A Guardian article by Jonathan Liew on Parkrun, and the right-wing army "trying to restrict the access of trans people to sport".
And a response:
Your previous remarks leave no room for mystery about your own special interest in this subject. Like many ‘progressive’ misogynists, you seem delighted to have found an acceptable outlet for your disdain for women’s and girls’ sport. We see you, Jonathan. pic.twitter.com/2H8IfuWDnH
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) February 14, 2024
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See also, Victoria Smith:
Why do feminists waste time fussing about nonsense such as Parkrun? That’s been the question on many people’s lips, ever since the organisers removed speed records from their website. Last week’s decision has widely been seen as a response to female athletes such as Mara Yamauchi and Sharron Davies protesting the practice of allowing male runners to compete in the female category. Honestly, ladies! It’s just a fun run! Except when male people want to select the “female” drop-down! Then it’s a matter of life or death!
Removing the records upset some men, which was bad, because sport is really important to men. The original protest, on the other hand, was stupid. Haven’t women got better things to worry about than running? Like FGM, global femicide and making sandwiches? …
Mick Hartley 
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