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[–]Anna_Nym 41 insightful - 1 fun41 insightful - 0 fun42 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What types of coordinated movements are there to support women in situations like these? My children read these books. I very much doubt TRAs and Furries are significant percentages of the actual book-buying audience.

Women should never be fired or harassed for stating our personal truths of our experiences and identities. I am very pro-choice, but I cannot imagine calling for a woman to be fired for expressing an anti-abortion view. I would never call for a woman to be fired even for saying something like women are essentially nurturing beings who are happiest staying home with children--even though that's not just something I disagree with but something that reinforces patriarchy. Because I believe women have a right to have beliefs about our lives.

It is terrifying to me that amount of people--including other women--who don't believe this.

[–]madderthanhell 28 insightful - 1 fun28 insightful - 0 fun29 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What types of coordinated movements are there to support women in situations like these

As a community we need to develop a clear set of strategies for collective action when cases like this come to our attention, e.g. circulate a report along with contacts of the employer and encourage GC members to send messages denouncing the firing; make reports to media (cultivate media contacts); encourage consumer boycotts of the companies involved (whilst encouraging consumer support for the work of the writer herself); crowdfund to assist the woman whose livelihood TRAs have attacked