Cutting through the verbal diarrhoea of trans/woke activists.

I was only slightly across the furore over an Irish arts festival called Féile an Phobail, who cancelled Women’s Rights Network Northern Ireland (WRN NI) from their festival in Belfast. Then the issue got kinda big on social media, so I paid more attention.

Women’s Rights Network UK describe themselves as “a network of women from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland who promote the human rights of women and girls.” They believe that men can’t become women, and vice versa – just like most of the world.

WRN NI had been accepted by Féile to hold a panel discussion, titled Respect, Rights and Reality at the festival, which included a speaker from Sex Matters UK. I’m picking that Féile must have then got complaints from transactivists about this, so like all arts wokesters who dance to the tune of transactivists, Féile dutifully cancelled WRN NI. They issued a statement on social media which said “Féile an Phobail was unaware from the initial submission that this event would promote campaigns against rights for the transgender community.“ WRN NI said it was made clear to the festival organisers that it was about women’s sex-based rights.

Of course, we know the so-called ‘trans rights’ Féile were anxious to protect are really nothing more than ‘trans wants’.

Cue a big kerfuffle. JK Rowling offered to fund WRN NI for legal action against Féile an Phobail, which they didn’t take up, choosing to fund it themselves instead. Sex Matters UK waded in saying that WRN NI were being discriminated against. Initial talks between Féile and WRN NI broke down, but an agreement was later reached between them for the panel discussion to go ahead at an alternative venue, and WRN NI withdrew their legal challenge. ¹

Added to that, an Irish journo called Allison Morris wrote an opinion piece about the kerfuffle titled Women’s rights are at risk — just not from a tiny trans minority, which basically said every stupid thing we’ve ever heard said about men who say they’re women being no risk to women and girls. Both she and Helen Joyce from Sex Matters UK were invited onto BBC Radio Ulster to discuss the matter of Féile cancelling WRN NI.

Allison Morris is apparently a very good advocate for women’s rights, but on the subject of men who say they’re women in this interview with Helen Joyce, the verbal diarrhoea was truly something else. Helen held her own, as she’s very good at doing, but even she had trouble stopping the cascade of BS that flowed at an incredulous rate from Allison’s mouth.

Afterwards, American woman Mary Jane Murphy - writer of Breaking the Spell, which breaks down the manipulation tactics used in language – analysed this car crash of an interview. It’s super educational in showing us all the mind-messing manoeuvres Allison uses in her pro-trans zealotry. A great listen, and extremely helpful for future use, wherever you might live.

¹Women’s organisation withdraw legal challenge over cancelled Féile event