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592 - Deion Sanders transforms Colorado into Black America’s team
Most recently, this week, a group of Black women wrote a letter to the School of Education at the University of Colorado-Boulder, pointing out how years of a toxic work environment led multiple faculty members to leave. A troubling deep dive into the inner workings of an academic environment designed to emotionally tax Black women to the point of departure, the letter includes pages and pages of support from the Colorado education community.
1176 - Charlotte Clymer: "Trans people ultimately repres…" - disabled.social
Trans people ultimately represent something dangerous and uncomfortable: the idea of self-acceptance. Behind every anti-trans thought and word and deed is a prevailing fear of the self. It’s not just about gender identity. It’s every way in which we are all conditioned to be someone we’re not. For many, trans people shatter the arbitrary importance of conformity, reminding any given person to embrace parts of their authentic self they buried long ago. And they’re terrified of digging that up.
1250 - Anna Anthro: "Why reintroducing #bison is re…" - disabled.social
Why reintroducing #bison is revitalizing the Prairies of #canada and #Indigenous culture, identity https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/wh
2096 - Hurricanes are intensifying more rapidly – and the most vulnerable communities are hit hardest | US news | The Guardian
Hurricanes are more frequently escalating quickly, and the places they destroy may be those disadvantaged by racist housing policy
2453 - PVs- Artist Marcia X: ""o see the quote ‘For the mast…" - disabled.social
o see the quote ‘For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change”-Lorde is an oxymoron on the fediverse. +++ --me
4842 - BreeNewsome
If other people asserting their humanity is an affront to your sense of self or your civilization then neither of these are stable enough to stand on their own nor should they stand. 🤷🏾♀️
7055 - Number of female professors in Nijmegen down
The increase in the number of women at the top of academia is not going fast enough, according to the new Monitor Female Professors, which was presented yesterday. In fact, the number of female professors at Radboud went down, making the goal of 36 percent in 2025 more difficult to reach.
8530 - The clinic staff spent Friday canceling the appointments of 60-70 patients scheduled for abortions in the coming weeks. "Some patients broke down and could not speak through their sobbing. Some pat...
10457 - Women Aren't Promoted Because Managers Underestimate Their Potential
Why are fewer women promoted to senior positions than men? In a study of a retail chain, Prof. Kelly Shue and her co-authors found that women got higher performance ratings than men but were incorrectly judged as having less leadership potential.
