{"id":2597957,"date":"2026-05-02T08:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/infamous-aussie-olympic-breakdancer-loses-university-job-announces-her-new-gig\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T08:54:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:54:45","slug":"infamous-aussie-olympic-breakdancer-loses-university-job-announces-her-new-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/infamous-aussie-olympic-breakdancer-loses-university-job-announces-her-new-gig\/","title":{"rendered":"Infamous Aussie Olympic Breakdancer Loses University Job, Announces Her New Gig"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Finfamous-aussie-olympic-breakdancer-loses-university-job-announces-her-new-gig%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=2597957&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--><p>Rachael Gunn, the Australian breakdancer known as \u201cRaygun,\u201d is said to have been let go by Macquarie University after her viral performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The article claims she\u2019s pivoting to the private sector by marketing herself as a speaker adn panelist-hosting \u201cfireside chats\u201d and promoting topics like resilience and mental health via a new website. It also revisits her olympic routine, describing it as scoring zero points and becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-who-fled-texas-to-subvert-democracy-mocked-for-playing-victim-card-you-guys-are-pathetic\/\" title=\"Democrats Who Fled Texas To Subvert Democracy Mocked For Playing Victim Card: \u2018You Guys Are Pathetic\u2019\">widely mocked online<\/a>, and notes her background as a cultural studies lecturer whose PhD centered on gender and breakdancing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>One wonders how Rachael Gunn will do now that she has to fall back on the private sector for a job.<\/p>\n<p>Gunn \u2014 an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/olympic-viewers-left-stunned-bizarre-breakdance-performance-raygun-judges-werent-either\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian breakdancer<\/a> known as \u201cRaygun\u201d who went viral for all the wrong reasons after the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris \u2014 has been given her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-rise-and-epic-collapse-of-whoopi-goldberg\/\" title=\"The Rise And Epic Collapse Of Whoopi Goldberg\">walking papers<\/a> from Macquarie University in Sydney. (One assumes that, having seen her moves, those were very explicitly <em>walking<\/em> papers, with no dancing allowed.)<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/30\/sports\/olympic-breakdancer-rachael-raygun-gunn-announces-newest-venture-after-losing-her-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported, she\u2019s now hiring herself out as a speaker, panelist, and \u201cfireside chat\u201d host, among other things.<\/p>\n<p>From the Post:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>In a post to her Instagram story on Wednesday, Gunn posted two words: \u201cIt\u2019s official.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container = document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script = document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src = \"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement = document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex = paragraphs.findIndex(p => p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex === -1 || targetIndex < x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer = new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries) => { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry => { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve = findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><em>On the same story, she also d a link to her new website, which boasts a picture of Gunn in a spinning wheel, and the site\u2019s cursor appears in the shape of Gunn\u2019s infamous kangaroo dance move. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>According to the website, Gunn is a \u201cspeaker, host (and) conversation starter\u201d and is available to talk about a range of topics, including resilience, mental health, and \u201cgoing viral and staying grounded\u201d among other things.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She knows about \u201cgoing viral,\u201d although \u201cstaying grounded\u201d is not her thing.<\/p>\n<p>Lest ye forget, here was Gunn\u2019s performance back in 2024, which is the only reason we know her name:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rachael Gunn. Full performance. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Paris2024?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Paris2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9UMJvI9AU0\">pic.twitter.com\/9UMJvI9AU0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Avalancha (@Ava7ancha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ava7ancha\/status\/1822425360300196179?\">August 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She was awarded zero points for the routine, and it quickly became apparent that she may have earned her place in the competition and on Team Australia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/viral-australian-breakdancer-breaks-silence-much-hate-devastating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via a compromised process<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gunn, 36 at the time, turned out to be a cultural studies lecturer at the prestigious Sydney school specializing in breakdancing, whose Ph.D thesis was titled (this stuff belies satire, really) \u201cDeterritorializing Gender in Sydney\u2019s Breakdancing Scene: A B-girl\u2019s Experience of B-boying.\u201d Yes, not only was she an incompetent dancer, she was a woke, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/citys-emergency-chief-blasted-dei-hire-left-tornado-siren-off-deadly-st-louis-storms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DEI-hire<\/a> dancer, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis thesis critically interrogates how masculinist practices of breakdancing offers a site for the transgression of gendered norms,\u201d Gunn writes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/fig.mq.edu.au\/articles\/thesis\/Deterritorializing_gender_in_Sydney_s_breakdancing_scene_a_B-girl_s_experience_of_B-boying\/19433291?file=34528847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abstract<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrawing on my own experiences as a female within the male-dominated breakdancing scene in Sydney, first as a spectator, then as an active crew member, this thesis questions why so few female participants engage in this creative space, and how breakdancing might be the space to displace and deterritorialize gender.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seven years after that 2017 thesis, she proved that if gender norms are to be displaced and deterritorialized via breakdancing, Gunn wouldn\u2019t be the one to do it. And now, she can\u2019t even fall back on the sugar daddy of the terminally untalented: academia.<\/p>\n<p>So now her services are available to you, at a cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Rachael Gunn (Raygun) is a speaker, educator, and performer who brings energy, insight, and positivity to every stage,\u201d her website reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the Paris Olympic Games, she has expanded on her work to draw on her experience of going viral and preparing for elite competition, exploring themes such as resilience, creativity, and mental health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether you\u2019re looking for a keynote speaker, panel moderator\/contributor, workshop facilitator, or an MC who can hold the room, Rachael brings an uplifting and engaging presence to every event,\u201d the description adds.<\/p>\n<p>I reiterate: This is this woman\u2019s career highlights in what could best be described as the private, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/medical-school-rebrands-dei-department-circumvent-trump-administration-continuing-troubling-trend-academia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">non-academic sector<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rachael \u201cRaygun\u201d Gunn\u2019s Top 10 Moves That will forever be etched in Olympic History \ud83d\ude33\ud83d\ude2d\u2620\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OqQjKELbNI\">pic.twitter.com\/OqQjKELbNI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JC Vollentine (@Theonlyjcvolly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Theonlyjcvolly\/status\/1939354301060853786?\">June 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And not only that, she\u2019s still not a retired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-get-hip-to-this-paris-wants-olympic-debut-for-breakdance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breakdancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t retired, I\u2019m a part of the scene,\u201d she told 10News+ in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t get any money out of the Olympics. I\u2019m a person, you know? Everyone, chill out a bit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world\u2019s a scary place, and there\u2019s a lot of stuff going on. I don\u2019t think we need to react with so much rage about what someone says or how someone dances. Everyone just needs to chill. 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