Freedom_In_The_Arts
@Freedom_in_Arts
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There is an emergency in the cultural sector. Artists are fearful of expressing themselves. FITA works to reinstate a fair & healthy arts scene.
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Joined August 2023
BREAKING: Legal Challenge Issued by Freedom in the Arts.Freedom in the Arts has issued a formal legal letter to the University of Leicester, challenging its Trans Inclusive Culture Guidance — the most influential document in the UK arts sector. #ArtisticFreedom #EqualityAct.
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RT @DeniseFahmy: Artists ! Writers and especially @msjlindsay @blablafishcakes and @LucyHunterB - Index on Censorship are asking us about….
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At Index on Censorship we are conducting a survey to explore the issue of self-censorship in the UK arts. While cases of direct censorship are increasingly tracked and discussed, we are interested in...
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RT @msjlindsay: What this spectacle does is signals to other lit awards that if they so much as longlist any 'gender critical' author, whet….
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RT @SibylWrites: @Freedom_in_Arts @IndexCensorship Great stuff from @Freedom_in_Arts! That needed to be said. .
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RT @msjlindsay: Oh this, briefly: I know for a FACT that some smaller book fests were hoping that EIBF would show some leadership on this i….
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RT @Aletheia_70: A good response here to @IndexCensorship’s rather milquetoast appraisal of @natlibscot’s actions re WWWW. Really makes the….
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RT @LucyHunterB: Thank-you for this letter and well-said @msjlindsay. @indexcensorship has added to what Jenny rightly describes as the "ri….
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RT @socksknitter: @Freedom_in_Arts @IndexCensorship A superb letter. We can only hope @IndexCensorship is capable of rethinking its weak re….
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RT @SexMattersOrg: “Although you lead a charity, funded by Arts Council England to defend freedom of expression, your article is highly equ….
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RT @JonnyWorst: I suspect that the only way to save the Polari Prize (and it’s probably too late now) would have been to institute a free e….
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Our letter to @IndexCensorship
A public vote for the National Library of Scotland’s centenary exhibition sparked backlash after The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht was excluded. @JFSteinfeld reminds us of the need for books to make us feel discomfort, disagreement and above all, empathy:
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RT @RosieKayK2CO: @JonnyWorst We need festivals and venues to sign up to a @Freedom_in_Arts Charter of Creation…. Hmmm… might work on that!.
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RT @AFAF_freespeech: A noble and generous response to the censors and those who withdrew from the @PolariPrize by @JohnBoyneBooks - .@acad….
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RT @RobLaverick92: Higher Education has lost it's way & the evidence of this is only mounting. Many HEIs censure and/or discipline academic….
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Freedom in the Arts challenges university over trans-inclusive advice .A free speech group has threatened to sue the University of Leicester unless it withdraws advice on trans-inclusivity in museums and arts organisations.
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