#Gatekeeping

CW:Right. I think I've a fair idea who/what is behind the backlash that has occurred in the last few days, and it's as bewildering as it is disappointing. I could
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Saw a note I wrote about a puzzling interaction I had years ago, when I was still editing and in small facilities, pre-LA. Had coffee with some high end feature
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THREAD ON HOW TO GO ON HRTthis will not cover ever scenario and location and places will vary by price and procedure, however the places linked on this map practice
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A thread on microinvalidation using linguistic acrobatics. 1. I gave a colleague, whom I trusted, one of my papers to read. Here's her reaction. #academictwitter #highered #academicchatter #highereducation #microaggressions 2.
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Ruy Teixeira interviewed in Persuasion on the "boutique social liberalism that is much more common in elite circles": "They don't want to defund the police -- but they're against police
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If we're going to make real strides toward #diversityinSTEM and a strong #STEMworkforce, we have a lot to unpack - issues of access, representation, cultural relevancy, bigotry, etc. Something I
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Dearest comrades.Stop gatekeeping behind academic language, flowerly language and verbage. It's classiest as fuck. Stop alpha-nerding over the ancient scrolls. So what if someone gets their politics from Comrade Malone,
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reacting to a few different things (some of which are on Twitter), but not a subtweet: I see two well-intentioned norms floating around these days.1) You *must* address justice issues
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1/ Zoom academia may have intriguing possibilities I hadn't thought about. I tuned into #SHEAR2020 out of pure curiosity. I would never have entered that conference IRL. I am sure
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The Debate on Rumi's "Identity"There is a rising ethno-national debate about claiming Rumi's legacy with some bigotry inserted by Irani Persians speaking against Afghans claiming that Rumi "wasnt Afghan," even
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As I’ve gotten farther from school, I’ve realized a lot of music theory curricula have a primary function of enforcing assimilation as a prerequisite to success. Today's thing w/ JSS
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Ok, I know everyone has moved on from this but hear me out... There IS lot you can learn from watching classic TV, this guy was just a dick about
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Art will never be perfect. It can’t be. It’s good to question and criticize, but there’s a limit. Mostly what I see is fandoms morphing into religious congregations, each espousing
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this is a really discouraging, elitist, & privileged take, not to mention it minimizes some really great content. what is “blogging?” it’s writing. everyone starts somewhere. the beginnings of my
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Random thread on things I've learned while running Medal the last few years. In no particular order. Scale solves most things. Get to it as fast as you can.Trust
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WHAT PATH CAN A NEW ARTIST TAKE? Below is a guide to the five common problems you might encounter.Read and retweet if it’s helpful to you or might be to
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