Kate Clanchy

[Antepli Ejderha]

https://twitter.com/ChinnaSultan/status/1487712224365973504?t=QSzLUuHbQAh8fbxOrzgUBQ&s=19

This is excellent

[Antepli Ejderha]

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices...-b2004921.html

An extremely well written piece on the privilege enjoyed by KC.

[Sam]

Yes, I thought the same. I was also surprised to find the Independent website seems to have been made readable at some point.

[Antepli Ejderha]

https://twitter.com/ProfSunnySingh/status/1489012232717578246?t=SWGSalZeJRaEP3rWHk4p4g&s=19

Pullman at it again.

[Antepli Ejderha]

https://twitter.com/chimenesuleyman/status/1490070397680762883?t=1hdXULfPilxBb-NJbCRlxA&s=19

[Antepli Ejderha]

https://twitter.com/monisha_rajesh/status/1490295834860310530?t=_QBzAJzvM-23mT14sLxlBQ&s=19

[Antepli Ejderha]

https://twitter.com/DiLeed/status/1494271626904588288?t=dtsp_V9eyGZXncBTEXdnOw&s=19

She doesn't stop, does she?

[Antepli Ejderha]

https://twitter.com/BookwormVaught/status/1494372761787064320?t=2gB01UKLdZC2cWj57OlRIw&s=19

A quote from Clanchy. Fuck me it's frightening her level of arrogance.

[Antepli Ejderha]

https://twitter.com/monisha_rajesh/status/1495342555801792515?t=s8VOn-yc5MWz12Wt52PrnA&s=19

Fuck me, she really does not get it.

What's worse is that she continually gets media coverage and continues to lie and tell half truths. And fucking gets away with it.

[Sam]

I haven't read Clanchy's latest, because it's long since been abundantly clear she's not operating in good faith and I don't want to give her the clicks and attention (even if it's just on Medium). But Jacquie Kangas clearly doesn't have a clue what editing is, if she thinks sensitivity readers engage in it. (Some sensitivity readers might happen to be editors, of course, and all good editors should be able to do their work sensitively. But the process of sensitivity reading is very different from editing.)

[Antepli Ejderha]

I actually read it, it's worse than anything else she's produced so far. The level of arrogance is frightening and deeply troubling.

I think she's either written or been written about in 40 articles since this started nearly a year ago. Magnificent publicity for her, especially when compared to what she was selling before.

[Sam]

Cancellation is a huge money spinner.

[Antepli Ejderha]

And she's found the golden goose for her. Much like Jimmy Carr.

[Satchmo Distel]

My impression is that she takes the view that any offence caused to others is entirely their fault for not respecting the free expression of the writer, in this case perhaps her "right" to speak her bigoted brain farts in an unfiltered voice. And of course there's several forms of social privilege being exercised by her.

[Vicarious Thrillseeker]

It's a couple of weeks back, but The Moral Maze on Radio 4 covered this, along with the Joe Rogan debate - but from an extreme pro-KC perspective.. Except for this guy, Anthony Anaxagorou, who was brilliant. To avoid Melanie Phillips, he starts at 27:45.

https://twitter.com/Anthony1983/status/1488983576582529027

[Antepli Ejderha]

Her defenders keep missing the major point is that this is not a work of fiction. She's used and abused her position of power to exploit the students in her care for her own gains.

I'm still shocked that Oxford Spires Academy have allowed this as it's a clear safeguarding breach.

I'm still unsure if she's a qualified teacher but she should never be allowed in the classroom again.

[Antepli Ejderha]

https://twitter.com/Soc_of_Authors/status/1507134585800474635?t=MzbDALolxLZoNc_RWly49Q&s=19

So he's resigned

[Sam]

Probably disappointed not get a shoutout in Putin's speech.

[Sam]

Oh, just noticed it happened on the 24th. There goes my witticism.

[Sam]

Actually having now read the SoA statement, Pullman's bit in particular really comes across as 'I'm resigning in order to spend more time with my bigotry.' Essentially, he hopes people will now stop asking him to apologise for saying unconscionable and appaling things about people of colour.

[imp]

Long and very well balanced piece in The Guardian about Clanchy's book being the book that tore publishing apart. Which is possibly what 'publishing' needs.

[Etienne]

I disagree.

It starts off fine, but basically everything after the interview with the sensitivity reader is a whinge about why privileged white people can't say what they like anymore. With a lengthy and largely unrelated tangent into why gender critical people are the victims, because this is the Guardian and there is no interaction between any molecules anywhere in the universe which doesn't render gender criticals as victims.

For an article which is largely about unconscious white liberal prejudice it does an excellent job of highlighting Hinsliff's unconscious bias.

[San Bernardhinault]

I didn't realise that the school Clanchy taught at was an Oxford comprehensive. That would explain why Pullman was so invested in defending her. It doesn't justify it, of course. But now I understand why he didn't just tactfully keep his mouth shut. It's a very incestuous and tight little group of people.

Also agree with Etienne that the article may have started off fine but by the end I was grinding my teeth a fair amount.

[imp]

I disagree.

It starts off fine, but basically everything after the interview with the sensitivity reader is a whinge about why privileged white people can't say what they like anymore. With a lengthy and largely unrelated tangent into why gender critical people are the victims, because this is the Guardian and there is no interaction between any molecules anywhere in the universe which doesn't render gender criticals as victims.

For an article which is largely about unconscious white liberal prejudice it does an excellent job of highlighting Hinsliff's unconscious bias.

I was so surprised by your last comment that I re-read the article, thinking that I must have missed something. I think you're being unfair, but if you can provide me with some examples then I'll re-examine the piece to see if I misinterpreted it.

[Etienne]

Basically I think that the article is intended to be the balanced, detailed article you described, but as a white liberal writer, Hinsliff is primarily concerned (quite possibly unconsciously) with negative consequences for writers who advance unpopular opinions or use language that people find offensive, and less interested in how white liberals being able to say whatever they like impacts on others.