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The American dictionary in the vanguard of progressivism, Merriam-Webster, seems to have deleted this tweet after it was hijacked by gender nazis. Some truly awful people were replying that the definition for Woman is “Adult human female”. This was understandably an uncomfortable situation for the progressive dictionary, which has form in editing definitions to suit the current trend. Although speaking of dictionary definitions, it’s disappointing that the Oxford English Dictionary is still using an outdated definition for the word “diversity”, defining it as “The quality, condition, or fact of being diverse or different”, rather than what it now means, which is either a group of black people or a group of women. Thankfully the Speaker of the House of Commons used it correctly when he hailed the “the most diverse line-up of Deputy Speakers”, which was “all-female”.
Vanishing trans rights
HG Well’s The Invisible Man is the story of someone who undergoes a secret experiment that makes him invisible to normal people. When I first watched the film in 1933, it reminded me of how the Conservatives tried to erase trans folk by banning puberty blockers last month. That’s why I think the person caught painting over a trans flag in Forest Gate Railway Station is actually a transgender activist making an important and artistic point about rights, despite the fact that the police think it’s a gammon who didn’t want to get recognised on CCTV. I was literally shaking with fear and anger when Newham police said they were looking for a “man”, despite the fact that even if we could see his/her/xi’s face, we should not be assuming gender.
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Mrs. Mohammed to the mountain
The BBC has outdone itself, with a program called “Outsiders” in which they follow the “Wanderlust” group of female Muslim hikers and ask “Is there anything stopping Muslim women from Hiking?” Whilst I must admit there are no actual laws stopping Muslim women doing things without a man’s permission in Britain (But if Muslims want to copy Saudi Arabia’s laws then I totally support that) one hijab-clad lass rails at the injustice that her chosen recreation is “just not normal” but sadly spoils the narrative a bit by adding “in our community”. Despite this unfortunate mis-speak, we get back to the true culprit: white British men. Amira from Bolton who wears a niqāb, criticises the “media news flashes” which present people like her as an “oppressed woman”. “Wearing the hijab and niqab is freedom” she tells the BBC, who stop to film her stopping a ginger bloke halfway up a mountain with the loaded question: “Have you met many diverse groups when you’ve been hiking?”. He survives the encounter by quickly saying that he saw some muslim brothers in a cave once, but would it have killed him to say a quick “Allahu Akbar”? One of the Wanderlust group says: “We can diverse[sify] the mountains”, and if that means having uncomfortable conversations about race with people who are just trying to scale Scafell Pike, then so be it. It’s the reason I pay the licence fee.
Bright idea
Speaking of the International Broadcaster [surely National Broadcaster? – ed], have you ever wondered why the BBC manages to pick so many diverse guests? The answer is in glowing lights. NEON, the “New Economy Organisers Network” says its job is to “help social justice movements win”. The bright sparks at the BBC use the organisation to find some of their talking heads, which is why so many beautiful transwomen keep popping up on our screens to talk about the CULT (Campaign for Underappreciated or Lactating Transwomen) or even brought on to talk about normal things that are nothing to do with the CULT. When people see transwomen talking about a normal thing like a bicycle lane, the subliminal association going on in the heads of the watching gammons is, – “Hey, there’s a transwoman talking about a normal thing. Maybe transwomen are normal too?” It’s such a clever and complicated idea, you probably don’t even understand what’s going on.
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