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Amanda
@englishchick
Londoner. Barrister. Immigration & public law. "I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves." "If Not Me, Who? If Not Now, When?"
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    Amanda
    @englishchick
    Jun 9, 2020
    Replying to @ratfromhalo3 @JohnSkelton and 4 others
    It's weird. My "aggressive beardy bloke" bingo card gets filled up so fast: 1. Targets women ✅ 2. Police's women's likes and or tone ✅ 3. Swears at women ✅ 4. Uses slurs at women ✅ 5. Random anime ✅ 6. Aggressive ✅ 7. Tells women what to think ✅ 8. self-righteous ✅
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    Amanda
    @englishchick
    Aug 17, 2023
    Ridiculously proud of my 18 year old son, who got his A level results today, & his university offer confirmed. He'll be reading History at Cambridge. Many thanks to @jk_rowling - her Harry Potter books persuaded dyslexic 9 yr old that reading wasn't just parental torture.
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    Amanda
    @englishchick
    Jun 14, 2021
    “Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved no enemies, practiced no cruelties. Its battles have been for education, for the vote, for better working conditions, for safety in the streets, for child care, .... 1/2
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    Amanda
    @englishchick
    May 10, 2023
    That thing that never happens, happened again.
    Lexi-Rose Crawford arriving at court
    Bristol transgender woman jailed for rape
    From bbc.com
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    Amanda
    @englishchick
    Mar 24, 2023
    Replying to @ask_aubry
    They moved to an entirely different place because of his job. They work the same hours. And he thinks it's reasonable he doesn't even know where the hoover is and washes up once a week? The 1950s called, they want their man back.
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    Amanda
    @englishchick
    Apr 7, 2022
    This is horrifying beyond belief - the twitter thead of Dr. M Webberley's disciplinary tribunal. A 22 yr old woman who had multiple suicide attempts, incl within the past few weeks, had history of hearing voices and external commands on behaviour... 1/4
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    Apr 7, 2022
    Getting started now. Chair: new documents introduced, an email chain of specific dates and revised patient chronology. SJ: Can I deal with those. In terms of the email thread, can I take the tribunal to the email from MW: it goes to the origin,
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    Amanda
    @englishchick
    May 6, 2022
    Replying to @jk_rowling
    Hang on, does this mean women are co-ordinating and organising? Last month lunches, now politics. Hell in a handbasket.
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    Amanda
    @englishchick
    Jun 30, 2022
    There's mansplaining, super-mansplaining, and lastly there's telling @Martina Navratilova about Wimbledon.....
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    Amanda
    @englishchick
    Dec 6, 2020
    I have questions. 1. Are officers supposed to point weapons for the lolz? 2. Is this an appropriate image? 3. Did nobody think this image was scary? 4. Police image as grinning, threatening lunatics? 5. "Was, in fact, female" 🤦‍♀️ 6. Have you totally lost the plot?
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    Amanda
    @englishchick
    Jun 14, 2021
    Replying to @englishchick
    ... for social welfare, for rape crisis centres, women's refuges, reforms in the law. If someone says, 'Oh, I'm not a feminist', I ask, 'Why? What's your problem?” Dale Spender 2/2
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    Amanda
    @englishchick
    Jan 22, 2023
    Replying to @jk_rowling
    The whole "more of a woman" thing is just weird. It's not a competitive scale. One person doesn't get 8/10 grades and another 5/10. A female baby who survives to adulthood is a woman.
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    Amanda
    @englishchick
    Jul 31, 2019
    Replying to @Lady_Lazarus7
    How is a mother in a dress a better mother than an identical one (or the same mother on a different day) wearing trousers? I'm wearing a dress today. Will I be a worse mother on a beach in Devon next month wearing a wetsuit?
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    Amanda
    @englishchick
    Mar 21, 2022
    Replying to @ElunedAnderson
    Unwise of them to put their overt, direct discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 in writing, innit?
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    Amanda
    @englishchick
    Nov 7, 2019
    What are potential conflicts between trans & single-sex rights? There are trans rights which don't cause conflict. Time off work for relevant medical appts, treatment, etc. The protections against discrimination & harassment. The right to be able to rent a flat, or similar. 1/8