#Silencing

Bernadette Lim, MS

bernielim

Today a "mentor in medicine" I once looked up to harassed/talked down to me/my dreams (in "good fun") *in front of my parents* after she met them for the first

J⁷❖🐳🌴🥁

ATHENA_JJK

there is a difference between girl power concepts and feminist icons, both are valid women and experiences but do not confuse the twothis is female empowerment "everyday she tells her

Okke Ornstein

oornstein

“Would it be rude to point out to these esteemed thinkers that the fact that they were considered prestigious enough to be invited to sign this letter is proof that

Sophie Jørgensen-R

SophieJR6

Sleeping for 12 hours because of pain and waking up to see established people on archaeology twitter tweeting transphobic & ableist rubbish, today is truly not the day.A thread on

Jen 🥭

wanAnd0nly

Right... doesn’t even matter anymore, however “influential” she think she is... being outspoken - she is NOT the only one.As for tech, a lot of us are beyond her “expertise”.Lesbians

An0maly

LegendaryEnergy

Ready for a thread of questions? If you had a product that you were working on that you wanted to sell to the entire world, would you say there is

Dr Natacha Kennedy. #BlackLivesMatter

natachakennedy

So the @guardian UK has published 100 straight articles about #trans people none of which have been written by trans people.Can you imagine the response if the Guardian had done

pickles 🌱

milkandhoneycat

I was in a gc with ana. Ana is my friend. I am making this post regardless of the gc’s permission or approval. So I am sorry if this is

A.R. Buckle

JuliusGoat

"Why won't you debate my IDEAS?""Because they're bad ideas.""Ideas should be allowed to succeed or fail in open debate.""They are. We heard your ideas. We think they're bad. Your bad

Rachel Hewitt

drrachelhewitt

I have to tell you about an idea I've read this week which has blown my mind. Traditionally in developmental psychology, the infant is thought to experience a profound, formative

Yukon Cor-needlessness

McArthurMooney

I had a really good time jurying for @CanadianPoets this year with @KikiFolle & @adebe_ and wanted to suggest everyone go find and read these twelve longlisted debuts.http://poets.ca/2019/04/01/2019-book-awards-longlist-announcement/ I would

BlackedHatGuy

BlackedHatGuy

Enough. @RoseKalemba has accused another victim of childhood abuse (myself) of looking for CHILD PORN. because I don't agree with her Christian agenda of silencing Porn. I am not the

Uhhhhh

samcampin

THREAD: if you don’t vote this year, you’re apart of the problem. i wholeheartedly agree tht b*den is not the best choice. he has made deterimentally harmful policy decisions affecting

VealBeerHat

Popehat

I like and respect many of these people. But i continue to struggle with the concept. The distinction between “silencing” and more/responsive/critical speech eludes me. I see instead the problem

A.R. Buckle

JuliusGoat

Once again, "cancel culture" is used to mean "accurate criticism," and it's how people with big platforms fully aligned with empowered abuse and injustice try to steal the language and

Courtney Milan 🦖

courtneymilan

The thing about the Harper letter isn’t that people with different principles can’t sometimes come together. They absolutely can, and should. There are people who want single payer health insurance