When the combined voice of @englishpen @ScottishPEN @pen_int come together to make a statement on freedom of expression and online harassment it should make a boom, not a whimper.
PEN's weak statement dropped like a tiny pebble barely leaving a ripple. How embarrassing.
PEN's weak statement dropped like a tiny pebble barely leaving a ripple. How embarrassing.
@joglanville1 's excellent piece in the Bookseller on why all writers & publishers should speak out in support of JKRowling even if they don't agree with her, in order to resist censorship has had a bigger response
This is what PEN should have written
This is what PEN should have written
https://twitter.com/blablafishcakes/status/1313509053876887560
What is the point of PEN if it can't say something brave about freedom of expression and about the silencing of women (and men) who want to be able to say that #sexmatters ?
englishpen.org/posts/news/sta…
englishpen.org/posts/news/sta…
PEN's charter is to oppose any form of suppression of freedom of expression.
The hostility directed at JKRowling is the tip of an iceberg of pressure not to speak up, for fear of losing your livelihood.
The hostility directed at JKRowling is the tip of an iceberg of pressure not to speak up, for fear of losing your livelihood.
Writers such as @RooneyRachel @Gillian_Philip @AmandaPCraig
And people like me in ordinary jobs who only write blogs and tweets - being told you can be lose your for saying sex is real.
And many more anonymous or silenced.
And people like me in ordinary jobs who only write blogs and tweets - being told you can be lose your for saying sex is real.
And many more anonymous or silenced.
https://twitter.com/anyabike/status/1311367860636266496
PEN - If this weak statement is the best you can do why bother?
When you publish this you are *part* of suppressing freedom of expression, by pretending it is not happening.
@philippesands @dnlgorman
When you publish this you are *part* of suppressing freedom of expression, by pretending it is not happening.
@philippesands @dnlgorman
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