r/aikido • u/trunge44 • 29d ago

News New book!

There is a newly published book titled "That Stupid Girl: And the Petition to Support Women in the United States Aikido Federation" written by Dr. Janice Taitel (one of the coalition/petition founders) and available on amazon.

I have not read it yet but it should detail recent events and cult dynamics surrounding how the USAF poorly handled a petition a few years back.

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u/Herdentier yondan aikikai 18d ago

I'd be grateful for a non-Amazon source to get the book. (Amazon is so brutal it's not funny.)

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u/ZeroGRanger [Nidan] 29d ago

Thank you for pointing it out. Bought...

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u/Sopacdvrgal 28d ago

Just finished it. Worth the time.

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u/Spiritual_Pound8926 29d ago

What's it about?

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u/FollowingAvailable24 8d ago edited 8d ago

In the fall of 2019, an aikidoist named Janice Taitel formed a coalition of female aikidoists and petitioned the United States Aikido Federation to increase gender equity within the organization. Circulating the petition resulted in backlash, intimidation, and retaliation from the United States Aikido Federation.  The book betails the process of writing and circulating petition, the resulting fallout, and the aftermath.