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Womxn controversy on Newsnight

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WTFisawomxn · 10/10/2018 22:37

Watching BBC 2 right now.
Looks like it will come up later in the programme.

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Destinysdaughter · 10/10/2018 23:02

Sophie Cook. So not an actual woman then? FFS

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WTFisawomxn · 10/10/2018 23:02

They have writer/broadcaster Sophie Cook.

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WTFisawomxn · 10/10/2018 23:01

On now!

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WTFisawomxn · 10/10/2018 23:01

(Side note: I cannot believe that in the West, we are having to argue about the basic existence of women as the female sex, when there are people dying in India because they are climbing into sewers doing "manual scavenging" and everyone is denying responsibility....)

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Destinysdaughter · 10/10/2018 22:58

Here’s the BBC article

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-45810709

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WTFisawomxn · 10/10/2018 22:46

Let's see what happens. What did the BBC article say?

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WTFisawomxn · 10/10/2018 22:45

I dunno... it could be damage control from the same group of people who wanted the word to be spelled womxn in the first place. It's a bit weird that it popped up at the Wellcome and Nottingham Contemporary at the same time, and right after the billboard controversy, isn't it?

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Binglebong · 10/10/2018 22:44

They follow the win. Tide is turning.

Destinysdaughter · 10/10/2018 22:40

Interesting. Just saw that on another thread. The BBC had an article online about it too. What’s with all of the coverage so suddenly..?