FeministWiki

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{{cquote|The #FeministWiki, newly established, is for [[Transphobia|feminism unmodified]].||| FeministWiki<ref name=rw>[https://www.reddit.com/r/GenderCynical/comments/birhuy/heads_up_terfsswerfs_have_a_wiki_now/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x FeministWiki on Twitter].</ref>}}

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''Not to be confused with the South Korea-based [https://femiwiki.com/w/%ED%8E%98%EB%AF%B8%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4:%EB%8C%80%EB%AC%B8/en Femiwiki], which is not a TERF site.''

'''FeministWiki''' is ostensibly a wiki for feminists, but is actually a [[TERF]] (trans-exclusionary) project. Its founder and administrator is a self-described "pro-feminist male", Taylan Kammer.<ref>[https://twitter.com/KammerTaylan KammerTaylan on Twitter].</ref> 

Among the list of organizations that FeministWiki promotes and "stands in solidarity" with<ref name=main>[https://feministwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=1394 Main Page — FeministWiki] (Revision as of 13 November 2024).</ref> are the [[United Kingdom|British]] TERF groups [[Women's Declaration International]] (and its anti-trans manifesto), [[LGB Alliance]] and Woman's Place UK, [[Meghan Murphy]]'s publication ''Feminist Current'', and worst of all, WoLF ([[Women's Liberation Front]]), a supposedly "feminist" organization that effectively functions as a political front for the homophobic [[Religious Right]].<ref>Rani Baker. [https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/04/fake-radical-feminist-group-paid-political-front-anti-lgbt-organization/ Fake ‘radical feminist’ group a paid political front for anti-LGBT organization]. ''LGBTQ Nation'', April 12, 2017.</ref><ref>Sian Norris (September 30, 2021). [https://bylinetimes.com/2021/09/30/the-far-right-co-option-of-the-transgender-rights-issue/ "The Far-Right Co-Option of the Transgender Rights Issue]. ''Byline Times''.</ref><ref>Tim Fitzsimons (January 29, 2019). [https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/conservative-group-hosts-anti-transgender-panel-feminists-left-n964246 "Conservative group hosts anti-transgender panel of feminists 'from the left']. ''NBC Out''. NBC News.</ref>

Among the tweets posted by the previous (and now suspended)<ref>[https://twitter.com/socjuswiz SocJusWiz on Twitter]</ref> FeministWiki Twitter account, SocJusWiz,<ref>[http://archive.is/0JFkJ SocJusWiz on Twitter] (archived).</ref> was a tweet openly admitting to harassment.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190428182827if_/https://twitter.com/soyboy_8bit/status/1079316146581618695 SoyBoy_8Bit on Twitter] (archived).</ref>

==Views==
The main focus of FeministWiki, unsurprisingly, appears to be 
promoting feminism
 opposing [[transgender]] rights. As of August 2020, six of the nine listings under the "Check out some articles" section on the main page are transgender-related articles, and a further one is an entry on the TERF Magdalen Berns.<ref name=main/>

FeministWiki's central page on transgender issues is titled with the [[snarl word]] "[[Gender ideology|Transgender ideology]]".<ref name=ti>[https://feministwiki.org/wiki/Transgender_ideology Transgender ideology — FeministWiki].</ref> The fact that this is the [[horseshoe theory|same terminology used by right-wing and Christian organizations]] is even openly acknowledged on the page, as is the fact that their stance is contradicted by the {{wpl|American Academy of Pediatrics|American Academy of Pediatrics.}} In the article, FeministWiki opposes the statement that "trans women are women" based on the idea that this [[argumentum ad dictionarium|allegedly contradicts the dictionary definition of "woman" as "adult human female"]],<ref group=note>Which it does not, by the way: see [https://genderanalysis.net/2017/10/medical-professionals-increasingly-agree-trans-women-are-female-trans-men-are-male/ Zinnia Jones 2017], the ''[https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/visualizing-sex-as-a-spectrum/ Scientific American]'', ''[https://www.nature.com/news/sex-redefined-1.16943 Nature]'', etc.</ref> while at the same time continually and stubbornly refusing to use the phrase ''trans woman'' instead of the questionable "word" ''transwoman'' (which Merriam-Webster automatically, and correctly, adjusts to the two-word phrase).<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transwoman Transwoman — Merriam Webster].</ref> 

FeministWiki repeatedly uses the term "feminists" in such a way as to position itself as the mouthpiece for what feminists think and do. Examples of this include such statements as "This notion [of gender identity] is strongly criticized by feminists",<ref>[https://feministwiki.org/wiki/Gender_identity Gender identity — FeministWiki]</ref> and "Feminists tend to use the term ''transgender ideology'' with a critical tone",<ref name=ti/> and a reference to "...the feminist criticism of the transgender movement".<ref>[https://twitter.com/FeministWiki/status/1236399701609582592 FeministWiki on Twitter].</ref> By co-opting the term "feminists" in this way, FeministWiki implicitly [[gatekeeping|gatekeeps]] the term in such a way as to exclude anyone who does not share these opinions (which may well be the majority of actual feminists). 

Naturally, the term TERF is not only a slur,<ref>[https://feministwiki.org/wiki/TERF TERF — FeministWiki].</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/FeministWiki/status/1275919551394459649 FeministWiki on Twitter].</ref> but also qualifies as actual hate speech, as FeministWiki is so fond of tweeting in response to anyone who uses the term (coupled with a link to FW's TERF article.)<ref group=note>Just a few examples are [https://twitter.com/FeministWiki/status/1135221146478108672 here,] [https://twitter.com/FeministWiki/status/1135280471393427459 here,] [https://twitter.com/FeministWiki/status/1236282002262933504 here,] [https://twitter.com/FeministWiki/status/1236482208753385472 here,] [https://twitter.com/FeministWiki/status/1266777919621300224 here] and [https://twitter.com/FeministWiki/status/1278201600604020736 here.]</ref> 

In 2020, the FeministWiki twitter account called [[Shaun]] "a [[misogyny|misogynist]] who supports violence against women" on account of calling out the transphobia of [[J.K. Rowling]]'s audience,<ref>[https://twitter.com/FeministWiki/status/1266783401891241985 FeministWiki on Twitter].</ref> and branded [[Extinction Rebellion]] as "...a misogynist organisation that supports [[scapegoat]]ing of feminists" in retaliation for tweeting to offer "unconditional support and solidarity to all trans people in the face of unrelenting attacks from [[Trans-exclusionary radical feminism|Trans-Exclusionary-Radical-Feminists]], the media, elected politicians, and even from leading voices within the environmental movement".<ref>[https://twitter.com/FeministWiki/status/1278311124329521152 FeministWiki on Twitter].</ref>

FeministWiki's page on the "Nordic Model"<ref>[https://feministwiki.org/wiki/Nordic_Model Nordic Model — FeministWiki]</ref><ref group=note>Not to be confused with the more widely known [[social democracy]]-related term.</ref> (one of the nine listings showcased on the main page)<ref name=main/> additionally suggests [[Trans-exclusionary radical feminism#Sex worker-exclusionary radical feminism|SWERF]] tendencies. 

Unsurprisingly enough, registration is forbidden, and accounts must be manually requested. This is, obviously, because they're afraid of being called out as TERFs, despite satisfying the criteria for said label a good hundred times at least.


===RationalWiki===
Unsurprisingly, FeministWiki hates us, probably because we acknowledge that [[Common sense|trans women are, well, women]].

{{cquote|RationalWiki is a whacksite long run by teenage liberals who follow {{wpl|Queer theory|queer theory.}} ([[Not even wrong|An ideology that supports prostitution and pedophilia because of its obsession with “Breaking Taboos”]].)|||FeministWiki<ref name=rw/>}}

{{cquote| FYI RationalWiki is led by trans activists and other people who hate radical feminists with a passion. Look at their article on "TERF" or other such topics.|||FeministWiki<ref>[https://twitter.com/FeministWiki/status/1256082399986884608?s=20 Tweet]</ref>}}

{{cquote| If anyone's tired of the irrational nonsense spewed by the formerly fun to read "RationalWiki", the #FeministWiki offers a good, science and evidence-based alternative insofar topics of sex, gender and feminism are concerned!|||FeministWiki<ref>[https://twitter.com/FeministWiki/status/1237185076888244225?s=20 Tweet]</ref>}}

==See also==

*[[LGB Alliance]]
*[[Ovarit]]
*[[Trans-exclusionary radical feminism]]

==External links==
*[https://feministwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page The webshite itself]
*[https://pl.tkammer.de/users/taylan Taylan Kammer on the Mastodon/Fediverse network], just in case you haven't done a #fediblock on pl.tkammer.de yet

==Notes==
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==References==
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