[Peace] [Peace-discuss] Panel at UFL today at 3

[Robert Naiman]

Let's do a public letter to the Art Theater suggesting this idea and ask a
bunch of people to sign it. Even if they don't ultimately agree to the
idea, perhaps because the logistics can't be worked out, the public letter
can serve as an indirect rebuke to UIUC for messing with Nina's free speech
rights and artistic expression.

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Robert Reuel Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
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On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 12:12 PM David Green via Peace-discuss <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> That's a great idea. I would attend.
>
> BTW, the film is available online (as is her first film), as Nina opposes
> copyright restrictions.
>
> The event yesterday was enlightening and moving in a non-manipulative way.
> It was video recorded by two different people, so I assume it will be
> available for viewing, which I recommend. It lasted the entire 2 hours, and
> both the presentations and audience comments/questions were densely and
> intelligently substantive, sometimes to the point of being overwhelming.
>
> Apparently there was a pre-event protest, or at least expression of
> solidairty, upstairs at the UFL an hour prior to the event, by the trans
> community. I was hoping the the N-G would deign to cover the proceedings,
> and I sent Jim Dey a note encouraging that, but apparently not, at least
> from today's paper.
>
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 7:35 AM Robert Naiman <
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Nina claims in her letter to the U of I that U of I faculty have
>> campaigned to blacklist her and prevented her new film from being shown at
>> Ebertfest, which is co-sponsored by the UI College of Media.
>>
>>
>> http://blog.ninapaley.com/2019/02/28/open-letter-to-the-university-of-illinois/
>>
>> Let's ask the Art Theater to show Nina's film during Ebertfest, as a
>> protest in favor of free speech.
>>
>> The Art is just a block from the Virginia. It would be easy enough for
>> people attending Ebertfest to walk over.
>>
>> You remember the scene in *The Cradle Will Rock *where the cast have to
>> walk through the streets of New York City to another theater because the
>> WPA has shut down their production under political pressure from fascists
>> in Congress. It can be like that. We can encourage people to walk over en
>> masse from the Virginia to the Art.
>>
>> It would be easy enough to spread the word to people who are attending
>> Ebertfest.
>>
>> We would get press. It would boost the reputation of the Art, as an
>> institution in this town that is independent of the University.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
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>> On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 10:02 AM David Green via Peace-discuss <
>> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>>
>>> From my friend Nina Paley:
>>>
>>> *Does Sex Matter?*
>>>
>>> *Gender Identity vs. Material Reality*
>>>
>>> *Saturday (today) March 23rd, 3-5 p.m.*
>>>
>>> *Urbana Free Library, Lewis Auditorium (downstairs)*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A transwoman, a detransitioner, and a radical feminist walk into a
>>> Library…Speaking from different perspectives on modern gender identity
>>> politics, these three panelists agree that all people broadly deserve civil
>>> rights protections. But should gender identity replace sex as a legal
>>> category? Women—particularly marginalized, imprisoned, lesbian, and abused
>>> women—pay the highest price for this trend, as sex-based protections and
>>> resources are rolled back in the name of “inclusivity.”
>>>
>>> Despite their unwavering support for individual expression, each speaker
>>> has faced repercussions for critically analyzing gender identity, including
>>> threats of violence, professional blacklisting, and loss of friendships.
>>> They join for this event in the hope it will encourage wider civil and
>>> respectful discussion.
>>>
>>> No lives will be harmed or erased while exploring these topics.
>>>
>>> *Panelists:*
>>>
>>> *Corinna Cohn* is an adult transsexual from Indianapolis. Having
>>> undertaken hormone therapies and sex reassignment surgery as a teenager,
>>> Corinna addresses the responsibilities accrued by a male inhabiting the
>>> social role of women, and what young people should know before making an
>>> irreversible commitment to transition.
>>>
>>> *Carey Callahan *is a detransitioned woman and family therapist from
>>> Ohio. She explores the role of sexism in the rise of youth referrals for
>>> gender dysphoria and the portrayal of detransitioners in the media.
>>>
>>> *Nina Paley* is an animator from Urbana, best known for feature films *Sita
>>> Sings the Blues* and *Seder-Masochism*. An outspoken critic of both
>>> censorship and sexism, she has been no-platformed and blacklisted locally
>>> and abroad for saying penises are male.
>>>
>>> *Moderator:*
>>>
>>> *Traci Nally *is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for
>>> News-Gazette Media. For over 30 years, she has worked in the areas of
>>> defamation, access to public records and meetings, protection of reporters’
>>> newsgathering privileges, and other first amendment and free speech related
>>> matters.
>>>
>>> *This program is not sponsored by the Urbana Free Library*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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