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Edit: on re-read.. This presentation was given at an all-boys adolescent school. So, OK, the condescension comes from a place of teacherdom. And I guess the pop

by quesera 13y ago

Edit: on re-read.. This presentation was given at an all-boys adolescent school. So, OK, the condescension comes from a place of teacherdom. And I guess the pop sex icon imagery thrown in was to relate to the audience. A pox on all that. This guy didn't even save the kids from the metaphorical fire. He lit a match in a dry field and wrote a blog post about how he railed earnestly against the coming of the conflagration.

Zikes 13y ago
Rather reads like a hero fantasy, doesn't it?
ColinWright 13y ago
> This presentation was given at > an all-boys adolescent school. No, it wasn't. It was a mixed audience at a large, central (non-school) location. Schools had brought students to the event, and some of those schools were single-sex schools. Can you point at the part of the submission where you deduced the presentation was at a single-sex school? It needs editing if it's giving that impression, and I'll pass your comments on.
- quesera 13y ago
  > the appearance of Nigella had an interesting and unexpected effect: a rowdy all-boys school started wolf whistling. You're right, I misinterpreted that quote to mean that the audience was an all-boys school. My apologies. My criticism stands, though. Poorly-considered reactions all around, including the folks who applauded the speaker's indignance -- for rushing blindly into the arms of the less offensive.