TEDTalks cancelled Nancy Hogshead (Olympic Champion) speaking about women’s rights in sport

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Tedtalks

• cancelled my talk about women’s rights conflicting with men like this, as soon as it was announced.
• platformed him.
• de-platformed me. I’m an Olympic champion; I have lived experience of sport.
• I’m a civil rights lawyer & author; w expertise on women’s rights. I’ve taught Sports Law for 20 years.

For those that don’t know… this is Will/ Lia Thomas, the @Penn male swimmer who, in 2022, won the WOMEN’s @NCAA Championship in the 500y freestyle. Thomas had never qualified for the Men’s NCAA Championship.
The gap bt QUALIFYING and WINNING cannot be overstated.

https://twitter-thread.com/t/2050555759298068564

The cowardice in society should shock me less, over a decade into the age of cancel culture, but it cuts every time.

I am appalled and disgusted. Trans women are men, it needs to be said.
Thank you for risking your own peaceable existence to point out this actual truth.

I am not someone who is that interested in sport, so for those like me here is a short biography about her.

https://www.championwomen.org/nancys-bio-2025

As a civil rights lawyer I hope Nancy Hogshead can take action against this censorship.

TED Talks tried to suppress Colman Hughes talk back in 2023 because it upset members of staff. A blackman not bending the knee to BLM, the horror. 😱

TED Talks has long since lost any creditability it used to have, it's woke central now.

TEDtalks are broadcast on a radio station near me, and I am open to them, I give them a few minutes, and occasionally they are interesting - I discovered the amazing Snow Raven through a TEDtalk - but I'm afraid the overwhelming impression I get is one of smugness.
The very format of 'here's me up on stage talking to youse about me' may have been innovative at a certain point in time, but now I find it mostly irritating.

I didn't know they excluded speakers speaking 'wrongthink', but it kinda fits in with the overall impression they give out, so I'm not surprised🙄