I would like to support Michelle's point. I don't think Steve West having his email box filled with lots of individual emails about an issue that is Sue Fox's responsibility is going to go down well.  He has been made aware of the complaint and that is sufficient I think.

Jane

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From: gender studies research group UWE [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michelle Henning [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 28 January 2011 10:10
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Subject: Re: Feel Good February (and now with the link...)

I've written to the Events team first, to allow them the opportunity to reply before going higher. I appreciate that the VC should know our feeling, but I feel it is a good idea to address people directly before going 'above their heads", especially in a precarious employment climate. I imagine the events team don't realise the implications of what they are promoting and the way they are promoting it, and I imagine many of them are women.

On 28 Jan 2011, at 10:02, Estella Tincknell wrote:

> Yes I agree. But please tell the VC too, not just the gender group! We need to show that this is a view shared across the university by staff of both sexes, and not the whinging of a few embittered women...
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> Estella Tincknell
> Reader in Media and Cultural Studies,
> Department of Media, Culture and Drama,
> University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 2JP
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> From: gender studies research group UWE [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dave Evans [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 28 January 2011 09:58
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Feel Good February (and now with the link...)
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> there's possilby a 'dignity at work' and valuing staff for who they are angle that could be played on here too, and that's something the UWE VC plugged about a year ago in one of his roadshows
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> Dr Dave Evans BSc MA
> Research Assistant
> Centre for Employment Studies Research
> Bristol Business School
> University of the West of England
> Frenchay Campus
> Coldharbour Lane
> Bristol
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> From: gender studies research group UWE [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Estella Tincknell [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 28 January 2011 09:44
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Feel Good February (and now with the link...)
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> Could all supportive colleagues also e-mail the VC about this please? We need critical mass...
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> Estella Tincknell
> Reader in Media and Cultural Studies,
> Department of Media, Culture and Drama,
> University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 2JP
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> From: gender studies research group UWE [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Charles Butler [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 27 January 2011 22:31
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Feel Good February (and now with the link...)
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> http://jezebel.com/339810/dear-lisa-simpson-we-feel-you-on-the-body-dysmorphia-thing
> Senior Lecturer in English
> Department of English, Writing and Drama
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> From: Charles Butler
> Sent: 27 January 2011 22:26
> To: Dave Evans; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: Feel Good February
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> While we wait for the academic critique, there's this episode of The Simpsons, which happened to be on Channel 4 this evening...
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> Charlie
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> Senior Lecturer in English
> Department of English, Writing and Drama
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> From: gender studies research group UWE [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dave Evans [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 27 January 2011 20:59
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Feel Good February
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> hear hear to all that
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> a subtext of 'Feel Good by being made to Feel Awful about Yourself' begs for a devastating critique to be written. Especially in the week that that soccer commentator on Sky TV regressed this kind of topic by 30 years.....
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> Dave Evans
> Research Assistant, BBS, UWE
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> From: gender studies research group UWE [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Charles Butler [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 27 January 2011 19:45
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> Incredible. Thanks for saying that, Estella.
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> Charlie
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> Senior Lecturer in English
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> From: gender studies research group UWE [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stephanie Tailby [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 27 January 2011 17:58
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Well said!
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> Stephanie Tailby
> Professor of Employment Relations
> Director of the Centre for Employment Studies Research
> Bristol Business School
> University of the West of England
> Coldharbour Lane
> Frenchay
> Bristol BS16 1QY
> Tel: +44 (0)117 3283477
> Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> From: gender studies research group UWE [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Estella Tincknell
> Sent: 27 January 2011 17:36
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Feel Good February
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> Dear Events team,
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> I was dismayed to see that UWE is promoting activities including pole dancing specifically to its female staff and students on the grounds that they should be developing a ‘body beautiful’.  Given the university’s commitment to equal opportunities and an established track record of research that challenges the conventional emphasis on women’s body image this is institutionally incoherent and clearly sexist. If UWE wises to promote good health amongst its staff the focus should be on that – and the promotion should include both men and women.
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> Yours sincerely,
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> Estella Tincknell
> Reader in Media and Cultural Studies,
> Department of Culture, Media and Drama,
> School of Creative Arts,
> University of the West of England,
> St. Matthias Campus, Oldbury Court Road,
> Bristol BS16 2JP, UK
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> Tel +44 (0)117 32 84306
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> From: Anna Goddard On Behalf Of Events Team
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