{"id":504,"date":"2013-07-28T21:18:20","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T20:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uncharted-worlds.org\/blog\/?p=504"},"modified":"2013-10-16T12:04:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T11:04:39","slug":"queens-of-pop-at-prides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncharted-worlds.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/queens-of-pop-at-prides\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens of Pop at (not Nottingham) Prides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wrote some tweets earlier to @ManchesterPride, and then thought they were worth blogging here too:<lj-cut><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManchesterPride\">@ManchesterPride<\/a> Hoping you&#39;ll unbook Queens of Pop. The fact that some people think they&#39;re funny doesn&#39;t mean they belong at Pride.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jennifer Moore (@UnchartedWorlds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnchartedWorlds\/statuses\/361537382555717632\">July 28, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManchesterPride\">@ManchesterPride<\/a> In solidarity with women, in solidarity with Black people, please don&#39;t give this platform to a racist\/misogynist act.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jennifer Moore (@UnchartedWorlds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnchartedWorlds\/statuses\/361538114562437120\">July 28, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManchesterPride\">@ManchesterPride<\/a> Looking more structurally, I&#39;d suggest giving thought to the demographics of whoever&#39;s making your bookings, as well.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jennifer Moore (@UnchartedWorlds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnchartedWorlds\/statuses\/361541007524900864\">July 28, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManchesterPride\">@ManchesterPride<\/a> Judging the effects of humour is difficult if the people doing the judging aren&#39;t from a wide variety of backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jennifer Moore (@UnchartedWorlds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnchartedWorlds\/statuses\/361541759064477698\">July 28, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManchesterPride\">@ManchesterPride<\/a> Anyway, people are clearly telling you now that Queens of Pop are over the line into racism &amp; sexism.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jennifer Moore (@UnchartedWorlds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnchartedWorlds\/statuses\/361543132766150656\">July 28, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManchesterPride\">@ManchesterPride<\/a> I realise it&#39;s hard to back down when you thought you were right, &amp; the temptation is to defend what you already decided.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jennifer Moore (@UnchartedWorlds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnchartedWorlds\/statuses\/361543457816326144\">July 28, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManchesterPride\">@ManchesterPride<\/a> &amp; having &quot;the world watching you&quot; doesn&#39;t make it any easier.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jennifer Moore (@UnchartedWorlds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnchartedWorlds\/statuses\/361543767574052866\">July 28, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManchesterPride\">@ManchesterPride<\/a> But the fact is a lot of the world _is_ watching you now.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jennifer Moore (@UnchartedWorlds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnchartedWorlds\/statuses\/361544162308399104\">July 28, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManchesterPride\">@ManchesterPride<\/a> We&#39;re waiting to find out which of us you think deserve to feel welcome at Pride and which of us you think don&#39;t matter.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jennifer Moore (@UnchartedWorlds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnchartedWorlds\/statuses\/361544698457882626\">July 28, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For the people who haven&#8217;t seen what this is all about, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukblackpride.org.uk\/announcements\/no-to-racist-homophobic-acts-at-manchester-pride-reject-queens-of-pop\" title=\"UK Black Pride: &#34;No to racist, homophobic acts at Manchester Pride \u2013 reject Queens of Pop&#34;\">here&#8217;s a statement from UK Black Pride<\/a>, along with some possible action to take if you agree.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, I have personally watched the video parodying will.i.am&#8217;s track and the one it&#8217;s a parody of, and thought about it, and that&#8217;s my main basis for asserting their act is racist and they don&#8217;t belong at Pride.  <\/p>\n<p>For the attribute &#8220;misogynist&#8221;, I&#8217;m judging by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/en-GB\/petitions\/manchester-pride-act-out-say-no-to-racism-at-manchester-pride-3\" title=\"It's a petition - which I haven't signed because the wording doesn't cover me, but some people might want to.\">someone else&#8217;s description of other videos by them<\/a>, which I haven&#8217;t watched.  <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that although it&#8217;s Manchester Pride which is getting all the attention at the moment, as I understand it Queens of Pop are also currently booked for Glasgow and Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>I do have more thoughts about all of this! but might not get around to putting them on the net, due to limited writing time.<\/p>\n<p>Update 29 July:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manchesterpride.com\/press\/release\/queensofpop\">Queens of Pop withdraw from Manchester Pride<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>(Also, I was going to do that as a comment, and it didn&#8217;t work &#8211; apologies to anyone who&#8217;s tried to comment on this blog recently, it seems to have gone a bit wrong!  must fix later but no time now&#8230;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some tweets I wrote to Manchester Pride, asking them to unbook Queens of Pop. 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