Modern Times
Update 940. Ok To Be Gay Special. #BeMorePorcupine.
My feline assistant and me have finally (mainly) caught up with the backlog but this will be a long one, dear readers. My assistant is now recovering from the effort:
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Onwards with the Dusty,Nicola, Moodie and Rex Film Series 😀 Please keep the suggestions for films coming in but please check the list first which I am updating as we go along. Please send suggestions in the comments here at this link:
https://dustymasterson.substack.com/p/empire-of-light-dustys-film-series
Modern Times is a 1936 American film produced, scored, co-edited, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. In Chaplin's last performance as the iconic Little Tramp, his character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialised world.
During the Great Depression, The Tramp works on an assembly line, where he suffers greatly due to the stress and pace of the repetitive work. He eventually suffers a nervous breakdown and runs amok, getting stuck within a machine and throwing the factory into chaos; he is then sent to the hospital. Following his recovery, the now-unemployed Tramp is mistaken as the leader of a communist demonstration and arrested.
Thanks to three wonderful readers for suggested pieces.
Some of the linked pieces below may be behind a paywall.
UK - The Conversion Practices Bill - It’s OK To Be Gay!!
We have, of course, been covering this terrible piece of legislation in detail. LGB Alliance are organising a lobby of Parliament and as a (straight) member of LGBA I intend to be there. Let us know if you are coming.
It’s OK to be Gay – Mass Lobby in Parliament
On 1 September, LGB Alliance supporters from across the country will gather in Westminster to urge their MPs to reject homophobic Conversion Practices legislation.
Together we will tell MPs that there are already laws in place to protect people from abusive, coercive, threatening or violent practices designed to change their sexuality. We will make it clear that the ONLY purpose of new legislation is to punish, and potentially criminalise, parents and childcare professionals who refuse to affirm a child’s contention that they are ‘trans’ or have been ‘born in the wrong body’.
We will show that this is legislation that will harm young gay and bi people disproportionately. Too many young people have already been persuaded that their same-sex attraction means there is something wrong with them that needs to be treated with drugs or surgery.
Join us in Westminster to protect the next generation of LGB people from the horrors of gender identity ideology. Please help us to say, It’s OK To Be Gay and ask that the government rejects legislation that makes it harder for parents and professionals to say so.
You’ll find everything you need to know on our Conversion Practices Campaign page. Please sign up to join our action today.
We receive no government grants or funding and rely on our supporters to fund our vital work. We would be extremely grateful if you were able to help us to have more impact and be more effective by making a donation if you can.
Meanwhile Ronni Nicole on X reports:
“SNP’s £230,000 ‘conversion therapy’ helpline took only four calls
LGBT charity received taxpayers’ money to operate what may be ‘Scotland’s most expensive helpline’ — only to answer four calls in three months
LGBT Health and Wellbeing criticised for its definition of conversion therapy”
Times
archive.today/wYKza
https://x.com/RonniNicole1/status/2086200165635928425
UK - Yes, she really is an MP!!
Labour MP Samantha Niblett is known as the ‘Summer of Sex’ MP:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce970rkk9r3o
Summer of W***ing more like 😀
Now she has stated that the Supreme Court judgment in the For Women Scotland case should be defied. Is that misfeasance in public office?? Misfeasance, Samantha. Yes, go and look it up!
Personally, I think stuff like this should be preserved in a Museum of Female Treachery so that schoolgirls of the future can watch in horror, then offer up a silent prayer of thanks for their rebellious, thoroughly TERFy great-grandmothers.
https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/2085588726772543631
This Never Happens - England
‘Trantifa’ always say about how hateful the Terfs are and how there is a genocide ( anyone spotted the genocide, yet?) and then they say that the Terfs are witches and should be burned at the stake. Toxic debate, eh? Yeh, they are toxic and we debate!
https://ykright.substack.com/p/burn-the-terfs
Woman’s Hour - Episode 100
Congratulations to Kara on getting to Episode 100. If I am looking for Terfy news from the States my first port of call is Kara. Thanks, Kara! Here are some appreciations:
https://karadansky.substack.com/p/listen-to-womans-hour-the-terf-report-841
The States - The Sophie Point!
Let’s try and get the story straight here especially since I am ending up in a minority opinion about what has happened. On 26 June Indiana Fever who wonderful Sophie Cunningham plays for played Phoenix Mercury and Sophie was fouled by a Phoenix player. Her pointing determinedly at that (female) player went viral. Shortly afterwards some of the American Terfs picked up on Sophie previously, in February, saying that men should not play in the women’s game. So all hell broke loose and Sophie was hailed as a kind of Terf Queen. This is despite the fact that the pointing incident was about another female player on the other team. Indeed I was confused when this all broke loose, thinking that the other player must have been a man - no, it was a woman!
You may be amazed to know this but, albeit that Puss and me are independent journalists, we take our commitment to the truth very seriously. So, we pursued the truth. US Terfs started turning up at Indiana Fever games to support Sophie. At the next game, some brave teenagers held a sign supporting Sophie and were berated by a senior coach from the other team and by others. Obviously, well done those girls! I appreciate that Sophie could do with support after she recently doubled down on her original statement by saying, “I said what I said.”
Menno has interviewed Jennifer Sey and Amy Sousa.
But….there are no men in women’s basketball at the moment. Is this the hill we are going to die on? Maybe some good publicity is worthwhile? ALL THOUGHTS GRATEFULLY RECEIVED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DISAGREE WITH ME - EVERYONE ON MENNO’S COMMENTS HAS DONE SO!
So here is the back and forth between Menno and me:
Dusty:
Thanks for a very interesting video , Menno and, as you know from my (polite) comments in the chat I am taking a somewhat different angle on this:
1. Well done , Sophie C for( last February in fact) saying that men should get out of women's sports. That is very important coming from such a star player;
2. As far as I can make out ( correct me if I am wrong) there are no men in women's basketball in the States;
3. Since the finger pointing incident ( which, as far as I can find out, had nothing to do with 'Trans issues'), some of the American Terfs ( who I think are great) have been turning up at games involving Indiana Fever ( Sophie's team) and demonstrating:
4. Sophie has been a Terf ( if she is one?) for one wet week;
5. Why not turn up at women's sport's events where larping boys or men are taking part?
That's my point.
Menno:
Hi Dusty! I wouldn’t even call Sophie a ‘TERF’ as she hasn’t commented on any of the other issues (prisons, paediatric medical interventions, etc) or even talked about the nature of ‘trans’ or the use of language etc. You’re right, the finger pointing had nothing to do with it. What’s extraordinary about this firestorm around her though is that she is an active professional basketball player and the way the story has blown up. So the reason Amy, Jennifer and others are jumping on this is to create visibility for the wider issue of males in female sports. It is a huge opportunity and generating many more column inches / much more screen time than protesting against eg AB Hernandez winning yet another title (although it’s not a case of choosing one over the other). So it’s about seizing the moment and putting this issue firmly on the map, which I think is what’s happening.
I responded:
Hi Menno those are good points though I think fence sitters and those ignorant of the issues who are watching this will start asking 'why are you targeting women's basketball' . Isn't it a bit like a bunch of Terfs doing a demo at every Ricky Gervais show? it has also already drawn attention from a larping male basketball player who plays in the women's game in France who has said he might apply to the WNBA! Plus I understand that Sophie has recently said she wants to get back to basketball which may be a strong hint that she has had enough of a bunch of Terfs doing a demo at every Indiana Fever game. I say all this while paying tribute to Amy Sousa, Jennifer Sey and Kara Dansky for their great Terf work in general.
Menno responded:
Morning! No, I don’t think it’s the same as TERFs doing a demo outside a Ricky Gervais show - unless he’d suddenly go viral for saying something about these things again and all the media’s attention would be on him. (Although there is a difference: they wouldn’t do it to support Ricky as a ‘newbie’ sticking his head above the parapet for the first time)
Re Sophie, I’m hoping fence-sitters will go “Why don’t the WNBA know what a women is?” and that it could be the start of their peak journey. As Jennifer said, we need a groundswell of normies to wake up to the madness. Re the French bloke - If he tries out for the WNBA that’ll help bring the absurdity of it all to the fore, he’s a hulking great athletic man. Re Sophie’s comment: taking into consideration her other recent comments I don’t think that’s a reference to the Terf rallies specifically but more how the WNBA has been quite political in general rather than sports-focused
She has happily posed with Riley Gaines and Jennifer in their XX-XY gear and Riley holding the “Thank you Sophie” sign, she passed on a message of thanks to those teenage girls who held up the sign, so my take is she’s pretty happy with the support.
Here is what she said 3 days ago after being asked about the Storms co-owner being suspended for 5 games: “I know that people aren’t always going to align and agree… but I think the most important thing is of having that respect and having that love and pursuing peace in these conversations because I think that is healthy” So that to me is more of a comment on how an adult woman lashed out against teens and showing up the ‘be kind’ brigade for not bringing the kindness. She then went on to say: “With that being said, I just hate how the basketball of it all is getting overshadowed… You’re seeing teams playing at the highest level they’ve ever played at… and it just makes me sad that all this kind of drama… the basketball is getting overshadowed.” To me, that’s her commenting on the outrage that followed from her simply saying she supports women and girls in sports and the general politicisation of WNBA, not a reference to the Terf rallies. She then ends with “When you get a whole bunch of women together, when are we ever gonna agree on one thing? Probably never! But I do think when you can come and have these conversations it is so healthy and at the W [?] we pride ourselves on being inclusive and… when we can come together and have these conversations in a healthy way, we’re gonna set the standards for these types of things in the rest of the world” I think that’s her way of saying to WNBA and the media backlash against her: “Do better”
Dusty:
Thanks, Menno. Hopefully you are right. I hope this is a ‘no publicity is bad publicity’ moment though that phrase doesn’t always hold true. Keep up the great work
All thoughts gratefully received.
Well at least we might have some fun with larping men or even pretend larping men trying to invade women’s basketball as reported by Sarah Phillimore and by William A Ferguson:
https://sarahphillimore.substack.com/p/yours-sincerely
https://substack.com/home/post/p-210366547
The States - Shana Gaviola
Here is the shocking story of Shana Gaviola and the campaign to get a Presidential pardon. I have written to the President (!!!!!???). Please do likewise.
From PITT ( Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans)Parents:
An Our Duty ACTION ALERT FOR PITT PARENTS/SUPPORTERS:
A Mom needs your help
Aug 07, 2026
Dear Advocates:
Erin Friday of Our Duty has an urgent request. She is asking that we send a letter to President Trump requesting a pardon for a California mother of four who was found to have violated a restraining order in an attempt to save her son from the harms of transgender ideology. Below is a form letter that you may alter to personalize. The letter should be concise and, if you’d like to share your personal experience with your own child in the letter, please do. Anonymity is not guaranteed.
Time is of the essence. Shana Gaviola must surrender to federal prison by August 24th, unless she is pardoned. Please be sure to cc Erin Friday at Erin@OurDuty.group with your submission so that she can track the number of support letters. You are encouraged to forward this request to any like-minded people.
This link will take you to an article setting forth the entire saga with a video of Shana:
Thank you for your consideration.
Here is the model letter:
https://www.pittparents.com/p/an-our-duty-action-alert-for-pitt
The States - Update on Bills
Kara Dansky on The Terf Report provides us with important updates on certain Bills:
https://karadansky.substack.com/p/a-new-senate-bill-to-monitor
The States - The Chloe Cole Act
Chloe Cole is sponsoring an important Bill. Unfortunately the Democrats in the Senate at present are able to block such Bills:
The Chloe Cole Act will be the final blow to doctors “transitioning” children. If passed, transgender procedures for minors will be outlawed in all 50 states and every victim will be able to hold their doctors accountable in court.
The time is NOW to end this industry of abusing healthy children for once and for all.
The States - Texas Helps Detransitioners
Great result from Texas!
BREAKING: I finalized a historic settlement with Texas Children’s Hospital, creating the first-ever Detransition Clinic and securing nearly $10 million for Texas.
https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2085120779398877586
As reported by Fox News:
https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2085772015785460108
And on Inspecting Gender Elizabeth Edens recalls her experience of detranstion:
https://genspect.substack.com/p/on-kindness-cruelty-and-healthcare
Brazil - Bianca Baretto
Meanwhile, shocking news from Brazil care of Reduxx:
A woman in Brazil has been convicted of criminal “misgendering” after referring to a transgender politician as a “man.”
Bianca Barreto was found guilty of “social racism” and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for offending parliamentarian Duda Salabert.
Brazilian Influencer Convicted Of “Social Racism” After Criminally Misgendering Transgender...
https://x.com/reduxx/status/2085021114988655096?s=43
Australia - Reduxx
And Reduxx is also under direct attack!!!!
I have been notified by the Australian eSafety Commissioner that a trans-identified male has lodged a legal complaint against me regarding a Substack post I published about his fetishistic activities in 2024.
The notification threatens civil penalty proceedings and a maximum penalty of $910,000 (AUD) against X for failure to comply with the censorship demand.
The eSafety Commissioner is demanding that I delete the post about “Brooke Collins,” a “fetishistic” trans-identified male hired by the Australian Medical Association (AMA) in Victoria to act as a regulatory liaison officer for medical professionals.
Yet disturbingly, Collins has been producing and posting extreme pornography of himself on social media for years, and has referenced the genre of “forced feminization” - a type of pornography that eroticizes men being forced to wear lingerie, take female hormones, and perform sexual acts while pretending to be a woman.
Collins claims the post causes “serious harm” by “misgendering”, sharing photos he publicly posted, and questioning his fitness for office.
All of the content within the article I wrote was available online. Screenshots were taken from Collins’ OF account and FetLife profile.
https://substack.com/@genevievegluck/note/c-309156784
Rapists!
Green Party Scottish MSP ( Member of the Scottish Parliament) Mr Manivannan thinks that rape is on a spectrum!!!
https://x.com/DownWithTheSNP/status/2085832147114336597
Endpiece
From Dusty:
https://sergemil.substack.com/p/the-left-traveled-back-in-time-to
#BeMorePorcupine
#KeepTerfing
#BringDownAmnesty
#KeepFighting
#RepealTheGRA
#AdultHumanFemale
#LetWomenSpeak
#LGB✂️TQ
#FreeSpeechNotSilencedSpeech
#HoldTheLine
#StopTheBlockersTrial
#NeverSurrender
#NeverForget
#TruthWillTriumph
#WeWillWin
The PITT piece on Shana Gaviola is ridiculous. Rather than writing to Trump (the office of the president routinely receives upto 65,000 letters per day). Those of you on X should get that story to the attention of Dave Rubin, Joe Rogan and Elon Musk (Musk especially given his personal history). The Republican party are much more likely to take action when there is that much public exposure.
I’m livid at that Green Party MP. Perhaps this might wake more people up to Green insanity. 🤬
I’m confused as to why the finger pointing incident has gone viral too, particularly from the point of view of Terfery. If she’s a Terf then we should celebrate every bit of help but I haven’t seen any evidence of that yet….and she’s had plenty of opportunity to speak out. So I suppose we should hope that she does soon and perhaps all the support will encourage her to be braver.
Love the Endpiece.
#BeMorePorcupine