Would that other independent-minded employees of woke-minded orgs exhibit the same plain-spoken character and clarity of mind that the BBC’s Martine Croxall showed yesterday.
Instead of saying “pregnant people”, Croxall corrected the copy on the fly by simply saying “women.”
Recent specific example: Imagine if N.Y. Times reporters Luke Smith and Madeline Coleman, authors of “Fast, Loud, Very Hollywood — But Will Race Fans Love It or Hate It?”, had written in paragraph #36 that “around 40 percent of the F1 fanbase are, for the most part, biofemales” rather than “around 40 percent of the F1 fanbase identify as women”.
BBC presenter reads “pregnant people” from the teleprompter and then corrects it to “women”.
Takes a brave, brave lady to do this at the BBC. pic.twitter.com/TXsmO6RHbW
— Hazel Appleyard (@HazelAppleyard_) June 22, 2025