#Academic

Leah Eff

9BillionTigers

Trans people simply lack the demographic mass of Black people, women, or even gay people. When a trans person becomes popular it means they appeal to cis people; there is

Minus 24

ethical_quest

Murder of a Discourse : Dalit PatriarchyIf u hv heard Dalit patriarchy on Twitter or frm some feminist,I can assure u it's academic diarrhoea,reactionary & zero academic work. Have u

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urdadssidepiece

39 years ago today Note: this article does not represent the “start” of the AIDS epidemic nor does it — as we know now — accurately capture the scope of

Colleen Derkatch, who wants paid sick days for all

ColleenDerkatch

My department held its annual PhD info session for MA students but I wasn't able to attend so here's what I would have said: don't even think of doing a

Terry McGlynn

hormiga

Hey science twitter, now that we’ve got a highly visible science lover with a creationist bent engaging with us, please take a pause to listen and learn from the professional

The 450 Movement

450Movement

I review academic literature during peer review for very, very large companies, and it is one of their revenue streams.When I do this, I want them to pay me four

Riky Hanlan

Rikceratops

A couple weeks ago we found out we’d be offering our Discovering Majors & Careers class (usually offered several times fall) to incoming @WPI freshmen. Withvach our 4 person #careerservice

Latrell K.

lllatrell

Academic is fertile ground for self-deprecating ego stories, especially for FGLI students of color. i.e. “you’re lazy,” “you’re not smart enough to be here,” “you’re meant for less than this,”

Crypto Cuttlefish

cuttlefish_btc

(thinking about how 20 years ago if I wanted to cross-reference a book I was reading I probably had to get in my car and drive an hour) It's funny

_Halaby

_Halaby

The most beloved fable to dumb murtadds. Let me educate you."It is now apparent that conversion by force, while not unknown in Muslim countries, was, in fact, rare ... most

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hahellyer

Some years ago, a friend of mine in Egypt (whom I shall not name in order to spare those of us who miss him) passed away in an accident. It

Daniel Schuman

danielschuman

With much respect to our learned academic experts, "legislative effectiveness scores" based on the status & importance of bills introduced by members is misleading and likely meaningless.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics

Casey Fiesler, PhD, JD, geekD

cfiesler

hey academics, guess what? you're allowed (even supposed to) have free time and to do what you wish with it: a thread inspired by someone asking me how I possibly

YHWH Yeshua The Way

YHWH_Yeshua_Way

Critically think on this: any time a child loses their life it is the loss of a treasure. Take a moment to realize how many children a day died in

Melissa Sands

melissaleesands

A short thread, on hiring a “nanny” in a pandemic (word in quotes bc it makes me cringe). Nothing profound, but need to get this off my chest: Virus is

Michael Eisen

mbeisen

I want to reboot the conversation about this patent, and, crucially about patents in general. Let me start by saying that it was not my intent to single out @anshulkundaje,