Jo Phoenix is taking the OU to court for failing to protect her from harassment for gender critical beliefs

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She says:

I’m taking the OU to court for failing to protect me from being harassed for gender critical beliefs. We need to stop this happening to any other academics.

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Brilliant woman!

Even if you can't donate can I urge people to click through the Twitter link to her gardening fund as her description of the harassment is worth reading.

More of this sort of thing!

Poor Jo. Diagnosed with PTSD after being bullied in this way.

Thanks for sharing. Have dug. Am so angry. Yet more digging to support people (usually women) who have had their livelihood threatened by this so-called powerless and under-represented group…

Oops, my post (from the launch!) took ages to escape from the Guildhall at FiLiA !
Sorry.
But it's going up more than £100/minute. Fabulous.

Have supported. Really dreadful behaviour by the OU.

Good stuff, good luck Jo.

Donated. We need this courage. What’s happening is sinister beyond belief. I hope this sheds more light upon it so more people can see the damage that is being done.

I reckon Jo will hit her target before midday at this rate! Fantastic stuff!

Wow, only a couple of hours since her appeal started and she's nearly reached £10,000 of her £15,000 target.

Women are furious about what's happening. Can't wait for Allison Bailey's case next year.

Donated. What an appalling experience for Jo.

One thing I’ve just remembered is that when I took my ex employer to tribunal for bullying all the solicitors costs were paid by my house insurance I wonder if that’s an option for jo rather than having to rely on crowdfunding.

Bloody hell, £10K!

Bravo Jo!

The way Jo has been treated is disgraceful. You can bet they wouldn't stand for a person of any other group being bullied so badly that they're diagnosed with PTSD, so why are they allowing it to happen to women?

All the best to Jo. I'll donate and share.

Women are angry and we will not let it go. Donated.

There are lots of GC academics who have stayed silenced, through fear. I bet they are all donating!

Thankyou for doing this. I have dug and will again if you need it.

This will not be an easy road, but we really need cases like this to make it clear that our views are legitimate.

@tigerinyourtank

One thing I’ve just remembered is that when I took my ex employer to tribunal for bullying all the solicitors costs were paid by my house insurance I wonder if that’s an option for jo rather than having to rely on crowdfunding.

Really? That's very interesting. I reckon a lot of female academics might want to check their home insurance policies.

Meanwhile I think Jo will hit her target today at this rate, and I sincerely hope that gives her some extra strength and comfort.

I'm ex-OU and would not go back now. Its reputation as an employer is in tatters, as is the case with a growing number of universities.

Have dug. Good luck Jo. At this rate she’ll hit the target by the end of the day. Brave and brilliant woman.

The mere fact that someone who endured so much at such a young age and survived it but now has PTSD, courtesy of her senior management and colleagues…

I'm always minded towards conciliation and negotiation rather than tribunals but it's reading like Prof. Phoenix has run out of options despite the enormous separate stress that this action will create.

I applaud her courage.

Donated. Thrilled to see how quickly the money has amassed - this speaks volumes.
Jo, you have so many with you ❤️

@FortunesFavour

Have dug. Good luck Jo. At this rate she’ll hit the target by the end of the day. Brave and brilliant woman.

I wonder what the stretch target will be and if we'll recognise the names of any of her legal team (if they're not already heavily committed elsewhere on similar actions).

She’ll need to put the stretch target on today as she is going by to bust through £15,000 in the next couple of hours. Just shows the strength of support for her. Go on Jo! I will keep donating my lady pounds earnt via my fluffy pink lady brain until our institutions damn well step up and stop facilitating this outright harassment and abuse of women. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Good .
I was offered a career in academia due to my essay and exam results but even as an undergraduate was struck by the lack of openness to different opinions. Awful to see how much worse things are now. The very institutions where thinking should be openly challenged and debated.