Caroline Criado-Perez has dismissed her conflict with the CUSU Women’s Campaign as “a personal vendetta”, which was “best forgotten for all concerned”.

The controversy first originated when the Women’s Campaign penned an open letter against the invitation of Criado-Perez to the University’s Women of the World (WOW) event. The letter describing her as “totally inappropriate and offensive” and claimed that her views “harm and exclude trans people, especially women”.

The Women’s Campaign also alleged that Criado-Perez had “persistently attacked trans people and other feminists online, including members of the Women’s Campaign”.

In an exclusive interview with Varsity, Criado-Perez was unwilling to comment specifically on the controversy.

Speaking after the WOW event, she observed more generally that a possible root of disagreements is the “very limited sphere in which we are heard; feminism is pretty much it.”

“Women recognise this ... when a woman does start to have her voice heard, since women are brought up to be in competition with each other”. She went on to say: “I think that’s the root of a lot of the arguments on Twitter; women are resentful of other women for occupying the one woman’s slot.”

Two members of the CUSU Women’s Campaign have since appeared on the website ‘Gender Identity Watch’ (GIW) in relation to the incident.

The website describes itself as “a blog devoted to tracking legislation and case law that attempt to codify “gender identity” into law and to override protections based on sex”.

Photographs and personal details of two members of the Women's Campaign appeared on the website shortly after Varsity reported the initial controversy.

The blog described their opposition to Criado-Perez as “a stunning abuse of one’s position in an organization masquerading as feminism” and a “shameful embarrassment”.

GIW, and its founder, Cathy Brennan, have come under significant criticism.

A current change.org petition urges for the group to be monitored as a “hate group”, describing Brennan as “reprehensible, reckless, and irresponsible.”

Women's Campaign rail against "totally offensive" speaker

This article was amended on 2nd November to anonymise the members of the Women's Campaign who were featured on GIW.