queer chicana feminist. author of Queer Migration Politics: https://xitter.cf/t.co/8lDwbHKEmj & The Borders of AIDS: https://xitter.cf/t.co/VFIwbBiGVF.
Austin, TX
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Dr. Matt Poling @RudderAssoc and Texas State Rep. Brian Harrison @brianeharrison have been busy commenting from behind their safe spaces, attacking, dismissing, and demeaning the actions that Dr. Martin Peterson and I took to expose the real consequences of Texas A&M’s censorship of topics related to race, gender, and sexuality.
In response, we invited them to publicly debate the merits of TAMU’s 08.01 policy. So far—silence!
It seems easier to attack from a distance than to defend your position face-to-face. The offer still stands. Name the place. Name the time.
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To submit written testimony email the board here: [email protected]
Instructions here:
tamus.edu/regents/publictest…
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🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race, gender, and sexuality. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
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UT-Austin considering offer to adopt Trump priorities for funding advantages texastribune.org/2025/10/02/… via @TexasTribune
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White House attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion may be new, but in Texas, this attack has been going on for some time. #DEI advocates and organizers share lessons learned along the way. hubs.ly/Q03cK3Cp0 @queermigrations
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It's never been a better time to think about #BlackPower. @ProfJeffries & I are co-editing a Special Issue on "The Roots and Routes of Black Power." Got thoughts & feels about activism past & present? Submit an article by July 1https://buff.ly/3uWLmmz
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BREAKING: In response to Trump's Jan. 21 DEI executive order, @UNC_System sent out a memo on Feb. 5 suspending all general education requirements and major-specific requirements "mandating completion of course credits related to diversity, equity, and inclusion."
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Sonoma State Administrators Announce Layoffs, Department Closures and Mergers
For more: calfac.org/sonoma-state-admi…
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In another assault on academic freedom & peaceful protest, a professor at the @UCIrvine is facing 3 misdemeanor charges for her effort to protect students from armed riot police on campus.
The latest from the AAUP's @AcademeBlog:
academeblog.org/2024/11/01/a…
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"The Cat Lady of Gaza," by @queermigrations, the one and only, and member of @AgainstEquality.
"The question of what I could do at home to support Palestinian self-determination has been with me every day for the last nine years since returning home."
journalofmultimodalrhetorics…
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NEW: A judge grants pro-Palestinian student groups standing to pursue a sweeping lawsuit against their institutions for alleged 1a violations, including the PSC at @UTAustin's case against @JCHartzell for viewpoint discrimination.
More:
statesman.com/story/news/cou…
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Research out of the U of Houston on bias in college-level promotion & tenure committees. ‘The underrepresented minority are “held to a higher standard … in terms of scholarly productivity.”…this is especially the case for underrepresented minorities who are also women.’
Black, Hispanic Faculty Far Less Likely to Get ‘Gold Standard’ Tenure Recommendations
A study published this month focusing on five unnamed universities adds to research on racial disparities in the professoriate. bit.ly/4hhi0BY
ALT A photo illustration showing a Black man, surrounded by white colleagues, putting his face in his hand.
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The University of Minnesota's decision to rescind a job offer to Prof. Raz Segal to serve as the faculty director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies is an "egregious violation of academic freedom" says AAUP's @ProfTWolf in a new statement: bit.ly/4eGnnZv 🧵
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✴️Important read! Learn about how fights for #DEI, #academicfreedom, #FreeSpeech, shared governance, and due process are all connected. Important lessons and action steps for all campuses. We are stronger together! ✊🏽✊🏾✊
🚨Attacks on DEI and pro-Palestinian repression last spring @UTAustin offer vital lessons in the fight for free speech, academic freedom, shared governance, and due process. From @aaup_utAustin leaders Karma Chavez and Lauren Gutterman.👇 academeblog.org/2024/10/11/f…
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UT Austin AAUP Message to President Jay Hartzell About Not Following Due Process In Refusing to Evaluate Liberal Arts Dean Ann Stevens for Renewal @LiberalArtsUT aaup-utaustin.org/2024/10/12…
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An important thread from the President of @NAACP_LDF. “Demonizing peaceful protesters paves the way for aggressive law enforcement tactics for exercising civil rights.”
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The agreement was signed by President @JCHartzell about a month before University Marketing and Communications laid off 20 employees, eliminating 16 of those positions.
The agreement says the partners will join daily meetings, develop a crisis comms team and a social media plan.
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#NEW: @UTAustin hired a crisis comms firm for $75,000 to help with "reputational matters" after the pro-Palestinian protests.
Records show UT contacted them the day after the April 29 encampment where 79 were arrested. More about the agreement here:
statesman.com/story/news/edu…
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#NEW: @UTAustin made dozens of changes to its free speech policy after the Governor’s executive order to tackle antisemitism.
The changes, which also come after the pro-Palestinian protests, expand power to police to enforce UT rules in some cases. More:
statesman.com/story/news/edu…
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Imagine working on Black radical thought and accepting this prize at anytime, but especially now
