Another act of misogyny masquerading as tolerance and liberalism.
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Gary Matthews
8 years ago
The film industry is male dominated. The keynote speaker for this event should be a woman, not a misogynistic trans person.
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Anonymous
8 years ago
Munroe shouldn't be doing this as they are neither a natal woman nor a genuine film maker. It's an insult to both!
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Anonymous
8 years ago
BFI showing contempt for females
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Anonymous
8 years ago
I understand that Monroe Berdorf may currently have a raised profile and bring in more funding to this issue but on principal could someone female who is involved in the film industry have been found to take this role ? The message sublimininally being sent by this choice is that no woman suitable to the job could be found to do it properly ! I would think that message is not going to help further the cause much !
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Matthew Mahabadi
8 years ago
Although I respect the right of men to identify as women, such is their choice in a free society, I don't believe this is the correct or fair decision by the BFI given the extent of exploitation of biological women by biological men in the film industry as exampled by the #MeToo movement and Weinstein revelations. I hope they reconsider.
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susan
8 years ago
Why don't you ask the woman who made the film about Banaz to talk?
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Colin Hubbard
8 years ago
Munroe Bergdorf is a man, and has nothing to do with film.
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Mildred Pyke
8 years ago
This is pathetic.
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JB freeTommyRobinson
8 years ago
Petition is pro-woman anti-horseshit
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Anonymous
8 years ago
She is a he. This is meant to celebrate women, so let’s have an actual woman speaker please!!!
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Linda Fultz
8 years ago
He is a racist misogynist and had no right to speak for women
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Anonymous
8 years ago
Thoughtless and insulting decision by the BFI in such a momentous year for women in film
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Catherine Stevenson
8 years ago
How disssapointing for young women trying to make it in the film industry? All you need to succeed and be noticed is to be male!
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Anonymous
8 years ago
This speaker has zero qualification to speak on either being in the profession of film making, or on womanhood. (This event is not about being trans, nor about having been a documentary subject, once..) Film as an industry is notorious for its overt, celebratory sexism in both its production system and its content. BFI’s response is to ignore women in film, while Gaslight-ing them. Such an appalling dereliction of leadership and responsibility to its members and the wider industry.
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Anonymous
8 years ago
The BFI has become a laughing stock. What a grotesquely misogynistic, deeply regressive decision, in an already male dominated film world. All women working in the film industry or in any way serious about film should boycott the event. And the BFI needs to sort its equality statement as a matter of urgency to bring it in line with the law: SEX (being born female or male) is a protected characteristic, but not gender.
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Mary Rogan
8 years ago
There are manu women out there who are i volved i. FILM maming. Why have a man WHO has no knowledge of film making?
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Neil Moran
8 years ago
It is an utterly perverse decision to select Monroe Bergdorf, a MAN, to speak at this event. Choose a woman
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Anonymous
8 years ago
This appointment was extremely ill conceived and exposes the BFI as a weak and worthy hand-wringer with no authentic commitment to women. I have reconsidered my membership accordingly.
Bergdorf is a man.
Another act of misogyny masquerading as tolerance and liberalism.
The film industry is male dominated. The keynote speaker for this event should be a woman, not a misogynistic trans person.
Munroe shouldn't be doing this as they are neither a natal woman nor a genuine film maker. It's an insult to both!
BFI showing contempt for females
I understand that Monroe Berdorf may currently have a raised profile and bring in more funding to this issue but on principal could someone female who is involved in the film industry have been found to take this role ? The message sublimininally being sent by this choice is that no woman suitable to the job could be found to do it properly ! I would think that message is not going to help further the cause much !
Although I respect the right of men to identify as women, such is their choice in a free society, I don't believe this is the correct or fair decision by the BFI given the extent of exploitation of biological women by biological men in the film industry as exampled by the #MeToo movement and Weinstein revelations. I hope they reconsider.
Why don't you ask the woman who made the film about Banaz to talk?
Munroe Bergdorf is a man, and has nothing to do with film.
This is pathetic.
Petition is pro-woman anti-horseshit
She is a he. This is meant to celebrate women, so let’s have an actual woman speaker please!!!
He is a racist misogynist and had no right to speak for women
Thoughtless and insulting decision by the BFI in such a momentous year for women in film
How disssapointing for young women trying to make it in the film industry? All you need to succeed and be noticed is to be male!
This speaker has zero qualification to speak on either being in the profession of film making, or on womanhood. (This event is not about being trans, nor about having been a documentary subject, once..) Film as an industry is notorious for its overt, celebratory sexism in both its production system and its content. BFI’s response is to ignore women in film, while Gaslight-ing them. Such an appalling dereliction of leadership and responsibility to its members and the wider industry.
The BFI has become a laughing stock. What a grotesquely misogynistic, deeply regressive decision, in an already male dominated film world. All women working in the film industry or in any way serious about film should boycott the event. And the BFI needs to sort its equality statement as a matter of urgency to bring it in line with the law: SEX (being born female or male) is a protected characteristic, but not gender.
There are manu women out there who are i volved i. FILM maming. Why have a man WHO has no knowledge of film making?
It is an utterly perverse decision to select Monroe Bergdorf, a MAN, to speak at this event. Choose a woman
This appointment was extremely ill conceived and exposes the BFI as a weak and worthy hand-wringer with no authentic commitment to women. I have reconsidered my membership accordingly.