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   Susan Dalgety (dalgetysusan@bird.makeup)'s status on Sunday, 06-Sep-2026 02:35:21 JST Susan Dalgety

   In a 2015 interview Gloria Steinem argued that one of the fundamental problems facing the world is that violence against women and girls is “continuing and accelerating”.
   John Swinney has promised to lead the fight against VAW but only a few months ago his government refused to

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     RadicalCartoons (radicalcartoons@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 06-Sep-2026 02:35:19 JST RadicalCartoons

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     • Julie Bindel
     @dalgetysusan @bindelj I think that more to the point, we should remember that she was a CIA operative, and they never retire.
     The possibility that she was ORDERED to support "trans rights", deliberately to divide the Left in America, should not be ignored.
     It was very noticeable that our equivalent feminist icon, active at the same time, Germaine Green, had no dealings with her. By all accounts, they hardly ever met or spoke, which is odd. And Germaine has been a proud Terf in her old age.
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     Susan Dalgety (dalgetysusan@bird.makeup)'s status on Sunday, 06-Sep-2026 02:35:20 JST Susan Dalgety

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     • Julie Bindel

     And for those angry that late in life Steinem supported trans rights, read this by @bindelj who knew her https://archive.is/FcM9V

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     Susan Dalgety (dalgetysusan@bird.makeup)'s status on Sunday, 06-Sep-2026 02:35:21 JST Susan Dalgety

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     Link to the piece
     https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/how-party-politics-has-allowed-violence-against-women-to-soar-in-scotland-8960057