I bet the footnotes are a hoot.
The cover of an “academic” journal. I kid you not. Someone probably thought this was “edgy”. It’s not edgy, but it is revealing. This is what #nodebate looks like. pic.twitter.com/R4qku3mgef
— Colin Wight (@colwight) June 25, 2021
Another residential school, another unmarked mass grave cemetery.
… Read the restLeaders of Indigenous groups in Canada said Thursday investigators have found more than 600 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children — a discovery that follows last month’s report of 215 bodies found at another school.
The bodies were discovered at the Marieval Indian Residential School, which operated from 1899 to 1997 where the Cowessess First Nation is now located, about 85 miles (135 kilometers) east of Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan.
A search with ground-penetrating radar resulted in 751 ’’hits,″ indicating that at least 600 bodies were buried in the area, said Chief Cadmus Delorme of the Cowessess. The radar operators have said their
Ah yes the old “crypto” ploy. They’re hiding so we can’t detect them but we know they’re there! We totally know. We know for certain. Even though they’re hiding.
Confronted with the evidence that CRT is not being taught in schools, Sullivan pivots to crypto-CRT: That CRT is secretly influencing our educators. Which is totally non-falsifiable and allows him to label anything he doesn't like as CRT. pic.twitter.com/bkV3EGL7AZ
— Lindsay Beyerstein (@beyerstein) June 23, 2021
Ooohhh deeeep.
Gendering animals serves to normalise bioessentialist conceptions of gender. When we gender animals, we forget that sex is assigned. We begin to believe that sex is literally ~in~ the body.
— Instructor Florence Ashley (@ButNotTheCity) June 24, 2021
Yeah don’t gender animals. That would be very wrong. … Read the rest
Anyone would think there were tumbrils rolling down the streets, or gulags swallowing the condemned.
Statement from @OpenUniversity regarding @OU_GCN sent to all staff this afternoon. (@runthinkwrite @JoPhoenix1 @Docstockk @GoonerProf pic.twitter.com/ooEbBzS54w
— Definitely someone else (@BodmassX) June 24, 2021
Not only would one think of tumbrils and gulags, one would also think that the people filling them were feminist women. Forget Robespierre, forget Stalin, forget Hitler, the really dangerous people are feminist women who persist in thinking that only women are women and that thus men are not women.
Why does the wellbeing of women not “greatly concern” the vice-chancellor of the Open University? Why does women’s “feeling of being abandoned” not matter?
Rhetorical question. We know why. Women … Read the rest
“Folks, we’re in a cultural warfare today,” Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., said at a news conference alongside six other members of the all-Republican House Freedom Caucus. “Critical race theory asserts that people with white skin are inherently racist, not because of their actions, words or what they actually believe in their heart — but by virtue of the color of their skin.”
No, it doesn’t. That’s not what it is. That’s not what it is. I’m not saying there’s no one who thinks that or says that, I’m saying it’s not what Critical Race Theory is.
… Read the restAndrew Hartman, a history professor at Illinois State University, described the battle over critical race theory as
Matt Gaetz wants us to think the US military is too woke.
… Read the restThe chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, responded sharply to questions from Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., on Wednesday about the examination of critical race theory in the U.S. military.
“I’ve read Mao Zedong. I’ve read Karl Marx. I’ve read Lenin. That doesn’t make me a communist. So what is wrong with understanding — having some situational understanding about the country for which we are here to defend?” Milley said.
He continued brusquely: “And I personally find it offensive that we are accusing the United States military, our general officers, our commissioned, noncommissioned officers of being, quote, ‘woke’ or something else, because we’re studying
Originally a comment by Freemage on On thin ice.
To an extent, the whole Trans Debate has come down to which set of adjectives the nouns “man” and “woman” should be tied to–GCFs hold that those terms apply to “Male” and “Female”, while TRAs insist that they apply to “Masculine” and “Feminine”.
The TRA position falls apart once you give it a hard look under this light, because it’s trivially easy to point out that the latter adjectives have spongy, shifting definitions, and as categories have often had traits that swapped from one side to the other. Computer programming used to be a feminine occupation, for instance, because it was unglamorous and relatively low-paid. Once it became more rewarding, … Read the rest
… Read the restMs Cherry, who will return to Arnot Manderson Advocates, said that as she no longer had front bench duties for the SNP in Westminster, she would take on “human rights and public law cases from time to time as my duties as a constituency MP allow”.
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“I am grateful to the dean of Faculty for granting me a dean’s dispensation to reflect the fact that my availability to be instructed will necessarily be limited by the requirement to be at Westminster regularly and to fulfil my duties to my constituents,” she said.
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Ms Cherry added: “I remain very committed to the law as an important instrument for upholding human rights and preventing discrimination and
Giuliani’s lawless behavior is catching up with him.
… Read the restRudy Giuliani was suspended from law practice in New York state on Thursday, after a state appeals court found he had lied in arguing that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from his client, former U.S. President Donald Trump.
The Appellate Division in Manhattan said there was “uncontroverted” evidence that Giuliani “communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public” in connection with Trump’s effort to overturn the election’s result.
“These false statements were made to improperly bolster (Giuliani’s) narrative that due to widespread voter fraud, victory in the 2020 United States presidential election was stolen from his client,” the court said. “We conclude that respondent’s conduct immediately
Throwdown!
I’m pleased to announce I will be returning to practice at the bar on a limited basis & have accepted instructions through Beltrami & Co to conduct the defence of Marion Millar, a feminist activist charged with offences under s.127 of the Communications Act. https://t.co/kDA6Qhwfbw
— Joanna Cherry QC (@joannaccherry) June 24, 2021
This is going to be BRILLIANT.… Read the rest
Oh for godsake.
Moral maze is discussing trans inclusion in women's sport. They've invited 4 guests to speak: Dafydd Mills Daniel, Joanna Harper, Debbie Hayton & Adam Wagner. That's 4 people born male; 2 transwomen and 2 men. Not a single female person on the panel. Why?https://t.co/UQzQPTi36F
— FairPlayForWomen (@fairplaywomen) June 23, 2021
“Let’s get four male people to discuss the rights and wrongs of letting male people intrude on women’s sports. Obviously let’s not get any women to do that because who cares what they think?”
Women, eh? Always wanting to be consulted when their rights are being given away. So self-centered.… Read the rest
In another part of the forest…
Those of us from the @OU_GCN were made aware of a defamatory open letter published by LSE and pinned by @LSEGenderTweet. After letting LSE be aware they had published a defamatory letter, seems it has now been taken down even though @LSEGenderTweet are continuing the defamation pic.twitter.com/zjR51IXZBx
— Jo Phoenix (@JoPhoenix1) June 23, 2021
Final page. The entire episode does not put LSE gender in a good light. pic.twitter.com/2tyHLyxKxk
— Jo Phoenix (@JoPhoenix1) June 23, 2021
Defamatory?
The Gender Critical Research Network is an explicitly anti-intellectual attack on Gender Studies, trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people, and inclusive, intersectional feminist politics.
Including the word “explicitly” was…reckless.
… Read the restProponents of the “gender critical” perspective, including the
A school board meeting in Loudoun County Virginia got so rowdy that the cops had to break it up.
Many of the speakers were there to express support or opposition for a draft school policy that would require teachers to address transgender students by their names and pronouns, as well as grant transgender students access to facilities and activities that match their gender identity. Loudoun is pursuing the policy in accordance with a recently passed state law requiring school systems to revise their treatment of transgender students.
Well, the trouble with that is, by “revising” their treatment of transgender students that way they will be mistreating other students, especially the female ones. If boys who claim to be trans girls … Read the rest
David Paisley had to intervene.
Can you release an equivalent statement about your support for diversity, inclusivity and the safety of minority communities at the Royal Academy, specifically the LGBT+ community. Supporting free speech shouldn't include hate speech.
Otherwise, please change your profile photo. https://t.co/q2Dnxfnrao
— David Paisley (@DavidPaisley) June 23, 2021
There was no hate speech.
Meanwhile of course DeWahls is getting the real thing.
https://twitter.com/baboonbrand/status/1407675232832438273… Read the restThe Guardian does its passive-aggressive thing:
The Royal Academy of Arts has apologised to an artist whose work was removed from its gift shop after it branded her views transphobic on social media, calling its initial decision a “betrayal” of its commitment to freedom of speech.
That’s an absolute car crash of a lede. The RA has apologised to an artist whose work was removed from its gift shop? What do they mean? Removed how, by whom, when? Did art thieves take it? Was there a smash and grab in the middle of the night? Did an employee of the gift shop take it home? Who removed the artist’s work?
The artist’s work was removed from its gift shop … Read the rest
Courtesy of What a Maroon here is the actual “apology”:
Media Statement from the Royal Academy of Arts
There has been a great deal of debate around the RA’s recent communication about no longer stocking the work of Jess de Wahls in the Royal Academy shop. We have thought long and hard since then about this and the wider issues it raises.
One thing is clear to us now – we should have handled this better. We have apologised to Jess de Wahls for the way we have treated her and do so again publicly now. We had no right to judge her views on our social media. This betrayed our most important core value – the protection of free … Read the rest
The struggle continues.
I've written to the RA again – here is their contact form https://t.co/bt1zZrYGpU pic.twitter.com/903JuKZchz
— Delyth Still leftish. Turns out I'm not 'woke' (@DelReneeXX) June 23, 2021
The Royal Academy’s oh so generous tweet:
An apology from the Royal Academy: https://t.co/U6Hw090gWW
— Royal Academy (@royalacademy) June 23, 2021
Guess who is all up in there talking about both sides and rushing to pick one again.
… Read the restIt’s right the RA have apologised. This should be a lesson to leaders to not panic & shut down debate & discussion on gender, sex and identity. This is a complex issue with strong feelings on both sides. Rushing to pick one & cancelling people is not the answer. https://t.co/K07YhvGnhe
— Ayesha
I wonder if there’s chaos in the corridors of The Guardian. The Enlightened won’t be liking Tanya Aldred’s piece on fairness in sport.
… Read the restWithout a separate category for females, there would be no women in Olympic finals. Even in the 100m, one of the events with the smallest performance gap, approximately 10,000 men worldwide have personal bests faster than the current Olympic female champion, Elaine Thompson-Herah (10.70sec). And it’s not just track and field. While the smallest attainment gap between the sexes comes in running, rowing and swimming events (11-13%), this moves up to 16%-22% in track cycling, and between 29% and 34% when it comes to bowling cricket balls and weightlifting. The difference in punch power between men
Literally just one.
There is 1 transgender athlete competing in the Olympics. Literally just one. https://t.co/vQm4vngQbf
— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) June 21, 2021
There is one Tongan denied a place in the NZ women's team. Literally just one. But she is neither rich nor white nor male so she is expendable.
Samoans say https://t.co/7nTMZzfpJH
— Scattergrains (@scattergrains) June 22, 2021
There is one woman who has trained for years, dreaming of an Olympic medal, a Gold Medal – who will be cheated out of it by a mediocre man. But it’s LITERALLY JUST ONE WOMAN. So it doesn’t matter.
— KM (@kaeon22) June 22, 2021
