Been thinking about how Jess must be in the middle of this. She clearly chose a few years back to be clear on where her feminism lay. Given the nature of her art I can see why she felt she had to make such a statement openly.
It is equally clear that this was about her life and her art, she was not seeking to become a spokesperson for GC feminism. She protected herself by ceasing to work with partners, who she knew would be targeted and carried on making art. But when the RA comes calling, you don't say no, and you would hope they would be a bit more resistant to social media static than small businesses.
Then, they create this social media shit storm, call her a transphobe to their 0.5m followers and walk away. They have a CEO, a board, a social media team, comms & PR people, the works.
Jess is a lone artist. No big team around her. No deep pockets and no peppercorn rent I bet. It seems like she is made of pretty stern stuff, but what if looks are deceiving or what if she wasn't. Many could not withstand this sudden shove into the limelight.
This is such an irresponsible thing to do. So easy to virtue signal a person to death and then just swan off.
As well as an apology they need to pay for some counselling and some PR support for Jess. This cannot have been easy for her.