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This is an important story. But perhaps the bigger story here is why it took so long for a mainstream publication - now two - to report on a male Oxford University lecturer wearing giant prosthetic breasts to work. An editor said to me on Friday: “I can’t believe this story hasn’t been covered in the mainstream press.” YES!!! I said. Behind the scenes, I’d been pushing hard to get a national newspaper to take it. In the end, I published two pieces on my [Un]Captured website - including three separate complaint letters I’d been sent - before the story gained national coverage. I wasn’t paid for that work. There was no guarantee I ever would be. The depressing thing is that journalists like me, @nickwallis and @jo_bartosch through @TERF_Times are increasingly having to build independent platforms to get these stories heard. This is one of the world’s leading universities, FFS. A lecturer wearing large prosthetic breasts at work. Women describing distress but feeling afraid to complain. Written complaints - and questions about how they were handled. Clearly matters of public interest. I’m glad the @Telegraph and @DailyMail have covered it. But I fear the BBC and Guardian will continue to ignore stories like this while giving plenty of space to promoting the ideas that make women afraid to speak up. What a sorry state of affairs for journalism. Thank you to everyone who has supported me through Buy Me a Coffee. It makes this reporting possible. As ever, my inbox is open: [email protected].