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Artist's talk cancelled for alleged 'transphobia'

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ScrimshawTheSecond · 19/11/2019 23:28

I'm pretty shocked by this. Artist who has dared to 'openly show[ed] support for the "LGB Alliance"' has had her talk at Oxford Brookes cancelled:

www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18045416.artists-talk-cancelled-student-outcry-transphobia/?fbclid=IwAR31hfootDZ_VQQ7gNPaYxqr4LyGuYGuc0XY9fGjqO4kEugFWF609A7OzyQ

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howonearthdidwegethere · 10/12/2019 20:06

Worth following University Challenged on Twitter for updates on Rachel's legal case: twitter.com/Challenged_Uni

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ScrimshawTheSecond · 10/12/2019 15:57

One fifth of the way there already. Heartening to see.

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GCAcademic · 10/12/2019 14:12

Yes, if you fancy doing a bit of digging to help Rachel Ara out, she can be found at that usual place.

BovaryX · 10/12/2019 08:03

Scrimshaw, have a look at this. Obliterating biological sex was a direct aim of the GRA and it was successfully achieved by deliberately manipulating language. It’s quite incredible. Thank you for tip, I will google Ara.
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3764045-Why-biological-sex-was-silenced

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ScrimshawTheSecond · 10/12/2019 07:59

If anyone else would like to read Ara's full statement or support her judicial review, its on her crowdjustice page. Which I'm not allowed to link to, I think, but googling Ara's name should bring it up.

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ScrimshawTheSecond · 10/12/2019 07:55

Yep, Bovary. I think the absurdity and unexpextedness of it is maybe partly why it's difficult to counter this ideology.

Takes a good while to realise that yes, we really do need to re-assert the flatness of earth, the existence of gravity and the dimorphism of the species.

Those who can make you believe absurdities ...

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BovaryX · 10/12/2019 07:17

So important that these legal cases are supported. Academic freedom, civil liberties, freedom of speech, freedom to make art, to ask questions

It is quite incredible that the Enlightenment values many of us took for granted are under relentless, aggressive attack from an authoritarian faction who want to rigidly suppress any dissent or discussion of their unpopular agenda. This is the 21st century. Who would have imagined 10 years ago that people would be persecuted for expressing a belief in biological reality?

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ScrimshawTheSecond · 09/12/2019 23:13

I see that Rachel Ara is asking for a judicial review. Well, she is fundraising for one. Aim is to:

'hold Oxford Brookes accountable for the way they have let a lobbying group influence their academic mission'

So important that these legal cases are supported. Academic freedom, civil liberties, freedom of speech, freedom to make art, to ask questions. All things that are not certainties, and must be protected.

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lionheart · 25/11/2019 18:02

Thanks for posting that.

ChattyLion · 25/11/2019 17:46

Thank you for the share token Igneo. I really hope that artist takes them to court. Who the fuck appointed that shameful misogynist ‘TERFS out of Art’ Hmm as the Witchfinder General?

NeurotrashWarrior · 25/11/2019 14:52

Thanks scrim have done so!

Thanks for the share ig

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ScrimshawTheSecond · 25/11/2019 08:17

Brilliant, Rachel Ara. Another brave woman willing to stand up. I'm so in awe.

Thanks for the share, Igneococcus.

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lionheart · 24/11/2019 21:16

Hard to imagine, PT.

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ScrimshawTheSecond · 24/11/2019 20:25

Of course, Neuro.

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PermanentTemporary · 24/11/2019 16:47

'We can't de-program everyone'

The absolute state of that document. Seeking anonymous tip offs that someone has 'liked' a tweet you disagree with. Jesus wept. How can anyone think that's a good use of the only life you have.

And the idea that the only possible objection anyone can make is that the goats cast out might lose income. The idea that women are women being such an illegal belief that the mere existence of that opinion harms people. Could there be more rank, steaming, restrictive misogyny than that?

NeurotrashWarrior · 24/11/2019 12:19

Yes I agree. May I pm you scrim?

lionheart · 24/11/2019 12:05

Yes, I think that's a good point.

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ScrimshawTheSecond · 24/11/2019 10:35

Reporting ... I don't know. I have a fairly good idea who is running the account. Wondering whether its best to keep these people in plain sight?

I'm not on Twitter anymore, either.

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lionheart · 24/11/2019 09:47

'Statement of Intent', but yes they do name specific individuals in their twitter feed.

I can't report it myself because they use terfblocker.

NeurotrashWarrior · 24/11/2019 07:40

Should this account be reported? I feel increasingly uncomfortable they're hunting women and also that they've mentioned a woman in their - what ever it is.

Coldwatershock · 23/11/2019 23:23

Don't forget a quick email to notifications@officeforstudents about the Brookes incident logs their failure to meet their legal obligations re. Freedom of Speech...

lionheart · 23/11/2019 21:17

GC or what?!

lionheart · 23/11/2019 21:11

Anyone who dissents:

TERFS OUT OF ART
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@TERFsOutOfArt
Nov 11

'We see @TheArtNewspaper / @thegentlewoman / @VanityFair Editor Christina Ruiz likes rank transphobia. Trans women are women. Media must not support bigots who deny trans women their womanhood & thus their human rights. How can LGBTQ people expect to be treated by these platforms?'

Artist's talk cancelled for alleged 'transphobia'
Artist's talk cancelled for alleged 'transphobia'
NeurotrashWarrior · 23/11/2019 21:03

Thanks lion. Very odd Rantings. Why Dawn is thrown in there I'm not sure, though has an arts background and I think she was personally attacked in that capacity.

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