And, again, I wish that the makeup of the panel had been different. I certainly hope that the makeup of future panels is different.
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Replying to @ProfWmSmith @Emnk and
But have you spoken to THEM about this,
@profwmsmith? You've come to various scholars on "this side" repeatedly to push back on narratives and urge compassion for these scholars, but are you doing that work with them as well?4 replies 1 retweet 22 likes -
Replying to @erik_kaars @ProfWmSmith and
It's so often WOC like Dr. MRO who are framed as "angry" (something you said she is yesterday), while white scholars like these who have a long history of online harassment and mockery get described as "sad." And it's always BIPOC who are asked to reach out and be compassionate.
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Replying to @erik_kaars @ProfWmSmith and
I hate to keep jumping in here, but situation dredged up years-old anxieties abt "conversation." In the 1990s, my dept had meetings FOR OVER A YEAR abt revising the curriculum. They were civil & ppl constantly asked more senior/more traditional faculty how they were w/changes
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Replying to @ProfKFH @erik_kaars and
When it overwhelmingly passed, these ppl 1st went to admin who said "well, u had a vote" and then to the conservative media where we then got sliced & diced by right & left, & got hate mail for months. 1 of the ring leaders had the nerve to say he loved me as a colleague.
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Replying to @ProfKFH @erik_kaars and
After a public mtg, a senior told me she was afraid to go home by herself. There was no FB, no Twitter and it was still awful. I had all kinds of stress symptoms. tldr: convo is not neutral. Stop asking BIPOC to assume risks & costs you don't have to.
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Replying to @ProfKFH @erik_kaars and
It's 100.0? Some of those younger people are now ratfuckers in natl politics. And SM has made it much worse. Finally, a Shakespeare Association talk I gave on it-- never published, so still more unrewarded labor.http://bit.ly/GUNiceGirl
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Replying to @ProfKFH @erik_kaars and
Thank you so much for this. And yes, this is 100+.0 of this fight, you're right. Just reading your talk, I was struck at how much of the rhetoric and accusations of what we are doing is exactly the same. Exactly. As are the responses. I just want to recognize you for your
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Replying to @ISASaxonists @ProfKFH and
tireless work, being a trailblazer and paving the way for us. I know that with social media we have access to people and things & can disseminate info faster/larger scale. We can rally ppl faster when we get attacked. I'm saddened that structurally we haven't moved that far
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Replying to @ISASaxonists @ProfKFH and
along in academia, but goddam you are such a hero. Thank you for your tireless (and unpaid) labor to make our fields, academia and our world better. I appreciate and love you.
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Yes. So much gratitude.
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