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    A cultural revolution in the arts

    Co-Founder of Freedom in the Arts, Rosie Kay, thinks the arts in the UK have strayed into a culture of intolerance, which has led to cancellation and a climate of self-censorship that has to be addressed. 

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Rosie Kay is a dancer not a writer but, like her dancing, her writing comes from the heart and is grounded in her personal experiences....
Posted by Margaret E on A cultural revolution in the arts
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Great article, thank you Rosie for having the strength to speak up. The Arts are indeed truly lost when a ‘minority’ has so much clout - on...
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A breath-takingly incoherent take from nowords here, but when you boil away the insults and the ranting the comment is best summed up in...
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We have supported artists and their freedom to free expression since 2009. When we started people could understand why, why in London. We...
Posted by Agnieszka Kołek on A cultural revolution in the arts
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Absolutely this. Hopefully more people will feel able to speak up now the Cass Report has been published. We are sick of being silenced.
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I know a writer who had a book deal cancelled and an actor who keeps losing work because they hold there are 2 sexes and women are...
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Thanks for publishing this excellent article. Remember when singer Roisin Murphy got piled on for saying puberty blockers were '...
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Great article. This is exactly what is happening in the arts. The usual suspects no doubt will be along shortly to whine ‘transphobia’ but...
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Just to be clear, my previous reply of “hear hear, well said” was to Frankafka for her “very revealing” comment! 100% agree with that.
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Rosie Kay and Denise Fahmy should be not just saluted but emulated for standing up for freedom of expression in the arts. They have really...
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