A book influencer has been sacked by Waterstones after saying she would enjoy “tearing up” books by a gender-realist author. The Telegraph has more.
Tilly Fitzgerald had built up a 90,000-strong online following for her book reviews and recommendations shared under the name Tilly Loves Books.
She was sacked by Waterstones after stating in an online post that she would enjoy “tearing up” and binning books by a gender-critical author.
The author, Christina Dalcher, had shown support for a group of women in publishing, known as the Seen network, who had raised concerns about the spread of gender ideology.
She reposted an article discussing the group, and took issue with those criticising Seen.
The book influencer wrote in response: “Oh I’ll enjoy tearing up your books and popping them in the bin today. Thanks for the heads up.”
Several hours later, after her comments had been flagged to Waterstones, Tilly posted a tearful video message in which she explained that she was “heartbroken” after being sacked by the bookshop chain.
Telling the Independent she was “absolutely devastated” to lose her job, she added:
My initial comments weren’t trying to get anyone cancelled or taken off shop shelves – I was speaking of my choice to throw my own books of theirs away as I didn’t want to personally support them.
I acknowledge that my comments were a violation of the social media policy, and I did apologise for any trouble caused, however, I think the punishment was disproportionate and a warning would have been more appropriate.
Worth reading in full.
Of course, cancel culture is wrong whoever is the victim. But it’s hard not to feel a twinge of satisfaction when a perpetrator gets a taste of her own medicine.
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Couple of questions have any of these people in the reshuffle actually been elected..
Have any of them worked in anything or anywhere else not involved with government, pr,politics or lobbying?
Or are they just another bunch of club parasites
In much the same vein, is Ms Gray’s new job something that was already covered by existing staff or have they just created a new non-job to prevent the indignity of a constructive dismissal claim? (Spoiler alert I think we know the answer. The answer to most hurty-feelings in the public sector always seems to be an additional dollop of taxpayers’ money.)
Our elected Members of Parliament have their paymasters..
There is no Democracy…
Notice who’s received the most…. The Education Secretary….
Option C I think.
Sounds like a non-job to keep her in the tent.
A word salad. Which regions and what nations?
Was there a recruitment process?
Did she pass EDI specifications?
I assume a peerage will also be involved.
I suspect no party wants to read her memoirs.
She looks ” white ” to me…oh; dear.
A chair shuffling exercise at great cost to the taxpayers. What a surprise.
“envoy for regions and nations?”
WTF are they on about? This is not the United States of America this is little old Blighty. More “devolution” on the way. More devolved “assemblies” comprising carefully chosen pigs more equal than the rest of us but at yet more cost to taxpayers. In other words more controls and greater impoverishment.
Off-T
https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2024/03/majestic-wine-brexit/#:~:text=The%20overhaul%20means%20the%20amount,the%2012.5%25%20ABV%20duty%20rate.
More bloody interference intended to screw taxpayers.
Kneel and his bunch of thieving, treasonous parasites are determined to kill the hospitality sector.
Rats getting off Shagger Starmer’s sinking ship.
And what will the “regions and nations” think of it?
My bet is, is that she hasn’t been signed by L’Oréal
They say your inner self becomes etched on your face as you get older…
A nice lesson for Ms Gray that “what goes around, comes around.”
Keir-Ching! will get the same lesson in due course.