Her name is Connie St Louis, she's a journalism lecturer (in other words, one of those who can't), and she's the woman who tweeted evidently semi-humorous remarks about females working in labs made by the scientist Tim Hunt at a recent conference in Seoul. These remarks, she assured her followers, ruined her meal. Well, we can't have that - rather a distinguished scientist who has made a genuine contribution to the fight against cancer be stripped of his position at various institutions (UCL, the European Research Council and the Royal Society) by a baying pack of cultural Marxists and a few cowardly academic administrators than that a journalism lecturer should have her meal spoilt (and, let's face it, she looks like she enjoys her food). When I saw this woman's picture on the Daily Mail website today, I'll admit that - for me at least - it all seemed to fall into place. It may be my imagination, but she does bear some of the hallmarks of a committed offendotron, i.e. the sort of person who scours the world like a truffle pig for things to be offended by. Anyway, the Daily Mail has done us all a favour by investigating the claims made by this wonderful, warm-hearted, compassionate humanitarian about her own career. You can find the article here. I cannot vouch for the veracity of the Mail's claims, but It makes for fascinating reading.
According to City University London's website, Connie St Louis is their Senior Lecturer in Journalism. In case anyone would like to contact her in order to show support for the brave stand she has taken against male chauvinism, It also gives her contact details (here).
Venceremos, Connie!
(There is no suggestion that Mo Farrah has done anything wrong. I've put this statement in, not because it has anything to do with the story, but because the BBC seems determined to repeat it ad nauseam, so I feel I'd better adopt the same policy.)
No comments:
Post a Comment