Triggernometry interview: reading list (reference guide as you listen)
Examples I mentioned tonight
Quotes & what I was referring to:
āIād been tipped off about a study in Higher Education about non-binary inclusivity.ā
āI was looking into the academics that did that study and one of them (Francis White, University of Westminster) had worked on a project about pregnant menā
āit took me to a website called the UKRIā
UK Research and Innovation: An explainer
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is one area I cover the most in my journalism. So much so that I thought I would do a quick guide that can be used as a reference - should anyone want to look at it while reading one of my pieces about the numerous studies it funds.
āI saw a price tag attached to itā
āAll together it was just under Ā£700,000ā (Ā£668,244):
ādiscovered that we were paying for itā
āProfessor Sally Hines whoās quite infamous on Twitter for hounding gender critical feministsā
āToilet Captain Forstaterā
āExcellent thread on links between GC feminism and far-right movementsā
āSheās had into the millions of taxpayer moneyā (Ā£1,860,093 - her UKRI profile here):
āquite politically active in generalā
The Europe that Gay Porn Built, 1945-2000
Taxpayer-funded Job of the Week: Gay Porn Researcher (Ā£30k+)
I donāt normally post job adverts on my Substack, but simply couldnāt resist when I saw a fabulous opportunity to research gay porn.
āone of them has a long history of doing studies on gay pornā
āThe other one; he has had another taxpayer-funded grantā
āIt comes to about a million, the taxpayer money that has gone towards himā
āand his previous one was on āgay pig masculinitiesāā
Over Ā£1m taxpayer-funding - to the professor specialising in gay "pig" masculinities
Sometimes I think Iāve seen it all at Woke Waste HQ.
āI watched webinars of him explaining the researchā¦ā
āmen with hay around themā
āIt resulted in a film at the end, which Iāve seen a bit of footage from with hands and lubricant moving aroundā
For gay porn actor footage & more, see this piece.
āThis individual is now in Swedenā¦ voted recently at the elections thereā (Linkƶping is in Sweden)
āThereās a study about decolonising the city of Yorkā
āEcopoetryā
āBedwetting and incontinenceā
Taxpayer-funded Job of the Week: Bedwetting and incontinence (in 1870-1970) researcher
As readers of Woke Waste know, every now and then I try to āgive backā to the community - by way of advertising fabulous opportunities.
āA Bolivian PhD studentā
Why are we paying for a Bolivian student to "decolonise" Bolivian museums... in Bolivia?
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āDecolonising Contraceptionā
āwhite centricity of folk musicā
āArts Council England does incentivise wokeā
Why is Arts Council England so woke?
In recent times, I canāt help thinking that the public mood is turning against Arts Council England (ACE) as more and more people realise its woke ways.
āPrancer the Dancer - Converting dance moves into renewable energyā
ācash-strapped Southbank Centre"/ CEO upset about NT getting more money:
Battersea Arts Centre CEO complaining about arts funding:
āBlood Showā
"Blood Show" - āa trans celebration of destroying thingsā at Battersea Arts Centre
Fancy a show about blood?
āFemmes of Colourā
Soho Theatre's Identity Politics Extravaganza
Nowadays, whenever I see a terrible-looking show or exhibition, I can pretty much guarantee Arts Council England (ACE) has something to do with it.
āGlobal Majorityā
10 examples of "Global Majority" opportunities
Yesterday, some of my readers may have seen that I posted this video (below) of Caroline Woodley, the Mayor of Hackney, on X.
āHate crime charity fundingā
The Government's hate crime spending
This week, Rishi Sunak condemned Scotlandās new hate crime laws, and said that people should not be criminalised āfor stating simple facts on biologyā.
āRainbow paddlingā
Islington and Camden Council's woke splurge on "Rainbow" kayaking
Like most people, the sight of a utility bill through the door fills me with dread.
āBirmingham Council hired food justice consultantsā
āWes Streetingā & the IPPR:
Taxpayers were charged Ā£389.25k for the IPPR between 2018-22 (full piece in The Daily Sceptic).
āUniversities UK has had about Ā£17 million in taxpayer funding over the yearsā
Universities UK: The charity that's received over Ā£17m in taxpayer funding since 2019
āWe cannot afford to neglect [the Higher Education] sectorā, were the wise words of Vivienne Stern, CEO of Universities UK, on X today.
MPs register of interest
āFor the media, the main story was Nigel Farageā
Forget Farage's salary - follow the (green) money
*Correction: (added Tuesday 3rd September): the Ā£99k is a āvalueā amount - aka the advice from the Green Finance Institute Ltd has been āvaluedā at Ā£99k.*
āPeople know about Dale Vinceā (below left)
āClimate change committee/ Chris Skidmoreā - my piece in The Critic here
āWe Deserve Betterā - NB. Corbyn paid his donation back
We Deserve Better (than not knowing who funds Jeremy Corbyn and Carla Denyer)
Who funds Carla Denyer and Jeremy Corbyn?
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