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[–]linda_senora 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

That must have cost a lot of money!

I like the fact he keeps getting away with this and, hopefully, pissing TRAs and some trans people off.

[–]BEB[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

The tweeter, Chris Elston, who seems to be behind this billboard, has pissed off some GC feminists, but he gets things done. He reminds me a bit of ACT UP, the gay group that would pull outrageous stunts to bring attention to the AIDs pandemic.

And that's what we need now, IMO - we need to do very visual, in-your-face things to wake people up. Especially given that most people are actually on our side, but are only just starting to wake up.

2nd Wave feminists also got things done; we desperately need more women now to be like them and this guy.

[–]linda_senora 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I know the guy (as in, I know he is responsible for the I Heart JK Rowling somewhere in Canada and in the US), I remember a few GCs on Twitter were quite vocal about Elston and some were accusing him of doing unsavory shit to some women.

I don't recall the details, though.

He does get shit done. I hope he continues pissing TRAs for as long as he can.

[–]akkordeonplayer 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

He was going off on weird rants and banning any women who claimed to be "feminists". It was really weird. This was back in October, I think.

[–]BEB[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I hate to say it, but in my experiences in activism, some of the most fervent, and sometimes the most effective in terms of publicity, are a bit "off."

[–]akkordeonplayer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The thought occurred to me he was doing this on purpose in order to obtain donations from someone who had a problem with the "f" in "t e r f".

[–]BEB[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I don't know anything about him beyond his publicity stunts, and then rumblings that GC women were mad at him. He does have at least one female child so maybe that's his primary motivation - not feminism per se, but just keeping his child safe and giving her the same advantages males receive?

[–]akkordeonplayer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I imagine some of the men who are fighting gender ideology might find any association with "feminism" or self-proclaimed feminists as problematic in terms of their strategy. People like Chris might not get the monetary donations from anti-gender-ideology techie dude bros and other rich men if they see some kind of "feminism" behind the resistance. Some people will literally shut their ears off if they smell a whiff of "feminism" when it comes to arguing against gender extremism, which might be part of the reason people aren't listening to arguments against it in general. If that was the reason he was culling his twitter feed, I wish he had done it in a different way.

[–]BEB[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have no idea what's up with Chris, because I wasn't paying attention - I just see his tweets if someone links to them. He might be the go-it-alone, my-way-or-the-highway type.

My point is that ACT UP was very successful by pulling publicity stunts, and Chris is doing just that, so 1) good and 2) as many of us who can, need to also start making NOISE.

Everyone - Call a politician. Put up a yard sign. Talk to your book, gardening, gaming club. DO SOMETHING.