Hatefilled Clementine Ford

But now that Ford has stirred up a real hornet's nest with her foul attacks on Jewish women, let's hope this time she has bitten off more than she can chew.

Like many prominent feminists across the world, Ford was utterly silent about the October 7 attacks by Hamas, despite plenty of evidence of rape, including mass rape so brutal that they broke the pelvises of their victims - including elderly women and children.

Recently the New York Times published the results of an intensive investigation of the pattern of rape, mutilation and extreme brutality of women in the attack on Israel – containing truly horrifying revelations.

Having posted not one word about the October 7 rapes, Ford soon started posting anti-Israel rants, including a bizarre missive to "Zionist women" where she attacked them for being upset that their "bloodlust" against Hamas wasn't being supported. "I don't care that you felt betrayed or let down, and I especially don't care that you want to have a big crybaby rant ... You're pathetic, you disgust me, and I pity you for being so basic and gross that you think others should cheer on the murder of thousands just to make you feel better".

She calls them "enthusiastic supporters of a murderous regime that has been killing children for over 70 years because YOU want to believe YOUR colonising is somehow different."

The fact that Ford spent much of her childhood in Oman may have something to do with her biased view of Middle Eastern history, but her ignorant attacks are most bizarre. Like her claim that Jewish women are "white" and exaggerating their concerns about antisemitism.

Ford's very public attacks on Australian Jewish women come at a time when the world has been stunned by the pro-Palestinian crowd chanting "Gas the Jews" at the Opera House, and Israel has issued travel warnings for Israeli citizens visiting Australia due to rising levels of antisemitism.

But Ford has doubled down. After a petition calling on Ford's publisher to sever ties with the author attracted over 3,000 signatures, Ford responded by publishing the names of some of the signatories on her social media which meant they came under ferocious attack from Ford's fans - their businesses were targeted, they received worrying personal attacks, including threats to their children.

Yet the publisher, Allen and Unwin, continues to support Ford, despite claiming that "as publishers, we refuse to publish material that is hate-based, antisemitic or in breach of Australia's racial discrimination laws." Huh, both Jew and male hatred somehow slips through the cracks here.

There's been one recent win – Nova Radio has just cancelled Ford's Dear Clementine podcast after two years with the network, so that's something.

Yet last week she announced she'd received funding from the government-funded ScreenNSW for her new TV project, 'Smile B**ch' – a "dark comedy about one woman executing her revenge against the men who have wronged her." Just what we need to promote harmony between the sexes in 2024.

Many are now protesting to ScreenNSW objecting to the use of tax-payers money for her latest male-bashing exercise. Anyone attacked by her on social media needs to report her to the platform and then make a complaint to the eSafety Commission, which is required to tackle online hate relating to race, religion or gender – both her antisemitic and male-hating posts should fall into their bailiwick.

Let's start the New Year by working to rein in this woman's divisive bile.