tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18287979686072859802024-02-18T17:36:38.548-08:00East Kent Salonthought-provoking, critical conversations around contemporary issues in convivial surroundingsJim Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17147225929061571428noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828797968607285980.post-87292607349868209262022-05-25T09:52:00.000-07:002022-05-25T09:52:25.701-07:00Book Launch: Joanna Williams discusses her latest book, 'How Woke Won: The Elitist Movement That Threatens Democracy, Tolerance and Reason'<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b>For our post-Covid relaunch we are
excited to have locally based social commentator and author Joanna Williams
discussing her new book: <i>How Woke Won: The Elitist Movement That Threatens
Democracy, Tolerance and Reason </i>(John Wilkes / Spiked 2022). </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcs1e8jN1l3PTJso5cG91dhJ1E28xhDgED2hytXS-UZO_mAZJJSvhl0U5J9zftHU7LMFws5IubwOHJ_N-vPv-H_8kFqp84PH9Y5ZdMVv1Q5yJr9uaqsRpgh7DaPUNkENl8qO6j6-Up91QP20WJMX_R-RVuYOfv7dHxGPGK-oAXwQ8xnKPk5Y5S1dl/s499/woke.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Date: Tuesday 28th June, 7-9pm</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Venue: The City Arms Tavern, Butchery Lane, Canterbury</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Tickets: £5 on the door / <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-joanna-williams-discusses-her-latest-book-how-woke-won-tickets-348867150037">please reserve if possible via Eventbrite.</a></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcs1e8jN1l3PTJso5cG91dhJ1E28xhDgED2hytXS-UZO_mAZJJSvhl0U5J9zftHU7LMFws5IubwOHJ_N-vPv-H_8kFqp84PH9Y5ZdMVv1Q5yJr9uaqsRpgh7DaPUNkENl8qO6j6-Up91QP20WJMX_R-RVuYOfv7dHxGPGK-oAXwQ8xnKPk5Y5S1dl/w221-h320/woke.jpg" width="221" /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Politics, academia &
corporations now seem beholden to new orthodoxies around gender, race & identity.
<i>How Woke Won</i> explores how we got here, and why what poses as a radical outlook is embraced by the privileged. Williams argues that those
interested in a free, egalitarian & democratic society must tackle wokeness
head-on.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Bring your thoughts on the phenomenon of 'woke'. In East Kent Salon style, the audience gets plenty of opportunity to contribute and question, as well as to listen.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Commendations for the book:</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘This book is the essential guide
for our era of confusion and incoherence as moral revolutionaries tear down
statues, institutions, and widely held values. With clear thinking and gripping
storytelling, Williams explains how how a minority of the elites in Britain and
America were able to intimidate the rest of the elites into silence or
complicity, imposing a "revolution from above" that is
anti-democratic and cruel. Anyone who wants to restore sanity, beauty, or
simple humanity to our public life should read How Woke Won’. --<b>Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind, Co-author of The Coddling of the
American Mind.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘A brave and lucid book’ – <b>Robert
Tombs</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘One of Britain’s sharpest writers
on woke’ – <b>Julia Hartley-Brewer</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘A searing read’ – <b>Paul Embery</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Joanna Williams is a columnist for Spiked and writes regularly for the Spectator and The Times. She also regularly
appears on the BBC, Sky News, talkRADIO and GB News. Williams taught at the
University of Kent for over 10 years and has extensive experience in
think-tanks. She is the founder and director of Cieo, a new think-tank for a
new political era. Her previous books include Women vs Feminism (Emerald, 2017),
Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity (Palgrave, 2016) and Consuming Higher
Education (Bloomsbury, 2012).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Get your copy <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-woke-won/joanna-williams/9781739841324">here</a>, or for Kindle, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Woke-Won-Threatens-Democracy-ebook/dp/B0B1W395F9/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=">here</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p></p>Jim Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17147225929061571428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828797968607285980.post-75745380225325265232019-12-06T04:05:00.001-08:002020-01-08T14:55:02.872-08:00Satire in the Age of Brexit and Trump<br />
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Kent Salon we are lucky to have comedians Francis Foster and Oliver Double
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ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in
the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #676767; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the past satire has most often been about challenging the politics and sensibilities of the establishment. Many
argue it serves that function today. After all, Donald Trump and Boris Johnson – satirised by Punt and Dennis, Josie Long, Frankie Boyle and a host of
others - can hardly claim to be of humble means. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #676767; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Others see much of today’s satirical
comedy output as aimed – either directly or by implication - at the ordinary
voting public who put their cross against Trump in the USA, or for Brexit in the UK. Recent polls
suggest pro-Leave posh Boris is 20 points ahead of (also posh) Jeremy amongst
non-posh C2DE voters. So, is satire 'punching up' or 'punching down'?</span><br />
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<a href="https://play.acast.com/s/remainiacs/tag%3Aaudioboom.com%2C2018-11-30%3A%2Fposts%2F7102108" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Marcus
Brigstocke</a><span style="color: #676767; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> has talked about people walking out during his anti-Brexit
routine. A recent </span><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/nish-kumar-comedian-bread-thrown-booed-off-stage-charity-lunch-1331602" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nish
Kumar</a><span style="color: #676767; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> charity gig, featuring gags at the expense of Boris and Brexit, was met with boos
and the throwing of a bread roll. </span><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/12/03/brexit-deranged-comedians-now-britains-biggest-bores/" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Madeleine
Grant</a><span style="color: #676767; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> argued in the Telegraph that ‘Brexit-deranged comedians are now
Britain’s biggest bores’. </span><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/10474757/nish-kumar-comedian-host-brexit-joke/" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kumar</a><span style="color: #676767; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
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<span style="color: #676767; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://standupny.com/learning-to-take-a-joke/">Chris Rock</a> stopped
playing US college gigs because of what he saw as the students’ conservative
views: ‘Not in their political views — not like they’re voting Republican — but
in their social views and their willingness not to offend anybody.’ US stand up
<a href="https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2019/10/29/dave-chappelle-apologizes-hurting-peoples-feelings-dave-chappelle-way-possible/">Dave
Chapelle</a> has been criticised for hate speech in routines referring to MeToo
and transgenderism. His response? ‘I am sorry if I hurt anybody, etc etc etc,
yada yada yada, everything I am supposed to say…’ UK comedian <a href="https://twitter.com/awilliamscomedy/status/1201471715576037381">Alistair
Williams</a> claimed that <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Because I am
a comedian that supports Brexit you can no longer find me on the comedy club
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<span style="color: #676767; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It can seem at times that comedy is engaged in a mini culture war between wokeness and offence giving. If so, what
of the casualties? Can jokes be hate speech, causing harm to minorities? Are
comedians who transgress deserving of censure? How would Lenny Bruce get on in
today’s comedy world? Does ‘punching up’ or ‘punching down’ really matter –
after all, it's only comedy.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #676767; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Francis Foster</span></b><span style="color: #676767; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> and <b>Oliver
Double</b> will introduce the discussion, but the Salons are all about the audience
– come along and discuss <i>Comedy in the Age of Trump and Brexit</i> in the
bar at the <i>City Arms Inn </i>in Canterbury.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Drama at the University of Kent, organiser of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FunnyRabbitCC/">Funny Rabbit Comedy Club</a> and
producer of the podcast <a href="https://play.acast.com/s/ahistoryofcomedypodcast">A History of Comedy in Several
Objects</a>. You can find details of Oliver’s comedy, writing and much else on
his <a href="http://www.oliverdouble.com/">web site</a>.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #676767; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Francis Foster</span></b><span style="color: #676767; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> is a <a href="https://www.glee.co.uk/performer/francis-foster/">comedian</a> described
as <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘ridiculous man who hails from the
lands of Venezuela and Wigan by way of south London’. He co-hosts, along with
Konstantin Kisin, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7oPkqeHTwuOZ5CZ-R9f-6w/featured">Triggernometry</a>
podcast. There is a great pic of <a href="https://www.francisfoster.co.uk/">Francis</a>
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</span><span style="color: #676767; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/12/nish-kumar-and-the-anti-brexit-comedy-club/">https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/12/nish-kumar-and-the-anti-brexit-comedy-club/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Jim Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17147225929061571428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828797968607285980.post-69893725128786786922019-09-12T12:58:00.003-07:002019-09-19T05:55:09.835-07:00Who is stealing young people’s future? <div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>For our very first East Kent Salon we are lucky to have sociologist Jennie Bristow introducing a discussion on the generation wars: Who is stealing young people’s future?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The so-called ‘generational
divide’ between</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> old and young seems to inform many political debates today. On
the one hand it is claimed that older generations voted for their interests and
prejudices over the needs of the young, to whom the future belongs. On the
other, the younger generations are heralded as either the saviours of politics
or the victims of greedy parents. Indeed millennials are often encouraged to
regard their parents’ generation as entitled and selfish, and to blame the baby
boomers of the Sixties for the cultural, economic, and political problems of
today. But is it true that young people have been victimised by their elders?
And who stands to gain from making this claim?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In her new book <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stop-Mugging-Grandma-Generation-Anything/dp/0300236832/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=stop+mugging+grandma&qid=1568890370&s=books&sr=1-1">Stop Mugging Grandma: The 'Generation Wars' and Why Boomer Blaming Won't Solve Anything</a>, sociology lecturer Jennie Bristow interrogates the rise of
intergenerational conflict. Bristow argues that, throughout the Western world,
assumptions about differences of interests and needs between generations have
become a new ideology, distorting the framework for wider social and economic
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In this inaugural event of the East Kent Salon,
Bristow will give a short lecture exploring the prominence and popularity of
terms like ‘baby boomer’, ‘millennial’, and ‘snowflake’ in mainstream media and
will assess how the discussion on generations relates to important issues such
as housing, education, pensions, and employment. Salon attendees will then
discuss the issues raised by the book and have the opportunity to interrogate the
key arguments that surround the ‘generational war’.</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jennie Bristow is senior lecturer in sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University and an associate of the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies. Her other books include The Sociology of Generations: New Directions and Challenges (Palgrave 2016) and Baby Boomers and Generational Conflict (Palgrave 2015).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Entry to the discussion is £3. Discussion is in the bar, and food is available, so please patronise our generous hosts at The City Arms</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">*Join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/958795307795624/">East Kent Salon</a> Facebook group where all events will be announced, and discussions can be pursued post-salon.</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> ***Spread the word - all welcome!***</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some reading on the topic:</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*<a href="https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/06/21/the-futility-of-generation-wars/">The futility of generation wars</a></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jennie Bristow, spiked, 21 June 2019</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*<a href="https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/theft-decade">The Theft of a Decade: How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials’ Economic Future</a>. Reviewed by:</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Craig R. Roach. NY Journal of Books, May 14, 2019</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/17/generation-sociopaths-review-trump-baby-boomers-ruined-world">A Generation of Sociopaths review – how Trump and other Baby Boomers ruined the world</a></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jane Smiley, Guardian, 17 May 2017</span><br />
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