Just gonna say that I think there’s going to come a point where we view the way alcohol has been mass-marketed to women over the past few decades in the same way we view cigarette advertising in the 50s.

Think about how many times you say wine is the solution. It’s not.

(You know what is the solution to everything by the way? Justice.)
(Also: 156 days here.)
For everyone responding defensively: 1) that’s a sign to do some self-examination; 2) when you’re hungover all the time you’re not operating a full capacity; 3) patriarchy likes us numb because it keeps us quiet.
https://t.co/iMd11oxP36
From 2012

https://t.co/Wpm75x2V70
It’s been thoroughly researched to make us more sensitive to the advertising.

https://t.co/lg0ERF2FSF
I mean for fucks sake.

https://t.co/GiX5sutOoZ
https://t.co/6io0KCF3KJ
Also, everyone should read this article by @KristiCCoulter, particularly if your response to this is something along the lines of “don’t tag me with this, Elizabeth.”

Open your mind.

https://t.co/RbBO2bkISD
Ok, last point of the am. You don’t have to be an alcoholic to quit. You don’t have to be dependent to see that alcohol numbs you and denies you your full expression & the capacity to have complete clarity.

It is a SOCIAL JUSTICE issue.

Tagging @chrissyteigen. Welcome, sister.
Oh look what just hit my timeline 22 minutes ago. https://t.co/Qg0cj0jIEs
https://t.co/RkYVjjIjPQ

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Two things can be true at once:
1. There is an issue with hostility some academics have faced on some issues
2. Another academic who himself uses threats of legal action to bully colleagues into silence is not a good faith champion of the free speech cause


I have kept quiet about Matthew's recent outpourings on here but as my estwhile co-author has now seen fit to portray me as an enabler of oppression I think I have a right to reply. So I will.

I consider Matthew to be a colleague and a friend, and we had a longstanding agreement not to engage in disputes on twitter. I disagree with much in the article @UOzkirimli wrote on his research in @openDemocracy but I strongly support his right to express such critical views

I therefore find it outrageous that Matthew saw fit to bully @openDemocracy with legal threats, seeking it seems to stifle criticism of his own work. Such behaviour is simply wrong, and completely inconsistent with an academic commitment to free speech.

I am not embroiling myself in the various other cases Matt lists because, unlike him, I think attention to the detail matters and I don't have time to research each of these cases in detail.

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