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Glasgow Conservatoire accused of ableism and transphobia

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Igneococcus · 30/10/2019 06:31

Can they not see how ludicrous this will appear to anybody outside their bubble?

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/diversity-row-after-conservatoire-is-accused-of-ableism-and-transphobia-m77wr030m?shareToken=5de1751afcada56a85ddd52141df3ecf

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TowelNumber42 · 30/10/2019 06:52

I do wonder how much of the claims is true given they include a mispronounced Cantonese greeting as a serious issue.

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Igneococcus · 30/10/2019 06:50

Yes, I agree there are bits in there that should be looked at, also the grabbing of someone by the neck, but all this is completely drowned out by the rest,

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SonicVersusGynaephobia · 30/10/2019 06:48

Whoever said to the woman who had an abortion about smashing up the baby - that is a legitimate complaint IMO, but the rest? Sounds like a joke.

TowelNumber42 · 30/10/2019 06:48

I love how papers can just print the story the way the allies like it phrased, thus avoiding complaints of transphobia. Hardcore allies: yaaas y'all; rest of population: WTF.

TowelNumber42 · 30/10/2019 06:46

Ha, x-post about the greeting!

MrsPnut · 30/10/2019 06:46

That is just hilarious, and I especially like the Times reporting of it.
They have absolutely no self awareness at all do they.

TowelNumber42 · 30/10/2019 06:46

Oh the horror: a colleague tried to extend a greeting in the lead complainer's notoriously difficult native language and, wait, wait, he mispronounced it. Faints at the awfulness.

NotBadConsidering · 30/10/2019 06:45

Whenever I see “accused of transphobia” or similar sentences, I just change transphobia to heresy, and I think it describes the situation better.

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Igneococcus · 30/10/2019 06:41

My favourite is the guy who is complaining about the mispronounciation of a Cantonese greeting. I have lived in this country since 2002 and nobody ever has pronounced my first or second name right. My names also frequently get misspelled. You wouldn't believe how creative people can be with a four letter last name. I'm so terribly oppressed.

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lolaflores · 30/10/2019 06:39

Cultural Revolution sounded a lot like this. It really did.
Who are these wee brats? Politics as a hobby. Turn every situation into a slight or an offense as you learn to twist everyday interactions into towering events of pain and oppression.
It's all way out of hand. I hope the college ignore these little bullies. If they are left to it they will turn in on themselves.

TowelNumber42 · 30/10/2019 06:37

The students complained that they had yet to receive an apology for the “unpaid emotional labour” they expended in the complaint and have decided to go public

Oh my goodness. They are performance art.

JustTurtlesAllTheWayDown · 30/10/2019 06:37

Oh wow. My favourite bit is this:
The students complained that they had yet to receive an apology for the “unpaid emotional labour” they expended in the complaint and have decided to go public.

Is the next step demanding to be paid for putting in a complaint?