text: But in March 2013, progressives changed tactics. Red Durkin issued a petition for 16 artists to boycott Michfest. Only then did Vogel finally pen a public letter restating her assertion that the allegations of transphobia were false, that the boycott was unjust, and that the real solution was public dialogue.
  Could dialogue bring everyone to understanding and mutual change? Progressive critics responded to Vogel while trying to engage her in public. But Vogel only restated her original claims in two years of letters that constitute all but one of the community statements on Michfest’s website.