Channel 4 documentary.The comedian leads a project titled Rosie Jones: Am I A R*****?, which sets out to explore the online abuse disabled people face across social media platforms.Prior to the show’s announcement, multiple contributors to the documentary – including influencers Shelby Lynch, Kate Stanforth and Lucy Dawson – have withdrawn their consent from the project after going “backwards and forwards” with the network over the title.In a post on Instagram, Lynch wrote: “As some of you may know we were asked to take part in a documentary about Ableism and Online Trolling with a well known disabled comedian.
Talking about ableism on mainstream TV [is] obviously something that needs to be discussed but the way it’s happened isn’t something that I can support and all three of us spoke out against them.“We were told a few months ago that the documentary was going to include a slur that is used against disabled people and I was heartbroken.
I didn’t want anything to do with the documentary unless the name was changed and we went backwards and forwards for what feels like forever.”A post shared by Shelby (@shelbykinsxo)Lynch said she “cried so many tears” over the situation, adding: “Ultimately it was decided that the three of us would be removed from the documentary instead of the name being changed.
I really hope you understand that we did all we could to change the title but unfortunately we weren’t listened to.”Stanforth, a ballerina and influencer, echoed that a “number of issues” were raised throughout the process, writing: “This includes a lengthy discussion on why we think the title will be damaging to the disabled community and major pressure to change this.“Regardless, I still hope the documentary highlights the.
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