Once you find yourself afraid to speak out about something, no matter how much science, evidence or feeling there is or how many other people may also be in this position to back you up, you are a victim of oppression, bullying and/or coercion. Sometimes it's only the rich and famous who can 'afford' to speak up...others risk their jobs, social media access, reputation and physical safety. #SpeakingOut

For 22 years, #journalist Gulchehra Hoja has covered #stories of her homeland from #exile in the #UnitedStates . Now the Uyghur #journalist is sharing the toll that takes & all that she longs for, in a #memoir called A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs. She joins Piya Chattopadhyay to talk about her childhood, her family's #legacy of preserving #Uyghur #culture & #consequences they face for #SpeakingOut about the #ChineseGovernment 's treatment of Uyghurs
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6767170

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#TempestTheatre & #FilmSociety in #Penticton #BritishColumbia is #SpeakingOut against #bullying & is emphasizing its support for a show presented by an #LGBTQ2 owned company.

According to the theatre’s managing director, Jennifer Vincent, the #theatre received a #threatening email that suggested a potential protest at the event Wednesday night.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9558340/penticton-theatre-queer-performance-targeted/amp/

#StopLGBTQ2Hate #EndBullying #Canada #HumanRights #SupportLGBTQ2

#UBC #student #activists & #academic #researchers are increasingly #SpeakingOut against the #controversial issue of #DeepSeaMining .

Deep sea mining is the process of extracting resources from the #ocean floor below two hundred metres. Supporters of deep sea #mining claim that it is one of the last measures possible to extract resources necessary for batteries & electronic infrastructure. Opponents argue that the #environmental #impacts of mining are too #destructive .

https://ubyssey.ca/news/ubc-students-protest-deep-sea-mining/

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Hayley Williams Hopes 'No Young Female Experiences' What She Did In Pop Punk Scene | ALT 104.5
The singer does not have fond memories of Paramore's early days.

https://alt1045philly.iheart.com/content/2023-02-14-hayley-williams-hopes-no-young-female-experiences-what-she-did-in-the-scene/

#HayleyWilliams #MentalHealthAwareness #EmpoweringYoungWomen #TakingALandmarkStep #SpeakingOut #EndingTheStigma

From 10 Dec 22: I have no clue how I missed the #SpeakingOut against Trent Seven in 2020. Of the people I saw while NXT UK was running, I remember hearing about 2/3rds of Gallus, the former Jordan Devlin, and Sid Scalla. But I’m reading up on these allegations now after Seven’s debut on AEW Rampage as well as people on Twitter definitely saying he assaulted his friends. With that said, I can’t believe he managed to keep working at WWE…

Watching #AEWRampage and I think I’ve had it with the booking of the sexual predator #JayLethal. #JeffJarrett is a legend, so I don’t mind his role. #SonjayDutt deserves recognition and I think #SatnamSingh had potential. Just put fellow #Nashvillian #Miro in that faction. #SpeakingOut and silly #booking resolved. Your welcome #TonyKhan.

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#quote #quotes #quotestoliveby #morality #theGOParemoralcowards #SpeakingOut

I have no clue how I missed the #SpeakingOut against Trent Seven in 2020. Of the people I saw while NXT UK was running, I remember hearing about 2/3rds of Gallus, the former Jordan Devlin, and Sid Scalla. But I’m reading up on these allegations now after Seven’s debut on AEW Rampage as well as people on Twitter definitely saying he assaulted his friends. With that said, I can’t believe he managed to keep working at WWE…

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Good ol' wwe. Just when I think of ending my boycott, they have one credibly accused abuser from NXT UK in the main event of NXT, and one credibly accused harasser leading his faction from NXT UK in an attack. It's like #speakingout never happened.

This isn't really important but if you're a pro wrestling fan you might be interested to know the industry seems set to implode

A bunch of companies are reorganizing and even shutting down as a consequence of #SpeakingOut. I think this is perfectly appropriate, but it is making problems for these companies

AEW is apparently only skirting by their contractual TNT requirements. If they stop producing shows, whether they want to or not, the company might close

But the worst is up for WWE

I posted here earlier about #SpeakingOut. This was a hashtag that professional wrestlers used to talk about their harassers and abusers within the wrestling industry

There aren't hashtags for these other things but other communities have been coming out. What I've noticed where people in the art communities, and also people in the video game press

A lot of stories but a lot in common, too. People exploiting trainees and new hires, grifters pretending to be good

The #SpeakingOut campaign on Twitter has now hit legendary ring manager Jim Cornette. The noodle guns are firing at all pro wrestling companies still. https://nodq.com/news/594534582.shtml