”Jackline Ngonyani said any MPs found not to have been circumcised should be required to undergo the procedure.”

Read more at The BBC.

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Sargon of Akaad has released two interesting videos in the last week regarding the ongoing spat between trans-exclusionary radical feminists and intersectional feminists – and particularly the propensity of the latter to invoke state power to protect their ideology.

In ‘Britain’s Political Police’ (17:06), the case of Margaret Nelson (74) is discussed. As a TERF, she has been blogging about her belief in the immutability of sex and this offended some trans activists who contacted the police. Despite being fully aware that Nelson had behaved lawfully, Suffolk police nevertheless contacted her with a view to intimidating her into toning down her rhetoric. Sargon astutely notes how this is antagonistic to the police’s fundamental basis of “policing by consent”.

‘The Intersectional Police Arrest a TERF’ (16:11) documents Stephanie Hayden’s (trans activist) latest target – Kate Scottow, who has been charged with malicious communications for deadnaming Hayden and using masculine pronouns to refer to her. The video also contains commentary on the response of the prison system to trans inmates and an update on the Margaret Nelson story.

Bleak times for free speech.

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In response to the death of Albert Finney, Brendan O’Neill has written an excellent, insightful piece for Spiked!.

O’Neill celebrates Finney’s work and his ground breaking persona – and also notes the demise of the legacy of the egalitarian 1960s:

“Fast forward to 2019 and the world could not be more different. Anger, especially among young working-class males, is no longer culturally celebrated – it is treated, extinguished, referred for anger-management therapy. White working-class men are the bête noire of the liberal elite. Respectable society looks upon modern-day Arthur Seatons – cocky young blokes with ill-advised vices – as the scourge of the nation. Poorer kids are no longer challenged in schools – they’re bombarded with ideological guff about respect and diversity and lowering your own expectations in order to avoid ‘stress’.”

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A despicable act of vandalism.

Air Vice-Marshal David Murray, the [RAF Benevolent fund] charity’s chief executive, said: “I feel sickened at the lack of respect and the lack of dignity shown by these people. Do they not know what this represents? Do they not know how important this is to many veterans in this country? People gave their lives for this country and the complete disrespect shown by these people sickens me.“

Read more in The Telegraph.

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Ilana Merca writes: “violence-against-women surveys are based on inflated numbers nobody questions, numbers the advocates bandy about and the politicians rely on when drafting policy and plumping for resources” in WND.

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Marketing Week reports that more people in the U.K. have been hearing negative than positive things about Gillette and that “purchase metrics have started to shift downwards”. According to Marketing Week, whilst that should be of concern to the brand, it is unclear whether it will translate into either profits or losses.

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Interesting analysis of the Gillette ad’ by Jonathan Kay in Quillette. Without taking a particular moral stance on the content, he compares it to a 1960’s advert for ‘women’s cigarettes’ and notes that while the trend back then was to support women’s liberation, now it’s trendy to hector men. He also predicts no real damage to Gillette’s business as a result of their campaign, I hope he’s wrong – but I fear he may well be right.

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Our thanks to Daniel for this random factoid! Apparently, it’s not a novel observation in written communication but there is dispute over whether it more commonly indicates excitability and emotionality or simple friendliness. But, women beware! Too many exclamation marks can be interpreted as unprofessional, especially when they come from women.

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Video (6:54) presenting what an equivalent short film that Gillette could target women with might look like.

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Brave and beautiful actress, Jameela Jamil conducted a Twitter rant against an Avon advertising campaign that she felt was disrespectful to women. Avon have removed all offending messaging from their marketing in response. Couldn’t possibly “body shame” women.

Meanwhile Gillette are only replying to Tweets in support of their genuinely appalling short film. Nobody worth interacting with could possibly object to demonising men, right?

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