Women’s Rights Activist
My name is Helen Staniland and I’m a software engineer for an investment bank.
When I first came across the word TERF, I thought to myself that I wasn’t one, and didn’t need to get involved in any of these arguments. As time went on, I read more and more sensible, articulate arguments about the nature of women’s oppression being rooted in biology, from very smart feminists. I felt it was incumbent on me to say something, to add my voice to these women’s who were being publicly vilified. Once I was in, the full weight of the misogyny became apparent….
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The Mess We’re In
Hi, I’m Graham Linehan, writer or co-writer of ‘Father Ted’, ‘Black Books’ and ‘The IT Crowd’. Presently I am involved in the fight for women’s rights alongside some brave and brilliant women and men, but once we win that I’ll be back to comedy full-time. Hope you enjoy the videos!
The Mess We’re In co-hosts: Graham Linehan, Arty Morty and Helen Staniland
The Staniland Question was popularised on Twitter by Helen Staniland, a Welsh software developer, in order to challenge assumptions around who should be allowed access to single sex spaces and stimulate discussions around the subject of womens right to privacy. It has been taken up my a number of individuals in the discussion of the female right to privacy from males in public spaces, including (but not limited to) Graham Linehan as part of his ongoing campaign to support womens rights. You can hear about it in her own words in this video interview ‘A chat with Helen Staniland’ hosted by Graham Linehan.