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Anthony Lloyd's avatar

Stay strong. It so stupid they can do this and leave you hanging for years.

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June Knight's avatar

I REALLY HATE LOVE

I think its a load of shit shite crap.

Cant stay in our cubby holes or forever cuddles and reassurance Actually I hate affection and touch. So many ignore that fact and a lot of women and feminists and women rights people are opposite to all I hold dear I have gone off and done things come back, and like addicts women are still in their mutual comfort and reassurance groups.

Have you moved? NO. We have just stayed and spent the last several hours and most of days and weeks and months and years going round the same arguments and crap and reassuring each other.....

I do not want anyone to follow me or come alongside or befriend etc

I have been active and still am and its been bloody awful by those who would support. URGH!!

I just popped on to find some Jerk and a post from last year and saw your post. So wanted to say what I said. Never saw anyone with me or helped me. and the left and feminists and solidarity etc wanted me to suffer be imprisoned be evicted and be burnt alive be beaten up on the street and raped

Thanks. Got plenty of communications.....

So DONT CARE!

just stand up and look them in the eye - and the thing to do is to be prepared for all outcomes so it is not a shock when you get there.

Didnt see anyone support me at all or ever

And don't expect to be.

Just wrote a pitch for another issue to a production company.

I hate those LUVVIES TOO

Trying to get them to let the experienced to do their own documentaries with support and crew NOPE cant let women working class disabled black asian etc do things themselves. You might be wrong and too subjective cant trust women disabled blacks Jews working class they are all too emotive and prone to lying and delusions And anyway if you have the money and funding we wouldn't so cannot possibly let you do it....

So Not Interested and if you feel told off FINE!!

Oh Dear

As one editor said

You know the problem with you working class and blacks and disabled - Its because you are all so angry and bitter. As I raised their blatant discrimination and prejudice.

The problem with working class women and black women is you don't accept your position in life. If you accepted it that your position is lower down on the social and ecolutionary scale you will much happier - socialist mental health professional solidarity feminist etc.

Do you want a cuddle or luv

NOPE!

I shall remove this onces you have read it. as don't appreciate a pile on.

Just wanted to give you confidence and don't be afraid. Prison catch up on my reading My great grandmother was a working class suffragette and got arrested and imprisoned But told me and my parent and grandparents and all the women in my family are NOTHING! by the feminists and left etc.

Anyway could go on but already battered several with my rolling pin today and flat iron Wallop.

We hate condescension - working class, blacks, little asian people, disabled,people in wheelchairs etc... Its Offensive. {Pity Poor Lady Muck. Vicars Wife, Visitors to the workhouse mentality And try and give a hug and you will get walloped and thrown.

But I am particularly cross as Surfers Against Sewage did not and would not cover the man in kent ordered to pay his water bill after challenging it in court, because of class social prejudice. By a load of surfer kids. So many short term mentality and vision

Oh by the way I beat the system and beat the judge and law But did it myself. First thing you learn not to trust the law, Its been fixed and agreed before you get there YOU HAVE TO KNOW IT! not just hope and wing it

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Dominic Berry's avatar

I watched your interview with Andrew Gold.

You're being harassed for doing something right and telling the truth.

I cannot help you as I live in Japan, I have no advice to offer,

but as an artist and a writer, I will try to rise to your standards in honesty and perserverence.

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Louise Distras's avatar

Thanks for your support, Dominic. It really helps to hear from another artist. Keep doing your thing…

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Dominic Berry's avatar

To be honest, as an artist, I paint very edgy ideas, but I do them as glazed oil paintings, like a Renaissance artist. "A Wolf is Writng an Erotic Letter"...

And as a writer, I'm writing an epic poem called the Centaur's Story, an adventure set in Bronze Age Sumeria. All in iambic pentameter. How patriarchal is that?

On both fronts, as a white, heterosexual male in my fifties, there's an army of critics and editors ready to dis me and bin me. I'll be lucky to get in far enough to get kicked out.

But what's the alternative? Restrict myself to themes about Kindness and Inclusiveness? Seriously. Fuck that.

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Deadnames's avatar

Thanks for sharing your plight Louise. We are all at risk of being treated in this way in these dangerous times for women. May the truth be your partner in this matter & justice prevail. We are all behind you 100 percent.

Bless you!!

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Louise Distras's avatar

Thankyou for your support! I completely agree that these are dangerous times for women and girls. I’ve been dealing with this insanity alone for far too long and sunlight truly is the best disinfectant. These stories must be told for women and girls safety. I’ve got a lot more to say which I will share later on. Bless ya XX

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Colchester mum's avatar

They are worse than useless. I really regret not getting a duty solicitor. If you aren't important enough they have no hesitation in throwing you under the bus.

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June Knight's avatar

Look the judge right in the eye and say:

“I understand that you are offering me a place of safety and security where I shall be looked after and watched over everyday. That you will take away the worry of being harrased attacked and abused by men in my home work street community or when I go about my daily business whether socialising or meeting friends.

Thankyou

In the 65 years of me being a female you have never done that

I thank you that you are doing it today.

And don’t worry and don’t be afraid

Nobody gave a shit about me being abused and threatened and me being the one threatened to go to prison for ten years for writing and recording it.

Nobody Supported Me

Spit in their Eye

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Louise Distras's avatar

I did a bit of a cry reading this. I totally hear you. Lotsa love, June XX

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Kate M Murgatroyd's avatar

Louise, you are a very impressive brave woman. I will support you as much as possible

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Louise Distras's avatar

Solidarity r lass!! Thankyou for your support XX

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Lirna Shiels's avatar

Can't believe you're being subjected to lawfair agsin! It's you who is being harassed

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Louise Distras's avatar

It's all designed to shut me up, drain me mentally and financially, and keep me from focusing on my music

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Daniel Howard James's avatar

Hi Louise, do you have a legal defence fund, and where do we donate?

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Louise Distras's avatar

Thanks for your support, Daniel. I'll keep ya posted on everything

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Christopher's avatar

Get the free speech union involved !

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Louise Distras's avatar

They can't assist with this one as it's rooted in family law. I'll be going into a lot more detail about this later on.

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Magnificent fish pie's avatar

What kind of world we live in….

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Josnosegay's avatar

Oh this is so horrible! It's what they always do. There is a lot of support for you out here. A few sympathic loud voices are already talking about it.

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Louise Distras's avatar

I'm super grateful for every bit of support it means everything to me

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John Davies's avatar

Our biggest threats are lying viral ideologies.

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Dorris Hardcastle's avatar

Contact JK Rowling’s new legal support for women organisation.

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Louise Distras's avatar

Thankyou for the heads up, Dorris 🙏💜🤍💚

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La NoNika's avatar

I can't subscribe, but I do want to support you, what action can we take?

Hang in there sis.

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anouchka's avatar

I really hope this dystopian nightmare ends soon for you

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Louise Distras's avatar

Thankyou! I was super excited bout diving back into music but it seems like the universe was destined to give me another kicking 😂

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Tink's avatar

Hopefully provides you with lyrical inspiration. Across the pond cheering you on.

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