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To clarify, the pictured poster Caroline Kwan is an ally, not a TERF. The TERFs referred to in the title are the ones ‘protecting a very specific idea of what a woman is’

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (13 children)

I'm so stoked for the future of women rugby. Partially, because it's a very inclusive sport and it inherits a lot from its lore and ethos - with only a few years left until a woman will referee a high profile test game. And partially, because I want to see the same ferocious generic selection applied to female athletes.

Anyways, give it a go - some really good footy. If you're absolutely unaware of it, look up highlights of Portia Woodman.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Inclusive? World Rugby is famously transphobic and exclusionary when it comes to women's rugby...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Not that it's necessarily a reflection on them today, but rugby union was also one of the last major sports to ban apartheid South Africa. Athletics banned them by '70, cricket tours were being called off from '70, soccer suspended them all the way back in '61, and they weren't allowed in the Olympics from '64. But they were still doing official international rugby union tours as late as '84.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

The Italian just got skill issue'd and conservatives were attracted to it like my cat to a nice steak.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean by "TERFs"? Caroline Kwan is a leftist, not a TERF.

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