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I consider myself a GNC femme-aligned person. as such, NB & trans voices are extremely important to me, and uplifting them in our current world is work I consider necessary.
with that in mind, there is a UK literary agent who I consider to be horrifically harmful to trans people
with that in mind, there is a UK literary agent who I consider to be horrifically harmful to trans people
I've been debating over sending this tweet for a while now, because I'm nobody and she's very established, but the amount of shit I've seen from her is genuinely shocking.
trans/enby authors, please stay safe and do not query Caroline Hardman of Hardman & Swainson.
trans/enby authors, please stay safe and do not query Caroline Hardman of Hardman & Swainson.
just a few examples. I recommend searching "LittleHardman trans" in your Twitter search bar for more.
being trans is "conversion therapy", apparently.
referencing a case in which a trans woman murdered a child.
it just keeps going
on and on and on and on
I appreciate any help in spreading the word. I'm very nervous to have done this, but I wouldn't be able to sit with myself if I didn't. be safe, everyone 
will add more content if/when I catch it
will add more content if/when I catch it
hm.
(from her agent bio on H&S's website)
(from her agent bio on H&S's website)
and as if anyone was surprised...
unsurprisingly, some more (thanks to @MGreenWriting for the catch): https://twitter.com/MGreenWriting/status/1355267738462285830
oops wait, not done: H&S are members of the Association of Authors' Agents, which has the following in their code of conduct ... 
I hardly think advocating for human rights and defending our most vulnerable and marginalised populations is "groupthink", but you do you boo 
here's the aforementioned forthcoming book. https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/kathleen-stock/material-girls/9780349726595/
"It will investigate the intellectual history of gender identity, showing how the concept is linked to a misguided philosophical picture which broadly rejects science and conflates facts about intersex people with facts about trans people."
quite the take
quite the take
also looks like CH is not the only TERF at H&S (or at least TERF-apologist?!) (TERF-eraser?!) (how does one categorise these things, I wonder)
for ref Joanna Swainson is the co-founder of Hardman & Swainson, and CH's colleague
for ref Joanna Swainson is the co-founder of Hardman & Swainson, and CH's colleague
sorry kids, thought I was done last night, but apparently (... and predictably) there's more.
+ a saucy lil sprinkling of homophobia in there for good measure.
+ a saucy lil sprinkling of homophobia in there for good measure.
lol
I'm always so surprised when people make their bigotry into their entire personality ?!
look, I'm as tired as y'all, but the work continues
"none of it was transphobic of course", liked by the publisher of a @HachetteUK imprint
"none of it was transphobic of course", liked by the publisher of a @HachetteUK imprint
"so horrible, so negative"
yes! u r correct! as in— the negativity in the screenshots I shared.
or is that not what you're offended by?
@LittleBrownUK roll up
yes! u r correct! as in— the negativity in the screenshots I shared.
or is that not what you're offended by?
@LittleBrownUK roll up
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