students are also frustrated by rampant careerism. they *want* options; they *want* to pursue things that interest them; they *want* more than the credential from college.
we saw this in 2020-21: why did students hate distance learning so much? because college is about more than completing credits.
fuck me for being this person, i guess, but public universities are a civic good and shouldn’t be run like businesses. and if you’re going to insist on running them like so, at least do some market research. students like their professors; they don’t want MOOCs taught by ChatGPT.
My university received a few years ago the promise of the largest single gift to a public university in U.S. history. It was equivalent to 12 hours of bombing Iran.
In a statement to The Crimson, Summers wrote that the decision to leave was “difficult” and that he remained “grateful to the thousands of students and colleagues I have been privileged to teach and work with since coming to Harvard as a graduate student 50 years ago.” “Free of formal responsibility, as President Emeritus and a retired professor, I look forward in time to engaging in research, analysis, and commentary on a range of global economic issues,” he added.
When academia's stars mistreat people, they're "punished" with relief from teaching, mentoring, and service responsibilities. This frees them to spend more time on the more valued work of research. And dumps less valued responsibilities onto colleagues, making it harder for them to become stars.
This is all happening because cis people have decided they are more in communion with pedophiles than their trans neighbors.
Not only was I young, I had no family history, am and was a vegetarian, and was a long distance runner. We live in a toxic environment, and all the precautions didn’t protect me. Get screened. Colonoscopies are easier than surgery and chemo. Ask me how I know.
We watched a lot of Dawson’s Creek, and I am feeling super sad today. I was also a very young colon cancer patient—stage 3, age 34. I feel lucky to be here and also a responsibility to tell folks: get screened. As early as possible (1/2)
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
I wanna love my job this much
in order to save this country we are probably going to have to do things that make rich men sad 😔
“It also means listening, especially when my position carries institutional power, and being thoughtful about how that power is used.” thebannedresistance.substack.com/p/allyship-a...
“It looks like interrupting harm when it appears, questioning practices or policies that quietly exclude, and ensuring that queer and trans students and staff are not asked to compromise who they are in order to belong.”
From the new post at Banned Resistance (written by an elementary assistant principal)
“Allyship for queer and trans folks in my role begins with safety and dignity.”
Link: thebannedresistance.substack.com/p/allyship-a...
I don’t understand why colleagues stay silent when this happens.
Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"
Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
Trans people are a danger to our children, according to, let’s see here, yes “Jeffrey Epstein,” noted children’s welfare advocate
In 20-goddamn-18. She cares SO much about young girls.
The Democrats didn’t flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
The PEOPLE flipped a red seat in the Texas Senate.
I may have a stroke.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
New post at Banned Resistance today about how sports are beneficial for everyone, including trans kids. We hope you’LL read, share, and engage thebannedresistance.substack.com/p/sports-are...
before you take any of the "Trump is pivoting/lamenting/lowering the temperature after the Pretti murder" stories too seriously, absolutely nothing has changed in Minneapolis: "an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions" says one friend
Target Center dunkers wear “ICE OUT” t-shirts
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
Showing cross-racial solidarity is a potential death sentence. There are few things white supremacists hate more.
Yesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them.
Rapid responders still out there, tracking ICE. In spite of everything, even now. Heroes
