TERFLandia – upcoming book promo.

In fact, there are two upcoming books being promoted here.

The third quarter of this year will see the launch of a new terf book called ‘TERFLandia: How the Global Terven Will Win the Gender Wars’.

Facilitated by well-known USA terf, Kara Dansky, the book will contain a chapter about the terf wars in New Zealand. Very exciting! This chapter is being written by Jan Rivers, a former public servant whose roles were in information management, library services, and information policy. Jan has been working against gender ideology for some time, as well as writing for Genspect NZ and being their spokesperson. Although the chapter about NZ’s terf wars will by necessity be a condensed version, as will be all the chapters, the writing of it couldn’t be in better hands.

Other contributors around the world to the book are:

Julia Long and Sally Wainwright – UK

Amy Hamm – Canada

Róisín Michaux – Europe

Angie Jones – Australia

Vaishnavi Sundar – South and East Asia

María Binettie and Analia Vitale – Latin America

The Global Army of Online Terven – Peeja Blackbird

The whole project is very exciting. The truth of what terfs worldwide have had to contend with in our fight against gender ideology will be read incredulously in years to come in this book, the books already published, and the books yet to come.

Thanks to the beneficence of an anonymous donor, Kara Dansky has been able to get this project off the ground and turn it into a reality. Spinifex Press has expressed an interest in publishing it, but that is still to be confirmed.

Kara has created a short video in her Substack blogpost, which features the book’s contributors in person giving a brief outline of what they are writing about. I found the description of who a TERF is interesting, though, as I feel that terfs come from all walks of life now, and don’t always refer to themselves as feminists. I myself gave up on the word ‘feminist’ a while ago, as it’s been bastardised up the wazoo, and many feminists are in fact femenists. Nowadays, I just say I’m a women’s rights advocate. Whilst I see the point that others make about wresting back the word ‘feminist’ from the bastardisers, I haven’t got there yet.

However, the rest of Kara’s description is right on, and a small (and entirely non-lethal) difference of opinion won’t stop the book being an awesome read, whatever we call ourselves.

When it ‘hits the shelves’ I’ll be buying it, and will give it another nudge.

In other good book news, there is a book project underway here in NZ, too. This is a collection of stories from those present at that fateful rally in March 2023 at Albert Park, Auckland, with Kellie-Jay Keen – aka: Posie Parker – when transactivist protestors went completely feral in a manner never before seen here. There are also stories about the aftermath from that day, the affect it had, the eyes it opened, the changes it brought about, and what some went on to do as a result. The book is being compiled by Sacha Jones and Jill Ovens, co-leader of the Women’s Rights Party, and titled ‘Albert Park: Testimonials from the NZ Terf frontline and fightback’.

Both Sacha and Jill are experienced writers, with Sacha recently having had a book published called The Fatter Sex. No publication date has been set yet for Albert Park: Testimonials from the NZ Terf frontline and fightback, but I will also give this one another nudge when it ‘hits the shelves’.