{"id":1353620,"date":"2022-03-01T22:07:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T03:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1353620"},"modified":"2022-03-01T22:07:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T03:07:46","slug":"northwest-missouri-state-university-blasted-for-saying-womynx-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/northwest-missouri-state-university-blasted-for-saying-womynx-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwest Missouri State University Blasted for Saying &#039;Womynx History Month&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorthwest-missouri-state-university-blasted-for-saying-womynx-history-month%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1353620&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/northwest-missouri-state-university-wikimedia-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper dark active\">\n<div id=\"speechkit-container\" class=\"speechkit-container\">\n<div class=\"sk-app-container sk-mod-showing\">\n<h2 class=\"sk-cell svelte-170jrnn\">Northwest Missouri State University launched Women\u2019s History Month\u201d with its own woke spin by referring to it as \u201cWomynx History Month.\u201d<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cTo commemorate Womynx History Month, Northwest will host a variety of activities throughout the month of March,\u201d the university\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWMOSTATE\/status\/1498668339408740357?s=20&#038;t=gmtM_lEnMJ1hQe4iV0HKUg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>posted<\/u><\/a>\u00a0on Twitter Tuesday. \u201cThe theme for this year\u2019s celebration is \u2018Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To commemorate Womynx History Month, Northwest will host a variety of activities throughout the month of March. The theme for this year&#8217;s celebration is &#8220;Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.&#8221; \ud83d\udc9c<br \/>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HP2nC9lIdn\">https:\/\/t.co\/HP2nC9lIdn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/29dEDnzXkd\">pic.twitter.com\/29dEDnzXkd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Northwest Missouri State University (@NWMOSTATE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWMOSTATE\/status\/1498668339408740357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The university also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwmissouri.edu\/media\/news\/2022\/02\/25womenshistorymonth.htm\">included a link<\/a> to the Northwest website that listed the many activities students can partake in throughout the month that will end with the\u00a0annual\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwmissouri.edu\/media\/news\/2022\/02\/18InfluentialWomenNominations.htm\">Influential Womynx Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is vital that we celebrate Women\u2019s History Month at Northwest to recognize the many achievements of influential women that usually go unnoticed, and to acknowledge the role Northwest\u2019s women have played in delivering care and spreading the spirit of hope,\u201d Dr. Giselle Greenidge, an assistant professor of sociology and a member of Northwest\u2019s Womynx History Month Committee, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen worldwide are the predominant providers of informal care, and Northwest is no exception,\u201d Greenridge added.<br \/>After significant backlash online, the university <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/missouri-university-slammed-womynx-history-month\">told Fox News<\/a> in a statement that the term was intended to promote inclusivity.\u00a0According to\u00a0GirlBoss.com, the phrase has been used by progressives to avoid the TERF term \u201cwomyn.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What the hell is Womynx?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWMOSTATE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NWMOSTATE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nafNaL7ZwL\">pic.twitter.com\/nafNaL7ZwL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1498788257777082369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Haven\u2019t seen \u201cWomynx\u201d before \u1f44\u1f44 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jNEIWttWcM\">https:\/\/t.co\/jNEIWttWcM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LevineJonathan\/status\/1498807645754597379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What are the &#8220;Influential Womynx Awards&#8221; about?<br \/>Wrong answers only. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XOV2Byj5JO\">https:\/\/t.co\/XOV2Byj5JO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PragerU (@prageru) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prageru\/status\/1498810837275840514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2020, TEDx London heaped scores of backlash when it announced it would be using the phrase \u201cwomxn\u201d in place of women for inclusivity purposes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHELLO YOU! TEDxLondonWomxn is coming back (virtually)! And we\u2019d love you to share your ideas to help us to build our programme of events for this Autumn\u2026\u201d it tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy we\u2019re using \u2018womxn\u2019 No, that\u2019s not a typo: \u2018womxn\u2019 is a spelling of \u2018women\u2019 that\u2019s more inclusive and progressive. The term sheds light on the prejudice, discrimination, and institutional barriers womxn have faced, and explicitly includes non-cisgender women,\u201d it later added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HELLO YOU! <\/p>\n<p>TEDxLondonWomxn is coming back (virtually)! \ud83d\udca5 <\/p>\n<p>And we&#8217;d love you to share your ideas to help us to build our programme of events for this Autumn\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Please share your thoughts in our 5 min quiz <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lOt7CXXC7x\">https:\/\/t.co\/lOt7CXXC7x<\/a><br \/>THANK YOU!<br \/>\u274c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TEDxLondon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TEDxLondon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TEDxLondonWomxn?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TEDxLondonWomxn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6yeIOco3KD\">pic.twitter.com\/6yeIOco3KD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TEDxLondon (@tedxlondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedxlondon\/status\/1301822462137700352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northwest Missouri State University launched Women\u2019s History Month\u201d with its own woke spin by referring to it as \u201cWomynx History Month.\u201d  \u201cTo commemorate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1898285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1353620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1353620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1898285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1353620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1353620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}