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A pair of journalists critical of modern feminism have been banned from a university event that, ironically, focuses on whether feminism is stifling modern free speech.
The University of Manchester Free Speech & Secular Society is scheduled to hold a public debate Oct. 15 titled âFrom Liberation to Censorship: Does Modern Feminism Have a Problem with Free Speech?â Initially, two journalists, Milo Yiannopoulos of Breitbart and Julie Bindel of the Guardian, were invited to speak at the debate. Both have since been barred from attending because their opinions are considered too offensive.
Bindel was the first to be banned, with the University of Manchester Studentsâ Union announcing Monday that her invitation had been blocked due to her attitude toward transgender people. While Bindel is herself a feminist and lesbian activist, she is also sharply critical of the transgendered and of gender reassignment surgery, attitudes the student union said violate their official safe space policy by undermining the âprinciples of liberation.â
âThe Studentsâ Union has decided to deny this request based on Bindelâs views and comments towards trans people, which we believe could incite hatred towards and exclusion of our trans students,â the group said in a statement.
Yiannopoulosâ rejection followed Wednesday because his statements about feminism were considered too inflammatory. Yiannopoulos has appalled feminist activists by, among other things, denying the existence of ârape cultureâ and defending the GamerGate movement, an online movement over the past year that has bashed the influence of feminist activists on video games.
âWe have been made aware of various comments lambasting rape survivors and trans* people, and as such we are concerned for the safety of our students on the topic of this event,â the Studentsâ Union said in a new statement Wednesday. â[Yiannopoulos] is a rape apologist and has repeatedly used derogatory and debasing ableist language when describing members of the trans* community.â
The student unionâs womenâs officer, Jess Lishak, made a post on Facebook (since deleted) that justified the bans in further detail, describing Bindel as a âfamous transphobeâ and Yiannopoulos as a âprofessional misogynist.â
One student at Manchester has launched a petition to allow the two to speak, which has more than 800 signatures. Meanwhile, Yiannopoulos suggested on Twitter that he is considering legal action, saying his description as a ârape apologistâ was âhighly actionableâ (libel actions are substantially easier to bring in the U.K. than in the U.S.):
Update, 5:44 PM: Yiannopoulos has deleted his tweet, and contacted The Daily Caller News Foundation to indicate that he was not seriously considering legal action.
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A group of House Republicans sent a letter to the Obama administration demanding it explain the reasoning behind a recent order compelling every public school in the country to accept transgender bathroom usage.
The Obama administration sparked a massive row with Republicans in May when it issued a âDear Colleagueâ letter decreeing that all public schools in the country allow students to use a bathroom that aligns with their preferred gender identity, rather than being restricted based on their biological sex. The administration justified the decree by stating it was necessary for complying with Title IX, a 1972 law barring sex discrimination in schools receiving federal funds.
Several state governments have already challenged the Obama administrationâs reasoning. Several House Republicans are pitching themselves into the fray as well, sending a letter to the administration demanding its justification for rewriting national bathroom policy based on a 44-year-old law.
The letter, sent Monday to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Secretary of Education John King, is signed by Rep. John Kline, chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, along with Reps. Todd Rokita and Virginia Foxx, who chair subcommittees dedicated to K-12 education and college education, respectively.
The letter asks a series of pointed questions about how the Obama administration justifies its bathroom order, with the intent of showing that the law is based on a warping of existing statutes.
For instance, the administration has argued Title IX justifies the order because a ban on sex discrimination also amounts to a ban on all discrimination related to gender identity. But the letter notes that, in 2013, Congress reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act and included a non-discrimination clause that treated sex and gender identity as separate categories. That lawâs wording, the letter suggests, is powerful evidence against the Obama administrationâs rhetoric.
âThis provision ⌠clearly shows congressional intent to include âgender identityâ and âsexâ as separate classes under federal nondiscrimination law,â the letter says. âIn light of this, provide justification for your decision to ignore this clear expression of congressional intent in your interpretation of Title IX.â
The letter asks the Obama administration to divulge a host of internal emails and memos relating to how the order was created, which could potentially provide ammo for Republican critics trying to undermine the law.
Besides questioning the legality of the new decree, the letter also criticizes the administrationâs legal reasoning and suggests itâs put schools in a bind where they may end up violating Title IX no matter what they do.
âThis new guidance appears to present the possibility of competing Title IX claims if, for example, a female sexual assault survivor feels threatened using bathroom or locker room facilities with a biological male,â the letter says. âHow will you advise schools to address this possibility?â
The letter isnât the first one in which Republicans in Congress have pressured the Obama administration to justify its interpretation of Title IX. Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma has sent multiple letters to the Department of Education disputing a 2011 âDear Colleagueâ letter that requires schools to apply a low standard of evidence in assessing sexual assault claims.
Kline, Rokita and Foxx request that the administration reply to their questions within two weeks.
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September 21, 2017More than 8 years ago
McKenzie Smith, 24, client relations for a start-up, and Blake Neff, 27, cable news scriptwriter. (Daniele Seiss/For The Washington Post)
By Michelle Cottle
Some Date Labbers call for a bit more care than others when being matched. Take Blake Neff. A South Dakota native, the 27-year-old cable news writer is ambivalent about all things Washington. âI would not necessarily oppose this cityâs destruction by nuclear fireball, even if I am in it at the time,â he wrote in his Date Lab profile. He dates rarely and, as an âold-fashionedâ soul, is appalled by many of the sportâs modern conventions, such as dating apps and casual hook-ups.
Blakeâs sense of humor is quirky (thus the D.C.-could-use-a-good-nuking joke), and he can come across as a wee bit defensive. Then thereâs his ideological worldview: In this hypercharged political climate, Blake is a proud Trump voter. For some Washington gals, this would be a one-drink-and-Iâm-outta-here evening ender. For others, it could serve as human catnip. To avoid having the date end in a public brawl, a matchmaker must proceed with caution.
Enter McKenzie Smith. The 24-year-old Georgia native works in client relations for a green-energy tech start-up. Big on family and faith, she identifies as a âtraditional conservativeâ and âdie-hard Southerner.â In her profile, she expressed a love of politics, history and Russian literature. She cited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the contemporary politician sheâd most like to get to know and Richard Nixon as the historical one. âAmbitiousâ and âfuture-oriented,â she has a fondness for intelligent âfrat boy types.â
Who am I to argue with the Date Lab gods? These two were clearly a match made in heaven, or at least in the hallowed hallways of cable news. So off we sent them to Bobby Vanâs steakhouse on 15th Street NW. The evening began with a slight hiccup. Blake was running late, so McKenzie went to chill out in the bar with a cocktail. When Blake arrived, one of the first statements out of his mouth was that he regards alcohol as âpoison.â McKenzieâs first thought: âYikes!â
Did I mention that Neff listed âhonestâ as the adjective that best describes him? He was definitely not kidding about this â which led to a few more head-slapping moments, such as his informing the very blond McKenzie that he fancies brunettes. Still, the evening settled into a mostly comfortable groove. The two swapped tales of family, college, movies, travel, politics (prompting a few tense moments, Blake reported) and, of course, why each had given Date Lab a go. McKenzieâs Virginia-based grandparents are longtime fans of the column and had been nudging her to apply. Blake knows a guy who had suffered an epic Date Lab meltdown, and the possibility of an equally searing disaster tickled his dark sense of humor.
Blake was impressed at how âgenuinely well-readâ McKenzie was and that she had opted not to go to grad school after deciding it didnât make financial sense. (Washingtoniansâ constant bragging about their âB.S. masterâs degreesâ makes him nuts.) McKenzie was indeed fascinated by Blakeâs job as well as his Dartmouth education and the fact that he showed up to their date lugging a book about Catherine the Great.
Having gotten off to a late start, Blake and McKenzie wound up shutting down the restaurant. Afterward, they decided to stroll the mostly empty streets near the White House, then, when McKenzieâs heels began to pinch, planted themselves on a park bench. The night ended with a parting hug as McKenzie grabbed a Lyft home.
Weirdly, neither McKenzie nor Blake could say for certain how the evening went. Blake feared McKenzie didnât get his sense of humor. (She laughed some, but not a ton.) He also suspected she was sending a signal with her remark that sheâs not sure sheâs looking for a relationship right now. His thought: âIf I were Brad Pitt, you would be.â
For her part, McKenzie expressed anxiety that Blake would feel moved to âtrashâ her in his post-date debriefing, and she acknowledged a lack of initial sizzle: âIâm not sure on either side there was physical chemistry.â Blake is keeping his expectations low. As he told me, âThings could totally blow up going forward.
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Published July 11, 2020Updated Sept. 16, 2020
A writer for the Fox News star Tucker Carlson resigned after he was revealed as the pseudonymous author of several yearsâ worth of racist, sexist and obscene posts on an online message board.
Blake Neff, who joined âTucker Carlson Tonightâ in 2017, left Fox News on Friday after the network learned of his activity on an online forum, AutoAdmit, which is popular with law students. The site has previously been the subject of at least one lawsuit for its offensive and misogynist content.
In a memo on Saturday, leaders of Fox News described Mr. Neffâs writings as âhorrendous and deeply offensiveâ and said the network condemned his behavior.
âNeffâs abhorrent conduct on this forum was never divulged to the show or the network until Friday, at which point we swiftly accepted his resignation,â the networkâs chief executive, Suzanne Scott, and its president and executive editor, Jay Wallace, wrote in the memo, which was distributed to the Fox News staff. âMake no mistake, actions such as his cannot and will not be tolerated at any time in any part of our work force.â
Mr. Carlson has not commented on the matter since Mr. Neff resigned. Ms. Scott and Mr. Wallace wrote in their memo that Mr. Carlson would address the episode on his Monday show.
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Mr. Neff did not respond to inquiries for comment.
A conservative writer who previously worked at the right-wing news and opinion site The Daily Caller, which Mr. Carlson co-founded, Mr. Neff published on AutoAdmit under a pseudonym, CharlesXII.
His posts there mocked and denigrated African-Americans, Asian-Americans and women, and he contributed to message threads in which other writers used racial slurs. He also occasionally bragged about his influence on Mr. Carlsonâs show.
CNN identified Mr. Neff as the author of the posts and first reported his resignation on Friday.
Mr. Neff, in a recent interview with the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, said that when Mr. Carlson read off his teleprompter, âthe first draft was written by me.â He told the magazine that he and Mr. Carlson agreed on many issues and that he enjoyed working at a show that could affect national politics.
âWeâre very aware that we do have that power to sway the conversation, so we try to use it responsibly,â Mr. Neff told the magazine, which identified him as a 2013 graduate and a former editor at The Dartmouth Review, the collegeâs undergraduate conservative newspaper. (As of Saturday, the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine appeared to have removed the article about Mr. Neff from its website.)
Mr. Carlson is the No. 1-rated star of Fox News, and his programâs viewership has soared in recent months as he has taken a hard-line stance against national demonstrations over police brutality and racial injustice. Mr. Carlson has dismissed demonstrators as âcriminal mobsâ and warned that the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement could lead to anarchy and violence.
His rhetoric has prompted a backlash from major advertisers, including T-Mobile and the Walt Disney Company, many of which have instructed Fox News to prevent their spots from airing during Mr. Carlsonâs show.
In recent days, Mr. Carlson faced criticism for on-air attacks against Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, a Thai-American Democrat and a veteran who lost her legs fighting in Iraq. His broadside came after Ms. Duckworth, a potential vice-presidential nominee, said that she was open to arguments for removing statues of George Washington because he owned slaves.
Mr. Carlson called Ms. Duckworth a âvandalâ and a âmoronâ and questioned her patriotism. Ms. Duckworth responded by writing that Mr. Carlson âdoesnât know what patriotism is.â
Mr. Neff was featured in a Washington Post dating column in 2017, in which he was quoted saying his hobbies âallow me to escape women.â He also told The Post he was miffed at his dateâs assertion that she was not sure about starting a relationship, saying, âIf I were Brad Pitt, you would be.â
Michael M. Grynbaum is a media correspondent covering the intersection of business, culture and politics.
A version of this article appears in print on July 12, 2020, Section A, Page 24 of the New York edition with the headline: Writer for âTucker Carlson Tonightâ Resigns Over Racist and Sexist Posts. Order Reprints | Todayâs Paper | Subscribe
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Blake Neff Rejects Candace Owensâ Offer To Join Charlie Kirk's TPUSA Livestream Virtually, Pushes Forward With Kirk Livestream Alone
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A public spat between Candace Owens and Turning Point USA has escalated, with TPUSA announcing a livestream addressing allegations surrounding Charlie Kirk's death without Owens. Owens' insistence on a virtual appearance, citing a scheduling conflict with her own show, was rejected by TPUSA, leading to her exclusion from the December 15 event. The dispute intensifies scrutiny on the controversial matter.
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A public spat between Candace Owens and Turning Point USA has escalated, with TPUSA announcing a livestream addressing allegations surrounding Charlie Kirk's death without Owens. Owens' insistence on a virtual appearance, citing a scheduling conflict with her own show, was rejected by TPUSA, leading to her exclusion from the December 15 event. The dispute intensifies scrutiny on the controversial matter.
The tense back-and-forth between Candace Owens and Turning Point USA has taken a sharp turn, as TPUSAâs Blake Neff announced the organization will move forward with a livestream addressing allegations tied to Charlie Kirkâs death, without Owens participating. The conservative commentator had previously suggested that TPUSA âbetrayedâ Kirk, who was assassinated on September 10, and was offered a chance to discuss her claims on The Charlie Kirk Show.
At first, Candace Owens appeared ready to join in, but a clash over whether she would appear in person or remotely triggered an online debate over her intentions. Now, TPUSA has shut the door on her involvement, escalating what has quickly turned into one of the most controversial moments in conservative media this year.
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The conflict erupted when Candace Owens claimed that the scheduled December 15 livestream was planned without consulting her. Neff responded publicly on X, reminding her that TPUSA had already committed to issuing a formal response: âYesterday, we made it clear that we would be scheduling a formal response to the allegations and accusations you have made. We've decided that response will be delivered during a livestream on December 15th.â
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