STITCH N BITCH EDITORS STATEMENT

RESPONDING TO THE SUPREME COURT RULING OF 16TH APRIL 2025

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WHEN WE CREATED STITCH N’ BITCH IT WAS IMPORTANT TO US THAT BOTH OUR NAME AND DEFINITION REFLECTED OUR INTENTION TO REPRESENT ALL WOMEN, BOTH TRANS AND CIS, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO HAVE A BROADER GENDER IDENTITY.

 

WE ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ROLL-BACK OF RIGHTS THAT ACCOMPANIED THE RECENT UK SUPREME COURT RULING AND BELIEVE THAT IT REFLECTS REGRESSIVE POLITICS AND A LACK OF CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY AND DIGNITY OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT FIT THE NARROW LENS OF GENDER NORMS. FEMINISTS FOUGHT FOR GENERATIONS FOR WOMEN NOT TO BE DEFINED BY OUR BIOLOGY, AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT BATTLE REMAINS ONGOING.

 

OUR STRENGTH IS IN STANDING TOGETHER AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AS ALLIES, WORKING TOWARDS A MORE DIVERSE FILM AND TV INDUSTRY.

 

AT STITCH N BITCH, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING OUR COMMUNITY REMAINS A SPACE WHERE TRANS EDITORS FEEL SAFE AND SUPPORTED.

 

​OUR NAME PAYS TRIBUTE BOTH TO THE WOMEN WHO HISTORICALLY STITCHED FILM WHEN EDITING WAS DISMISSED AS “WOMEN’S WORK,” AND TO THE “BITCHES” WHO CARRY THAT LEGACY FORWARD TODAY. OUR COLLECTIVE STRENGTH LIES IN THE DIVERSITY OF OUR IDENTITIES, EXPERIENCES, AND VOICES.