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Leighđ
LeagueRaven
Can we stop accepting âyoung people are having house partiesâ as gospel? Debates shouldnât be based on this premisepubs & house parties are full of people in their 50s+Meanwhile most
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Linn Marie
Pennamiriel
In a mood as I close out week three of self-isolation, so here are some observations that violate my usual habit of deleting draft tweets with irritating US-European generalizations. From
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Alyssa Harad
alyssaharad
I'm going to write about this, but we can do some of it here, too. Tell me your unexpected plague superpowers. Here are some I see: anyone who's been dealing
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Drustan de BĂșrca
svejky
An actual proper strategy academics could adopt to resist marketisation, casualisation, and precarity is a total boycott of grant applications. It would end both the worth of work AND permanent
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Davin L. Phoenix
Davin_Phoenix
Recent snapshots of the Black experience during COVID-19 paint a grim yet unsurprising picture of how institutional racism magnifies the vulnerability of Black folks in so many facets of life.
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talia
mxtaliajane
oh fuck i just realized a possible reason some people are handling quarantine better than others hahaha holy shit itâs a class divide. survival relies on building certain habits that
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Ingrid H. Kvangraven
ingridharvold
Dear colleague, student and/or friend, As a member of the @UCU, I have withdrawn my labour for the period covered by the current strike action (November 25th to December 4th).
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Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan
thebrownhijabi
in these times, words feel so little, but the revulsion that wracks through my body can only be expressed in words. words and prayers. may every person seeking refuge find
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Amia Srinivasan
amiasrinivasan
On Wednesday, I lectured on feminism, work and capitalism to my undergraduates. At the end, I announced it was my last lecture of term: Iâll be striking as part of
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Daphne M. Penn, PhD đđ
DaphneMPenn
One thing that gets lost in debates about productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic is the reality that people cope with trauma in very different ways. 1/7 Someone recently shared that
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Howard Stevenson
hstevenson10
Reading Andrew Gambleâs contribution to @MarkPerryman âs âCorbynism from Belowâ. This quote seems timely - I hear a lot about âno return to ânormalâ â. But, as Gamble points out,
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Marina VeliÄkoviÄ
MashaVelickovic
a little thread on meritocracy. When I was applying for my PhD I had access to journal articles (behind a paywall), had been taught what a research proposal looks like,
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Buffalo Intellectual đ
BuffaloSpeaks
I get very irritated everytime some1 says "oh u grew up in kolkata? such a beautiful city!"wait. which kolkata ru talking about? Park Street, Alipore, Southern Avenue maybe-- yes very
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Akwugo Emejulu
AkwugoEmejulu
Three things on Biden/Harris. 1. No presidential campaign is won or lost on a VP pick. Harris helps mobilise the base, especially those who sat out 2016. Nobody thinks Harris
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Frieder Dengler
FriederDengler
Like for many of my fellow international students, today's ICE guidelines ending the Coronavirus-related exceptions allowing us to study online and work remotely serve as a stark reminder of the
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Hampton Institute
HamptonThink
"Work & life become inseparable. Capital follows you when you dream. Time ceases to be linear, becomes chaotic, broken down into punctiform divisions. As production & distribution are restructured, so
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