Although Artwood’s tweet that landed her in hot water on Tuesday only included a link to an oped critical of gender-neutral language, the mere fact of her sharing the article was enough to rile up detractors and put her on the defensive against the left-wing Twitter mob. “Why can’t we …
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It gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling to see the snooty Royal Academy squirming after backtracking on its decision to take artist Jess de Wahls’ embroidered, iron-on patches off sale in its gift shop after eight people complained about a historic transphobic blog post. The RA had caved in to …
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Last week, the academy announced that it had withdrawn textile artist Jess de Wahls’ embroidery from its gift ship over a blog post she wrote in 2019, titled ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow, something went terribly wrong…’, in which she argued for there being just two genders. In the post, she …
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The controversy hit the new Ubisoft game shortly after its release late in October. The company said it was unaware of Lewis’s statements and vowed to replace the in-game podcasts voiced by the journalist shortly. “Neither Ubisoft nor the game reflect this journalist’s viewpoints,” Ubisoft told the Kotaku video game …
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