, and it went well, in spite of having to go on immediately after Moazzam Begg talking about being shipped off to Guantanamo. I did the Keats/Alien poem first simply because it is so intense and that worked - I did some Heine, some Sappho, Stonewall, a chunk of the novel and ended with Theroigne de Mericourt because that does seem to be a good showstopping finale...

The thirty or so people there seem to have loved me.

I'm tired now - so I will post tomorrow about the programmes of shorts and the film about trans in Iran...

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Oppress her! Don't make me laugh...

[jessie-c.livejournal.com]

It's just like you to change the goalposts isn't it, Julie? When you can't win you change the rules. Yes, I said oppress and I mean oppress. You with your cis privilege and your audience have been calling for our total eradication. Don't tell me you don't know this is oppression. Even for you that lie would be far too blatant.

For someone who claims to be a feminist, your actions have been extremely anti-feminist around this entire issue. But of course you're going to ignore this because you haven't got a satisfactory answer.