#Classics #medievaltwitter Having a "white feminist" say that #StanfordSausageFest was OK b/c her white male colleagues spoke @ gender & diversity & knew nothing (so white male innocent) just leaves you w/ "white" academic (not even feminist) #SolidarityisforWhiteMen apparently.https://twitter.com/wmarybeard/status/974975128713953280 …
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Replying to @dorothyk98
Do read my thread (tweets and replies) again. I was decrying whole thing, though trying to address structural problems not attack individuals. i've been guilty of not querying line ups, because i assumed diversity. Maybe we should all be humble about human frailty & inattention
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Replying to @wmarybeard @dorothyk98
when exactly are we allowed to point out that individuals are complicit in sexist and racist structures? when they’ve been part of 2 all white male events? three? when they’ve shouted down one WoC for ingratitude? two? or never, when they’re “friends”?
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Replying to @SLevelt @wmarybeard
I don't think we've won anything. They've only apologized b/c they were called out and it got MSM attention. Already they are still part of
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Replying to @dorothyk98 @SLevelt
i am more optimistic about 'human nature' than you are...
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And I will say, all the current politics pretty much shows that toxic masculinity/misogyny is fighting viciously to keep itself at the top by any means necessary. That's what human nature looks like now every day in MSM news. Academia is not different from this.
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