Jane Fae
The Independent
United Kingdom
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Past articles by Jane:
If we want to cope with heatwaves, we need to look to Europe
If foreign countries, from Spain to Australia, cope better than the UK by adapting their lifestyles to their climate, why can’t we? → Read More
As we attempt to live with Covid, a category of vulnerable people is emerging: the new excluded
The government is talking up ‘getting back to normal’. For several million people, the grim reality is very different → Read More
Panic buying, stocking up, call it what you like – it is the only rational response to the impending crisis
Whether we like it or not, we are unlikely to return to ‘normal’ any time soon → Read More
Debate about trans people has become toxic and language is a big part of the problem. We can do so much better
We need a period of calm, some time in which people accept there is a communication issue and come together to fix it in a way that respects all concerned → Read More
The government is attempting to make it harder to change your name – devastating news for millions of women and victims of abuse
Recent proposals, designed to resolve the easily containable problem of sex offenders evading detection, will penalise millions – mostly innocent women – and simultaneously over-turn a centuries old right → Read More
Thoughtless NHS practitioners are putting the lives of children already taking puberty blockers at risk
With zero warning and, as far as I am aware, no care plan for those affected, GPs and others have stopped ongoing treatment – the consequences could be devastating → Read More
Are you dreading the clocks going back this weekend? You need to try Jane Mean Time
Debate about when and if the clocks should go back has been raging for centuries, so just try my easy fix instead → Read More
Don’t blame software for missing tests – it’s down to a lack of basic data handling skills
I spent 20 years doing data analysis and it is clear to me that the latest government cock-up was caused because data audit disciplines were jettisoned → Read More
Viktor Orban has quashed transgender rights in Hungary. The rest of Europe is next
And so, he did it. Just as we always knew, always feared, he would. On Tuesday, Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orban, rounded off his acquisition of dictatorial powers by pushing his pet project through parliament. A new law asserts, baldly, that sex/gender is immutable. Gender re-assignment is no more. → Read More
I’m glad the pubs might be closed until Christmas. This isn’t the national tragedy you think it is
Our tendency to peddle quaint myths positioning these venues as ‘robust British values’ is ridiculous. We don’t need them half as much as we need more family-friendly establishments → Read More
No wonder Britain voted for Brexit – just look at our obsession with garden fences
Even in the face of stormy weather, we’ve always gone above and beyond to build new barriers. And it says everything about our feelings towards Europe, writes Jane Fae → Read More
People should stop weaponising language in the debate around trans rights
Do you believe in democratic, reasoned debate? Are you a fan of free speech? Then listen up. For behind the scenes, a skullduggerous plot of dastardly dimensions is worming its way into our national consciousness. A conspiracy of the trans rightists and the woke is at work: silencing critics, censoring our words and dictating the very thoughts we are allowed to think. → Read More
Like his political counterpart Boris Johnson, Matteo Salvini’s gambit in Italy has failed miserably
Exciting times! As the party of government drifts rightward: an unscrupulous populist seeks to trigger elections to convert his minority into unstoppable majority. Meanwhile, the opposition, in all its myriad forms, is at sixes and sevens with itself. → Read More
Fake news: How the global media were duped into blaming two non-existent ‘North African’ men for stabbing an Italian policeman
Italian politics got quite strange last weekend. I was first aware of this on Saturday, when my Twitter started twanging to the sound of a far right politician rowing back on some hatred. That is a rare event, and cause for celebration, even if the proximate cause for the froth was appalling human tragedy and a salutary lesson in how irresponsible journalism can foment hate. → Read More
Opinion: The push for gender-neutral uniforms is great – but it has nothing to do with being trans
Joy! The phone rings, tearing me from happy slumber and putting an abrupt end to dreamtime. It’s a private number. So I know, even before I answer, that this will either be some earnest call-centre type concerned by the accident in which I was recently injured, or a media outlet seeking comment on the latest transgender-agenda-gone-mad story. → Read More
You might not have heard of Italy's Stonewall moment but it's so important
It is not surprising many look to Stonewall itself, as a turning point for LGBTI rights. But in Italy, they mark an altogether different date → Read More
Can Extinction Rebellion shut down London and force government to act on climate change?
Supporters have appeared naked in parliament, splashed fake blood across the streets and this week plan to close down London. Jane Fae considers the history and effectiveness of protest → Read More
Asking if we should 'sterilise' trans people shows how much discrimination we still face
“Should transgender people be sterilised before they are recognised?” asks The Economist. What’s the harm in asking that, you might wonder? After all, it is “just a debate”. The issue of sterilisation of trans people has been around for some while. Not just in Japan (an excuse for this latest social media misstep), but much closer to home: rewind a decade and you will find → Read More
The far right's appeal to women is getting stronger, and their tactics are working
Fascism vs feminism? On the surface, there’s no contest. At street level, the neo-fash, rooted in incel and MRA culture appears the sworn enemy of women’s rights in any form. At the theoretical level, up where Conservative think tanks and Theologians operate, feminism is the arch-nemesis: part of an unholy triumvirate that, with gay marriage and everything gender → Read More
Pregnancy for trans women is around the corner – as an older trans woman, I couldn’t be happier
Trans and pregnant? There is no way to detach myself from this subject. Not just because I am trans. But because, from the moment I understood both the possibility that one day a trans woman would become pregnant, and the fact that it is far too late for an oldie like me – I was racked by a sense of overwhelming loss. → Read More