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Thank You for taking the time, Ma’am. Always enjoy it.

A ray of light at the end of the tunnel? Maybe Sturgeon will fall. -TQIA+ member shown for what she is. People realizing that a trans woman is a man.

But then that Hancock book. Advertising self-harm and what-all? No wonder kids are mixed up like they are. And that article by the anonymous schoolgirl. Sad. But she says “gay” and “lesbian” are now insults?

I could only smh at that about the sensitivity readers. I would like to meet the Indian who was offended by the word “scalpel.” Because it’s similar to “scalp.” Is there some Indian who is so stupid? Or just the sensitivity reader. And the author who went along with it. But, then again, they explain an author’s need to get the stamp of approval from a sensitivity reader. Let’s everyone know the author is a moral person. <puke>

OTOH (On The Other Hand), I wish there were more like the Chancellor of Oxford. Saying it like it is. “Intellectual Safe Space” is an oxymoron. Indeed.

And that thing about the “Waiting for Godot” play. Like the (female) producer said, the team as a whole was primarily women and included representatives of near all “marginalized groups.” But that wasn’t good enough. The *rigidity* of these Woke people never ceases to amaze me.

All that to say… All-star cast of interesting articles. Always enlightening, Michelle. Thank You again, and still keeping fingers crossed.

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Front page of the Sunday Times is about Hannah Barnes' expose on the Tavistock. This is an archived version: https://archive.ph/bh8vJ

It also made the front cover of the Sunday Times magazine and the leader.

Sturgeon might fall. She was supposed to unassailable in the autumn. She has until mid April to challenge the Sec 35 -- apparently she is waiting for the fury to die down before she does it.

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That was a *great* article, Michelle. Very thorough. And the big pubs wouldn't publish her book? Wonder why? “Interestingly, there were no negative responses to the proposal. They just said, ‘We couldn’t get it past our junior members of staff.’ ” <puke>

And that same woman, Carmichael, is still head of Tavistock GIDS. Wonder if there will ever be any repercussions.

The three individual stories at the end, from the book, were also interesting sides of the story. Can't thank You enough, Ma'am.

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I thought you would find it interesting.

There is a lot of cowardice and kowtowing to junior staff. Swift Press is determined not to.

One can only hope for repercussions in a major way for Dr Polly and the former head of Mermaids who has just joined Gender GP, the private gender clinic where the two founders were struck off for harming children.

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TY for writing. Yeah. Dr. Polly and Mermaids.

I remember those two who were struck off. Just the place for what's-her-name from Mermaids to slither off to.

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