{"id":702,"date":"2018-06-14T06:04:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T06:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.frenify.net\/?p=702"},"modified":"2018-06-14T06:04:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T06:04:13","slug":"lionel-shriver-dropped-from-prize-judges-over-diversity-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenify.com\/work\/envato\/frenify\/plugin\/elementor\/1\/lionel-shriver-dropped-from-prize-judges-over-diversity-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Shriver dropped from prize judges over diversity comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Debbie Taylor, editorial director and founder of Mslexia, said that Shriver\u2019s comments in a piece for the Spectator magazine were \u201cnot consistent with Mslexia\u2019s ethos and mission\u201d and would \u201calienate the very women we are trying to support\u201d. Consequently, Shriver would no longer be a judge on their annual short story competition, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince our launch in 1999, Msxlexia\u2019s raison d\u2019etre has been to provide a safe space for all women writers \u2013 whatever their circumstances \u2013 to develop their craft. We actively encourage submissions from marginalised writers and frequently draw attention to the issues they face,\u201d Taylor said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Debbie Taylor, editorial director and founder of Mslexia, said that Shriver\u2019s comments in a piece for the Spectator magazine were \u201cnot consistent with Mslexia\u2019s ethos and mission\u201d and would \u201calienate the very women we are trying to support\u201d. Consequently, Shriver would no longer be a judge on their annual short story competition, she said. \u201cSince [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11,12,16,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-memes","category-parenting","category-relationships","category-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenify.com\/work\/envato\/frenify\/plugin\/elementor\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenify.com\/work\/envato\/frenify\/plugin\/elementor\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenify.com\/work\/envato\/frenify\/plugin\/elementor\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenify.com\/work\/envato\/frenify\/plugin\/elementor\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenify.com\/work\/envato\/frenify\/plugin\/elementor\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frenify.com\/work\/envato\/frenify\/plugin\/elementor\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenify.com\/work\/envato\/frenify\/plugin\/elementor\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenify.com\/work\/envato\/frenify\/plugin\/elementor\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenify.com\/work\/envato\/frenify\/plugin\/elementor\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenify.com\/work\/envato\/frenify\/plugin\/elementor\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}