Kazimiera Szczuka

Kazimiera Szczuka

Kazimiera Szczuka
Born June 22, 1966 (1966-06-22) (age 45)
Warsaw, Poland
Occupation literary historian and critic
Religion Atheism

Kazimiera Szczuka (born 22 June 1966 in Warsaw) is a Polish literary historian, literary critic and television personality, known from the Polish edition of The Weakest Link.

Ms. Szczuka is a member of the Green Party, advocate of gay rights and supporter of pro-choice rights for women.[1] She is a member of the Programme Council of the green political foundation the Green Institute.[2]

In March 2006, Szczuka satirized on a TV programme[3] a young woman who frequently recites prayers on Radio Maryja, claiming to not know that the woman used a wheelchair. Despite Szczuka's public apology, she was found guilty of "insulting a disabled person and mocking her religion" by the Polish National Broadcasting Council, and the station on which she had appeared was fined 500,000 PLN.[4]

Szczuka complained later, "They hate me because I'm a feminist, I'm Jewish — mostly because I'm a feminist" in an interview for The New York Times[5] and International Herald Tribune.[6]

She works for TVN24 in Wydanie drugie poprawione. She has worked since 2003 for TVN in "Najsłabsze Ogniwo" (the Polish version of The Weakest Link) and in Dwururka.

References

  1. ^ Interview with K. Szczuka (Polish)
  2. ^ Green Institute
  3. ^ Szczuka on a TV programme
  4. ^ Pół miliona kary za wypowiedź Szczuki, Fakt (Polish)
  5. ^ NYT article "Letter from Poland - Differing Treatment of Religious Slurs Raises an Old Issue" by Richard Bernstein [1]
  6. ^ IHT article "Culture war seen in Polish broadcasting case: One station is fined another gets a pass" by Richard Bernstein [2]

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