Janet Murray (@jan

Janet Murray

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Janet Murray

@jan_murray

Freelance journalist writing on women, culture & public policy | Founder of Courageous | Commentary on politics, culture & public life

London, England 🇬🇧

buymeacoffee.com/janetmurray

Joined January 2009

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Janet Murray
@jan_murray
Jun 4
Why aren't more women outraged that trade unions are actively campaigning against their right to single-sex spaces at work - including changing rooms, showers and toilets? Because they don't know it's happening. Many teachers, nurses and public-sector workers think they're
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Janet Murray
@jan_murray
Nov 9, 2025
A few years ago, I had a terrifying experience while staying alone in a hotel. At 6am, I was jolted awake by a man trying to get into my room - throwing his weight against the door again and again. I couldn’t reach reception, so I called the police. The call handler stayed on
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Janet Murray
@jan_murray
Sep 29, 2025
What makes JK Rowling’s commentary on Emma Watson so painful to read? Because it’s now clear Watson knew she was wrong all along. She didn’t just look the other way, or quietly withhold support. Both of those would still be cowardly. Instead she chose to join the pretence - and
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Janet Murray
@jan_murray
Sep 26, 2025
I was refused a same-day GP appointment this week to have my wound checked - just days after breast cancer surgery. I was worried it might be infected. The practice told me to go to Urgent Care. I was warned of a two-hour wait, but the staff there immediately recognised that a
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Janet Murray
@jan_murray
Oct 4, 2025
I went for a smear test recently - and it hurt like hell. TMI perhaps? But I'm 51 - and this never happened before. The nurse said: “Oh, your cervix popped right out there. Did you know you have a prolapse?” No, I didn’t. And in a year when I’ve already been urgently
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Janet Murray
@jan_murray
May 8, 2025
Had a mammogram this morning. Not my first - but I’d forgotten what it was like. So when I saw the Society of Radiographers calling for rule changes to allow men to do them recently (to ease staff shortages) I held my counsel. Now? No way. ✋ Sure there are challenges for
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Janet Murray
@jan_murray
Oct 27, 2025
I’ve now lost count of the number of women who’ve told me they have an anonymous social media account just to follow women’s rights content. Because even liking or following an account that supports biological reality could risk their job, business, friendships or other
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Janet Murray
@jan_murray
Oct 10, 2025
Earlier on, I left my house to go for a walk and a guy on a bike came towards me. He had has face covered. Maybe he just wanted to ask me something. But I live in a quiet suburban area - where you don’t normally run into guys on bikes with their faces covered. My body went
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Janet Murray
@jan_murray
Jun 22, 2025
No one could be applauding BBC News presenter Martine Croxall harder than I am right now. In February I published a video in which I said I didn't like the term 'pregnant people' (still don't). Since then, it's been one 'cancellation campaign' after another. It's literally
Hazel Appleyard
@HazelAppleyard
Jun 22, 2025
BBC presenter reads “pregnant people” from the teleprompter and then corrects it to “women”. Takes a brave, brave lady to do this at the BBC. 😅
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Janet Murray
@jan_murray
Mar 1, 2025
Currently being compared to Nazi ‘cos I said the term ‘pregnant person’ gave me the ‘ick Just another day in the war against women 🙄
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Janet Murray
@jan_murray
Sep 7, 2025
So it looks like my Instagram account has now been permanently deleted. 13,000 followers. 8+ years of content. One of my key sales channels - gone. Because I publicly defended women’s sex-based rights. I tried to explain the impact of this to my mum earlier. The best analogy I
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Janet Murray
@jan_murray
Oct 18, 2025
This is from a long-standing client who says that if my views align with JK Rowling's they won't be buying my planner this year. While I wouldn't call it 'spewing' ... like Rowling, I believe there are two biological sexes: male and female. And that while people are free to
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Janet Murray
@jan_murray
Nov 3, 2025
I’ve received an email from a woman this morning that’s made me feel sick. I can’t share much until I’ve spoken to her directly - but here’s what I can say, without making her identifiable: She posted something ‘gender critical’ from a personal social media account a few weeks
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Janet Murray
@jan_murray
Oct 7, 2025
I travelled 26 miles into London today to see a private GP in person - just under three weeks after breast cancer surgery. It cost me £50 (via my health insurance) at a time I’m not able to work much (I’m self-employed). But I felt I had no other option. Now I’m back in bed
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