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Scottish Sun
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Kate Nash is not the brightest spark but GERM song trashing brave JK Rowling for fighting for real women is unforgivable
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THE song 'GERM', by Kate Nash, has gone viral – which is how I came across it on social media. How dare she? The 37-year-old pop musician seems to be obsessed with slamming those feminists she has decided are 'bigots' and 'misogynistic'. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 Kate Nash's song 'GERM' has gone viral for condemning TERFS - specifically J.K. Rowling Credit: Redferns 3 Julie Bindel says the lyrics represent an unforgivable betrayal of the women like Rowling who fought for the rights Nash is now in such a hurry to give away Credit: Getty In the lyrics she states that 'using feminism to erase the rights of others and endanger them is inherently unfeminist'. She is, of course, referring to me and my fellow feminists – the ones sharp enough to have noticed that our rights to single-sex spaces are being eroded, and who have spoken out about the dangers of allowing men to identify as women. She's got some nerve! Apparently, the song is for the 'LGBTQIA+ community' – and her main target is the wonderful J. K. Rowling. READ MORE OPINION PIECES JULIE BINDEL I spent 20 years fighting to prove trans women aren't women - today, we won Nash is such an ardent feminist that she's even persuaded the porn site OnlyFans to fund her tour. She has also referenced female genital mutilation (FGM), dictating to feminists that we should campaign against it instead of wasting our time slagging off trans people. Funny she should mention that, because we already do. One Somalian friend of mine – who's done a lot more to eradicate FGM than Nash has – was piled on by trans activists for using the 'exclusionary term' vagina when she spoke out. These lyrics represent an unforgivable betrayal of the women who fought for the rights Nash is now in such a hurry to give away. Protected by money and fame, she appears to care nothing about women seeking to escape violent men only to discover that women-only support services have been taken over by narcissistic men insisting they are women. Her use and abuse of rape victims – such as Sarah Summers, who is having to sue Brighton council for not providing women-only counselling services – is hateful. Nash talks about how 'cis men' perpetrate most rapes (meaning men that do not identify as women). Julia Hartley-Brewer stands with JK Rowling The truth is 100 per cent of rapes are committed by men – some of whom do pretend to be women. She's clearly not the brightest spark in the plug, but her repeated allusions to the wonderful Rowling throughout do not serve her well. When it was revealed that, across the whole of Scotland there was not a single rape crisis centre that had stuck to the original female-only premise on which they were built, Rowling put her time, money and effort into setting up Beira's place – an amazing support centre for women and girls who have been sexually assaulted. Elsewhere Rowling has established funds to alleviate hardship for women and their children, and to help women who are being discriminated, bullied, and even sacked from their jobs for holding the perfectly reasonable belief that sex is immutable. I'd love to know what Kate Nash has done, other than spend her time promoting porn sites, pouring scorn on feminists and inciting hatred towards those campaigning to end male violence. Where she gets her superiority complex from, I do not know; it's a complete mystery. One thing is clear: she should leave feminism to those of us that know what it actually is.
The Irish Sun
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Kate Nash is not the brightest spark but GERM song trashing brave JK Rowling for fighting for real women is unforgivable
THE song 'GERM', by Kate Nash, has gone viral – which is how I came across it on social media. How dare she? The 37-year-old pop musician seems to be obsessed with slamming those feminists she has decided are 'bigots' and 'misogynistic'. 3 Kate Nash's song 'GERM' has gone viral for condemning TERFS - specifically J.K. Rowling Credit: Redferns 3 Julie Bindel says the lyrics represent an unforgivable betrayal of the women like Rowling who fought for the rights Nash is now in such a hurry to give away Credit: Getty In the lyrics she states that 'using feminism to erase the rights of others and endanger them is inherently unfeminist'. She is, of course, referring to me and my fellow feminists – the ones sharp enough to have noticed that our rights to single-sex spaces are being eroded, and who have spoken out about the dangers of allowing men to identify as women. She's got some nerve! Apparently, the song is for the 'LGBTQIA+ community' – and her main target is the wonderful J. K. Rowling. READ MORE OPINION PIECES She has also referenced female genital mutilation (FGM), dictating to feminists that we should campaign against it instead of wasting our time slagging off trans people. Funny she should mention that, because we already do. One Somalian friend of mine – who's done a lot more to eradicate FGM than Nash has – was piled on by trans activists for using the 'exclusionary term' vagina when she spoke out. These lyrics represent an unforgivable betrayal of the women who fought for the rights Nash is now in such a hurry to give away. Most read in The Sun Protected by money and fame, she appears to care nothing about women seeking to escape violent men only to discover that women-only support services have been taken over by narcissistic men insisting they are women. Her use and abuse of rape victims – such as Sarah Summers, who is having to sue Brighton council for not providing women-only counselling services – is hateful. Nash talks about how 'cis men' perpetrate most rapes (meaning men that do not identify as women). Julia Hartley-Brewer stands with JK Rowling The truth is 100 per cent of rapes are committed by men – some of whom do pretend to be women. She's clearly not the brightest spark in the plug, but her repeated allusions to the wonderful Rowling throughout do not serve her well. When it was revealed that, across the whole of Scotland there was not a single rape crisis centre that had stuck to the original female-only premise on which they were built, Rowling put her time, money and effort into setting up Beira's place – an amazing support centre for women and girls who have been sexually assaulted. Elsewhere Rowling has established funds to alleviate hardship for women and their children, and to help women who are being discriminated, bullied, and even sacked from their jobs for holding the perfectly reasonable belief that sex is immutable. I'd love to know what Kate Nash has done, other than spend her time promoting porn sites, pouring scorn on feminists and inciting hatred towards those campaigning to end male violence. Where she gets her superiority complex from, I do not know; it's a complete mystery. One thing is clear: she should leave feminism to those of us that know what it actually is. 3 'I'd love to know what Kate Nash has done, other than spend her time promoting porn sites, pouring scorn on feminists and inciting hatred towards those campaigning to end male violence,' says Julie Bindel Credit: Collect
Daily Mail
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Police U-turn on refusal to investigate 'historic' trans activists' death threat signs - after realising they happened at the weekend
Police are investigating death threats on placards seen during a protest against the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman. A number of activists were pictured holding signs threatening violence towards 'TERFS' - including disturbing images of people being stabbed and hanged - while taking part in Saturday's protest in Central London. While most held up placards fighting for trans rights, two signs spotted at the rally in Parliament Square showed an illustration of hangman alongside the words 'The only good TERF is a .... TERF'. The term 'TERF' is used to describe people whose views on gender identity are seen as hostile towards transgender people. Meanwhile, another sign showed an image of a man with a bloodied knife stuck in his eye, alongside the caption: 'Are you a... transphobe? Why not try a... D.I.Y. LOBOTOMY.' The Met Police said it was reviewing footage of the protest and vowed to take action if there were signs being displayed that broke the law. But it claimed the images and signs were from 'historic events, did not take place in London, or do not constitute a criminal offence'. The force has since changed its stance after the Telegraph reportedly presented it with evidence that the signs were present during the protest on Saturday. A third graphic sign read: 'Trans women are women. Trans men are men. If you don't like that, go s*** somewhere else.' Examples on the sign of where to do that included 'on a pile of Harry Potter books' or 'on the head of another TERF'. Protestors also targeted a number of statues in the capital. The Metropolitan Police said they were investigating the incidents as criminal damage after the statues were daubed with graffiti. Notably, a statue of the suffragette Millicent Fawcett was defaced with a banner reading 'F** rights'. Millicent Fawcett was a pioneer for women's rights and led the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and advocated for women's rights through peaceful, non-violent methods, including lobbying and public speaking. Other defaced statues included those of Jan Christian Smuts, Nelson Mandela, Sir Robert Peel, Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Derby and Viscount Palmerston. Parliament square is home to 12 statues of political figures including Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and Mahatma Gandhi. Officers are currently searching through CCTV footage from the surrounding area to find the culprits and are appealing to anyone who may have been in attendance with information, footage or pictures to come forward by calling 101 quoting 01/7396927/25. Chief Superintendent, Stuart Bell, who led the policing operation for the protest, said: 'Criminal damage and vandalism like this has no place on the streets of London and spoils the area for locals and those visiting. 'While the police support the public's right to protest, criminality like this is senseless and unacceptable. We are pursuing this and will take action against those responsible. 'Working with the Greater London Authority (GLA) plans are underway to remove the graffiti but this requires specialist equipment and we are confident this will be done shortly. 'We are keen to speak to those who saw anything on the day and urge anyone with information, pictures or footage to come forward.' The protest came days after the UK Supreme Court ruled that the definition of a woman is based on biological sex, meaning transgender women are no longer considered women in the eyes of the law. The ruling means trans women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) could potentially be excluded from single-sex spaces if 'proportionate'.
