Why I Hate Julie Bindel
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Evening,

For reasons I cannot begin to fathom Julie Bindel was allowed to spew out more of her unhinged shite in Mondays Guardian. Every time I see that vile woman or read one of her miserable rants I understand why so many women do not identify themselves as feminist. No sentient being would want to be associated with that po- faced nut job.

Anyway her target this time was not lap dancing but harmless old vegetarians. Vegetarians are apparently 'smug and self-satisfied'. They also feel 'superior' to meat eaters. This is based on a single visit to one vegetarian restaurant and what Bindel perceived as the 'atmosphere. I strongly suspect the diners were only feeling 'smug and self satisfied' that they weren't Julie Bindel rather than as a result of any feelings of dietary superiority. I regularly thank God that I am not Julie Bindel. If I were Julie Bindel I would kill myself.

She then peddles the old myth that vegetarians set out to make their meat eating chums feel self conscious about eating meat. I have never once witnessed this in my entire life. In fact almost without exception mealtime discussions on vegetarianism are instigated by meat eaters who often want to know what their vegetarian friends live on. I usually correctly guess vegetables to a smattering of applause.

Later she goes into full 'all women are persecuted' mode. According to Bindel 'giving up meat and dairy has been linked to anorexia and other eating disorders in teenage girls'. Are you beginning to grasp why I hate this woman and wish her dead or at least rendered totally unable to communicate? She is a total fool. The possibility that anorexics might use the appearance of a diet restricted on principle to conceal their disorder cannot of course be considered because that wouldn't fit her not so subtle attempt to link caring about animals with hating women. The only thing I can think of to her credit is that she doesn't trot out that old 'Hitler was a vegetarian' line as if everyone who doesen't eat meat goes round gassing Jews.

However the above is only a warm up for her truly demented rant about the 'nasty, misogynistic wing' of the vegetarian movement. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have got her riled for their fantastic campaigns, particularly one featuring the actress who played Lolita in the 1997 remake because she was billed as the youngest star to pose naked for their anti-fur campaign. I'm sure Ms Bindel believes that women should have access to abortion in order to retain an element of control over their body. Why then does she have such difficulty with them choosing to display their naked bodies to make a point, make money or simply show off? Anyone who read her report for Glasgow City Council on lap dancing could not have failed to pick up on her apparent belief that the authorities should be able prevent women from lap dancing regardless of what the women themselves want. Womens choices in Bindel world are, it would seem, a limited business.

For the record I'm not actually vegetarian. I enjoy a bit of fish but dislike meat. I take the strange and difficult view that, with the exception of cannibalism, what you eat or don't eat is a matter of personal choice and no-one else's business. I expect that is the difference between being a nasty, joyless po-faced feminist twat and a reasonable, thinking human being.


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