Overview
- Paco Ignacio Taibo II said at the presidential press conference that a poem by a woman could be “horribly disgusting and bad” and should not be sent to community reading rooms solely because of the author’s gender.
- Senators from Morena, PRI and Movimiento Ciudadano, including Malú Micher, called for a public apology, while PRI’s Carolina Viggiano urged Taibo II to resign.
- Laura Itzel Castillo, president of the Senate, pressed for an apology and rejected demands for his ouster, saying he should “change the chip” toward gender equality.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum has said she will not remove Taibo II and announced a separate collection dedicated to women writers; Taibo defended his record in a social media video without apologizing.
- The dispute centers on the FCE’s ‘25 para el 25’ plan to distribute 2.5 million books in 14 countries, with only seven of 25 titles by women, as protests and an open letter continue and some commentary argues his remarks were taken out of context.