From the Telegraph:
www.telegraph.co.uk/art/artists/jess-de-wahls-cancelled-royal-academy-wrong-day-one/
"It feels as though it doesn’t matter how you behave, but think the wrong thoughts and it’s a hate crime. And women are held to different standards than men… I should be able to make art that you can then look at and go, ‘Well, that’s cp’. Instead, we’re in a situation where you can look at the work of another artist and say, ‘Oh, what a b-h. She shouldn’t have a livelihood’.”
De Wahls doesn’t want to destroy anyone’s livelihood. She doesn’t like labelling people, and thinks everyone should be free to express themselves however they like. And this week, she’s starting to wonder whether the tide is about to turn. “I’ve been amazed by the number of people who have supported me,” she says.
“The RA have judged this wrong from day one. There’s no way I’m going to let it slip into oblivion.”"